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Locrian ‘Drenched Lands’ CD 2009

24th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, Ambient, At War With False Noise, CD, Dark, Drone, Experimental, Industrial, Locrian, Noise, Review

Dark dark noise that emanates slowly and rises like a black fog from the decaying anus of the mummified corpse

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Queen Elephantine ‘Kailash’ CD 2008

7th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Download, Drone, Experimental, Kailash, Queen Elephantine, Review

Stoner droner mystics Queen Elephantine, the oft travelling Lords of (sonic) Lethargy, have produced yet another striking opus of snaking

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A Death Cinematic ‘A Parable on the Aporia of Vengeance and the Beauty of Unpenetrable Sadness’ CD 2009

26th January 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2009, A Death Cinematic, A Parable on the Aporia of Vengeance and the Beauty of Unpenetrable Sadness, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Drone, Experimental, Noise, Review, Self Released

It’s always good to see artists put a bit of effort into their work and this new self-released double album

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Grails ‘Take Refuge in Clean Living’ CD & ‘Doomsdayer’s Holiday’ CD 2008

12th January 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Doomsdayer's Holiday, Drone, Experimental, Grails, Important Records, Post-Rock, Review, Temporary Residence Limited

2008 saw Grails release two records, the first an ep (‘Take Refuge in Clean Living’) and then their third album

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Queen Elephantine ‘Surya’ CD 2008

7th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Surya

It is dusk upon the river Ganges. Your gap year has prematurely come to an end because you are sooooooo

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Sun ‘Paralyser’ LP 2008

6th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, At War With False Noise, Black Sun, Doom, Drone, Heavy, LP, Paralyser, Review

I press the play button: a second of silence and then…a red faced and demented man is screaming “restless, my

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Queen Elephantine ‘Yatra’ CD 2008 & ‘Tartarus’ CDEP 2008

18th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, CD, CDEP, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Tartarus, Yatra

Imagine the eldritch and arcane sound of a cultish band of blind, hooded, albino acolytes, engrossed within their eerie sonic

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Asva ‘What You Don’t Know Is Frontier’ CD 2008

1st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Ambient, Asva, CD, Drone, Experimental, Mark Burns, Review, Southern Records, What You Don't Know Is Frontier

Not a record for passive consumption was something I read in a recent review for this the latest Asva album,

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Album & EP Reviews T 

They Are Cowards – S/T – CDEP 2008

14th July 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, CDEP, Doom, Drone, Future Noise, Review, Self Released, Sludge, They Are Cowards

I got a story for this one; Something foul keeps getting up your nose, the stench is coming from the

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Moss ‘Sub Templum’ CD/LP 2008

30th June 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, CD, Doom, Drone, Heavy, LP, Moss, Review, Rise Above Records, Sub Templum

Imagine for a moment that it was possible to play a SUNNO))) riff against an Electric Wizard riff and have

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Crawe ‘Doomed To Fail’ Demo 2008

12th June 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Crawe, Demo, Doom, Doomed To Fail, Drone, Heavy, Mark Burns, Review, Self Released

The doom/sludge/heavy shit scene appears to be going through an unprecedented time at the moment with the amount of bands

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