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Winds Of Genocide ‘Usurping The Throne Of Disease’ CD/DD 2015

8th February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Metal, Digital, Pulverised Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Usurping The Throne Of Disease, Winds Of Genocide

Winds Of Genocide detonated upon my consciousness for the first time with their 2010 release, The Arrival Of Apokalyptic Armageddon.

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Baptists ‘Bloodmines’ CD/LP/DD 2014

4th November 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Baptists, Bloodmines, CD, Crust, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Punk, Review, Sandy Williamson, Southern Lord

Canadian crust punk/hardcore bludgeoners Baptists are releasing their newest record, Bloodmines, on Southern Lord and it’s being produced by Kurt

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The Body / Sandworm – Split LP/DD 2014

27th October 20143rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2014, Angela Davey, Crust, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Punk, Review, Sandworm, Sludge, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

Despite being around since 1999 and releasing their first demo in 2004, The Body only seem to have gained real

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Martyrdöd ‘Elddop’ CD/LP/DD 2014

2nd September 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2014, CD, Crust, Digital, Elddop, LP, Martyrdöd, Metal, Punk, Review, Ross Horton, Southern Lord

Martyrdöd caught my interest purely because of the bands they listed as their influences. It’s shameful to admit that but

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Electric Funeral ‘Total Funeral’ LP/DD 2014

23rd August 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Crust, D-Beat, Electric Funeral, Jocke D-takt, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Punk, Review, Southern Lord, Total Funeral

Punk, like most musical genres has taken many twists and turns over the years and has thrown up bands that

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Dysteria ‘Fuck The Future’ DD 2014

11th August 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Crust, Digital, Dysteria, Fuck The Future, Hardcore, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Hardcore, grindcore, crustcore, doomcore, sludgecore, trudgecore, d-beatcore, sorecore, filthcore, mudcore, applecore, boarcore, warcore, fistcore, killcore… Cor blimey, that’s a lot

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Filthpact ‘Resurrected Under Condemnation’ CD/DD 2014

4th July 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, At War With False Noise, CD, Crust, Digital, Filthpact, Grindcore, Hardcore, Resurrected Under Condemnation, Review, Sandy Williamson

Filthpact are, or should I say were, a Scottish crust punk band full of grindcore and socio-political influences. They split

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Enabler ‘La Fin Absolue Du Monde’ CD/LP/DD 2014

1st July 20143rd September 2019 Gareth Gordon 2014, CD, Creator-Destructor Records, Crust, Digital, Enabler, Gareth Gordon, Hardcore, La Fin Absolue Du Monde, LP, Metal, Review, The Compound

It’s been two years since Enabler‘s All Hail The Void descended onto the scene beating its chest and thrusting its

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Anti Ritual – S/T – LP/DD 2014

18th June 20143rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2014, Anti Ritual, Crust, Digital, Hardcore, Heavy, Indisciplinarian Records, Johannes van der Meer, LP, Metal, Review, Self Titled, Vendetta Records

From Copenhagen, Denmark a brutal force beyond description is being projected onto the world and Anti Ritual are to blame

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sunsmasher ‘Hell/Noise/Church’ Digital EP 2014

31st May 20143rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2014, Black Metal, Crust, Digital EP, Hell/Noise/Church, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Sunsmasher, Todd Robinson

Scottish crust/sludge outfit Sunsmasher hit home with a brand new and relentlessly savage EP entitled ‘Hell/Noise/Church’ – seemingly self-released, these

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wagars ‘Sidrabenes Lāsts’ DD 2014

4th May 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Black Metal, Crust, Dark, Death Metal, Digital, Guido Segers, Review, Self Released, Sidrabenes Lāsts, Wagars

“We all are black metal trolls at some level. Dark and grim.” Something the band Wagars expressed in an interview,

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