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Locrian ‘Return To Annihilation’ CD/LP/DD 2013

18th September 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Digital, Doom, Drone, Industrial, Locrian, LP, Paul Robertson, Relapse Records, Return To Annihilation, Review

Locrian, the three-headed harbinger of the Ballardian apocalypse, return after what seems like an eternity by their usual standards of

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Wolvserpent ‘Perigaea Antahkarana’ CD/LP/DD 2013

18th September 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Ambient, CD, Dark, Digital, Doom, Drone, LP, Perigaea Antahkarana, Relapse Records, Review, Ross McKendrick, Wolvserpent

When Boise, Idaho duo Pussygutt reinvented themselves as Wolvserpent with the release of 2010’s incredible debut album Blood Seed, it

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Bismuth ‘The Eternal Marshes’ Digital EP 2012

24th August 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Bismuth, Chris Moore, Digital EP, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Review, Self Released, The Eternal Marshes

“It’s like Stonehenge… BUT MUSIC” is what the drunk, Italian pensioner said as he stood next to me watching Bismuth

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Kwaidan ‘Make All The Hell Of Dark Metal Bright’ LP/DD 2013

31st July 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, Bathetic Records, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Kwaidan, LP, Make All The Hell Of Dark Metal Bright, Paul Robertson, Review

One third of what must surely be the hardest-working-yet-consistent band in the avant-drone business, André Foisy takes a break from

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Album & EP Reviews C 

CROWN ‘Psychurgy’ CD/DD 2013

20th May 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, Candlelight Records, CD, Crown, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Industrial, Paul Robertson, Psychurgy, Review

The more avid amongst you may well remember my rather enthusiastic review of CROWN‘s debut EP, The One, back in

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Wölfbait – S/T – CS/DD 2012

14th May 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Art For Blind Records, Cassette, Digital, Drone, Hardcore, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Wölfbait

It’s painfully, ear-rapingly, clear from listening to Gasp (Grey Earth), the opening track from this debut recording by Dublin-based bastards

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Camel Of Doom ‘Psychodramas: Breaking The Knots Of Twisted Synapse’ CD/DD 2012

15th April 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Camel Of Doom, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Kris Clayton, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Psychodramas: Breaking the Knots of Twisted Synapse, Review, Self Released

Stop. I know what you’re thinking and you’re making a terrible mistake. You’re thinking that a band named Camel Of

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Aidan Baker & Plurals ‘Glass Crocodile Medicine’ (Latitudes Session) LP/CD 2013

8th April 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Aidan Baker, Ambient, CD, Dave Bowes, Drone, Experimental, Glass Crocodile Medicine, Latitudes, Latitudes Session, LP, Plurals, Review, Southern Records

Joining the elite cabal of Alexander Tucker, Daniel O’Sullivan and Josh Graham in having the honour of being invited back

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Spider Kitten ‘Cougar Club’ CD/DD 2013

3rd April 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, CD, Cougar Club, Digital, Doom, Drone, Prog Rock, Review, Rugland Records, Sludge, Spider Kitten, Tom McKibbin

Coming out of the excellent and ever-expanding South Wales scene, Spider Kitten are a truly monstrous proposition, both in name

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Conan ‘Mount Wrath: Live At Roadburn 2012’ CD/LP/DD 2013

20th March 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Burning World Records, CD, Conan, Digital, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Live At Roadburn 2012, LP, Mount Wrath - Live At Roadburn 2012, Pete Green, Review, Roadburn Records

You weren’t there man! You weren’t THERE! Well, actually, if you didn’t manage to show up at the tiny Stage01

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A Story Of Rats ‘Vastness And The Inverse’ LP 2012

5th March 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, A Story Of Rats, Atmospheric, Drone, Experimental, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Translinguistic Other, Vastness And The Inverse

Offhand I can think of a few stories of rats, with the most enjoyable being that written by the old

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