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Take Over & Destroy ‘Rotten Tide’ Digital EP 2012

8th February 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Digital Download, Digital EP, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Punk, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Rotten Tide, Take Over & Destroy, TOAD

In 2009 I reviewed an album by a band called Queen Beast. This was a savage, unhinged ride into oblivion

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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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CROWN: Digital Download Of Debut EP ‘The One’ Available Today

6th February 2012 Lee Edwards Crown, Digital Download, New EP Details, News, Superstrong Records, The One

CROWN, two men, two guitars, a voice and machine, born in the summer of 2011. An extraordinary duo, trio or

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Jucifer ‘Nadir’ Reissue CD/Digital EP 2011

19th January 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Digital Download, Doom, Grindcore Karaoke, Grunge, Jucifer, Nadir, Reissue, Review, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Whether or not the liner notes that accompany Nadir are just another case of self-mythologising from the nomadic Jucifer front-woman

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Red Fang ‘Murder The Mountains’ CD/LP/DD 2011

16th January 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, DD, Digital Download, Heavy Rock, LP, Murder The Mountains, Ollie Stygall, Red Fang, Relapse Records, Review, Stoner Doom

Some bands just need that one song to kick start their career. Unfortunately for a lot of those bands that

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Greg(o)rian ‘Settlements And Burial Chambers’ Digital Album 2011

14th January 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Digital Album, Digital Download, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Greg(o)rian, Mrs Vee Recordings, Review, Settlements And Burial Chambers

Presumably named after the monophonic chanting style in turn named after a sixth century pope, Greg(o)rian come creeping out of

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Brutal Truth ‘Walking Corpse 2112’ Digital EP 2011

13th January 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Brutal Truth, Digital Download, EP, Grindcore, Paul Robertson, Relapse Records, Review, Walking Corpse 2112

Two tracks, three minutes and four seconds of total lunatic grind, what the hell else did you expect from Brutal

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Black Tusk ‘Set The Dial’ CD/LP/DD 2011

10th January 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Black Tusk, CD, DD, Digital Download, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Punk, Relapse Records, Review, Set The Dial, Sludge

It is always a good sign for a reviewer when you start making notes on an album and you can’t

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Rwake ‘Rest’ CD/LP/DD 2011

9th January 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, DD, Digital Download, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, Relapse Records, Rest, Review, Rwake, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Little Rock, Arkansas’s Rwake rock more than a little; their songs are propelled by a primal force that may well

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White Hills ‘Live at Roadburn 2011’ CD/DD 2011

7th January 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Burning World Records, CD, Dave W, DD, Digital Download, Ego Sensation, Live, Live at Roadburn 2011, Pete Green, Psychedelic, Review, Roadburn, Roadburn Records, Space Rock, Stoner Jam, White Hills

Watching KISS dominate the Download Festival in 2009 in all their tickertape-drenched glory is the greatest show I’ve ever seen.

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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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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Today, The Shaman is pleased to premiere La Pucelle, the new video from Birmingham heavy rockers Alunah. Taken from their

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