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2011

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Denizen ‘Whispering Wild Stories’ CD 2011

3rd June 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Denizen, Doom, Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Tom McKibbin, Whispering Wild Stories

France’s Denizen bring us ‘Whispering Wild Stories’, their third album since forming in 2003 and I won’t lie, it’s a

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Pyramido ‘Salt’ CD 2011

2nd June 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, CD, Crust, Doom, Hardcore, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Pyramido, Review, Salt, Sludge, Totalrust Music

Pyramido have emerged from Sweden as one of most exciting bands to be playing music that merges hardcore with doom.

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Ramesses ‘Possessed By The Rise Of Magik’ CD 2011

1st June 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Album, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Doom, Possessed By The Rise Of Magik, Ramesses, Review, Ritual Productions

Controversy in a goat skull. This has been one tough motherfucker of an album to review. I’m all dried up

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Master Musicians Of Bukakke ‘Totem 3’ CD/LP 2011

31st May 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Album, CD, Experimental, Important Records, LP, Master Musicians Of Bukkake, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Totem 3

The Master Musicians have always enthusiastically injected theatre into their music. With identities obscured by Tuareg clothes and Kali mask

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Mage – Demo CD 2011

30th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Demo, Groove, Hard Rock, Heavy, Mage, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

Anyone remember Outburst? Hailing from Leicester they spent many years grafting away and building up a grass roots following with

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Triggerman ‘Brand New Day’ CD 2011

29th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Album, Brand New Day, CD, Groove, Hard Rock, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Triggerman

Have you ever seen the film Deliverance? The tale of backwoods torment and rape of a group of tourists by

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Sun Splitter / Bridesmaid – Spilt 7″ 2011

28th May 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, 7", Bastard Sloth Records, Bridesmaid, Doom, Experimental, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Split, Split 7", Sun Splitter

A tasty wee split seven inch here from pals of Locrian, Sun Splitter and Bastard Sloth homeboys Bridesmaid. Both bands

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Keef ‘Stoned To Doom’ CD 2011

27th May 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Canadian’s often get a rough ride from their southern cousins – the South Park boys famously poked fun at this

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Terminal Sound System ‘Heavy Weather’ CD/LP 2011

26th May 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, CD, Dark, Denovali Records, Doom, Drone, HALO, Heavy Weather, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, Skye Klein, Terminal Sound System

If I had to use only two words to describe Terminal Sound System, those words would be ‘vast’ and ‘filmic’…although

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Diet Pills – S/T – LP 2011

20th May 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Diet Pills, Force Fed Records, Hardcore, Heavy, LP, Noise-Rock, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Sludge

On a day in May there came a dark cloud of despair, a hot smouldering piece of vinyl, born from

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Ironweed ‘Your World Of Tomorrow’ CD 2011

16th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Ironweed, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Your World Of Tomorrow

I have to admit I never got round to checking out Ironweed’s debut offering “Indian Ladder” which landed in 2008,

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