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Nibiru ‘Netrayoni’ CD/DD 2014

13th March 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Guido Segers, Netrayoni, Nibiru, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released

A bell chimes, to indicate the opening of the ceremony. A buzzing tone creeps forth, samples ring out around it,

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Plurals ‘Bugenès Melissae’ LP/DD 2014

18th February 20143rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2014, Ambient, Bugenès Melissae, Caspian Yurisich, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Oaken Palace Records, Plurals, Review

Long form droney ambient occupies a pretty similar space to things like raw black metal, modern art, brutal death metal,

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Deathstench / Trepaneringsritualen – Split LP 2013

10th February 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Deathstench, Drone, Experimental, Malignant Records, Noise, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Split LP, Thomas Martin Ekelund, Trepaneringsritualen

The sound of Deathstench is a blacker-than-black choking miasma, a caustic cocktail of hissing, seething white noise, ice-cold black metal

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sunn O))) & Ulver ‘Terrestrials’ CD/LP/DD 2014

5th February 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2014, Ambient, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Review, Ross Horton, Southern Lord, Sunn O))), Terrestrials, Ulver

It’s pretty easy to both overplay and underestimate the level of quality in the recorded output of both of these

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bong ‘Stoner Rock’ CD/LP/DD 2014

31st January 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, Bong, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, LP, Review, Ritual Productions, Tom McKibbin

Newcastle-based stoner rock collective Bong have unleashed their latest alb… oh, wait – let me try that again. With their

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Alkerdeel / Gnaw Their Tongues ‘Dyodyo Asema’ CD/LP/DD 2014

24th January 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Alkerdeel, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Drone, Dyodyo Asema, Experimental, Gnaw Their Tongues, Kevin Kentie, LP, Mories, Noise, Review

Two of the most vile creatures from the low countries ( The Netherlands and Belgium) have joined forces on one

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Album & EP Reviews K 

KK Null / Ore – Split 7″ 2013

22nd January 20143rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2013, Adam Stone, Drone, Endtyme Records, Experimental, KK Null, Noise, ORE, Review, Split 7"

This deceptively innocent looking seven inch diameter plastic disc, brought to us by the fine High Peak-based label Endtyme Records,

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Fleshpress ‘Tearing Skyholes’ DD 2013

20th January 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Digital, Doom, Drone, Fleshpress, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Tearing Skyholes

Finnish ambient Doom/Prog/Drone mongers Fleshpress have been making a hell of a noise for nearly a decade and a half

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Merrin ‘Doom Cinema’ DD 2013

17th January 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Atmospheric, Digital, Doom, Doom Cinema, Drone, Heavy, Merrin, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Soundtrack

Reviewing records is a tough gig – you have to find the time, find the words, find the bands… but

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Culted ‘Oblique To All Paths’ CD/LP/DD 2013

2nd January 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Black Metal, CD, Culted, Digital, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, LP, Oblique To All Paths, Relapse Records, Review

There is a certain kind of album that comes along rarely. The kind of album that takes you on a

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Pylar ‘Poderoso Se Alza En My’ CD/DD 2013

31st December 20133rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2013, Avant-Garde, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Jorge Miguel, Knockturne Records, Poderoso Se Alza En My, Pylar, Review

Music is all about emotions. Every time a fan listens to a record, the goal is to feel on top

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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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