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Crown vs STValley – Split EP 2012

9th November 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Acoustic, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Crown, Dark, Doom, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Split EP, STValley

Scything black metal riffage… subtle acoustic serenity… more scything black metal riffage… more subtle acoustic serenity… the end. Don’t worry,

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Locrian ‘The Clearing / The Final Epoch’ CD/DD 2012

9th October 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, Ambient, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Digital, Doom, Drone, Industrial, Locrian, Relapse Records, Review, The Clearing, The Clearing / The Final Epoch, The Final Epoch, Todd Robinson

Locrian have been lurking around in the murk of the underground for coming close to a decade now, I first

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Serpentine Path – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2012

11th September 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, CD, Dark, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Titled, Serpentine Path, Tim Bagshaw, Unearthly Trance

For all the moaning you encounter from people young and old, there’s actually a hell of a lot of good

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Necro Deathmort ‘The Colonial Script’ CD/Digital 2012

14th August 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Digital, Distraction Records, Experimental, Heavy, Necro Deathmort, Pete Green, Review, The Colonial Script

With a name that can be translated as ‘Death Death Death’, you know from the off that this will not

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The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation ‘Egor’ CD/LP 2012

25th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Ambient, CD, Dark, Denovali Records, Drone, Egor, Experimental, Instrumental, Jazz Fusion, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, TKDE

The experimental companion project to the ever-prolific The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble return with another in their line of dark, sprawling,

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A Whisper In The Noise ‘To Forget’ CD/LP 2012

9th March 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2012, A Whisper In The Noise, Atmospheric, CD, Dark, Exile On Mainstream Records, Heavy, James Parker, LP, Review, Sombre, To Forget

There is a hoary old debate occasionally dusted off, and probably worth having, about what constitutes ‘heavy’ music, when the

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Chelsea Wolfe ‘Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis)’ CD/LP/DD 2011

28th December 20113rd September 2019 George Leeming 2011, Apokalypsis, Atmospheric, CD, Chelsea Wolfe, Dark, DD, Digital Download, Folk Doom, George Leeming, Heavy, LP, Pendu Sound, Review, Ἀποκάλυψις, Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis)

I first came across the name of Chelsea Wolfe upon its addition to the already jaw-dropping lineup for Roadburn Festival

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Uzala – S/T – LP 2011

12th December 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, At War With False Noise, Dark, Doom, Heavy, LP, Mournful, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Titled, Uzala

The popularity of doom metal seems to be on a constant upward curve, going as far as it can without

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Locrian ‘The Clearing’ LP 2011

5th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, Dark, Doom, Drone, Fan Death Records, Industrial, Locrian, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, The Clearing

Allow me, if you will, to get esoteric and mystical on your collective ass. Indulge me. Listening to The Clearing

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The Body & Braveyoung ‘Nothing Passes’ CD 2011

24th November 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, At A Loss Recordings, Braveyoung, CD, Dark, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Nothing Passes, Paul Robertson, Review, The Body, The Body & Braveyoung

Gospel power-sludge duo The Body are so ridiculously heavy that they can crack continents, part seas, and shift the moon

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Amebix ‘Sonic Mass’ CD/LP 2011

18th September 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Amebix, Amebix Records, CD, Crust, Dark, Easy Action Records, Heavy, LP, Metal, Punk, Review, Sonic Mass

Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together and show your respect for the originators of the sound that we

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