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White Darkness ‘Tokage’ CD/LP/DD 2011

28th October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, CD, DD, Denovali Records, Digital Download, Experimental, Jason Köhnen, LP, Paul Robertson, Rachael Kozak, Review, Tokage, White Darkness

Dread. Unease. The Ain Soph Aur trickling down into creation. The white hot oblivion of forcible unconsciousness. The inescapable fear

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Wolves In The Throne Room ‘Celestial Lineage’ CD/LP/DD 2011

26th October 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, Black Metal, CD, Celestial Lineage, DD, Digital Download, Jessika Kenney, LP, Pete Green, Review, Southern Lord, WITTR, Wolves In The Throne Room

Where do you start with a record you can barely comprehend in its dense complexity? Where do you start to

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Windhand – ST – CD 2011

1st October 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, Alabama Thunderpussy, CD, Doom, Facedowninshit, Forcefield Records, Heavy, Mordgrimm Records, Review, Ryan Wolfe, Stoner Doom, Tom McKibbin, Windhand

If you’re here then there’s a pretty good chance that you are (at the very least) familiar with a little-known

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Wiht ‘The Harrowing Of The North’ CD 2011

7th September 20113rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Instrumental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, The Harrowing Of The North, Wiht

Conceptual art and music can often make for a delicate balancing act; Not only does the sonic delivery have to

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Wall Of Sleep ‘When Mountains Roar’ CD 2011

3rd July 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, NWOBHM, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Wall Of Sleep, When Mountains Roar

Doom music and a name like Wall Of Sleep… you are thinking Ozzy era Sabbath, those sludgey, crawling guitar sounds

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Winter ‘Into Darkness’ Reissue CD/LP 2011

1st April 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles Blackened Doom, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Into Darkness, LP, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Reissue, Review, Southern Lord, Winter

Out of the darkness emerges the most polished re-release of Winter’s ‘Into Darkness’. Pioneers of the slowest kinds of music,

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Wizard’s Beard ‘Pure Filth’ CD 2011

31st March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Pure Filth, Review, Sludge, Stoner Doom, Wizard's Beard

Hailing from the mighty Leeds, Wizard’s Beard are a vile blast of sludge/doom metal that makes being a fan of

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Weedeater ‘Jason…The Dragon’ CD/LP 2011

14th March 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, CD, Dixie, Doom, Jason...The Dragon, LP, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Sludge, Southern Lord, Weedeater

It was with great anticipation that Weedeater’s new album Jason…The Dragon arrived for review. After God Luck and Good Speed,

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Wino ‘Live At Roadburn 2009’ CD/LP 2010

8th December 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Burning World Records, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Jon Blank, JP Gaster, Live At Roadburn 2009, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Roadburn, Roadburn Records, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino

That Scott “Wino” Weinrich is a legend is surely undisputable. What is more remarkable is that, approaching 50, his work

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Wino ‘Adrift’ CD/LP 2010

17th August 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Acoustic, Adrift, Blues, CD, Country, Dark, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino

Robert Scott “Wino” Weinrich has, over the past 30 years, through sheer grit, determination and above all outstanding talent forged

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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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