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2009

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bombus – 7″ 2009

23rd April 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Bombus, Fuzz, Hardcore, Heavy, Mourningwood Recordings, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review

Bugger it, some bands really don’t make it easy by creating a sound that really does defy description!!! This Swedish

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Under ‘Mercurial’ CD 2009

22nd April 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, CD, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Prog Rock, Review, Self Released, The Under

Progressive Metal… The name itself can strike fear into even the most open minded of rock fans, conjuring images of

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Church Of Misery ‘Houses Of The Unholy’ CD/LP 2009

10th April 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, CD, Church Of Misery, COM, Doom, Heavy, Houses Of The Unholy, LP, Psych Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, Stoner Doom

This little disc of pure heavy rock heaven should be played at no less than 50 wattage output, and you

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Gathiens ‘Nesh’ CD 2009

1st April 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2009, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Gathiens, Heavy, Murkhouse Recordings, Nesh, Post-Rock, Review, Shoegaze

Well let’s get that first hurdle over with, Gathiens are post-metal! It’s a term that once inspired excitement and anticipation

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Unearthly Trance / Ramesses – Split 10″ 2009

28th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 10", 2009, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Ramesses, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 10", Unearthly Trance

Raise your fucking fist aloft and make the Devil sign, you down-trodden dog – show your love for the dark

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sons Of Otis ‘Exiled’ CD 2009

25th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Drone, Exiled, Experimental, Fuzz, Heavy, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Sons Of Otis, Space Rock, Stoner Jam

Fucking wow. My cerebral cortex is melting in a cranial orgasm of riff-based space sludge. Stoners everywhere – buy this.

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Locrian ‘Drenched Lands’ CD 2009

24th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, Ambient, At War With False Noise, CD, Dark, Drone, Experimental, Industrial, Locrian, Noise, Review

Dark dark noise that emanates slowly and rises like a black fog from the decaying anus of the mummified corpse

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Rise Of The Simians ‘The Cursed Law Of Thelema’ CDEP 2009

22nd February 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rise of the Simians, Self Released, Sludge, The Cursed Law Of Thelema

I was always taught that using a cliché showed a lack of original thought and an example of an over

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Stone Turner ‘Session 1 (Crucial Truth)’ CDEP 2009

17th February 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Blues Rock, CDEP, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Psych Rock, Review, Self Released, Session 1 (Crucial Truth), Space Rock, Stone Turner

There are some talented fuckers out there!!! Jack Dickinson has been kicking around the scene for some time and never

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A Death Cinematic ‘A Parable on the Aporia of Vengeance and the Beauty of Unpenetrable Sadness’ CD 2009

26th January 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2009, A Death Cinematic, A Parable on the Aporia of Vengeance and the Beauty of Unpenetrable Sadness, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Drone, Experimental, Noise, Review, Self Released

It’s always good to see artists put a bit of effort into their work and this new self-released double album

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