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2012

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Nonsun ‘Good Old Evil’ Demo 2012

16th January 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Demo, Digital, Doom, Drone, Good Old Evil, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Nonsun, Review, Self Released

I would imagine the two members behind the new Ukrainian duo Nonsun have a love of various different orbits of

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MONO ‘For My Parents’ CD/LP 2012

15th January 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Classical, For My Parents, LP, Mono, Orchestral, Post-Rock, Review, Temporary Residence Limited, Tom McKibbin

I’ve always been a massive video game nerd and the aspect of a game that will often make or break

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Boris / Joe Volk – Split 12″ 2012

14th January 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Acoustic, Atmospheric, Boris, Experimental, Heavy, Invada Records, Joe Volk, Pete Green, Review, Split 12"

Trying to even remotely predict what Japanese psych/drone/doom/pop mentalists Boris will do next is a task akin to fire-toasting marshmallows

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WaterWays / Sons Of Alpha Centauri / Hotel Wrecking City Traders – Split 12″ 2012

10th January 201323rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Ambient, Bro Fidelity Records, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Review, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Split 12", Stoner Rock, WaterWays

I was at school and beginning my forays into music collecting when people proclaimed vinyl was dead. Following the rise

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Torpor ‘Bled Dry’ CDEP/DD 2012

9th January 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Bled Dry, CDEP, Digital, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Metal, Review, Self Released, Torpor

Ah here. No. The alarm bells go off when I see tags on a Bandcamp page that say “noise metal”,

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Mage ‘Black Sands’ CD/DD 2012

8th January 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Black Sands, CD, Digital, Doom, Mage, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

Mage’s debut EP in 2011 was a tantalising taste of things to come for the band, muscular riffs and raw

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Mugstar ‘Axis’ CD/LP/DD 2012

7th January 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Agitated Records, Atmospheric, Axis, CD, Digital, Experimental, Jamie Grimes, LP, Mugstar, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock

I believe it was extravagantly hatted jazz-funk troubadours Jamiroquai who thought to name one of their albums “Travelling Without Moving”.

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Jaw Horse ‘Cancer Creek’ CD/DD 2012

5th January 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Cancer Creek, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jaw Horse, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Review, Self Released

I’m a man of pretty varied tastes when it comes to music. Sometimes I like to chill out with something

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Sonance ‘Like Ghosts’ DD 2012

3rd January 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Like Ghosts, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Sonance

There’s a visceral beauty at work as Sonance wring twisted leaden sludge and floating spectral ambience seemingly from the very

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SardoniS/Eternal Elysium ‘Ascending Circulation’ – Split CDEP 2012

27th December 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Ascending Circulation, Doom, Eternal Elysium, Hammerheart Records, Instrumental, Pete Green, Review, SardoniS, Sludge, Split CD

The Japanese get all the coolest things in life first: sushi, bullet trains, ninjas, walkmans, ‘Made in Japan’, and now

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Southern Badass ‘Born In Mud’ CD/DD 2012

20th December 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Born In Mud, CD, Digital, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Ozium Records, Review, Sludge, Southern Badass, Southern Rock

Some bands manage to capture an essence, a feel that permeates through the music and ‘Born In Mud’ comes some

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