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Slomatics 'Strontium Fields' Artwork
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Review: Slomatics ‘Strontium Fields’

5th September 20235th September 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Bow Records, Doom, Heavy Rock, Prog, Slomatics

I hear the word Strontium and think of the long-running British comic series Strontium Dogs, a concept based around the

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David Majury / Slomatics - Photo by Lee Edwards
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In Search Of Tone: David Majury Of Slomatics

5th March 20218th April 2021 Josh Schneider Black Bow Records, David Majury, Doom, In Search Of Tone, Slomatics, Sludge

If you don’t know Slomatics, then let me help out from under the rock I was just freed from. They’re

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Ungraven / Slomatics - Split
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Review: Ungraven / Slomatics – Split

4th March 20217th April 2021 Lee Beamish Black Bow Records, Doom, Industrial, Slomatics, Sludge, Ungraven

Coming in to the spring of twenty twenty-one, life is starting to look far brighter. The hope for a more

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Slomatics ‘Future Echo Returns’
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Slomatics ‘Future Echo Returns’ 2016

17th April 20177th September 2019 Pete Green 2016, Black Bow Records, Doom, Future Echo Returns, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Slomatics, Sludge

Gone are the days when I ask “What is Heavy?” and you reply “Black Sabbath”. I mean sure, it’s not

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The Bendal Interlude 'Reign Of The Unblinking Eye'
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The Bendal Interlude ‘Reign Of The Unblinking Eye’ LP/DD 2016

15th March 201613th September 2019 Pete Green 2016, Black Bow Records, Digital, LP, Metal, Pete Green, Reign Of The Unblinking Eye, Review, Sludge, The Bendal Interlude

Liverpool’s The Bendal Interlude have been merrily sludging away for several years now. Fuelled by Stu Taylor’s bottomless porridge pot

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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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Slomatics ‘Flooding The Weir’
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Slomatics ‘Flooding The Weir’ & ‘Kalceanna’ DD Reissue 2015

23rd November 20154th November 2019 Jay Hampshire 2015, Black Bow Records, Digital, Doom, Flooding The Weir, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, Kalceanna, Reissue, Review, Slomatics, Sludge

Some things in life are just inherently ‘right’. Like cold pizza the morning after a booze session, or that blissful

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Grey Widow / Sons Of Tonatiuh – Split CD/CS/DD 2015

25th September 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Black Bow Records, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Grey Widow, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Red Valley Records, Review, Sludge, Sons Of Tonatiuh, Split

Released on CD, download and now obligatory cool retro cassette format through UK based Red Valley Records, this six track

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Greenhorn ‘Like Rows Of Crooked Teeth’ CD/DD 2015

20th August 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Greenhorn, Heavy, Hibernacula Records, Like Rows Of Crooked Teeth, Pete Green, Review, Sludge

Is there a better feeling of uplifting fulfilment and mystifying wonder in this life than showing up at a stuffy,

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Dead Existence ‘Endless Misery’ LP/CS/DD 2015

19th August 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2015, Black Bow Records, Cassette, Dead Existence, Digital, Doom, Endless Misery, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, LP, Review, Sludge

London’s Dead Existence were a staple of the UK sludge / doom scene since their inception way back in the

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Undersmile ‘Anhedonia’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th May 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Anhedonia, Atmospheric, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Undersmile

Undersmile are one of the UK’s brightest hopes in the doom scene. Having bulldozed everyone with their stunning debut, Narwhal,

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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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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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