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2012

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Venomous Maximus ‘Beg Upon The Light’ CD/DD 2012

19th December 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, Beg Upon The Light, CD, Digital, Metal, NWOBHM, Occult Rock, Occulture Records, Review, Venomous Maximus

It’s been a long while since a trend could be thrown around with such weight as the term ‘occult rock.’

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Horders ‘Fimbulvetr’ LP/DD 2012

18th December 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Feast Of Tentacles, Give Up, Horders, LP, Paul Robertson, Review

Field transmissions from someplace cold, desolate and uncaring are what appear to make up Fimbulvetr,the first full-length recording from Horders,

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Goat ‘World Music’ CD/LP/DD 2012

17th December 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, CD, Digital, Experimental, Funk, Goat, LP, Psych, Review, Rocket Recordings, Space Rock, Todd Robinson, Tribal, World Music

Goat are a mysterious collective who originate from Korpilombolo, a tiny village situated in the northern reaches of Sweden, their

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JK Flesh / Prurient ‘Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination’ Split LP 2012

14th December 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Chris Moore, Dominick Fernow, Dub, Experimental, Industrial, JK Flesh, Justin K Broadrick, LP, Noise, Prurient, Review, Split, Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination

‘Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination’ is a collaborative release (and more than likely Hydra Head’s last ever it

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Amenra ‘Mass V’ CD/LP/DD 2012

12th December 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Amenra, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Mass V, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Review, Soul Slayer Records, Tom McKibbin

I’ll admit that I was blissfully unaware of Amenra‘s existence until about a year ago when I read that uber-producer

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Album & EP Reviews I 

ILSA ‘Intoxicantations’ LP/DD 2012

11th December 20123rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, A389 Recordings, Crust, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Ilsa, Intoxicantations, Jamie Grimes, LP, Review

As odd as it may seem for me to start a review with a comparison, for those with a short

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Earthen Grave – S/T – CD 2012

10th December 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Claude & Elmo Music, Doom, Earthen Grave, Heavy Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled, Traditional Doom

You’ll be unsurprised to read that a band featuring legendary Trouble bassist Ron Holzner in its ranks plays Doom Metal,

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Last Barons ‘Cheval De Troie’ CD 2012

9th December 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Cheval De Troie, Experimental, Grunge, Heavy, Klonosphere, Last Barons, Ollie Stygall, Review

I love France and all things French…which is just as well as it presents a healthy chunk of my genetic

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Spectral Haze – Demo 2012

8th December 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, 64 Track Digital Recording Studio, Demo, Jam, Psych, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Released, Space Rock

Right, well today I present to you a spanking new space-rock/jam band. No, don’t go away, these guys are actually

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Kylesa ‘From The Vaults: Vol 1’ CD/LP 2012

7th December 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CD, Compilation, Doom Psychedelic, From The Vaults: Vol 1, Kylesa, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, News, Prog Rock, Season Of Mist, Sludge

Compilation albums are always a strange beast usually smacking of contractual obligations, but in this case the highly prolific Kylesa

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Revelation ‘Inner Harbor’ LP/DD 2012

6th December 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Bland Hand Records, Digital, Doom, Inner Harbor, LP, Progressive, Revelation, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Traditional Doom

With all the doom metal also-rans that are lining up to bore the casual listener these days, you’d think that

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