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Hotel Wrecking City Traders ‘Ikiryo’ LP/DD 2014

23rd April 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Bro Fidelity Records, Digital, Heavy, Hotel Wrecking City Traders, HWCT, Ikiryo, Instrumental, LP, Pete Green, Review

ISIS – simples. Pelican – simples. Botch – simples. But then I guess there’s always got to be someone to

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Hark ‘Crystalline’ CD/LP/DD 2014

28th March 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, CD, Crystalline, Digital, Doom, HARK, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neil Fallon, Review, Season Of Mist, Sludge

Personally I felt it was a sad day for underground British rock music when Taint split up. Having been turned

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Hair Of The Dog – S/T – DD 2014

26th March 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Classic Rock, Digital, Hair Of The Dog, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Self Released, Self Titled

So they may or may not be named after the Nazareth song…let’s just assume they are…and they’re from Edinburgh, which

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Hymn – S/T – DD 2014

22nd February 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Hymn, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Self Titled

Hymn hails from Norway and makes music as a two piece. So just guitar and drums is enough for this

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Horseback ‘A Plague Of Knowing’ CD/DD 2013

21st November 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, A Plague Of Knowing, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Horseback, Jenks Miller, Kraut, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Relapse Records, Review

Imagine, if you will, that Neil Young’s Crazy Horse are playing at their most ragged and visceral when, suddenly, the

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Horisont ‘Time Warriors’ CD/LP/DD 2013

20th November 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Horisont, LP, Metal Blade Records, Retro, Review, Rise Above Records, Time Warriors

Horisont are yet another shining example of just how good the modern music scene is in Sweden. Presumably Richie Blackmore

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Harm Wülf ‘There’s Honey In The Soil So We Wait For The Till’ LP/DD 2013

6th November 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Acoustic, Blacklisted, Dark, Deathwish Inc, Digital, Folk, G. Hirsch, Harm Wülf, LP, Review, Ross McKendrick, There’s Honey In The Soil So We Wait For The Till

In recent years there has been a glut of material released by members of various heavy music scenes who venture

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Harsh Toke ‘Light Up And Live’ CD/LP 2013

1st November 20133rd September 2019 Mick Schrier 2013, CD, Harsh Toke, Heavy, Light Up And Live, LP, Mick Schrier, Psychedelic, Review, Stoner Jam, Tee Pee Records

Sometimes it is necessary to detach yourself from what is generally regarded as reality. Taking a step back and relishing

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Haoma – Demo 2013

5th October 20133rd September 2019 Gordon Cameron 2013, Demo, Doom, Drone, Gordon Cameron, Haoma, Heavy, Review

Haoma are a Swedish two piece consisting of Hozomeen on Interstellar Thunderstorms and Obelisk (nope, not Asterix’s fat ginger mate)

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Heliovore ‘Through The Gates’ DD 2013

27th September 20133rd September 2019 Calum Darroch 2013, Calum Darroch, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Heliovore, Review, Self Released, Through The Gates

Before I get into this review, I feel I have something of a confession to make: I’ve never really been

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Haikai No Ku ‘Sick On My Journey’ LP/CD/DD 2013

15th August 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2013, Burning World Records, CD, Digital, Haikai No Ku, LP, Psychedelic, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Sick On My Journey, Space Rock

There are artists whose whole reputation hangs on one stupendous work – a painting, song or film that stands out

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