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Black Shape Of Nexus

Black Shape Of Nexus 'Carrier'
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Black Shape Of Nexus ‘Carrier’ CD/LP/DD 2016

21st April 201611th September 2019 Will Beattie 2016, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Carrier, CD, Digital, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Review, Will Beattie

If you’re the sort of sensitive, cheery chappy who enjoys nothing more than a light and delightful ditty to keep

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Black Shape Of Nexus / Lazarus Blackstar – Split LP/DD 2014

1st January 20143rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2014, Alerta Antifascista, Black Shape Of Nexus, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Lazarus Blackstar, LP, Review, Ross McKendrick, Sludge

I’ve been a fan of Bradford’s bleakest, Lazarus Blackstar, ever since stumbling upon their debut album ‘Revelations’ many years back.

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LAZARUS BLACKSTAR & BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS To Release Split 12” In Feb 2014; Now Streaming At The Obelisk

4th December 2013 Lee Edwards Alerta Antifascista, Audio Stream, Black Shape Of Nexus, Lazarus Blackstar, New Split Details, News, The Obelisk

Now this is the coming together of 2 Doom Behemoths if ever there was one as the UK’s LAZARUS BLACKSTAR

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Black Shape Of Nexus ‘Negative Black’ CD/Digital 2012

28th June 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, CD, Doom, Drone, Exile On Mainstream Records, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Negative Black, Review, Sludge

Sometimes you can just feel an album from the very first chords. Described as incorporating aspects of drone and crust

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THE OBSESSED To Headline South Of Mainstream Festival 2012

20th June 2012 Lee Edwards Black Shape Of Nexus, Bulbul, Darsombra, Exile On Mainstream Records, Germany, Ides Of Gemini, News, Ostinato, South Of Mainstream Festival, South Of Mainstream Festival 2012, Stinking Lizaveta, The Obsessed, Wino & Conny Ochs

EXILE ON MAINSTREAM is thrilled to announce that THE OBSESSED have been confirmed as headlining act on this year’s edition

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BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS: Full LP Streaming Via The Obelisk

5th June 2012 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Exile On Mainstream Records, Negative Black, News, The Obelisk

As Negative Black, the third LP from Germany’s sludge juggernaut BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, nears its release via Exile on

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BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS Premiere New Track ‘400H’ Via Terrorizer

18th April 2012 Lee Edwards 400H, Audio Stream, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Exile On Mainstream Records, Negative Black, New Album Details, News, Terrorizer Magazine

German sludgecrushers BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS have polluted the masses with the a track from their forthcoming third LP, Negative

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BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS: German Doom Outfit’s Third LP Oozes Towards Release + German Tour Dates

28th March 2012 Lee Edwards B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Exile On Mainstream Records, Germany Tour 2012, Negative Black, New Album Details, News

Hailing from the German city of Mannheim, sludge devastators BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS, having recently signed with Exile On Mainstream,

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BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS – Live In Mannheim CD & New Album

27th January 2012 Lee Edwards B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Exile On Mainstream Records, Live In Mannheim, Negative Black, New Album Details, News, Wolfbiker Records

Wolfbiker Records have re-released the sold out cassette version of ‘Live In Mannheim‘ by Germany’s BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS on

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Shape Of Nexus / Kodiak – Split 12″ 2010

9th April 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Black Shape Of Nexus/Kodiak, Doom, Drone, Funeral Doom, Kodiak, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 12"

How do you approach 38 minutes of mind bending Doom? Quite simply shut yourself away, roll a fat one and

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Black Shape Of Nexus Interview

31st July 20082nd September 2019 Lee Edwards B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Interview, Lee Edwards

Formed in Mannheim, Germany back in 2005, Black Shape Of Nexus (aka B.SON) deliver to the unsuspecting listener ferocious monolithic

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Today, The Shaman is pleased to premiere La Pucelle, the new video from Birmingham heavy rockers Alunah. Taken from their

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