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Obnoxious Youth ‘Mouths Sewn Shut’
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Review: Obnoxious Youth ‘Mouths Sewn Shut’

22nd May 202023rd June 2020 Matt Alexander Grindcore, Hardcore, Metal, Mouths Sewn Shut, Obnoxious Youth, Svart Records

Would you look at that record cover….I hadn’t even heard a note and I already knew what I was in

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Okkultokrati ‘La Ilden Lyse’
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Review: Okkultokrati ‘La Ilden Lyse’

13th May 202017th June 2020 Matt Alexander Black Metal, La Ilden Lyse, Okkultokrati, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

Black thrash has a long rich history, arguably starting with British legends Venom as the ‘proto’ band of the genre

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Orchestra Of Constant Distress ‘Live At Roadburn 2019’
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Review: Orchestra Of Constant Distress ‘Live At Roadburn 2019’

8th May 20209th June 2020 Jamie Grimes Drone, Live At Roadburn 2019, Orchestra Of Constant Distress, Riot Season

I believe it was legendary Stoke-On-Trent based philosophical think tank Discharge who once wrote ‘can you hear the sound of

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OAK 'Lone'
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Review: OAK ‘Lone’

23rd December 201914th January 2020 Josuph Price Death Metal, Doom, Lone, Oak, Transcending Obscurity Records

While I like to think I have an open mind, I really struggle to give much attention to bands that

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Onhou ‘Endling’
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Review: Onhou ‘Endling’

9th December 201917th December 2019 Dave Bowes Doom, Endling, Lay Bare Recordings, Onhou, Sludge, Tartarus Records

In these dark days, the last things you’d ever want to wish on a stranger is even more misery. There’s

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Opium Lord ‘Vore’
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Review: Opium Lord ‘Vore’

15th November 201928th November 2019 Gordon Cameron Doom, Opium Lord, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Vore

Hailing from Birmingham, Opium Lord have recently released their latest LP Vore on Sludgelord Records and it seems suitably off-kilter

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Obelyskkh 'The Providence'
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Obelyskkh ‘The Providence’ 2017

5th July 20173rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2017, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Obelyskkh, Psych, Review, The Providence

Once known as the Phantoms of the German Doom scene for their perceived phobia of the studio, Teutonic heavy groove

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Ommadon - S/T
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Ommadon – S/T – LP/DD 2016

6th May 201611th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2016, Burning World Records, Daniel Pietersen, Doom, Drone, Dry Cough Records, Heavy, Medusa Crush Recordings, Ommadon, Review

Ommadon break with their numerical nomenclature in this, their sixth full-length album, but it’s no surprise that they continue the

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Old Man Gloom ‘Mickey Rookey Live At London’
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Old Man Gloom ‘Mickey Rookey Live At London’ CD/LP 2016

6th April 201611th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen CD, Daniel Pietersen, Doom, Ektro Records, Full Contact Records, Heavy, LP, Mickey Rookey Live At London, Old Man Gloom, Post-Hardcore, Review

Live albums are a curious beast. Stick too closely to the hits and you risk giving the audience a not-quite-as-good

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Oranssi Pazuzu 'Värähtelijä'
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Oranssi Pazuzu ‘Värähtelijä’ CD/LP/DD 2016

9th February 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 20 Buck Spin, 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Oranssi Pazuzu, Psychedelic, Review, Svart Records, Värähtelijä

If credence is given to accounts of the mystic experience, we are forced to recognise that certain mystics have succeeded

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Owl 'Aeon Cult'
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Owl ‘Aeon Cult’ DD 2015

20th December 20151st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Aeon Cult, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Industrial, Owl, Review, Sandy Williamson, Zeitgeister Music

Aeon Cult is shorter than some of Owl’s previous songs, let alone releases! This EP is the third release in

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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