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Morne ‘Asylum’ CD/LP 2011

9th April 20113rd September 2019 Jas Murray Asylum, Atmospheric, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Jas Murray, Morne, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

Many, many times we hear the old cliché about a bands difficult second album. Let’s put that old adage to

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Monster Magnet ‘Mastermind’ CD 2010

29th November 20103rd September 2019 Sean Parkin 2010, CD, Heavy Rock, Mastermind, Monster Magnet, Napalm Records, Review, Sean Parkin, Space Rock

All of a sudden Monster Magnet are back with a new album ‘Mastermind’, a new up to date website which

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MONE¥I$GOD ‘M.A.R.K.Z’ CD 2010

21st October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Avant-Garde, CD, Heart & Crossbones, Industrial, MONE¥I$GOD, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review

There’s something about Japanese music, a sense of ‘otherness’ that sets it apart from western music, whether it’s in their

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Mighty High ‘Drops A Deuce’ 7″ 2009

31st July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Drops A Deuce, Heavy Rock, Mighty High, Mint Deluxe Tapes, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Review, Rock 'n' Roll

OK time for a quick bit of self realisation. Hands up who, for the most part, leads a fairly mundane

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Melvins ‘The Bride Screamed Murder’ CD 2010

28th June 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Big Business, CD, Doom, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, The Bride Screamed Murder

In 1994 some kind soul played me “Houdini”. In the time it took for that album to spin I had

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Miss Lava ‘Blues For The Dangerous Miles’ CD 2010

23rd June 201023rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Blues For The Dangerous Miles, Blues Rock, CD, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Miss Lava, Raging Planet Records, Review, Stoner Rock

Hailing from Portugal, Miss Lava have previously issued one EP. Acclaimed by critics and having honed their craft through hard

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Madder Mortem ‘Where Dream And Day Collide’ CDEP 2010

6th June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CDEP, Dark, Gothic, Madder Mortem, Metal, Paul Robertson, Peaceville Records, Review, Where Dream And Day Collide

Hmmmm…..bit of an odd one, this. A five-track EP from female-fronted Norwegian Alternative Metallers Madder Mortem containing four new tracks,

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Mothertrucker ‘Dark Transmi55ions’ CD 2009

2nd January 20103rd September 2019 Tom Khuda 2009, CD, Dark Transmi55ions, Heavy, Instrumental, Mothertrucker, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Tom Khuda

I’ve known of Birmingham’s instrumental quartet, Mothertrucker for some years now, so it was with real interest that I picked

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Mourning Dawn ‘For The Fallen’ CD 2009

21st August 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, For The Fallen, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mournful, Mourning Dawn, Review, Totalrust Music

One of the virtues of heavy music being so relatively young a genre is that it can still be bent

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Mondo Cada – S/T – CDEP 2009

18th July 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Calculon Records, CDEP, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Mondo Cada, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Review, Rock 'n' Roll

Writing this review is somewhat akin to writing an obituary as Mondo Cada hung up their guitars before this release

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Mills Of God ‘Call Of The Eastern Moon’ CD/LP 2008

10th January 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Call Of The Eastern Moon, CD, Crust, Doom, LP, Mills Of God, Modus Operandi Records, Review, Sludge

Krautdoom herbmongers Mills Of God are three men who love their heavy riffs like William Burroughs loved junk and not

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