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Pohl ‘Pohlsmoker’ Digital EP 2012

11th October 20123rd September 2019 Sam Orr 2012, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Pohl, Pohlsmoker, Psych, Review, Sam Orr, Self Released, Sludge

Bristol based Pohl are a band that follow in the footsteps of such two piece luminaries as Death From Above

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From Beyond ‘One Year’ CDEP/DD 2012

10th October 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CDEP, Digital, Doom, From Beyond, Mark Hunt-Bryden, One Year, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Space Rock

From Beyond are a power trio from Houston, Texas who are heavily influenced by the blues metal roots of the

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Locrian ‘The Clearing / The Final Epoch’ CD/DD 2012

9th October 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, Ambient, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Digital, Doom, Drone, Industrial, Locrian, Relapse Records, Review, The Clearing, The Clearing / The Final Epoch, The Final Epoch, Todd Robinson

Locrian have been lurking around in the murk of the underground for coming close to a decade now, I first

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Helvellyn ‘Hordes Of White Light’ CDEP/DD 2012

7th October 20123rd September 2019 Calum Darroch 2012, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Calum Darroch, CDEP, Digital, Helvellyn, Hordes Of White Light, Review

Black metal has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance as of late. As Scandinavian genre founders began to experiment

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General ‘Where Are Your Gods Now’ CD/DD 2012

5th October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Catacomb Records, CD, Digital, General, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Where Are Your Gods Now

Catacomb Records is not the most prolific label with only a small handful of releases to show for their five

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Slow Season – S/T – CD/DD 2012

3rd October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Slow Season

Holy Led Zep Batman!!! Slow Season are an utterly unknown band from across the water Stateside but have more than

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Orchid ‘Heretic’ CDEP/10″/DD 2012

28th September 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 10", 2012, Alex Varley, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Heretic, Nuclear Blast Records, Orchid, Review, Stoner Doom

If you’re looking for a band that encapsulates that warm, bluesy feel of 70s hard rock whilst avoiding being an

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Wheelfall ‘Interzone’ CD/DD 2012

26th September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CD, Digital, Doom, Fuzz, Interzone, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sunruin Records, Wheelfall

Wearing their hearts on their sleeves, French Stoner/Doom band Wheelfall openly acknowledge their Sabbathy debt and aspirations for Stoner heritage

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Swans ‘The Seer’ CD/LP/DD 2012

21st September 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Country, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Michael Gira, Noise, Review, Swans, The Seer, Tom McKibbin, Young God Records

The return of Swans has to rank among the least cynical of comebacks/reunions/rebirths of any band in recent years –

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Darsombra ‘Climax Community’ CD/LP/DD 2012

20th September 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Ambient, CD, Climax Community, Darsombra, Digital, Drone, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, George Leeming, LP, Psychedelic, Review

With a unique sonic blueprint that is equal parts experimental, psychedelia, krautrock and drone, Darsombra achieve the sheer transcendence and

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Nihill ‘Verdonkermaan’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2012

17th September 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Cassette, CD, Chris Moore, Digital, Hydra Head Records, LP, Nihill, Review, Verdonkermaan

A rare foray into black metal territory for Hydra Head, a label which – to be fair – is by

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