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The Body / Thou ‘Released From Love’ 12″ 2014

26th June 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 12", 2014, Collaboration, Doom, Glen Westall, Heavy, Released From Love, Review, Sludge, The Body, Thou, Vinyl Rites

This is not a split. It is a collaboration. ‘Released From Love’ is about as mean and noisy as you’d

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Godflesh ‘Decline & Fall’ CDEP/12″/DD 2014

29th May 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 12", 2014, Artwork Revealed, Avalanche, CDEP, Dave Bowes, Decline & Fall, Digital, Doom, GC Green, Godflesh, Heavy, Industrial, Justin K Broadrick

There’s usually a bit of trepidation going in to listen to something like this. The pessimist in all of us

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Naam / White Hills / Black Rainbows / The Flying Eyes – Split CD/12″/DD 2014

28th May 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 12", 2014, Black Rainbows, CD, Digital, Fuzz, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Naam, Psychedelic, Review, The Flying Eyes, Tom McKibbin, White Hills

Split releases are great in theory. For the bands, it’s an opportunity to collaborate, whether loosely or closely, with bands

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Hot Lunch ‘House Of Whispers’ 12″/DD 2014

23rd May 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 12", 2014, Digital, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Hot Lunch, House Of Whispers, Proto-Metal, Punk, Review, Ross Horton

Hot Lunch – UK psychedelic lynchpin Julian Cope once said flattering words about them. So flattering, in fact, that his

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Graves At Sea / Sourvein – Split CD/12″ 2014

15th May 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 12", 2014, CD, Doom, Graves At Sea, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Review, Seventh Rule Recordings, Sludge, Sourvein

Portland residents Graves At Sea have had quite an awakening in recent months; after nearly a decade of hibernation, they

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Bastard Of The Skies / Grimpen Mire – Split 12″ 2014

15th May 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 12", 2014, Bastard Of The Skies, Doom, Future Noise, Grimpen Mire, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Review, Sludge

Having been involved in promoting Metal, Doom, Sludge , Drone, Noise and just about any kind of extreme music they

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Holly Hunt ‘Prometheus’ 12″/DD 2014

2nd May 20143rd September 2019 Adam Stone 12", Adam Stone, Digital, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Holly Hunt, Other Electricities, Prometheus, Review, Sludge, Sonic Titan

Two piece bands, one thumping the drum set and one thrashing the strings, one or both members maybe shouting or

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Graves At Sea ‘This Place Is Poison’ 12″ 2014

1st May 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 12", 2014, Doom, Eolian Empire, Graves At Sea, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, Sludge, This Place Is Poison

Rejoice! The masters of heavy sludge have returned! Graves At Sea are back and just to remind us all why

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The Cosmic Dead ‘EasterFaust’ 12″ 2014

20th February 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 12", 2014, Dave Bowes, EasterFaust, Experimental, Kraut, Review, Sound Of Cobra Records, Space Rock, The Cosmic Dead

The first time I ever saw The Cosmic Dead live, they were playing a double set at Mono, a vegan

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Bismuth / Undersmile – Split 12″/CS/DD 2013

2nd December 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2013, At War With False Noise, Bismuth, Cassette, De Graanrepubliek Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, John Reppion, Review, Sludge, Split, Tartarus Records, Undersmile

Earlier this month, Nottingham’s Bismuth and Oxford’s Undersmile – “two of the UK’s heavyweights in female fronted doom and sludge”

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Whores ‘Clean’ 12″/DD 2013

29th November 20133rd September 2019 Ross Horton 12", 2013, Brutal Panda Records, Clean, Digital, Grunge, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Review, Ross Horton, Whores

Atlanta noiseniks Whores’ new record ‘Clean‘ combines bubblegum pop and syncopated Balearic trance into a smooth, daytime listening extravaganza, a

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