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2013

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Coma Wall / Undersmile ‘Wood & Wire’ Split 12″/DD 2013

27th February 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2013, Acoustic, Americana, Avant-Garde, Chris Moore, Coma Wall, Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, Review, Shaman Recordings, Split 12", Undersmile, Wood & Wire

Following on from last year’s debut full length ‘Narwhal’ comes ‘Wood & Wire’ which sees Undersmile cover increasingly ambitious ground

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Conny Ochs ‘Black Happy’ CD/LP/DD 2013

20th February 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Acoustic, Alex Varley, Black Happy, Blues, CD, Conny Ochs, Dark, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk, LP, Review

German acoustic singer/songwriter Conny Ochs is not the typical style of music you’d find on The Sleeping Shaman but then

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Supermachine – S/T – CD/DD 2013

19th February 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Digital, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Titled, Small Stone Records, Supermachine

Ok, let’s address the elephant in the room straight away. Scissorfight. There I said it. I’m sure messers Paul Jarvis

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Corrupt Moral Altar ‘Luciferian Deathcult’ CD/DD 2013

18th February 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Baitin' The Trap Records, CD, Corrupt Moral Altar, Crust, Digital, Grindcore, Luciferian Deathcult, Pete Green, Review, Sludge

With a line-up featuring John Cooke (guitar, Malevolent Creation, Venomous Concept, Iron Witch, sometime-Napalm Death), Adam Clarkson (bass, Salam Rages),

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Cult Of Luna ‘Vertikal’ CD/LP/DD 2013

14th February 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Atmospheric, CD, Cult Of Luna, Digital, Fritz Lang, Indie Recordings, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Vertikal

I first heard of Swedish Behemoths Cult of Luna back in 2002 when they stunned my world with the immense

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Opium Lord ‘The Calendrical Cycle – Prologue: The Healer’ CDEP/DD 2013

13th February 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Hardcore, Heavy, Metal, Opium Lord, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, The Calendrical Cycle – Prologue: The Healer, Thirty Days Of Night Records

I’ve been doing this reviewing schtick for T’Shaman for a few years now, wading through wave upon wave, pile upon

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Moghul ‘Dead Empires’ LP/DD 2013

12th February 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, Dead Empires, Devizes Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Moghul, Review, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Good old Scruffy Murphys. Anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting the inconspicuous Birmingham venue in the last few

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Primitive Man ‘Scorn’ LP/DD 2013

11th February 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Crust, Digital, Doom, Jamie Grimes, LP, Mordgrimm Records, Primitive Man, Review, Scorn, Sludge, Throatruiner Records

Woah… We’re not even that far in and yet here already is a contender for 2013’s heaviest album from a

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Clamfight ‘I Versus The Glacier’ CD 2013

6th February 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, CD, Clamfight, Doom, I Versus The Glacier, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Review, Southern Rock, The Maple Forum, The Obelisk

With a list of influences that contains some of the most treasured artists in my record collection (Led Zeppelin, Black

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Bongripper ‘Live At Roadburn 2012’ CD/LP/DD 2013

4th February 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Bongripper, Burning World Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Instrumental, Live At Roadburn 2012, LP, Pete Green, Review, Roadburn Records

Screaming and running through the dark and drizzled night, from the Het Patronaat venue they came. “Behold!” many cried, “We

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Hot Lunch – S/T – CD/LP 2013

2nd February 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Blues Rock, CD, Garage, Hot Lunch, LP, Ollie Stygall, Psych, Punk, Review, Self Titled, Tee Pee Records, Who Can You Trust Records

I first got served a nice Hot Lunch via their debut 7”, “Killer Smile” on Who Can You Trust Records

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