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Ommadon ‘Part I’ CD 2010

15th July 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Ommadon, Part I, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Snowblood

Rising from the ashes of the dearly departed Snowblood, Ommadon strip back the post-metal finery of their previous band to

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Fen ‘Trails Out Of Gloom’ CD 2010

11th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Fen, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Ripple Music, Trails Out Of Gloom

Hmm, when something is described as prog in this day and age I immediately raise an eyebrow and suspicions are

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JPT Scare Band ‘Acid Blues Is The White Man’s Burden’ CD/LP 2010

10th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Acid Blues Is The White Man's Burden, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, JPT Scare Band, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Ripple Music

I remember my dear old dad once telling me, knowing my devotion to old school rock, that I was born

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Widows ‘Raise The Monolith’ CDEP 2010

9th July 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Bad News Records, CDEP, Doom, Paul Robertson, Raise The Monolith, Review, Sludge, Southern Rock, Widows

Widows are DEFINITELY here to rock our faces off. The Nottingham-based hooligans play it like they mean it across all

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I Defy – S/T – CDEP 2010

8th July 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CDEP, Heavy, I Defy, Industrial, Industrial Thrash, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mother Should Know Records, Review, Thrash Metal

My family have always been big on supporting local industry. Growing up a stone’s throw from I Defy’s home of

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Black Pyramid / Old One ‘Split In Half’ 12″ 2010

7th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", Black Pyramid, Doom, Heavy, Old One, Ollie Stygall, Review, Serpent Records, Split, Split 12", Split In Half

12″ vinyl, two bands, over thirty minutes of doom, awesome artwork…how can it really go wrong!!! Now Black Pyramid are

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The Deadists ‘Time Without Light’ CDEP 2010

6th July 20103rd September 2019 Neil Halpin 2010, CDEP, Dead Tree Music, Doom, Neil Halpin, Review, Sludge, The Deadists, Time Without Light

THIS IS THE SOUND! The Hordes of the Infernal crush the very bones of all humanity, to the sound of

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Harvestman / Minsk / US Christmas ‘Hawkwind Triad’ CD 2010

2nd July 20103rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Compilation, Experimental, Harvestman, Hawkwind, Hawkwind Covers, Hawkwind Triad, Minsk, Neurot Recordings, Review, Space Rock, Steve Von Till, US Christmas, USX

“I am the creator of this universe, the wind of time is blowing through me” incanted head pilot Brock in

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Black Breath ‘Heavy Breathing’ CD 2010

29th June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Black Breath, CD, Crust, Death Crust, Hardcore, Heavy Breathing, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

Smashing straight out of the speakers and grabbing the listener roughly by the throat, Black Breath show that they are

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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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