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Blackened Doom

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Highgate ‘Shrines To The Warhead’ CD 2010

9th August 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Highgate, Paul Robertson, Review, Shrines To The Warhead, Totalrust Music

Four tracks of doomed out pure filth for your delectation, here, on the sophomore release from Kentucky-based trio Highgate. This

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Switchblade – S/T – CD 2009

26th September 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Drone, Paul Robertson, Review, Switchblade, Trust No One Recordings

Wrenching their sounds out of the same dark matter as bands such as Khanate, Earth and Floor, Switchblade present their

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Mourning Dawn ‘For The Fallen’ CD 2009

21st August 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, For The Fallen, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mournful, Mourning Dawn, Review, Totalrust Music

One of the virtues of heavy music being so relatively young a genre is that it can still be bent

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Hyadningar ‘The Weak Creation’ CD 2009

20th August 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Atmospheric, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Heavy, Hyadningar, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, The Weak Creation, Totalrust Music

Black Metal can often be a genre that is derided from the outside, I mean how best to prepare myself

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Unearthly Trance / Ramesses – Split 10″ 2009

28th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 10", 2009, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Ramesses, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 10", Unearthly Trance

Raise your fucking fist aloft and make the Devil sign, you down-trodden dog – show your love for the dark

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Lazarus Blackstar ‘Tomb Of Internal Winter’ CDEP 2008

28th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, CDEP, Crust, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Lazarus Blackstar, Nasty, Review, Tomb Of Internal Winter

Sweet Mary-Jane!! Life is pain – drown me in riffs!! Dust off the Amstrad music centre, kick yer Para-boots off,

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Unearthly Trance ‘Electrocution’ CD/LP 2008

4th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Electrocution, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Unearthly Trance

This is the fourth album from New York’s bleak occultists and its apparent from the off that the band have

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Highgate – S/T – CD 2008

7th April 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Highgate, Mark Burns, Review, Totalrust Music

It becomes apparent within the first 5 minute’s of this CD that the listener is in for a treat. An

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Volition – S/T – CD 2008

19th January 20086th September 2019 Pete Worth 2008, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Heavy, Pete Worth, Review, Sludge, Totalrust Music, Volition

Hailing from the bleak ship building town of Barrow-in-Furness, it’s no surprise that Volition specialize in penning cold, pessimistic doom.

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Volition – S/T – Demo 2007

1st February 20076th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2007, Blackened Doom, CD, Demo, Doom, Heavy, Lee Edwards, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Totalrust Music, Volition

This is the debut release from Volition who hail from the cold dark depths of the North West of England

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Unearthly Trance 'Trident'
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Unearthly Trance ‘Trident’ CD/LP 2006

5th August 200614th September 2019 Mark Burns 2006, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, LP, Mark Burns, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Trident, Unearthly Trance

Up from the cold dark depths comes New York hatemongers Unearthly Trance with their latest misanthropic opus ‘Trident’. Each track

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