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Temple Of The Fuzz Witch 'Apotheosis' Artwork
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Review: Temple Of The Fuzz Witch ‘Apotheosis’

2nd May 20246th May 2024 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Blackened Doom, Ripple Music, Sludge, Temple Of The Fuzz Witch

Sharpen your blades for this ripper! It severs into your neck causing a lacerating effect throughout the membranes of your

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Wallowing 'Earth Reaper' Artwork
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Review: Wallowing ‘Earth Reaper’

13th July 202319th December 2023 David J McLaren Blackened Doom, Church Road Records, Sludge, Wallowing

Is there some sort of evening adult-leaning class or maybe an online interactive course that I can do which will

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Ggu:ll 'Ex Est'
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Review: Ggu:ll ‘Ex Est’

26th October 202213th December 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackened Doom, Consouling Sounds, Ggu:ll

Dutch blackened doom outfit Ggu:ll are a deliciously gruesome prospect. Having formed in 2009, they have brought their themes of

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Mizmor 'Wit's End'
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Review: Mizmor ‘Wit’s End’

31st January 202228th March 2022 Richard Murray Blackened Doom, Funeral Doom, Gilead Media, Mizmor

What makes you turn to heavy, cavernous music? I do it as sometimes my life seems trapped inside a chasm

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Farer ‘Monad’
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Review: Farer ‘Monad’

22nd September 202128th October 2021 Dave Bowes Blackened Doom, Farer, Tartarus Records

It’s always nice to hear from that band you used to love, especially when they’ve been lost in the wilderness

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Oldblood 'Arms To The Sky'
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Review: Oldblood ‘Arms To The Sky’ EP

8th December 202010th January 2021 Harry Holmes Arms To The Sky, Blackened Doom, Blood Blast, Oldblood

Not short of ambition, Oldblood have put out a debut EP (four tracks and half an hour) about the horrors

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Morne ‘Live At Roadburn’
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Review: Morne ‘Live At Roadburn’

27th November 202031st December 2020 Lee Beamish Armageddon Label, Blackened Doom, Live At Roadburn, Morne, Morne Records

Every April since nineteen ninety-nine, Tilburg in the Netherlands, has played host to the hugely popular Roadburn Festival. One of

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Throane 'Une Balle Dans Le Pied'
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Review: Throane ‘Une Balle Dans Le Pied’ EP

18th November 202018th December 2020 Will J Blackened Doom, Debemur Morti Productions, Throane, Une Balle Dans Le Pied

The Church of Ra collective is a rather intriguing group of musicians whose similarities are often as striking as their

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Canyon Of The Skull ‘Sins Of The Past’
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Review: Canyon Of The Skull ‘Sins Of The Past’

6th December 201912th December 2019 Fossil Blackened Doom, Canyon Of The Skull, Self Released, Sins Of The Past

From the band name, track lengths (two tracks…60 minute release…) and the starry desertscape on the cover art, an unwary

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Unearthly Trance ‘Stalking The Ghost’ 2017
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Unearthly Trance ‘Stalking The Ghost’ 2017

15th May 201716th September 2019 John Reppion 2017, Blackened Doom, Doom, Heavy, John Reppion, Relapse Records, Review, Stalking The Ghost, Unearthly Trance

I first heard Unearthly Trance on their 2009 split 10” with Swedish doomers Suma, but the New York trio have

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Collapsian ‘At The Left Hand Of The Sun’ CD/DD 2014

8th August 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, At The Left Hand Of The Sun, Blackened Doom, CD, Collapsian, Digital, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Collapsian hail from Phoenix Arizona and play a mean mixture of doom, sludge, black metal, psychedelic and progressive rock according

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

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