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2011

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Obake – ST – CD 2011

10th October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Obake, Paul Robertson, Rare Noise Records, Review, Sludge

An Obake, for the ignorant among you, is a form of shape-shifter or ghost in Japanese folklore – Indeed, the

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Catapult The Smoke ‘Born In Fire’ CD 2011

8th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Catapult The Smoke, CD, Classic Rock, Fuzz, Ollie Stygall, Orchestrated Misery Records, Review, Stoner Doom

A couple of years ago a CD landed on my doormat with the force of a hand grenade and just

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Tom Hall ‘Muted Angels’ Cassette/DL 2011

7th October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Axxonn, Cassette, Complicated Dance Steps, Download, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, Muted Angels, Paul Robertson, Review, Sonoptik, Tom Hall

A bit off the beaten track for The Sleeping Shaman, this one, due to its lack of guitars, hair, fuzzboxes

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Freedom Hawk ‘Holding On’ CD 2011

6th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Classic Rock, Freedom Hawk, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Holding On, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

It’s high summer, 1973, you’re making the long drive through the Californian wastelands to pick up a consignment of weed

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Crass ‘Yes Sir, I Will’ Reissue CD 2011

5th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Anarcho Punk, CD, Crass, Crass Records, Crassical, Crust, Dial House, Experimental, Hardcore, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Reissue, Review, Yes Sir I will

Crass’ 1982 offering “Christ – The Album” had been an audacious piece of work taking six months to record and

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Morkobot ‘Morbo’ CD/LP 2011

4th October 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Avant-Garde, Bass, CD, Djent, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Morbo, Morkobot, Pete Green, Prog Rock, Review, Supernatural Cat

Isn’t that scene where Spinal Tap all emerge on stage with each member pounding a bass guitar while David St.

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Windhand – ST – CD 2011

1st October 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, Alabama Thunderpussy, CD, Doom, Facedowninshit, Forcefield Records, Heavy, Mordgrimm Records, Review, Ryan Wolfe, Stoner Doom, Tom McKibbin, Windhand

If you’re here then there’s a pretty good chance that you are (at the very least) familiar with a little-known

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kerretta ‘Saansilo’ CD/LP 2011

30th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, Instrumental, Kerretta, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Saansilo

‘Difficult Second Album’ syndrome can be a real bitch – Do you follow the same formula? Is this the right

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Groan / Vinum Sabbatum – Split CD 2011

29th September 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Classic Rock, Doom, Doomanoid Records, Groan, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Split, Split CD, Vinum Sabbatum

For a label barely 2 years into their existence, Doomanoid Records have grown at a rate far beyond their tender

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Agnosis ‘Hecate’ DL EP Reissue 2011

28th September 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Agnosis, Dark Matter Recordings, Doom, Download, EP, Hecate, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psych, Reissue, Review, Sludge

Agnosis were a fiercely renowned sludge, doom band from upstate New York, formed in 2002 by Austin Lunn, Andrew Jude

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Heinali and Matt Finney ‘Ain’t No Night’ CD 2011

27th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ain't No Night, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Drone, Experimental, Heinali, Heinali & Matt Finney, Matt Finney, Paradigms Recordings, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review

Hot on the heels of their last collaboration, Conjoined, Ukrainian sound artist Heinali and American poet/spoken word artist Matt Finney

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