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2015

Gnaw Their Tongues 'Abyss Of Longing Throats'
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Gnaw Their Tongues ‘Abyss Of Longing Throats’ CD/DD 2015

5th January 20161st November 2019 Jorge Miguel 2015, Abyss Of Longing Throats, Black Metal, CD, Crucial Blast Records, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Gnaw Their Tongues, Jorge Miguel, Mories, Noise, Review

Having seen Gnaw Their Tongues live this past October, I can honestly say that we’re talking about one of the

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Pinkish Black 'Bottom Of The Morning'
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Pinkish Black ‘Bottom Of The Morning’ CD/LP/DD 2015

28th December 20151st November 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Bottom Of The Morning, CD, Digital, Experimental, Jeremy Moore, LP, Pinkish Black, Prog Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Space Rock

When longstanding friend and bassist Tommy Atkins of Ft. Worth, TX trio The Great Tyrant took his life in 2010,

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Chron Goblin 'Backwater'
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Chron Goblin ‘Backwater’ CD/LP/DD 2015

24th December 20151st November 2019 Jorge Miguel 2015, Backwater, CD, Chron Goblin, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jorge Miguel, LP, Review, Ripple Music

All right, let’s get one thing out of the way:  Chron Goblin offer nothing new, nothing that hasn’t been done

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Pyramidal / Domo 'Jams From The Sun'
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Pyramidal / Domo ‘Jams From The Sun’ LP/DD 2015

23rd December 20151st November 2019 Jochem Visser 2015, Digital, Domo, Jam, Jams From The Sun, Jochem Visser, Lay Bare Recordings, LP, Psychedelic, Pyramidal, Review, Space Rock

How many lush records do you own? Do you need another Air? Another Zero7, fit for sparking romantic interests and

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Wizards Of Firetop Mountain - S/T
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Wizards Of Firetop Mountain – S/T – 12″/DD 2015

21st December 20151st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", 2015, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Wizards Of Firetop Mountain

Esteemed Shaman Editor: “Hey Ollie, would you like to review the new one from Wizards Of Firetop Mountain?” Me: “Who?”

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Owl 'Aeon Cult'
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Owl ‘Aeon Cult’ DD 2015

20th December 20151st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Aeon Cult, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Industrial, Owl, Review, Sandy Williamson, Zeitgeister Music

Aeon Cult is shorter than some of Owl’s previous songs, let alone releases! This EP is the third release in

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Mansion 'Altar Sermon'
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Mansion ‘Altar Sermon’ 12″/DD 2015

17th December 20151st November 2019 John Reppion 12", 2015, Altar Sermon, Classic Rock, Digital, Doom Rock, John Reppion, Mansion, Occult Rock, Review, Svart Records

I’ve been a fan of Finland’s creepy Kartonistic Christian cult pop doomers Mansion since 2013’s debut We Shall Live EP.

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Dragged Into Sunlight + Gnaw Their Tongues 'N.V.'
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Dragged Into Sunlight + Gnaw Their Tongues ‘N.V.’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th December 20151st November 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Black Metal, CD, Digital, Dragged Into Sunlight, Experimental, Gnaw Their Tongues, Guido Segers, LP, N.V., Negative Volume, Noise, Prosthetic Records, Review

The collaboration between Dragged Into Sunlight and Gnaw Their Tongues can only have taken place with the full approval of

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Wrekmeister Harmonies 'Night Of Your Ascension'
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Wrekmeister Harmonies ‘Night Of Your Ascension’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th December 20151st November 2019 Will Beattie 2015, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, JR Robinson, LP, Night Of Your Ascension, Review, Thrill Jockey Records, Will Beattie, Wrekmeister Harmonies

Critics and reviews have an irritating tendency to describe artwork as ‘transcendental.’ If a book encourages the reader to think

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Sunn O))) 'Kannon'
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Sunn O))) ‘Kannon’ CD/LP/DD 2015

14th December 20151st November 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2015, CD, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Kannon, LP, Review, Southern Lord, Sunn O)))

Sunn O))) have made a career out of taking their ‘signature’ sound, huge walls of reverberating guitars that punch holes

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Amber Asylum 'Sin Eater'
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Amber Asylum ‘Sin Eater’ CD/LP/DD 2015

8th December 20151st November 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2015, Amber Asylum, Ambient, CD, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Experimental, LP, Neo Folk, Prophecy Productions, Review, Sin Eater

Many cultures worldwide have some form of the archetype known in the West as a Sin Eater; a person who

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