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2009

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Bone Parade ‘Vollmondlieder’ CDEP 2009

31st January 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Avant-Garde, Bone Parade, CDEP, Drone, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Review, Vollmondlieder, Wind and Fog Records

Stark, minimalist songs of the full moon from Bone Parade, a husband and wife duo from Albany NY, on this

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Shrinebuilder – S/T – CD/LP 2009

30th January 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Al Cisneros, CD, Dale Crover, Doom, Heavy, LP, Melvins, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Ollie Stygall, OM, Post-Hardcore, Review, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Scott Kelly, Shrinebuilder, Sleep, Spirit Caravan, The Hidden Hand, The Obsessed, Wino

This has to be just about one of the most hotly anticipated releases within the stoner/doom circles of the last

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mothertrucker ‘Dark Transmi55ions’ CD 2009

2nd January 20103rd September 2019 Tom Khuda 2009, CD, Dark Transmi55ions, Heavy, Instrumental, Mothertrucker, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Tom Khuda

I’ve known of Birmingham’s instrumental quartet, Mothertrucker for some years now, so it was with real interest that I picked

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Into The Storm ‘Amidst A Sea Of Chaos’ CD 2009

18th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Amidst A Sea Of Chaos, CD, Hardcore, Heavy, Into The Storm, Metal, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Imagine, if you can, that legendary metal/hardcore band Botch were in fact a jigsaw. Now imagine that jigsaw tossed in

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Obliteration ‘Nekropsalms’ CD 2009

15th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Brutal, CD, Death Metal, Fysisk Format, Heavy, Nekropsalms, Obliteration, Paul Robertson, Review

Old-school Death Metal of the highest order here from Norwegian maniacs Obliteration. This is Death Metal from back in the

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Shroud Eater – S/T – CDEP 2009

14th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, CDEP, Doom, Fuzz, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Shroud Eater

HEY YOU! Yeah, you with the Melvins t-shirt and the High On Fire LP under your arm…wanna hear somethin’ new

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Domes Of Silence ‘Temple Of The Wasp’ CDEP 2009

12th December 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, CDEP, Domes Of Silence, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Temple Of The Wasp

Tenacity, determination, bloody mindedness and talent…Domes of Silence have it all by the truckload. Since their debut album “Mescaline” emerged

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Album & EP Reviews I 

IRA ‘Visions Of A Landscape’ CD 2009

10th December 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, IRA, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Visions Of A Landscape

Hailing from the university town of Konstanz in Germany, IRA are clearly deep thinkers and I don’t mean that in

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Charger ‘Disgust At The Status Quo’ CDEP 2009

3rd December 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, CDEP, Charger, Crust, Disgust At The Status Quo, Doom, Future Noise, Fuzz, Fuzz Bastards, Hardcore, Review, Sludge

Set the controls, for the arse of a nun…four grizzled pottery heads with a pulsating predilection for the barbaric beauty

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Poison Dwarf ‘Shit On A Stick’ CDEP 2009

19th November 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, CDEP, Doom, Drone, Paul Robertson, Poison Dwarf, Review, Self Released, Shit On A Stick, Sludge

I don’t know about you, but when I hear the name ‘Poison Dwarf’, I immediately think of li’l Juicy Ewing

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight ‘Moving On’ CD 2009

14th November 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Moving On, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Doom, Trippy Wicked, Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight

“D.I.Y or Die”. That seems to be the mantra an increasing number of bands are subscribing to these days and

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