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Rabbits ‘SOS (Singles, Other Shit)’ CS/DD 2013

14th January 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Cassette, Digital, Eolian Empire, Hardcore, Noise-Rock, Punk, Rabbits, Review, Ross Horton, SOS (Singles Other Shit)

Rabbits’ new tape ‘SOS (Singles, Other Shit)‘ is a handy overview of one of the premier underground noise acts –

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Beast As God – S/T – CS/DD 2013

10th January 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Beast As God, Cassette, Crust, Digital, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Viral Age Records

Nottingham based Beast As God have a decent pedigree for plumbing the depths of the nastier side of the human

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Mountain God ‘Experimentation On The Unwilling’ CS/DD 2013

23rd December 20133rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2013, Caspian Yurisich, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Experimentation On The Unwilling, Heavy, Mountain God, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sludge

I love it when a band does something new within a template “innovating” shouldn’t necessarily mean adding a bunch of

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Bismuth / Undersmile – Split 12″/CS/DD 2013

2nd December 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2013, At War With False Noise, Bismuth, Cassette, De Graanrepubliek Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, John Reppion, Review, Sludge, Split, Tartarus Records, Undersmile

Earlier this month, Nottingham’s Bismuth and Oxford’s Undersmile – “two of the UK’s heavyweights in female fronted doom and sludge”

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Coltsblood / Crypt Lurker – Split CS 2013

2nd December 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Cassette, Coltsblood, Crypt Lurker, Doom, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Split

Filth, filth, filth. Late seventies NWOBHM ruffians Tank may have recorded a song and album named Filth Hounds Of Hades,

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Lumbar ‘The First And Last Days Of Unwelcome’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2013

18th November 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, Aaron Edge, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Grunge, Heavy, Holy Mountain, LP, Lumbar, Mike Scheidt, Review, Southern Lord, Tad Doyle, The First And Last Days Of Unwelcome, Tom McKibbin

The gestation period between Lumbar announcing their existence in September and releasing their debut album in November has been mercifully

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Uzala ‘Tales Of Blood & Fire’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2013

4th October 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, GypsyBlood Records, Heavy, King Of The Monsters Records, LP, Metal, Review, Ross McKendrick, Tales Of Blood & Fire, Uzala

Tales Of Blood & Fire, the sophomore album by Boise/Portland doom-mongers Uzala is a very different beast from their self-titled

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Funeral Horse ‘Savage Audio Demon’ CS/DD 2013

13th September 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Artificial Head Records, Cassette, Crust, Digital, Doom, Funeral Horse, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Punk, Savage Audio Demon

Funeral Horse… I don’t know about you but I fucking love that name. Something I loved even more was that

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Midday Veil ‘The Current’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2013

13th September 20133rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2013, Cassette, CD, Digital, Experimental, Jorge Miguel, LP, Midday Veil, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review, The Current, Translinguistic Other

Writing about Midday Veil is a very interesting task. Why? Because they are a distinct group, they produce something special

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Ortega ‘The Serpent Stirs’ CS/LP/DD 2013

14th August 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, Cassette, Doom, Heavy, LP, Narshardaa Records, Ortega, Review, Sludge, Tartarus Records, The Serpent Stirs, Tom McKibbin

Originally released late last year as a limited edition cassette on rising Dutch DIY tape label Tartarus Records, this single/EP

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Kawabata Makoto’s Mainliner ‘Revelation Space’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2013

30th July 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Acid Rock, Cassette, CD, Dave Bowes, Digital, Improv, Kawabata Makoto, Kawabata Makoto's Mainliner, Kawabe Taigen, Koji Shimura, LP, Mainliner, Psych, Riot Season

To those who’d forgotten, Mainliner were one of the countless Acid Mothers Temple splinter groups who aimed to out-fuzz, out-rock

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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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