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Blackened Doomers THORR-AXE Stream ‘Descent’ From New Album ‘Gates Of Winter’ At American Aftermath

5th December 2014 Lee Edwards American Aftermath, Audio Stream, Descent, Gates Of Winter, New Album Details, News, Thorr-Axe

After premiering the title track from Gates Of Winter (out January 13) on MetalSucks a few weeks ago, the Indiana-based

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SORXE: Debut Album Out Now & Streaming At American Aftermath; US Tour With Godhunter Announced

4th September 2014 Lee Edwards American Aftermath, Audio Stream, Godhunter, LuciFest, Midnite Communion II, News, Sorxe, Southwest Terror Fest, Surrounded By Shadows, US Tour 2014

The ominously titled Surrounded By Shadows, the debut full-length release from Phoenix, Arizona-based psychedelic doom quartet, SORXE, is out now.

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RABBITS: The Infestation Of ‘Untoward’ Nearly Complete; Third LP Now Playing At American Aftermath

7th August 2014 Lee Edwards American Aftermath, Ã…rabrot, Euro Tour 2014, Lamb Unlimited, News, Rabbits, Untoward

Now just days from full contamination of the human population is the malicious contagion known as Untoward, borne of Portland-based

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PORD: French Trio Unites With American Aftermath To Blaze You With Album Opening Track

22nd July 2014 Lee Edwards American Aftermath, Audio Stream, New Album Details, News, PORD, Solar Flare Records, Staring Into Space, Wild

French noise rock trio, PORD — having recently announced the impending release of their sophomore LP, Wild, via Solar Flare

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GODHUNTER & SECRETS OF THE SKY Tour Documentation Posted; Further Details On Split LP Confirmed

2nd July 2014 Lee Edwards American Aftermath, Battleground Records, Ghosts, Godhunter, New Split Details, News, Secrets Of The Sky, Southwest Terror Fest, The Compound

Having just completed a co-headlining tour of the lower southwestern realms of America together, Oakland’s SECRETS OF THE SKY and

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BULBUL: Baffling Austrian Rock Crusaders Offload Frantic Nine-Minute Jam At American Aftermath

2nd May 2014 Lee Edwards American Aftermath, Audio Stream, Bulbul, Exile On Mainstream Records, Hirn Fein Hacken, Kanzla, New Album Details, News

Vienna’s unfathomably pliable, ceaselessly entertaining, pigeonhole-avoiding riff and rhythm crusading trio, BULBUL, has created their finest and freakiest works yet,

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AUTHOR & PUNISHER Debuts “Flesh Ants” On American Aftermath

12th March 2012 Lee Edwards American Aftermath, Audio Stream, Author & Punisher, Flesh Ants, News, Seventh Rule Recordings, Tristan Shone, Ursus Americanus

American Aftermath have just posted an in-depth interview with Tristan Shone, the man behind nightmarish electronic/doom mindfuck AUTHOR & PUNISHER.

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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

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Oxford’s very own heavy hitters, Desert Storm, are revving up the engine once again with the premiere of their latest

Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March

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Premiere: Electric Hydra ‘From The Fallen’ – New Album Drops This Friday, 13th February
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Premiere: Electric Hydra ‘From The Fallen’ – New Album Drops This Friday, 13th February

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Premiere: The Cosmic Dead ‘Furthur’ – New Album ‘Beyond The Beyond’ Drops 17th April
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Premiere: The Cosmic Dead ‘Furthur’ – New Album ‘Beyond The Beyond’ Drops 17th April

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