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Heavy Temple: Interview With Bassist & Vocalist High Priestess Nighthawk

2nd September 202111th October 2021 Liam Blanc Doom, Heavy Temple, Magnetic Eye Records

Heavy Temple have been fighting the good fight since 2012, but they’ve kept the world waiting until 2021 for their

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Age Of The Wolf/Tel ‘Vigils’
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Review: Age Of The Wolf/Tel ‘Vigils’

26th August 202127th September 2021 Sandy Williamson Age Of The Wolf, Doom, Electric Talon Records, Sludge, Tel

Vigils is a split between bands from very different parts of the world with Costa Rican sludge doomers Age Of

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Heathen Rites ‘Heritage’
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Review: Heathen Rites ‘Heritage’

26th August 202127th September 2021 Sean Haner Doom, Heathen Rites, Metal, Svart Records

Heathen Rites is a Swedish doom/sludge band formed in 2018 by former Burning Saviours and Whyte Ash guitarist/vocalist Mikael Monks.

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Eric Wagner / The Skull - Roadburn 2016 - Photo by Lee Edwards
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Run To The Light: Rest In Peace Eric Wagner

25th August 202127th September 2021 Martin Williams Doom, Eric Wagner, RIP, Tee Pee Records, The Skull, Trouble

The heavy metal world, specifically the stoner/doom corner awoke the morning of August 23rd, 2021, to the grim, gut-wrenching news

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Low Flying Hawks ‘Fuyu’
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Review: Low Flying Hawks ‘Fuyu’

20th August 202127th September 2021 Dani Bandolier Doom, Low Flying Hawks, Magnetic Eye Records

Low Flying Hawks were founded in 2015 or there-abouts by a pair of fellow Texans, guitarists/multi-instrumentalists known only by the

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Wallowing
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Premiere: Wallowing ‘Orbital Detritus’ – Taken From 4-Way Split With Vixen Maw, Slabdragger & Thin

12th August 202121st September 2021 Lee Edwards Black Voodoo Records, Doom, Grindcore, Slabdragger, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Thin, Vixen Maw, Wallowing

The UK’s Sci-Fi obsessed doom, grind and sludge metal maniacs Wallowing who, after the release of their truly awesome long

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Alastor - Photo by Karin Haglund
A-F Interviews 

In Search Of Tone: Hampus Sandell Of Alastor

4th August 20219th September 2021 Josh Schneider Alastor, Doom, Hampus Sandell, In Search Of Tone

I was fortunate to review Onwards And Downwards a short while back and that album has been consistently in rotation

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Fimir 'Tomb Of God'
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Review: Fimir ‘Tomb Of God’

29th July 20219th September 2021 Martin Williams Argonauta Records, Doom, Fimir

When a band opens their debut album with a church/funeral bell, that’s making a bold statement in my opinion, because

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Elliot & Ryan Cole
Streams 

Premiere: Wall ‘Vol. 2’ EP – New EP Drops Friday, 30th July, Via APF Records

28th July 20219th September 2021 Lee Edwards APF Records, Doom, Instrumental, Wall

We should now all know the story about brothers Elliot & Ryan Cole and their instrumental stoner metal and rock

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Wall
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Wall: Interview With Brothers Elliot & Ryan Cole

27th July 20219th September 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Doom, Wall

What happens when you’re in a band that have built a reputation on quality albums, incendiary live shows to support

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Bong-Ra ‘Antediluvian’
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Review: Bong-Ra ‘Antediluvian’

27th July 20219th September 2021 Maxwell Seeman Bong-Ra, Doom, Jason Köhnen, Jazz, Tartarus Records

Doom is a genre that has, since its inception, been getting progressively heavier, more intense, and we’ve now been given

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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress
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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress

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Emerging once again from the Bristolian mire, the amphibious overlords known as Froglord return to deliver another dose of thick,

Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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