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Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats ‘Runaway Girls’ 7″/DD 2014

3rd September 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, 7", Acid Rock, Digital, Garage Rock, Jeremy Moore, Psych, Review, Rise Above Records, Runaway Girls, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

Call it shyness or a calculated decision to challenge fans and annoy critics and media, but Uncle Acid’s unwillingness (until

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USA Out Of Vietnam ‘Crashing Diseases And Incurable Airplanes’ CD/LP/DD 2014

8th July 20143rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2014, Ambient, Aurora Borealis, CD, Crashing Diseases And Incurable Airplanes, Digital, Experimental, LP, Prog Rock, Review, Todd Robinson, USA Out Of Vietnam

Aurora Borealis have a good track record when it comes to pushing originality and are clearly not afraid to put

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UPYR ‘Altars/Tunnels’ CD/CS/DD 2013

30th January 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2013, Altars/Tunnels, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, Serpent Eve Records, Sludge, Upyr

Bulgaria. Not a country that is well known for its metal in the rest of the world. However, there are

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Uboa ‘Jouissance’ DD 2013

3rd January 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Digital, Heavy, Industrial, Jouissance, Noise, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Sludge, Uboa

It took me some time to decide what to do about this record. I couldn’t review it straight away because

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Uzala ‘Tales Of Blood & Fire’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2013

4th October 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, GypsyBlood Records, Heavy, King Of The Monsters Records, LP, Metal, Review, Ross McKendrick, Tales Of Blood & Fire, Uzala

Tales Of Blood & Fire, the sophomore album by Boise/Portland doom-mongers Uzala is a very different beast from their self-titled

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Uncoffined ‘Ritual Death And Funeral Rites’ CD 2013

1st October 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Memento Mori, Review, Ritual Death And Funeral Rites, Ross McKendrick, Uncoffined

DOOM METAL OF DEATH! That’s the definition Uncoffined have (anti)christened their particular deadly strain of doom, and on their debut

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Unmothered – S/T – 12″ 2013

20th September 20133rd September 2019 Guy Nolan 12", 2013, Guy Nolan, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge, Toxic Assets Records, Unmothered

Unmothered has surprised me, I was expecting a maelstrom of doom laden guitars and other such nonsense, but what I

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Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats ‘Mind Control’ CD/LP/DD 2013

16th August 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, CD, Digital, Garage Rock, LP, Metal Blade Records, Mind Control, Psych Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

It’s rare that a band creates as much mystery, controversy and sensationalism as Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats. Liked and

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Usnea – S/T – LP/DD 2013

27th April 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Black Metal, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, LP, Orca Wolf Records, Review, Self Titled, Usnea

Another strong debut from a hitherto unknown entity rears its head here, in the form of this four song LP

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Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats ‘Blood Lust’ Reissue CD 2012

22nd January 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Blood Lust, Blues Rock, CD, Pete Green, Reissue, Retro, Review, Rise Above Records, Sleaze Rock, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

CD reissues usually come about for a small number of clear reasons: labels cashing in on niche and cult bands

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Ufomammut ‘Oro: Opus Alter’ CD/LP 2012

27th September 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Doom, Heavy, LP, Malleus, Neurot Recordings, Opus Alter, Oro: Opus Alter, Pete Green, Psychedelic, Review, Supernatural Cat, Ufomammut

Previously on the Oro Opus series… Italian psyche-drone-doom-sludge shit-kickers Ufomammut battle through the galaxy upon a haze of steel-tinged fairy

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