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Peacemaker ‘Cult .45’ CD/DD 2013

28th July 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, CD, Cult .45, Digital, DistortionPlus Records, Doom, Metal, Peacemaker, Pete Green, Review, Sludge

Peacemaker – now there’s an ironic band name if ever I heard one. The only peace Peacemaker make (try saying

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Palehorse ‘Harm Starts Here’ CD 2013

2nd July 20133rd September 2019 James Parker 2013, Candlelight Records, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Harm Starts Here, Heavy, James Parker, Palehorse, Review

AH the NINETEEN-NINETIES. Not only the last decade to have a proper name, arguably the last decade when rock music

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Palms – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2013

20th June 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, Atmospheric, CD, Deftones, Digital, Heavy, Ipecac Recordings, Isis, LP, Palms, Post-Metal, Review, Self Titled, Tom McKibbin

Isis and Deftones have both had an influence of modern rock music in their own ways and to differing degrees.

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Pet The Preacher ‘Short Stories: Papa Zen & Meet The Creature’ LP/DD 2013

4th June 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Bilocation Records, Blues, Digital, Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Pet The Preacher, Review, Short Stories: Papa Zen & Meet The Creature

Given the interest generated by last year’s highly rated concept debut album ‘The Banjo’, Copenhagen’s own power trio of Stoner

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Peter Green Splinter Group ‘The Very Best Of’ CD/DD 2013

31st May 20133rd September 2019 Sam Orr 2013, Blues, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Madfish Records, Peter Green, Peter Green Splinter Group, Review, Sam Orr, The Very Best Of

When it comes to guitar heroes, there are a select few that have genuinely made it to own such a

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Pombagira ‘Maleficia Lamiah’ CD/LP 2013

11th March 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Black Axis Records, CD, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Heavy Rock, LP, Maleficia Lamiah, Paul Robertson, Pombagira, Psychedelic, Review

Boom Shanka! It seems that the dirt-path-doom gruesome-twosome of Pombagira have been wearing flowers in their hair, turning on, tuning

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Primitive Man ‘Scorn’ LP/DD 2013

11th February 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Crust, Digital, Doom, Jamie Grimes, LP, Mordgrimm Records, Primitive Man, Review, Scorn, Sludge, Throatruiner Records

Woah… We’re not even that far in and yet here already is a contender for 2013’s heaviest album from a

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Pohl ‘Pohlsmoker’ Digital EP 2012

11th October 20123rd September 2019 Sam Orr 2012, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Pohl, Pohlsmoker, Psych, Review, Sam Orr, Self Released, Sludge

Bristol based Pohl are a band that follow in the footsteps of such two piece luminaries as Death From Above

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Poison Idea ‘The Fatal Erection Years’ CD/LP 2012

26th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Discography, Hardcore, LP, Ollie Stygall, Pick Your King, Poison Idea, Punk, Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes, Review, The Fatal Erection Years

My love of hardcore and punk stretches back almost 30 years and in that time I’ve listened to them all

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Peacemaker – Demo 2012

25th August 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Demo, Doom, Metal, Peacemaker, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Released, Traditional Doom

Now here’s an interesting demo for your delectation! It’s most definitively doom metal, but let me tell you that this

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Primate ‘Draw Back A Stump’ CD/LP 2012

17th July 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, Adam Stone, Brutal Truth, Crust, Draw Back A Stump, Grindcore, Hardcore, Mastodon, Primate, Punk, Relapse Records, Review

Shrinebuilder; Outlaw Order; Lazarus Blackstar; Pigs; Stormtroopers of Death; Cream; Emerson Lake and Palmer; Wings. All of these outfits were

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