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Black Shape Of Nexus / Kodiak – Split 12″ 2010

9th April 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Black Shape Of Nexus/Kodiak, Doom, Drone, Funeral Doom, Kodiak, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 12"

How do you approach 38 minutes of mind bending Doom? Quite simply shut yourself away, roll a fat one and

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Conan ‘Horseback Battle Hammer’ CD/LP 2010

24th March 20103rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2010, Adam Stone, Aurora Borealis, CD, Conan, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Horseback Battle Hammer, LP, Review, Throne Records

First off – what a fucking brilliant name. Why no band has been called Conan before, apart from some piss-poor

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kodiak / Nadja – Split CD 2009

3rd February 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Aidan Baker, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Drone, Experimental, Kodiak, Nadja, Paul Robertson, Review, Split, Split CD

Ominous drones abound on this split release from Kodiak and the ridiculously prolific Nadja, with one track by each act.

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bone Parade ‘Vollmondlieder’ CDEP 2009

31st January 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Avant-Garde, Bone Parade, CDEP, Drone, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Review, Vollmondlieder, Wind and Fog Records

Stark, minimalist songs of the full moon from Bone Parade, a husband and wife duo from Albany NY, on this

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Poison Dwarf ‘Shit On A Stick’ CDEP 2009

19th November 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, CDEP, Doom, Drone, Paul Robertson, Poison Dwarf, Review, Self Released, Shit On A Stick, Sludge

I don’t know about you, but when I hear the name ‘Poison Dwarf’, I immediately think of li’l Juicy Ewing

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Alunah / Queen Elephantine – Split 7″ 2009

30th October 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Aluna, Alunah, Catacomb Records, Drone, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Queen Elephantine, Review, Space Rock, Split, Split 7"

So, Def Leppard’s Hysteria took four years to arrive which, at the time, seemed a long time until Guns N

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Switchblade – S/T – CD 2009

26th September 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Drone, Paul Robertson, Review, Switchblade, Trust No One Recordings

Wrenching their sounds out of the same dark matter as bands such as Khanate, Earth and Floor, Switchblade present their

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Ocean Chief ‘Den Förste’ LP 2009

7th September 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Den Förste, Doom, Drone, Electric Earth, Heavy, LP, Ocean Chief, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge

I’m guessing an album containing three tracks isn’t exactly going to be punk rock…and I’m right!!! Ocean Chief come lumbering

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Gruel – S/T – 2xLP 2009

24th June 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, Crust, Doom, Drone, Feast Of Tentacles, Gruel, Heavy, LP, Nasty, Review

Once upon a time, when the vile Conservative government was in power and I was a young man, crust punk

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Aidan Baker + Tim Hecker ‘Fantasma Parastasie’ CD 2008

3rd April 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Aidan Baker, Alien8 Recordings, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Collaboration, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, Fantasma Parastasie, Nadja, Noise, Review, Tim Hecker

Here is a collaborative endeavour from drone specialist Aidan Baker (better known as one half of duo Nadja) and experimental

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sons Of Otis ‘Exiled’ CD 2009

25th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Drone, Exiled, Experimental, Fuzz, Heavy, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Sons Of Otis, Space Rock, Stoner Jam

Fucking wow. My cerebral cortex is melting in a cranial orgasm of riff-based space sludge. Stoners everywhere – buy this.

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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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