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Torche ‘Meanderthal’ CD 2008

12th September 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CD, Heavy Rock, Hydra Head Records, Meanderthal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Pop, Torche

It would be fair to say that Torche are confusing buggers. As a reviewer it’s always nice when a band

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Queen Elephantine ‘Surya’ CD 2008

7th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Surya

It is dusk upon the river Ganges. Your gap year has prematurely come to an end because you are sooooooo

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Black Sun ‘Paralyser’ LP 2008

6th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, At War With False Noise, Black Sun, Doom, Drone, Heavy, LP, Paralyser, Review

I press the play button: a second of silence and then…a red faced and demented man is screaming “restless, my

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Lento ‘Earthen’ CD/LP 2008

5th September 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Earthen, Heavy, Lento, LP, Ollie Stygall, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Supernatural Cat

It’s so easy to have preconceptions about Italy. As I sit here in a decidedly damp and grey Britain I

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Samsara Blues Experiment – S/T – CD 2008

2nd September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Blues Rock, Heavy Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Samsara Blues Experiment, Self Released, Stoner Jam

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion copulating with the Sontaran Experiment? Nah mate. And if you’re wondering what ‘Samsara’ is, then I

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The Killing Cure – S/T – CDEP 2008

31st August 200823rd February 2024 Ollie Stygall 2008, CDEP, Desert Rock, Fury 76 Records, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Rock, The Killing Cure

Picture the scene. The sun hangs high in the sky, blazing the eyes and distorting the landscape with its intense

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Ufomammut ‘Idolum’ CD/LP 2008

31st August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, CD, Idolum, LP, Malleus, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock, Stoner Doom, Supernatural Cat, Ufomammut

Acid rock for the sludge generation. Yes, it was with an almost sexual joy that I stylishly flipped the disc

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Medamaki ‘Warbird’ CDEP 2008

30th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CDEP, Classic Rock, Fury 76 Records, Heavy Rock, Medamaki, Ollie Stygall, Review, Warbird

“Hello Evesham, you guys rock!!!” Hmmm, it doesn’t really have much of a ring to it does it? I can’t

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Lazarus Blackstar ‘Tomb Of Internal Winter’ CDEP 2008

28th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, CDEP, Crust, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Lazarus Blackstar, Nasty, Review, Tomb Of Internal Winter

Sweet Mary-Jane!! Life is pain – drown me in riffs!! Dust off the Amstrad music centre, kick yer Para-boots off,

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Steve Von Till ‘A Grave Is A Grim Horse’ CD 2008

27th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Acoustic, Andrew Sloan, Blues, CD, Country, Dark, Folk, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Review, Steve Von Till

First we had Scott Kelly and now Steve Von Till, I’m guessing there was a break in the Neurosis schedule

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Disfear ‘Live The Storm’ CD 2008

26th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, At The Gates, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Crust, Disfear, Entombed, Hardcore, Live The Storm, Relapse Records, Review, Thomas Lindberg, Ulfe Cederlund

What does the term Punk Rock mean these days? It’s a genre so watered down by lightweight, pop star-aspiring posturing,

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