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2015

Crippled Black Phoenix ‘New Dark Age’ EP 2015
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Crippled Black Phoenix ‘New Dark Age’ EP 2015

17th July 20172nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Crippled Black Phoenix, Guido Segers, Heavy Rock, New Dark Age, Prog Rock, Review, Season Of Mist

The United Kingdom group has been a busy bunch in the past period of time, and this one is actually

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Suns Of Thunder ‘Start As You Mean To Get Down’
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Suns Of Thunder ‘Start As You Mean To Get Down’ CD/DD 2015

9th April 201611th September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Released, Start As You Mean To Get Down, Suns Of Thunder

Let’s start this review with a little geography lesson. Wales is the largest county in England. It is owned by

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Aires 'Fantasma'
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Aires ‘Fantasma’ DD 2015

30th March 201611th September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2015, Aires, Brutal Panda Records, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Fantasma, Jorge Miguel, Review, Soundscapes

Aires is a Portuguese musician/sound artist who creates haunting yet awe-inspiring drone. If you visit his label’s bandcamp page you

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KIND 'Rocket Science'
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KIND ‘Rocket Science’ CD/LP/DD 2015

21st February 201623rd February 2024 Pete Green 2015, CD, Desert Rock, Digital, KIND, LP, Pete Green, Psych, Review, Ripple Music, Rocket Science, Stoner Rock

What do you get when you put four top-rate, yet distinct and well-differentiated musicians from across the desert rock spectrum

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General ‘Goji’
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General ‘Goji’ CD/DD 2015

14th February 20161st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015, General, Goji, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

General’s first album Where Are Your Gods Now, released in 2012 on Catacomb Records was a bit of a belter…big

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Crippled Black Phoenix 'New Dark Age Tour EP'
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Crippled Black Phoenix ‘New Dark Age Tour EP’ CD/LP/DD 2015

24th January 20161st November 2019 Jay Hampshire 2015, CD, Classic Rock, Crippled Black Phoenix, Digital, Jay Hampshire, Justin Greaves, LP, New Dark Age Tour EP, Post-Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Seasons Of Mist

Justin Greaves will be a familiar name for many, as sticksman for both sludge legends Iron Monkey and Doom icons

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Un 'The Tomb Of All Things'
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Un ‘The Tomb Of All Things’ CD/DD 2015

23rd January 20161st November 2019 Jon Weatherill 2015, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jon Weatherill, Review, Sludge, The Tomb Of All Things, Un

There’s something rotten in the state of doom. In a scene mired with copycat bands, it now takes some serious

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Zombi 'Shape Shift'
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Zombi ‘Shape Shift’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th January 20161st November 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Antony Paterra, CD, Digital, Experimental, Instrumental, Kraut, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Relapse Records, Review, Shape Shift, Steve Moore, Zombi

Seminal synth wave outfit Zombi have kept fans waiting for 4 long years for a follow up to 2011’s Escape

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Hooded Menace 'Darkness Drips Forth'
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Hooded Menace ‘Darkness Drips Forth’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th January 20161st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Darkness Drips Forth, Death Doom, Digital, Heavy, Hooded Menace, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Hooded Menace are what people are talking about when they think of death/doom these days, even if they don’t know

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Tombstones 'Vargariis'
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Tombstones ‘Vargariis’ CD/LP/DD 2015

11th January 20161st November 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Pete Green, Review, Soulseller Records, Tombstones, Vargariis

If you’ve ever been in or around the dramatic Scandinavian scenery of Norway, you’ll know what inspiring, enthralling and enriching

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CHVE ‘Rasa’
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CHVE ‘Rasa’ CD/LP/DD 2015

9th January 20161st November 2019 Guido Segers 2015, CD, Church Of Ra, CHVE, Colin H Van Eeckhout, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Guido Segers, LP, Rasa, Review, Soundscapes

The artist name CHVE stands for Colin H. Van Eeckhout. For the lovers of the complex and heavy, this name

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