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Leather Nun America ‘Kult Occult’ CD 2011

31st October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Kult Occult, Leather Nun America, Paul Robertson, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stoner Doom

If you were to look up the phrase ‘All Killer, No Filler’ in, say Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase And Fable

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Locrian ‘Dort Ist Der Weg / Frozen In Ash’ 7″ 2011

10th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, 7", Avant-Garde, Drone, Experimental, Flingco Sound System, Locrian, Paul Robertson, Popol Vuh, Review

Ever the wilful perverts of sound, on this seven inch single from Flingco Sound – the label behind the ‘Black

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Lo-Pan ‘Salvador’ CD 2011

12th July 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Lo-Pan, Ollie Stygall, Review, Salvador, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock

Adapt or die that is very much the key to the continued existence of any musical subset and that is

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Lavagoat – S/T – CD 2011

28th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Lavagoat, NWOBHM, Paul Robertson, Review, Somnambulist Sound System

Canada. There must be something in the water there that makes for such awesome metal bands…possibly beaver pee, I’m not

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Locrian / Horseback ‘New Dominions’ 12″ 2011

6th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 12", 2011, Album, Avant-Garde, Drone, Experimental, Horseback, Jenks Miller, Locrian, LP, New Dominions, Paul Robertson, Review, Split, Split 12", Utech Records

I’m always personally excited to hear anything new from Locrian OR Horseback, so you can imagine how much I was

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Lento ‘Icon’ CD/LP 2011

13th May 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Doom, Heavy, Icon, Lento, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

Ohhhhh, Lento, you big hulking brute, where have you BEEN all my life? I cannot believe I let this band

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Lo-Pan ‘Sasquanaut’ CD 2011

26th January 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Blues Rock, CD, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Lo-Pan, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sasquanaut, Small Stone Records

Small Stone Records have always been a trusted partner. For so many years now the Small Stone logo has been,

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Locrian ‘The Crystal World’ CD/LP 2010

28th November 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Dark, Doom, Drone, Industrial, Locrian, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, The Crystal World, utec, Utech Records

Time is a funny thing, it seems like only yesterday that I was enthusing wildly about Locrian’s second album, ‘Territories’,

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Lost Coves – S/T – CDEP 2010

25th November 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CD, Heavy, Lost Coves, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Review, Saw Her Ghost Records

After a protracted period of birthday celebrations, holidays, illness, more birthday inebriation, sleep depravation and a Monster Magnet show I

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Luder ‘Sonoluminescence’ CD 2010

3rd September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Ambient, CD, Experimental, Grunge, Luder, Ollie Stygall, Review, Scott Hamilton, Small Stone Records, Sonoluminescence

It’s quite common for these days for a band or artist to form a label with a view to releasing

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Lords Of Bukkake ‘Desorden Y Rencor’ CD 2010

19th August 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CD, Crust, Desorden Y Rencor, Doom, Heavy, Lords Of Bukkake, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, Totalrust Music

Wilfully nasty sludge from genuine Spaniards, as opposed to strange Japanese men who sing in spanish, here on the unpleasantly-named

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