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Isolation Tank / Art Of Burning Water – Split 7″/DD 2014

28th August 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, 7", Art Of Burning Water, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom, Grindcore, Isolation Tank, Power Violence, Review, Sludge, SuperFi Records, Survivor Guilt, Vetala Productions

If there’s one thing that could never be aimed at either Isolation Tank or Art Of Burning Water, it’s that

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Inter Arma ‘The Cavern’ 12″/CD/DD 2014

27th August 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 12", 2014, CD, Digital, Heavy, Inter Arma, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge, The Cavern

Inter Arma produced one of last year’s most stunning metal releases in Sky Burial. Its artful mixing of sludge and

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Iron Hearse ‘Deal With It’ CD/DD 2014

10th May 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, CD, Deal With It, Digital, Doom, Iron Hearse, Metal, Pete Green, Punk, Review, Snake Mountain Records

Sometimes, production (or even a lack thereof as many of today’s rout of retro-orientated bands prefer) don’t mean shit. Sometimes

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Iron Walrus ‘Insidious Black Sea’ CD/LP 2014

19th March 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, CD, Doom, Heavy, Insidious Black Sea, Iron Walrus, Jeremy Moore, LP, Post-Hardcore, Redfield Records, Review

The birth of post-hardcore and grunge marked an era where musical artistic integrity and the sensibilities of the mainstream were

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Iron Witch / The Atrocity Exhibit – Split 7″/DD 2014

6th March 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, 7", Dead Chemist Records, Digital, Hardcore, Heavy, Her Cheating Heart, Iron Witch, Review, Sludge, The Atrocity Exhibit, Throne Of Bile, Tom McKibbin, Witch Hunter Records

Witch Hunter Records and Dead Chemist Records have conspired to release this beastly 7” split between Liverpool’s Iron Witch and

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Imbogodom ‘Metafather’ LP/DD 2013

21st January 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Alexander Tucker, Atmospheric, Daniel Beban, Digital, Experimental, Imbogodom, LP, Metafather, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Thrill Jockey Records

Wreathed in trails of hissing, echoing analogue delay and the dust of years, Metafather is haunted, haunted by the ghosts

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Indian ‘From All Purity’ CD/LP/DD 2014

12th December 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, From All Purity, Heavy, Indian, LP, Pete Green, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

It’s cold; almost zero degrees with an icy Western breeze. It’s dark; nearly black, but the pale dawn sun is

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Iron Man ‘South Of The Earth’ CD/LP/DD 2013

21st October 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, CD, Digital, Heavy, Iron Man, LP, Metal, Metal Blade Records, Review, Rise Above Records, South Of The Earth, Traditional Doom

To the uninitiated Iron Man may appear to be a new band with the arrival of their widely publicised ‘South

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Isis ‘Celestial’ Reissue CD/LP 2013

12th July 20133rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2013, Angela Davey, Atmospheric, CD, Celestial, Doom, Heavy, Ipecac Recordings, Isis, LP, Post-Rock, Reissue

Three years since their split, Isis may be gone but they are far from forgotten. In order to commemorate the

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Iron & Stone ‘Maelstrom’ DD 2013

11th June 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Iron & Stone, Maelstrom, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released

If you name your band after a particularly shit-kicking early track by The Obssessed then there is  quite a  high

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I Klatus ‘Kether’ LP/DD 2013

22nd May 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, I Klatus, Kether, LP, Review, Self Released, Sludge

If nothing else, I Klatus were always going to be an interesting premise. Hailing from Chicago and made up of

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