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2012

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Hawkwind ‘Onward’ CD/LP 2012

8th June 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Ambient, CD, Dave Brock, Eastworld Recordings, Hawkwind, LP, Ollie Stygall, Onward, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock

My relationship with the weird and wonderful world of Hawkwind started nearly 30 years ago when, as an impressionable young

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Mike Scheidt ‘Stay Awake’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

7th June 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Acoustic, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, LP, Mike Scheidt, Review, Solo, Stay Awake, Thrill Jockey Records, Tom McKibbin, Yob

In recent years YOB have become one of the most popular bands in the doom metal canon, taking the essence

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16 ‘Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

6th June 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone -(16)-, 2012, Adam Stone, CD, Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds, Digital, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

One for the moshers. A band with an undeniable pedigree, the time served Californian veterans 16 black vomit forth ten

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Crown ‘The One’ CD 2012

5th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Crown, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, The One

The sound of a molten universe collapsing in upon itself whilst simultaneously birthing a colossal multi-headed beast is the best

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Stoneburner ‘Sickness Will Pass’ CD 2012

4th June 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Doom, Heavy, Post-Hardcore, Review, Seventh Rule Recordings, Sickness Will Pass, Sludge, Stoneburner

Stoneburner are a band that are always going to have unneeded pressure placed upon them because of family connections. Their

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At The Graves ‘Solar’ CD/DD 2012

2nd June 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, At The Graves, CD, DD, Digital Download, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Solar

At The Graves first came to light back in 2008 as a side project to guitarist/vocalist Ben Price’s main band

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Undersmile ‘Narwhal’ CD 2012

1st June 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Chris Moore, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Narwhal, Noise-Rock, Review, Undersmile

Since their formation in 2009, Oxfordshire’s Undersmile have garnered a fair bit of attention thanks to numerous live shows and

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Melvins ‘Freak Puke’ CD/LP/DD 2012

31st May 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin (the) Melvins, 2012, CD, DD, Digital Download, Freak Puke, Heavy, Ipecac Recordings, LP, Melvins, Melvins Lite, Noise-Rock, Review, Tom McKibbin

The Mevlins, or Melvins-Lite as their press release is dubbing them, are back with their second record of 2012 (easy

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Xaddax ‘Counterclockwork’ CD/LP 2012

29th May 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CD, Counterclockwork, Experimental, LP, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Skin Graft, Xaddax

Bonding over a shared love of “palindromes and pointy letters”, and, uh, each other, No-Wave sci-fi skronk duo Xaddax are

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Steak ‘Disastronaught’ CDEP/DD 2012

28th May 201223rd February 2024 Pete Green 2012, CDEP, DD, Digital Download, Disastronaught, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Steak, Stoner Rock

If you think carefully about the giants of the stoner/desert rock scene – Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Karma to Burn,

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Stone Axe ‘Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011’ CD/LP 2012

25th May 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Blues Rock, Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Ripple Music, Roadburn 2011, Stone Axe

Having been turned on to Stone Axe’s first couple of releases by fellow Ripple Music residents Grifter, I jumped at

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