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Undersmile ‘Narwhal’ CD 2012

1st June 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Chris Moore, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Narwhal, Noise-Rock, Review, Undersmile

Since their formation in 2009, Oxfordshire’s Undersmile have garnered a fair bit of attention thanks to numerous live shows and

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Usko ‘Kuusi’ Cassette/DD 2012

11th May 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Black Metal, Cassette, DD, Digital Download, Drone, Dual Bass, Kuusi, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Penny Whistles And Moon Pies, Review, Sludge, Usko

In these tragic days of the disposable digital download, artists have to come up with increasingly novel ways to get

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Uaral ‘Lamentos A Poema Muerto’ CD 2007

8th May 20123rd September 2019 Jawor Iwanow 2007, Acoustic, CD, Doom, Folk, Funeral Doom, Jawor Iwanow, Lamentos A Poema Muerto, Octagon Music Group, Review, Uaral

The act of mixing genres, once regarded as blasphemy, has become really common nowadays. Two styles of music used particularly

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Ufomammut ‘Oro: Opus Primum’ CD/LP 2012

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

“It’s a long way to the top, if you want to rock and roll” as the late great Bon Scott

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Uncle Touchy ‘Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Violence’ CD 2011

19th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Violence, Hardcore, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Uncle Touchy

Uncle Touchy are dirty, dirty boys. Nasty, sleazy, slovenly blokes who reek of paint thinner and fags. They probably have

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Uzala – S/T – LP 2011

12th December 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, At War With False Noise, Dark, Doom, Heavy, LP, Mournful, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Titled, Uzala

The popularity of doom metal seems to be on a constant upward curve, going as far as it can without

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US Christmas ‘The Valley Path’ CD 2011

15th July 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, CD, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Psych Rock, Review, The Valley Path, US Christmas, USX

These crazy hillbillies have been at the Fly Agaric again. USX first came to my attention via the gorgeous Hawkwind

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Undersmile ‘A Sea Of Dead Snakes’ CDEP 2010

14th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, A Sea Of Dead Snakes, Blindsight Records, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Post-Hardcore, Review, Undersmile

Occasionally, once in a blue moon when the planets align and the stars shine at their brightest you get to

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Ultraphallus ‘Sowberry Hagan’ CD 2011

7th March 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Riot Season, Sowberry Hagan, Ultraphallus

Ultraphallus. Apparently named in homage to Michael Jackson’s father, Joe, these twisted Belgians are swimming in some seriously murky waters.

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Unearthly Trance ‘V’ CD/LP 2010

6th October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Heavy, LP, Paul Robertson, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Unearthly Trance, V

The three horsemen of the great unveiling known as the apocalypse emerge from the depths of the abyss for the

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US Christmas ‘Run Thick In The Night’ CD 2010

5th September 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson Doom, Neurot Recordings, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Run Thick In The Night, US Christmas, USX

The first two words that spring immediately to mind upon hearing ‘Run Thick In The Night’, the fifth album from

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