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Venomous Maximus ‘Beg Upon The Light’ CD/DD 2012

19th December 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, Beg Upon The Light, CD, Digital, Metal, NWOBHM, Occult Rock, Occulture Records, Review, Venomous Maximus

It’s been a long while since a trend could be thrown around with such weight as the term ‘occult rock.’

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Horders ‘Fimbulvetr’ LP/DD 2012

18th December 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Feast Of Tentacles, Give Up, Horders, LP, Paul Robertson, Review

Field transmissions from someplace cold, desolate and uncaring are what appear to make up Fimbulvetr,the first full-length recording from Horders,

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Goat ‘World Music’ CD/LP/DD 2012

17th December 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, CD, Digital, Experimental, Funk, Goat, LP, Psych, Review, Rocket Recordings, Space Rock, Todd Robinson, Tribal, World Music

Goat are a mysterious collective who originate from Korpilombolo, a tiny village situated in the northern reaches of Sweden, their

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Amenra ‘Mass V’ CD/LP/DD 2012

12th December 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Amenra, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Mass V, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Review, Soul Slayer Records, Tom McKibbin

I’ll admit that I was blissfully unaware of Amenra‘s existence until about a year ago when I read that uber-producer

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ILSA ‘Intoxicantations’ LP/DD 2012

11th December 20123rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, A389 Recordings, Crust, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Ilsa, Intoxicantations, Jamie Grimes, LP, Review

As odd as it may seem for me to start a review with a comparison, for those with a short

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Revelation ‘Inner Harbor’ LP/DD 2012

6th December 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Bland Hand Records, Digital, Doom, Inner Harbor, LP, Progressive, Revelation, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Traditional Doom

With all the doom metal also-rans that are lining up to bore the casual listener these days, you’d think that

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Galvano ‘Two Titans’ LP/DD 2012

5th December 20123rd September 2019 John Dickie 2012, Devouter Records, Digital, Doom, Galvano, Heavy, John Dickie, LP, Review, Sludge, Two Titans

Coming on strong like a motherfucking atom bomb this release (ltd run of 500 coloured vinyl) will fuck you up

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Mother Of God ‘Anthropos’ CD/DD 2013

30th November 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Anthropos, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Mother Of God, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

Hot on the heels of bands such as Graveyard, Witchcraft and Horisont Sweden throws up yet another retrogressive bunch of

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Earthrise ‘Eras Lost’ CD/DD 2012

27th November 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Earthrise, Eras Lost, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Post-Metal, Review, Self Released

This is a tricky one. You see, it’s not that Earthrise aren’t very good – they are, in fact excellent

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Gurt ‘You Ain’t From Around These Parts?’ CDEP/DD 2012

26th November 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Gurt, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Sludge, You Ain’t From Around These Parts

Ever since Eyehategod came lurching from the Louisiana swamps in the early 90’s with their elephantine mix of grimy Sabbath

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Sun Splitter ‘III’ LP/DD 2012

19th November 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Bloodlust!, Digital, Doom, Drone, Experimental, III, LP, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Sun Splitter

Merchants of industrialised psychedelic ur-doom, Chicago’s Sun Splitter have been honing their craft over the last couple of years and

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