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Kustodian ‘Dusted Emperor’ DD 2012

22nd March 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Digital, Doom, Dusted Emperor, Experimental, Heavy, Industrial, Kustodian, Pete Green, Review, Self Released

Back in the mid-1980s, a young Justin Broadrick pulled back his bedroom curtains and looked out upon the surroundings in

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Karma To Burn ‘Live At Club Sidro’ CD/LP 2013

21st March 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, CD, Desert Rock, Go Down Records, Instrumental, Karma To Burn, Live At Club Sidro, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review

You have to admire the sheer belligerence of Karma To Burn, having jettisoned the singer they effectively had thrust on

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Kongh ‘Sole Creation’ CD/LP/DD 2013

1st February 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Agonia Records, CD, Digital, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Kongh, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Sole Creation

Clearly growing in confidence having produced two excellent albums with 2007’s ‘Counting Heartbeats’ and 2009’s ‘Shadows of the Shapeless’ the

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Kylesa ‘From The Vaults: Vol 1’ CD/LP 2012

7th December 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CD, Compilation, Doom Psychedelic, From The Vaults: Vol 1, Kylesa, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, News, Prog Rock, Season Of Mist, Sludge

Compilation albums are always a strange beast usually smacking of contractual obligations, but in this case the highly prolific Kylesa

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Knife Crimes ‘Demo MMXII’ CD/CS/Digital 2012

29th June 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Cassette, CD, Demo MMXII, Digital, Hardcore, Knife Crimes, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Thrash Metal, Witch Hunter Records

Knife Crimes. Like the names of their influences in the metallic hardcore scene (Brutality Will Prevail, Hang The Bastard and

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Kodiak – S/T – 2xCD

22nd November 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, CD, Denovali Records, Discography, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Kodiak, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Self Titled

This double CD that has emerged from Denovali Records introduces to the listener the first three releases by the German

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Kerretta ‘Saansilo’ CD/LP 2011

30th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, Instrumental, Kerretta, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Saansilo

‘Difficult Second Album’ syndrome can be a real bitch – Do you follow the same formula? Is this the right

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Khuda ‘Iecava’ CD 2011

14th July 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Field Records, Guitar & Drums, Iecava, Instrumental, Khuda, Post-Rock, Review, Tom McKibbin, Two Piece

Leeds’ Khuda are an instrumental post-rock duo that create brooding, angular music with some heavy rock overtones but for the

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Kings Destroy ‘And The Rest Will Surely Perish’ CD 2011

2nd July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, And The Rest Will Surely Perish, CD, Doom, Heavy, Kings Destroy, Maple Forum, Paul Robertson, Review

Those of you with functioning long-term memories may remember how wildly I enthused about Kings Destroy’s debut seven inch, ‘Old

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Keef ‘Stoned To Doom’ CD 2011

27th May 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Canadian’s often get a rough ride from their southern cousins – the South Park boys famously poked fun at this

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Koresh ‘Crippledriver’ CD 2010

25th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Crippledriver, Crust, Doom, Hardcore, Koresh, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Withered Hand Records

You may all be familiar with the name Koresh. David Koresh (born Vernon Wayne Howell) was a maniacal religious zealot

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