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2009

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Electrozombies / Hellborn Messiah – Split CD 2009

13th November 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, Blackened Crust, CD, Crust, Doom, Electrozombies, Electrozombies/Hellborn Messiah, Hardcore, Hellborn Messiah, Odio Sonoro, Review, Split, Split CD

Shock! Horror! Latin America quakes with the old-skool power of blackened CRUST. After seeing these foul and heavy skull fuckers

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Airpeople ‘The Golden City’ CD 2009

12th November 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Airpeople, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, CD, Experimental, Golden Antenna Records, Instrumental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, The Golden City

In all fairness the bio accompanying this release put me off slightly as it comes off more than a little

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Album & EP Reviews V 

V/A ‘Grind Madness At The BBC’ CD 2009

6th November 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Compilation, Earache Records, Extreme Noise Terror, Godflesh, Grind Madness At The BBC, Heresy, Intense Degree, John Peel, Napalm Death, Ollie Stygall, Peel Sessions, Review, Unseen Terror, V/A, Various Artists

Since John Peel’s tragic and untimely death in 2004 we have heard countless times how everyone and their dog used

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Cobra ‘Chronomega’ CD/LP 2009

4th November 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Acid King, Black Cobra, Cavity, CD, Chronomega, Doom, Guitar & Drums, Heavy, LP, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Raw, Review, Southern Lord, Two Piece

Two guys…guitar/vocals and drums. How much noise would you think it would be possible to make? Certainly not this much!!!

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wolfmother ‘Cosmic Egg’ CD/LP 2009

3rd November 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Cosmic Egg, Heavy Rock, Modular Records, Ollie Stygall, Review, Wolfmother

I have to admit, when Wolfmother’s debut album dropped in 2005 I was pretty taken with their take on the

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Part Chimp ‘Thriller’ CD 2009

2nd November 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, CD, Fuzz, Grunge, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Part Chimp, Review, Rock Action Records, Sludge, Thriller

So you think you know heavy!!! Electric Wizard, Slayer, Kyuss…forget about it, Part Chimp up the heavy stakes in no

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Alunah / Queen Elephantine – Split 7″ 2009

30th October 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Aluna, Alunah, Catacomb Records, Drone, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Queen Elephantine, Review, Space Rock, Split, Split 7"

So, Def Leppard’s Hysteria took four years to arrive which, at the time, seemed a long time until Guns N

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Pelican ‘What We All Come To Need’ CD/LP 2009

24th October 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, CD, Doom, Heavy, Instrumental, LP, Ollie Stygall, Pelican, Post-Rock, Review, Southern Lord, What We All Come To Need

In some ways I’m pretty fortunate in that I’ve been living under a rock for several years and have never

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Cult Of Whores And Dogs – Demo 2009

18th October 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Cult Of Whores And Dogs, Demo, Experimental, Industrial, Noise, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

Many years ago, back in the mists of times there came a band out of the North East of England

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Low Sonic Drift ‘Shadows Of The Titan’ CDEP 2009

17th October 200923rd February 2024 Ollie Stygall 2009, CDEP, Desert Rock, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Low Sonic Drift, LSD, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Shadows Of The Titan, Stoner Rock, Theoretical Records

Glasgow’s Low Sonic Drift, like the drug with which they share their initials seek to confound, confuse and generally fuck

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Invasion ‘The Master Alchemist’ CD 2009

3rd October 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, CD, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Invasion, Ollie Stygall, Review, Soul, Stoner Doom, The Master Alchemist

Some things just aren’t going to work, like a Chihuahua fucking a Great Dane, bacon sandwiches at a Jewish wedding,

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