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Summon The Crows ‘One More For The Gallows’ CD 2011

2nd April 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, CD, Crust, Death Crust, Hardcore, One More For The Gallows, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Southern Lord, Summon The Crows

Hot off the press, this new Southern Lord Records release by Norwegian crust band Summon The Crows has arrived in

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Tree Of Sores – S/T – CDEP 2011

1st March 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CDEP, Crust, Death Crust, Doom, Hardcore, Paul Robertson, Review, Tree Of Sores, Witch Hunter Records

One thing that Tree Of Sores do well is ‘ominous’. From the spectral loom of intro track…uhhh…’Intro’, right the way

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Dirtpill ‘Oil Tank Blues’ Promo 2011

23rd February 20113rd September 2019 Cyrill 2011, Crust, Cyrill, Dirtpill, Doom, Hardcore, Oil Tank Blues, Promo, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Dirtpill? Who? I am pretty sure the name of this band barely would ring a bell for the most part

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Jackal-Headed Guard Of The Dead ‘The Sky Has Been Riven And Our Flesh Has Been Rent’ CDEP 2010

13th October 20103rd September 2019 Pete Worth 2010, CDEP, Crust, Doom, Jackal-Headed Guard Of The Dead, Pete Worth, Review, Sludge, The Sky Has Been Riven And Our Flesh Has Been Rent

Edinburgh’s wickedly monikered Jackal-Headed Guard of The Dead play instrumental sludge/doom that’s heavily inspired by H.P Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Admiration

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Album & EP Reviews Y 

Year Of The Flood ‘Redefine The Natural Order’ CDEP 2010

12th October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CDEP, Crust, D-Beat, Grindcore, Ollie Stygall, Redefine The Natural Order, Review, Witch Hunter Records, Year Of The Flood

Year of the Flood’s debut EP, “A Utopian View” was a vicious slice of brutal, scything riffs and throat shredding

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Nails ‘Unsilent Death’ CD 2010

9th October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CD, Crust, Death Crust, Death Grind, Grindcore, Nails, Nasty, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord, Unsilent Death

OUCH. Nails are NOT screwin’ around here. ‘Unsilent Death’ is some seriously nasty grinding FILTH and no mistake. At slightly

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Koresh ‘Crippledriver’ CD 2010

25th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Crippledriver, Crust, Doom, Hardcore, Koresh, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Withered Hand Records

You may all be familiar with the name Koresh. David Koresh (born Vernon Wayne Howell) was a maniacal religious zealot

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Corrosion of Conformity ‘Your Tomorrow’ 7″ 2010

19th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, 7", COC, Corrosion Of Conformity, Crossover, Crust, Hardcore, Hardcore Metal, Mike Dean, Ollie Stygall, Reed Mullin, Review, Woody Weatherman, Your Tomorrow

Many years ago when I was an impressionable teenager with a top lip full of bum fluff, desperately trying to

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Lords Of Bukkake ‘Desorden Y Rencor’ CD 2010

19th August 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CD, Crust, Desorden Y Rencor, Doom, Heavy, Lords Of Bukkake, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, Totalrust Music

Wilfully nasty sludge from genuine Spaniards, as opposed to strange Japanese men who sing in spanish, here on the unpleasantly-named

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Album & EP Reviews Y 

Year Of The Flood ‘A Utopian View’ CDEP 2010

16th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, A Utopian View, CDEP, Crust, D-Beat, Grindcore, Ollie Stygall, Review, Witch Hunter Records, Year Of The Flood

NOISY BASTARDS!!!!! Year of the Flood, featuring former members of Jesus of Spazzereth, Bumsnogger, Blood Divided and Dead on Arrival

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Breath ‘Heavy Breathing’ CD 2010

29th June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Black Breath, CD, Crust, Death Crust, Hardcore, Heavy Breathing, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

Smashing straight out of the speakers and grabbing the listener roughly by the throat, Black Breath show that they are

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