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Goatess – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2013

25th June 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Goatess, Heavy Rock, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled, Svart Records

I know what you’re thinking, I had exactly the same thought, “Oh fuck, another bloody ‘Goat’ band”, but stop right

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Bong Goblin ‘Buddy Waters’ DD 2013

24th June 20133rd September 2019 Steve Fallows 2013, Bong Goblin, Buddy Waters, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Steve Fallows

When you get hold of an album by a band called Bong Goblin, you pretty much know what you are

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Palms – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2013

20th June 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, Atmospheric, CD, Deftones, Digital, Heavy, Ipecac Recordings, Isis, LP, Palms, Post-Metal, Review, Self Titled, Tom McKibbin

Isis and Deftones have both had an influence of modern rock music in their own ways and to differing degrees.

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KLLU ‘UpsideDownCrossRoads’ DD 2012

19th June 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Digital, Drug Honkey, Dub, Electronic, Experimental, Heavy, KLLU, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, UpsideDownCrossRoads

Comprising one half of those terrible, awful, Drug Honkey bastards, KLLU have come to utterly harsh your mellow, piss on

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Ape Machine ‘Mangled By The Machine’ CD/LP/DD 2013

18th June 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Ape Machine, Blues, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Mangled By The Machine, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Ripple Music

“There is no art to find the mind’s construction in the face” Sorry for hitting you with some Shakespeare in

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Fister ‘Gemini’ CD/DD 2013

17th June 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, CD, Death, Digital, Doom, Fister, Gemini, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Death-doom records are pretty tough nuts to crack. If you get it right, you come across as being more drenched

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Graven ‘The Filth Will Cleanse’ DD 2012

15th June 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Digital, Graven, Hardcore, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, The Filth Will Cleanse

Once upon a time there was a band. They were named Swarm Of The Lotus and they were very good

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Blood Ceremony ‘The Eldritch Dark’ CD/LP/DD 2013

13th June 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, Blood Ceremony, CD, Digital, Doom, LP, Metal Blade Records, Occult Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, The Eldritch Dark

If one movement has burst out of the underground over the past couple of years it’s the appropriately penned ‘occult

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Kylesa ‘Ultraviolet’ CD/LP/DD 2013

12th June 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, CD, Digital, Hardcore, Kylesa, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Psychedelic, Review, Season Of Mist, Sludge, Ultraviolet

In the course of their existence Savannah’s Kylesa have chalked up 6 albums in 12 years, not to mention an

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Iron & Stone ‘Maelstrom’ DD 2013

11th June 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Iron & Stone, Maelstrom, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released

If you name your band after a particularly shit-kicking early track by The Obssessed then there is  quite a  high

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Kadavar ‘Abra Kadavar’ CD/LP/DD 2013

10th June 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Abra Kadavar, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Kadavar, LP, Nuclear Blast Records, Psychedelic, Review, Ross McKendrick

Kadavar are the soundtrack of my summer. I know that’s a bold statement to make when its only June, but

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