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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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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bong – S/T – Reissue CD 2012

12th September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Bong, CD, Doom, Drone, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Reissue, Review, Ritual Productions, Self Titled

The UK’s trippiest doomhounds Bong scored great acclaim earlier this year with their latest album Mana-Yood-Sushai, (described on this very

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Grumbling Fur ‘Alice’ (Latitudes Session) CD/LP 2012

13th August 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, Alexander Tucker, Alice, Atmospheric, Daniel O’Sullivan, Drone, Experimental, Grumbling Fur, Latitudes, Latitudes Session, Review, Southern Records, Todd Robinson

The (now) duo of Daniel O’Sulivan (Ulver / Mothlite / Aethenor / Guapo) and Alexander Tucker (Imbogodom / Guapo) add

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Taurus ‘Life’ LP/CD/Digital 2012

6th August 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Ashley Spungin, Atmospheric, CD, Dark Castle, Digital, Doom, Drone, Life, LP, Psychedelic, Purple Rhinestone Eagle, Review, Self Released, Stevie Floyd, Taurus, Tom McKibbin

When I heard that Stevie Floyd of doom duo Dark Castle had formed a psychedelic doom side-project with Ashley Spungin

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Fister ‘Violence’ CS/DD 2012

26th July 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Cassette, Chris Moore, Digital, Doom, Drone, Fister, Heavy, Review, Self Released, Violence

Fister are a three-piece doom outfit from Saint Louis. Fister is also a small village near Stavanger on the south-western

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The Angelic Process ‘Coma Waering’ Reissue CD/LP/Digital 2012

19th July 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Ambient, Atmospheric, Burning World Records, CD, Coma Waering, Digital, Doom, Drone, George Leeming, Kris Angylus, LP, Monika Dragynfly, Reissue, Review, The Angelic Process

The untimely death of an artist in their prime is an enormous tragedy, and one that recurs all too often.

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Locrian & Mamiffer ‘Bless Them That Curse You’ CD/LP 2012

2nd July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Bless Them That Curse You, CD, Drone, Experimental, Locrian, Locrian & Mamiffer, LP, Mamiffer, Paul Robertson, Profound Lore Records, Review

…and so we have the umpty-twelfth Locrian-related release of the year – a year not even half-way through, I might

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Black Shape Of Nexus ‘Negative Black’ CD/Digital 2012

28th June 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, CD, Doom, Drone, Exile On Mainstream Records, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Negative Black, Review, Sludge

Sometimes you can just feel an album from the very first chords. Described as incorporating aspects of drone and crust

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The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation ‘Egor’ CD/LP 2012

25th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Ambient, CD, Dark, Denovali Records, Drone, Egor, Experimental, Instrumental, Jazz Fusion, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, TKDE

The experimental companion project to the ever-prolific The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble return with another in their line of dark, sprawling,

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Crown ‘The One’ CD 2012

5th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Crown, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, The One

The sound of a molten universe collapsing in upon itself whilst simultaneously birthing a colossal multi-headed beast is the best

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