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Melvins ‘Hold It In’ CD/DD 2014

10th December 20143rd September 2019 Chris Moore (the) Melvins, 2014, CD, Chris Moore, Digital, Hold It In, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins, Noise-Rock, Pop Rock, Review, Rock

No one can deny that the Melvins are prolific, and newest offering Hold It In is in fact the 24th

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Mansion ‘Uncreation’ 12″ 2014

18th November 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2014, Doom, Doom Rock, Heavy Rock, John Reppion, Mansion, Occult Rock, Review, Self Released, Uncreation

Turku, Finland’s Mansion have been consistently impressing listeners with their highly polished, Kartanoism themed, doom rock since their début single

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Monster Magnet ‘Milking The Stars: A Re-Imaging Of Last Patrol’ CD/LP/DD 2014

17th November 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, CD, Dave Wyndorf, Digital, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Milking The Stars, Milking The Stars: A Re-Imaging Of Last Patrol, Monster Magnet, Napalm Records, Psych, Review, Space Rock

Before I get started I feel the need to point out that I am a Monster Magnet fan; I first

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Moss ‘Carmilla (Marcilla) / Spectral Visions’ 10″/DD 2014

7th November 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 10", 2014, Carmilla (Marcilla), Digital, Doom, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Moss, Review, Spectral Visions, Stone Tapes

Me and Moss, we go back a long way. Once, I played in Bunkur and we shared the stage with

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My Brother The Wind ‘Once There Was A Time When Time And Space Were One’ CD/LP/DD 2014

6th November 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, CD, Dave Bowes, Digital, Free Electric Sound, Instrumental, Kraut, LP, My Brother The Wind, Once There Was A Time When Time And Space Were One, Psych, Review

While time and space are inherently omnipresent, both are slippery concepts that demand examination and often elude it. They can

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Manes ‘Be All End All’ CD/LP/DD 2014

21st October 20143rd September 2019 George Leeming 2014, Avant-Garde, Be All End All, CD, Debemur Morti Productions, Digital, Experimental, George Leeming, LP, Manes, Review, Trip-Hop

Eyeballs, limbs, shards of gold. The cover of Manes’ Be All End All is startlingly appropriate – depicting a chimeric

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Musk Ox ‘Woodfall’ CD/DD 2014

24th September 20143rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2014, Acoustic, Ambient, CD, Digital, Musk Ox, Neo Folk, Review, Self Released, Todd Robinson, Woodfall

Woodfall from Canadian neofolk/neoclassical act Musk Ox is a little bit of a rarity in a sea of bombastic pomposity

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Meta ‘Panta Rei’ DD 2014

23rd September 20143rd September 2019 Antony Bartlett 2014, Antony Bartlett, Atmospheric, Digital, Meta, Metal, Panta Rei, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released

Tick follows tock follows tick follows tock ..  I waited .. not very patiently but I waited .. for the

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Martyrdöd ‘Elddop’ CD/LP/DD 2014

2nd September 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2014, CD, Crust, Digital, Elddop, LP, Martyrdöd, Metal, Punk, Review, Ross Horton, Southern Lord

Martyrdöd caught my interest purely because of the bands they listed as their influences. It’s shameful to admit that but

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Megaton Leviathan ‘Past 21 Beyond The Arctic Cell’ CD/LP/DD 2014

29th August 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Glen Westall, Heavy, LP, Megaton Leviathan, Past 21: Beyond The Arctic Cell, Psychedelic, Review, Seventh Rule Recordings

The first and last time I heard Megaton Leviathan was soon after the release of their first self-titled demo in

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Merlin ‘Christ Killer’ CD/DD 2014

25th August 20143rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2014, CD, Christ Killer, Digital, Johannes van der Meer, Merlin, Review, Self Released

I would like to begin this review with a warning. It might be hard to understand what I’m getting at

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