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MAKE ‘Trephine’ CD/LP/DD 2012

13th November 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Black Iron Records, CD, Devouter Records, Digital, Doom, LP, Make, Paul Robertson, Post-Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Trephine

It’s an odd name isn’t it, MAKE? I mean, you know roughly what you’re getting into when a band is

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Sunwølf ‘Beyond The Sun’ CD/DD 2012

8th November 20123rd September 2019 Calum Darroch 2012, Ambient, Calum Darroch, CD, Digital, Drone, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sunwølf

Sunwølf are a band that will confound your expectations. Clocking in at around 26 minutes, their debut mini-album “Beyond the

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!’ CD/LP/DD 2012

6th November 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!, Ambient, CD, Constellation Records, Digital, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Instrumental, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Tom McKibbin

With characteristic little fanfare, Godspeed You! Black Emperor are back with album number four, an album that was announced the

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Golden Void – S/T – LP/CD/DD 2012

30th October 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Folk Rock, Golden Void, Isaiah Mitchell, LP, Pete Green, Psychedelic, Review, Self Titled, Thrill Jockey Records

Sometimes, and when I say ‘sometimes’, I mean on an odd, rare and beautiful occasion, you put on a record

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Mamiffer / Pyramids – Split LP/DD 2012

25th October 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Ambient, Atmospheric, Digital, Drone, George Leeming, Hydra Head Records, LP, Mamiffer, Mamiffer & Pyramids Split, Post-Rock, Pyramids

I certainly won’t be the first or the last to comment with a heavy heart on the imminent demise of

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Gouranga ‘Nature’s Knife’ CD/DD 2012

24th October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Alternative, CD, Digital, Gouranga, Grunge, Heavy, Nature's Knife, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

Gouranga is a reference to Krishna, the idea being that merely to say the name is to spread happiness. Gouranga

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Neurosis ‘Honor Found In Decay’ CD/LP/DD 2012

19th October 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Doom, Folk, Heavy, Honor Found In Decay, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Hardcore, Relapse Records

Steve Von Til was quoted recently as saying, ‘Stagnation is death’ and this is a tenement that Oakland based avant

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Groan ‘The Divine Right Of Kings’ CD/LP/DD 2012

16th October 20123rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, CD, Digital, Doom, Groan, Heavy Rock, Jamie Grimes, LP, Review, Soulseller Records, The Divine Right Of Kings

Groan invite reviewers, in a note attached with the promo of this album, to enjoy their “silly album” (their term,

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Drug Honkey ‘Ghost In The Fire’ CD/DL 2012

15th October 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CD, Diabolical Conquest Records, Digital, Drug Honkey, Ghost In The Fire, Heavy, Industrial, Noise, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge

Just like the proverbial bad pennies, those twisted perverts of sound Drug Honkey have returned to ruin everything and everyone,

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Mos Generator ‘Nomads’ CD/DD 2012

13th October 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mos Generator, Nomads, Review, Ripple Music, Tony Reed

You have to hand it to the good folks at Ripple Music, they know how to spot a band who

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Heat – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2012

12th October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Electric Magic Records, Heat, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Psych, Retro, Review, Self Titled

The tsunami of backwards looking retro rocking bands continues to roll across Europe sweeping up all in its path and

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