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2012

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Pontiak ‘Echo Ono’ CD/LP 2012

28th February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CD, Echo Ono, Heavy Rock, LP, Paul Robertson, Pontiak, Post-Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Thrill Jockey Records

The brothers Carney, otherwise known as Pontiak, make a welcome return with this, their first full-length recording since 2010’s Living,

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Tort – S/T – CD 2012

27th February 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Doom, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Thrash Metal, Tort, Totalrust Music

Thrash metal. Doom metal. One an unrelenting and unforgivingly savage Minotaur trapped in the dungeon of its own manic psychosis;

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Stubb – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2012

16th February 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, DD, Digital Download, Fuzz, LP, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Stubb, Superhot Records, Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight

Axl Rose is a dickhead. I know it, you know it, hell, I imagine even he knows it. 15 years

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The Mire / Chronos – Split 10” 2012

12th February 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Chronos, Dog Knights Productions, Doom, George Leeming, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge, Split 10", The Mire

The Mire’s tendency towards teasingly short releases continues, as they further elaborate on the dynamic marriage of beauty, progressive histrionics

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Dwellers ‘Good Morning Harakiri’ CD/DD 2012

11th February 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues, CD, DD, Digital Download, Dwellers, Fuzz, Good Morning Harakiri, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records

It’s not often I get a record to review that leaves me slightly stumped as to what to say about

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Lurk – S/T – CD 2012

10th February 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Doom, Lurk, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Totalrust Music

With a front cover and inner sleeve featuring grisly images of the jaw lines of what look like mechanised, alien

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Poison Idea ‘Darby Crash Rides Again: The Early Years’ CD/LP 2012

9th February 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2012, CD, Darby Crash Rides Again: The Early Years, Hardcore, James Parker, LP, Poison Idea, Punk, Review, Southern Lord, TKO Records

Coming as the first of a slightly out of character Southern Lord series of releases of this blazing 1980s/90s punk

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Take Over & Destroy ‘Rotten Tide’ Digital EP 2012

8th February 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Digital Download, Digital EP, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Punk, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Rotten Tide, Take Over & Destroy, TOAD

In 2009 I reviewed an album by a band called Queen Beast. This was a savage, unhinged ride into oblivion

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Fellwoods ‘Wulfram’ CD/LP/DD 2012

7th February 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, At War With False Noise, Bear Trail Records, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Fellwoods, Heavy Rock, LP, Psychedelic, Retro Rock, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Wulfram

In music as with cinema, there has been a resurgence over the last few years, of art that gets labeled

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Wizard’s Beard ‘Four Tired Undertakers’ CD 2012

6th February 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Altsphere Productions, CD, Doom, Four Tired Undertakers, Heavy, Review, Sludge, Tom McKibbin, Wizard's Beard

Leeds sludge-kickers Wizard’s Beard have taken no time at all to release the follow up to last year’s Pure Filth

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Skin Like Iron / Nails – Split 7″ 2012

4th February 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, 7", Adam Stone, Crust, Grindcore, Hardcore, Nails, Review, Self Released, Skin Like Iron, Skin Like Iron / Nails, Split, Split 7"

When I saw this one up for grabs I went for it quick. ‘Unsilent Death’ by Nails is one of

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