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Sons Of Otis ‘Seismic’ CD/LP/DD 2012

27th May 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, CD, Digital, Doom, Fuzz, Heavy, LP, Psychedelic, Saúl Do Caixão, Seismic, Small Stone Records, Sons Of Otis

Sons of Otis have been bloody-mindedly practicing their heavy, uncompromising art for over twenty years now. Yes, it makes me

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Grime ‘Deteriorate’ LP/DD 2013

25th May 20133rd September 2019 Steve Fallows 2013, Deteriorate, Digital, Doom, Forcefield Records, Grime, Heavy, LP, Mordgrimm Records, Review, Sludge, Steve Fallows

Italian three piece doom sludge miscreants Grime describe their own sound as “ a decaying swamp filled with trash”, and

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Hey Colossus ‘Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo’ CD/LP/DD 2013

24th May 20133rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2013, Alternative, CD, Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo, Digital, Heavy, Hey Colossus, LP, MIE Music, Noise-Rock, Review, Todd Robinson

The many headed beast that is Hey Colossus rides into town with a brand new full length offering, the bizarrely

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Beastwars ‘Blood Becomes Fire’ CD/LP/DD 2013

23rd May 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Beastwars, Blood Becomes Fire, CD, Destroy Records, Digital, Heavy, LP, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review

Dirtier than a ditch-diggers arse during the wet season and twice as uncouth, Kiwi barbarians Beastwars have returned to take

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I Klatus ‘Kether’ LP/DD 2013

22nd May 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, I Klatus, Kether, LP, Review, Self Released, Sludge

If nothing else, I Klatus were always going to be an interesting premise. Hailing from Chicago and made up of

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CROWN ‘Psychurgy’ CD/DD 2013

20th May 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, Candlelight Records, CD, Crown, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Industrial, Paul Robertson, Psychurgy, Review

The more avid amongst you may well remember my rather enthusiastic review of CROWN‘s debut EP, The One, back in

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The Body ‘Master, We Perish’ CD/12″/CS/DD 2013

17th May 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 12", 2013, At A Loss Recordings, Cassette, CD, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Master We Perish, Noise-Rock, Revelations, Sludge, The Body

When 2010’s ‘All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood’ was released, The Body established themselves as a band

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Lair Of The Minotaur ‘Godslayer’ 7″/DD 2013

16th May 20133rd September 2019 Lyndon Renney 2013, 7", Digital, Godslayer, Heavy, Lair Of The Minotaur, Lyndon Renney, Metal, Review, The Grind-House Records

A Mongol General once asked Conan “What is best in life?” He replied: “To crush your enemies, see them driven

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Wölfbait – S/T – CS/DD 2012

14th May 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Art For Blind Records, Cassette, Digital, Drone, Hardcore, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Wölfbait

It’s painfully, ear-rapingly, clear from listening to Gasp (Grey Earth), the opening track from this debut recording by Dublin-based bastards

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Cathedral ‘The Last Spire’ CD/LP/DD 2013

13th May 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2013, Cathedral, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal Blade Records, Review, Rise Above Records, Saúl Do Caixão, The Last Spire

After more than a quarter of a century of utterly bonkers music that has transcended genres, frustrated purists and baffled

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Iron Hearse ‘Get In The Hearse’ CD/DD 2013

11th May 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Get In The Hearse, Heavy, Iron Hearse, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Shake Mountain

I’ve always had a soft spot for Iron Hearse. These Wiltshire lads have always, in the past, managed to churn

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