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2012

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The Haxan Cloak ‘The Men Parted The Sea To Devour The Water’ (Latitudes Session) CD/LP 2012

21st August 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Avant-Garde, Bobby Krlic, CD, Experimental, Latitudes, Latitudes Session, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Records, The Haxan Cloak, The Men Parted The Sea To Devour The Water

It feels as though an ice-age has passed since last we heard from Bobby Krlic, AKA The Haxan Cloak, the

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Santa Cruz ‘Down On My’ 2xLP/DD 2012

20th August 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, 60's Garage, Digital, Down On My, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, LP, Motorwolf Records, Orange Sunshine, Psych, Retro Rock, Santa Cruz, Saúl Do Caixão

Once upon a time, in a land far away (Japan actually) there once lived a label called Leaf Hound. With

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Fen ‘Of Losing Interest’ CD/DD 2012

19th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Fen, Heavy Rock, Of Losing Interest, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Ripple Music

PROG!!! For most rock music fans if you utter this word to them it will make them recoil in horror…like

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Nether Regions ‘Into The Breach’ LP/DD 2012

18th August 20123rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2012, Abnormal Gait Records, Andrew Sloan, Digital, Heavy, Into The Breach, LP, Metal, Nether Regions, Review, Sludge

It plummeted out of the sky, a screech like grinding metal with a thousand teeth to write their name into

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Cult Of Occult – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2012

17th August 20123rd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Cult of Occult, Digital, Doom, Hammerheart Records, Heavy, LP, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Sludge

Writing a title-track to depict a record’s chosen concept, emotion, atmosphere or ideology can often be no simple task. Writing

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Scott Kelly And The Road Home ‘The Forgiven Ghost In Me’ CD/LP/DD 2012

16th August 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Acoustic, Americana, Blues, CD, Country, Digital, Folk, LP, My Proud Mountain, Neurot Recordings, Review, Scott Kelly, Scott Kelly And The Road Home, The Forgiven Ghost In Me, Tom McKibbin

You could be forgiven for thinking of Scott Kelly as a solely acoustic artist these days. Apart from Shrinebuilder and

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Acephalix ‘Deathless Master’ CD 2012

15th August 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, Acephalix, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Metal, Deathless Master, Review, Southern Lord, Todd Robinson

Hailing from San Francisco, Acephalix deliver their sophomore album for the ever prolific Southern Lord Records. Touting crust ridden, brutal

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Necro Deathmort ‘The Colonial Script’ CD/Digital 2012

14th August 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Digital, Distraction Records, Experimental, Heavy, Necro Deathmort, Pete Green, Review, The Colonial Script

With a name that can be translated as ‘Death Death Death’, you know from the off that this will not

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Grumbling Fur ‘Alice’ (Latitudes Session) CD/LP 2012

13th August 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, Alexander Tucker, Alice, Atmospheric, Daniel O’Sullivan, Drone, Experimental, Grumbling Fur, Latitudes, Latitudes Session, Review, Southern Records, Todd Robinson

The (now) duo of Daniel O’Sulivan (Ulver / Mothlite / Aethenor / Guapo) and Alexander Tucker (Imbogodom / Guapo) add

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XII Boar ‘Split Tongue, Cloven Hoof’ CDEP/Digital 2012

10th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CDEP, Digital, Groove, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Split Tongue Cloven Hoof, XII Boar

You’ve all heard the theory that if you give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lord Fowl ‘Moon Queen’ CD/Digital 2012

9th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Hard Rock, Lord Fowl, Moon Queen, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Small Stone Records

Oh, so you have a band, that’s great. Wow, look how many notes you can play and how many times

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