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2012

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Lecherous Gaze ‘Bagagazo’ 7″ 2012

6th October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, 7", Bagagazo, Garage, Lecherous Gaze, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Sleaze Rock, Who Can You Trust Records

Some bands just capture a spirit in their name; The Sex Pistols, Guns N Roses, Metallica, Slayer…etc. The name speaks

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General ‘Where Are Your Gods Now’ CD/DD 2012

5th October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Catacomb Records, CD, Digital, General, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Where Are Your Gods Now

Catacomb Records is not the most prolific label with only a small handful of releases to show for their five

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Stinking Lizaveta ‘7th Direction’ CD/LP 2012

4th October 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, 7th Direction, Blues, CD, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, Heavy, Instrumental, Jazz, LP, Review, Stinking Lizaveta, Tom McKibbin

Cult instrumental power-trio Stinking Lizaveta are back again with 7th Direction, their (surprise, surprise) seventh album, and the band are

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Slow Season – S/T – CD/DD 2012

3rd October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Slow Season

Holy Led Zep Batman!!! Slow Season are an utterly unknown band from across the water Stateside but have more than

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Howlin’ Widow – S/T – 7” 2012

2nd October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, 7", Blues Rock, Freak Flag Recordings, Heavy Rock, Howlin' Widow, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review

Is anyone familiar with the story behind The Who’s “Pictures Of Lily”? Basically the protagonist of the song is having

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Chelsea Wolfe ‘Live At Roadburn 2012’ LP 2012

1st October 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Atmospheric, Burning World Records, Chelsea Wolfe, Doom, Folk, Live, Live At Roadburn 2012, LP, Review, Roadburn Records, Tom McKibbin

When Wovenhand took to the stage at Roadburn 2011 the general consensus was that they brought down one of the

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Lords Of Bastard ‘Cuddles’ CD 2012

30th September 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Alternative, Bang Mountain Records, CD, Cuddles, Grunge, Heavy, Lords Of Bastard, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review

When Lords Of Bastard’s self titled debut landed a couple of years ago I was immediately taken with its random,

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Rites – S/T – 12″ 2012

29th September 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 12", 2012, Doom, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Rites, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

I don’t know exactly what ‘rites’ this Galway-based four-piece are involved in but judging by their music, they’re of the

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Orchid ‘Heretic’ CDEP/10″/DD 2012

28th September 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 10", 2012, Alex Varley, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Heretic, Nuclear Blast Records, Orchid, Review, Stoner Doom

If you’re looking for a band that encapsulates that warm, bluesy feel of 70s hard rock whilst avoiding being an

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Ufomammut ‘Oro: Opus Alter’ CD/LP 2012

27th September 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Doom, Heavy, LP, Malleus, Neurot Recordings, Opus Alter, Oro: Opus Alter, Pete Green, Psychedelic, Review, Supernatural Cat, Ufomammut

Previously on the Oro Opus series… Italian psyche-drone-doom-sludge shit-kickers Ufomammut battle through the galaxy upon a haze of steel-tinged fairy

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Wheelfall ‘Interzone’ CD/DD 2012

26th September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CD, Digital, Doom, Fuzz, Interzone, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sunruin Records, Wheelfall

Wearing their hearts on their sleeves, French Stoner/Doom band Wheelfall openly acknowledge their Sabbathy debt and aspirations for Stoner heritage

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