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Abbot ‘Into The Light’ 7″ 2012

29th November 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, 7", Abbot, Classic Rock, Heavy, Into The Light, Pete Green, Psych, Review, Self Released

Apart from having to retain celibacy for the duration of your life, being an abbot in the medieval centuries must

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Year Of The Goat ‘Angels’ Necropolis’ CD/LP 2012

25th November 20123rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2012, 60's Garage, Angel’s Necropolis, CD, Classic Rock, LP, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Psych, Review, Ván Records, Year Of The Goat

Sweden’s Year Of The Goat have created for themselves an aura of wonder regarding their incredibly well scribed songs as

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Slow Season – S/T – CD/DD 2012

3rd October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Slow Season

Holy Led Zep Batman!!! Slow Season are an utterly unknown band from across the water Stateside but have more than

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Witchcraft ‘Legend’ CD/LP 2012

28th August 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Classic Rock, Doom, Heavy Rock, Legend, LP, Nuclear Blast Records, Prog Rock, Review, Witchcraft

Witchcraft are a band that stand in solitude in the modern music climate. Their melodic, honest take on classic psychedelic

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Fen ‘Of Losing Interest’ CD/DD 2012

19th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Fen, Heavy Rock, Of Losing Interest, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Ripple Music

PROG!!! For most rock music fans if you utter this word to them it will make them recoil in horror…like

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Stone Axe ‘Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011’ CD/LP 2012

25th May 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Blues Rock, Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Ripple Music, Roadburn 2011, Stone Axe

Having been turned on to Stone Axe’s first couple of releases by fellow Ripple Music residents Grifter, I jumped at

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Stone Axe ‘II’ 2 x CD Deluxe Edition 2012

2nd March 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, CD, Classic Rock, Deluxe Edition, Heavy Rock, II, Reissue, Review, Ripple Music, Saúl Do Caixão, Southern Rock, Stone Axe, Stone Axe II, Tony Reed

I have a specific memory of the first time I saw Stone Axe – it was the Saturday before Roadburn

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Year Of The Goat ‘Lucem Ferre’ MCD 2011

22nd February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Lucem Ferre, MCD, Paul Robertson, Review, Ván Records, Year Of The Goat

By now I think it must be obvious to all and sundry that there is something in the water in

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Fellwoods ‘Wulfram’ CD/LP/DD 2012

7th February 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, At War With False Noise, Bear Trail Records, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Fellwoods, Heavy Rock, LP, Psychedelic, Retro Rock, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Wulfram

In music as with cinema, there has been a resurgence over the last few years, of art that gets labeled

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Infernal Overdrive ‘Last Rays Of The Dying Sun’ CD/DD 2012

20th December 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Heavy Rock, Infernal Overdrive, Last Rays Of The Dying Sun, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

OK, how many awesome albums are there out there that have truly awful covers? Plenty…Flotsam And Jetsam “Doomsday For The

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Samsara Blues Experiment ‘Revelation And Mystery’ CD/LP 2011

14th December 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Classic Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Revelation And Mystery, Review, Samsara Blues Experiment, Space Rock, World In Sound Records

When I reviewed Samsara Blues Experiment’s previous album, “Long Distance Trip” in 2010 I wasn’t fully convinced I have to

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