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Frogskin / Lähdön Aika – Split 7″ 2014

27th April 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, 7", 82 Records, Crust, Frogskin, Guido Segers, Heavy, Julkaisut Records, Lähdön Aika, Review, Rusto Osiris, Sludge

The split with these two Finnish bands will not change anyone’s world. That is a given, what it does offer

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Thou ‘Heathen’ CD/LP 2014

5th April 20143rd September 2019 Mick Schrier 2014, CD, Crust, Doom, Gilead Media, Heathen, Heavy, Howling Mine, LP, Mick Schrier, Review, Sludge, Thou

Humanity as a whole seems to be asleep at the wheel, hurdling toward annihilation on a hideously destructive path. Thou’s

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Nux Vomica – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

4th April 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Crust, Digital, Heavy, LP, Nux Vomica, Post-Hardcore, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Titled

When I read the promo stuff that the Shaman sent me with this record, I was definitely intrigued. How do

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Loath ‘Total Peace’ CD/DD 2013

29th March 20143rd September 2019 Gordon Cameron 2013, Blackened Crust, CD, Crust, Digital, Gordon Cameron, Inverse Records, Loath, Review, Sludge, Total Peace

‘Total Peace’ is the debut long player from Finland’s Loath. They hail from the crustier end of the grindcore spectrum.

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Sealclubber ‘Sticky River’ CDEP/DD 2013

4th February 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, CDEP, Crust, Digital, Doom, Ross Horton, Sealclubber, Sludge, Sticky River, Witch Hunter Records

Sealclubber. Let’s just consider that for a second. Seal. Clubber. What do you honestly expect a band with that name

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Doom ‘Corrupt Fucking System’ CD/LP/DD 2013

31st January 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2013, Anarcho Punk, Black Cloud Records, CD, Corrupt Fucking System, Crust, D-Beat, Digital, Doom (band), LP, Review, Sandy Williamson

With an album title like that, you can pretty much guess you’re in for some form of violent ride. How

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War Wolf ‘Crushing The Ways Of The Old’ LP/CS/DD 2013

16th January 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Atomsmasher Records, Cassette, Crushing The Ways Of The Old, Crust, Digital, Doom, Headless Guru Records, LP, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Tadpole Records, War Wolf

You could certainly never accuse Brighton-based Ant Cole (drums) and Paul Hale (bass/vocals) of being the sorts of guys to

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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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Deviated Instinct / Summon The Crows – Split 7″ Reissue 2013

21st December 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Crust, Deviated Instinct, Disiplin Media, Grindcore, Hardcore, Reissue, Review, Ross McKendrick, Split 7", Summon The Crows

Towards the end of the last decade the return of the likes of crust punk originators Amebix and Deviated Instinct

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Pyramido ‘Saga’ CD/LP 2013

30th November 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Black Sabbath And The Birth of Heavy Metal, CD, Crust, Doom, Ecocentric Records, Farewell Records, Heart & Crossbone Records, Johannes van der Meer, La Familia Records, LP, Pyramido, Review, Saga, Sludge

So this is the third full length album from Swedish Malmö based Pyramido and this time they’ve decided to write

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Burden Of The Noose ‘Kill The Bastards’ CD/DD 2013

22nd November 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Burden Of The Noose, CD, Crust, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Kill The Bastards, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, When Planets Collide

There’s a lot of crap in this world, a lot of clutter and a lot of nonsense. But on the

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