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2011

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Retox ‘Ugly Animals’ CD 2011

9th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Grindcore, Hardcore, Ipecac Recordings, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Retox, Review, Ugly Animals, Ugly Animals by Retox

OW! My goddamn head! Jesus, Retox make one hell of an intense racket. Four dudes with a wealth of experience

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The Human Condition ‘Modern Maze’ CDEP 2011

8th September 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CDEP, Doom, Gothic, Heavy Rock, Modern Maze, Pete Green, Review, The Human Condition, Traditional Doom

Doom these days comes in all shapes and sizes, but if you’re really going to get stuck in and hold

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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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Ommadon ‘Part II’ CD 2011

5th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Ommadon, Part II, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Snowblood

…and so the downtuned demonic dynamic duo known as Ommadon lurch forth from their slumber to lay waste to the

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Iron Claw ‘A Different Game’ CD 2011

31st August 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, A Different Game, Blues Rock, CD, Heavy Rock, Iron Claw, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Ripple Music

There are not many bands who have remained as intact as Iron Claw have across 40 years. With the exception

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Aseethe ‘Reverent Burden’ LP 2011

30th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Aseethe, Doom, Drone, Floating Cave Records, Heavy, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge

Aseethe are huge. Colossally, sky-scrapingly huge. Monstrously huge. HUGE. Doom so monolithic that it could have been hewn from pre-historic

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The United Sons Of Toil ‘When The Revolution Comes, Everything Will Be Beautiful’ CD/LP 2011

29th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Phratry Records, Review, The United Sons Of Toil, When The Revolution Comes Everything Will Be Beautiful

Comrades! The United Sons Of Toil want you to throw off the yoke of the capitalist oppressor and join them

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Grifter – S/T – CD 2011

27th August 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Grifter, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Ripple Music, Self Titled

Okay, cards on table time; I love Grifter. There I said it. I have been a fan since almost the

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Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned ’30 Weight’ CD/LP 2011

26th August 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, 30 Weight, Blues Rock, CD, Country, Gideon Smith, Gideon Smith & The Dixie Damned, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

Over the course of the past 10 years or so and with 2 EPs and 2 previous albums to his

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A Death Cinematic ‘Your Fate Twisting, Epic In Its Crushing Moments’ CD 2011

25th August 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, A Death Cinematic, Art House, Avant-Garde, CD, Instrumental, Jazz Fusion, Post-Rock, Review, Simple Box Construction, Tom McKibbin, Your Fate Twisting Epic In Its Crushing Moments

‘Your Fate Twisting, Epic in its Crushing Moments’, the latest release from mysterious one-man-band A Death Cinematic comes in some

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Pontiak ‘Comecrudos’ 12″ 2011

24th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 12", 2011, Atmospheric, Comecrudos, Drone, Paul Robertson, Pontiak, Post-Rock, Review, Thrill Jockey Records

Pontiak are the brothers Carney – Lain, Van & Jennings Carney, to be exact, from Virginia – and ‘Comecrudos’ is

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