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2011

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Mountain Witch – S/T – 12″ 2011

9th July 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 12", 2011, Droehnhaus Records, Instrumental, Mountain Witch, Pete Green, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock, Stoner Jam

So, you like stoner rock, AND drone, AND instrumental psychedelia? Then you’ll love the latest EP by Hamburg, Germany’s three-piece

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Planks ‘The Darkest Of Grays / Solicit To Fall’ CD 2011

8th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Crust, Death Crust, Hardcore, Paul Robertson, Planks, Review, Southern Lord, The Darkest Of Grays / Solicit To Fall

You’ll be unsurprised to hear, given the Crust content of SL’s latest batch of releases, that the oddly-named Planks are

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Seven Churches Festival 2011

6th July 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, Bast, Black Sun, Bong, Dopefight, Kingston, Live Review, Rise of the Simians, Seven Churches Festival, The Fighting Cocks, Tom McKibbin, Undersmile

The Fighting Cocks, Kingston 25/06/2011 Seven Churches Festival went ahead on Saturday 25th June in spite of some high profile

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Album & EP Reviews X 

Xibalba ‘Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias’ CD 2011

4th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Death Crust, Hardcore, Heavy, Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Southern Lord, Xibalba

MADRE DE DIOS!! Xibalba aren’t fuckin’ around, they take NO prisoners. Combining the glutinous guitar tone of prime Obituary with

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wall Of Sleep ‘When Mountains Roar’ CD 2011

3rd July 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, NWOBHM, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Wall Of Sleep, When Mountains Roar

Doom music and a name like Wall Of Sleep… you are thinking Ozzy era Sabbath, those sludgey, crawling guitar sounds

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kings Destroy ‘And The Rest Will Surely Perish’ CD 2011

2nd July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, And The Rest Will Surely Perish, CD, Doom, Heavy, Kings Destroy, Maple Forum, Paul Robertson, Review

Those of you with functioning long-term memories may remember how wildly I enthused about Kings Destroy’s debut seven inch, ‘Old

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Stereochrist ‘III’ CD 2011

1st July 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy, III, Mark Hunt-Bryden, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stereochrist

I have reviewed a fair few of the recent releases from Austrian label Psychedoomelic and can state now that they

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Witch – Demo 2011

29th June 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Demo, Doom, Heavy, Iron Witch, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Stoner Doom

When the first Iron Witch demo landed in 2010 it was immediately apparent that, under the filthy production, there was

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lavagoat – S/T – CD 2011

28th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Lavagoat, NWOBHM, Paul Robertson, Review, Somnambulist Sound System

Canada. There must be something in the water there that makes for such awesome metal bands…possibly beaver pee, I’m not

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Fragment ‘Home’ CD 2011

27th June 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Drone, Fragment, Home, OPN Records, Review, Shoegaze, Tom McKibbin

Fragment is the kind of artist that music journalists hate to have to review because with almost no information available

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Alpinist ‘Lichtlærm/Minus.Mensch’ CD 2011

26th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Alpinist, CD, Crust, Hardcore, Lichtlærm, Minus.Mensch, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

German quartet Alpinist are the next blunt instrument to be wielded in Southern Lord’s campaign for crust domination, along with

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