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2015

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Ghold ‘Of Ruin’ CD/DD 2015

5th April 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Doom, Ghold, Heavy, Of Ruin, Prog Rock, Review, Ritual Productions

It’s the dawn of man, a group of Neanderthals are sat around their recent discovery of fire, brows furrowed, grunting

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Album & EP Reviews B 

BongCauldron ‘Acid Cattle’ CDEP/DD 2015

5th April 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Acid Cattle, BongCauldron, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

I know, I know. We’re certainly reaching critical mass when it comes to the legions of Bong-bands out there. We’ve

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Primitive Man ‘Home Is Where The Hatred Is’ LP/DD 2015

5th April 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Home Is Where The Hatred Is, LP, Primitive Man, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

So the gnarly trio from Denver, Colorado have returned with a new EP full of hatred and disgust at the

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Garden Of Worm ‘Idle Stones’ CD/LP/DD 2015

4th April 20153rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Garden Of Worm, Heavy Rock, Idle Stones, LP, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Svart Records

Doom metal, by its very nature and definition, moves slowly – that’s a given – but when you have a

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Acid King ‘Middle Of Nowhere, Center Of Everywhere’ CD/LP/DD 2015

4th April 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Acid King, Jeremy Moore, Middle Of Nowhere Center Of Everywhere, Review, Svart Records

1999’s Busse Woods (Man’s Ruin) proved a pivotal release and milestone for Acid King founding members Lori S. (guitars/vocals) and

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Spider Kitten ‘Toker’ DD 2015

4th April 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Children Of The Revolution, Digital, Doom, Folk, Longhaired Redneck, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rock, Self Released, Simple Man, Sludge, Spider Kitten, Toker

After signing to Undergroove last year Spider Kitten were supposedly set on recording a concept album. However, before they stepped

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Rwake ‘Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage Of Awareness’ CD/LP/DD Reissue 2015

22nd February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, LP, Reissue, Relapse Records, Review, Rwake, Sandy Williamson, Sludge, Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage of Awareness

Rwake, Little Rock Arkansas’s sludgeyest sons, have got the good folks over at Relapse to re-release their original demo, Xenoglossalgia:

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Album & EP Reviews X 

Xibalba ‘Tierra Y Libertad’ CD/LP/DD 2015

22nd February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Southern Lord, Tierra Y Libertad, Xibalba

Xibalba are a death metal/hardcore band from Pomona, California and Tierra Y Libertad is their third album. Signed to Southern

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Torpor ‘From Nothing Comes Everything’ LP/CS/DD 2015

9th February 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Angela Davey, Black Bow Records, Cassette, From Nothing Comes Everything, Head Of Crom Records, Heavy, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge, Torpor

It’s hard to believe that an entire two years has passed since Torpor initially released their debut EP Bled Dry,

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Callisto ‘Secret Youth’ CD/LP/DD 2015

8th February 20153rd September 2019 Jason Hough 2015, Atmospheric, Callisto, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jason Hough, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Secret Youth, Svart Records

If you could ever tag a band as explorers, then the Finnish metal collective of Callisto are traversing arctic tundras

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Winds Of Genocide ‘Usurping The Throne Of Disease’ CD/DD 2015

8th February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Metal, Digital, Pulverised Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Usurping The Throne Of Disease, Winds Of Genocide

Winds Of Genocide detonated upon my consciousness for the first time with their 2010 release, The Arrival Of Apokalyptic Armageddon.

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