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2011

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Noothgrush – S/T – Reissue CD/LP 2011

29th November 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Doom, Fuck Yoga Records, Heavy, LP, Noothgrush, Reissue, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

An interesting one, this; independent label Fuck Yoga have gotten their grubby mits on one of Noothgrush’s very first recordings

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Astrohenge ‘Astrohenge II’ CD 2011

27th November 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Astrohenge, Astrohenge II, CD, Doom, Experimental, Eye Of Sound, EyesofSound, Fairground Doom, Jazz, Metal, Pete Green, Review

Imagine Cephalic Carnage playing the theme-tune to The Magic Roundabout. Or Tesseract jamming in an Early Learning Centre with a

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OBELYSKKH ‘Mount Nysa’ LP 2011

26th November 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Doom, Droehnhaus Records, Kraut, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mount Nysa, Obelyskkh, Review, Sludge, Stoner-Doom-Noise-Psych-Fukking-Raw

Having your debut album produced by the man who has commanded the desk for albums by the likes of Neurosis,

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Dead Existence ‘Born Into The Planet’s Scars’ CD 2011

25th November 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Born Into The Planet’s Scars, CD, Crust, Dead Existence, Doom, Review, Sludge, Withered Hand Records

As crusty as a tramp’s cold dead arse, but twice as foul – nay, thrice, this nasty little ep is

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The Body & Braveyoung ‘Nothing Passes’ CD 2011

24th November 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, At A Loss Recordings, Braveyoung, CD, Dark, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Nothing Passes, Paul Robertson, Review, The Body, The Body & Braveyoung

Gospel power-sludge duo The Body are so ridiculously heavy that they can crack continents, part seas, and shift the moon

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The Black Lanterns – S/T – CD 2011

23rd November 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Blues Rock, CD, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Punk Rock, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, The Black Lanterns

Cementing their first year in existence with the release of a self titled, self produced mini CD, The Black Lanterns

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Kodiak – S/T – 2xCD

22nd November 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, CD, Denovali Records, Discography, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Kodiak, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Self Titled

This double CD that has emerged from Denovali Records introduces to the listener the first three releases by the German

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Rue ‘Thorns’ CD/DD 2011

20th November 20113rd September 2019 George Leeming 2011, CD, DD, Digital Download, Doom, George Leeming, Metal, Review, Rue, Shifty Records, Sludge, Thorns

When Rue’s second full-length ‘Thorns’ opens to the gently layered, acoustic guitar musing of the title track, the unwary listener

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Thorr-Axe ‘Wall Of Spears’ CD 2011

17th November 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Doom, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Thorr-Axe, Wall Of Spears

When I was 16 I was still listening to The Offspring, Blink 182 and all the other teen-pop-rock nonsense you

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Paul Catten ‘Themes And Variations For Strings And Electronics’ CD 2011

16th November 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Avant-Garde, CD, Classical, Electronic, Experimental, Future Noise, Paul Catten, Paul Robertson, Review, Themes And Variations For Strings And Electronics

In another life, Paul Catten would perhaps have been horribly disfgured during the explosion of a machine to communicate with

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Five Will Die ‘Worth And Soul’ CD 2011

15th November 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Doom, Five Will Die, Metal, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Tom McKibbin, Worth and Soul

There are few more commanding ways to start an album than by screaming “BOW DOWN!” in the way that Five

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