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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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Running Order: 15 Years of Bliss – 15 years of Exile On Mainstream At RB 2014; Fri April 11th, Cul de Sac, Tilburg

7th April 2014 Lee Edwards Bulbul, Conny Ochs, Cul de Sac, Exile On Mainstream Records, Kristian Harting, News, Roadburn, Roadburn 2014, Roadburn Festival 2014, Running Order, Tilburg, Treedeon

On the evening of Friday April 11th, from 19:30 onwards, Germany’s own Exile on Mainstream Records will celebrate its 15th anniversary

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BULBUL Return With Circuit-Breaking, Mind-Bending New Album ‘Hirn Fein Hacken’; Listen To New Track ‘Fire’

25th February 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Bulbul, Exile On Mainstream Records, Fire, Hirn Fein Hacken, New Album Details, News, Rock Is Hell Records

BULBUL, Austrian stalwarts of the most weird and wonderful, return after six years with a brand new full length album,

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Exile On Mainstream Celebrates 15 Years Of Bliss At Roadburn 2014

24th February 2014 Lee Edwards Bulbul, Conny Ochs, Cul de Sac, Exile On Mainstream Records, Kristian Harting, News, Roadburn, Roadburn 2014, Roadburn Festival 2014, Tilburg, Treedeon

Roadburn Festival is very excited to report that Germany’s own Exile on Mainstream Records, one of Europe’s most beloved underground

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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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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress
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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress

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Emerging once again from the Bristolian mire, the amphibious overlords known as Froglord return to deliver another dose of thick,

Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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