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Eolian Empire

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Drunk Dad ‘Ripper Killer’ LP/DD 2014

18th September 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, Digital, Drunk Dad, Eolian Empire, Grunge, Hardcore, LP, Noise-Rock, Review, Ripper Killer, Will Beattie

How do you define Drunk Dad‘s Ripper Killer? A band with a silly name that potentially points towards a troubled

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DRUNK DAD & HONDURAN: Eolian Empire Scum Unite For Ugly Month-Long US Tour

13th August 2014 Lee Edwards Drunk Dad, Eolian Empire, Festicide, Hondura, News, Ripper Killer, Street Eagles, US Tour 2014

You can tell from the Eolian relation that’s it’s already going to be an ugly tour in its inception. But

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BIG BLACK CLOUD: Invisible Oranges Broadcasting Entire Lessons In Fuck You 2 EP; West Coast Tour Begins This Week

5th August 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Big Black Cloud, Eolian Empire, Invisible Oranges, Lessons In Fuck You 2, News

The Eolian Empire bruises the rock world’s ego with the unfurling of Lessons In Fuck You 2, the newest collection

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BIG BLACK CLOUD To Issue ‘Lessons In Fuck You 2’ EP Via Eolian Empire

25th July 2014 Lee Edwards Big Black Cloud, Eolian Empire, Lessons In Fuck You 2, New EP Details, News, Stankhouse Records

Portland’s furious sci-fi punks, BIG BLACK CLOUD, are back from the lab with their latest dirty bomb, the cassette EP

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Graves At Sea ‘This Place Is Poison’ 12″ 2014

1st May 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 12", 2014, Doom, Eolian Empire, Graves At Sea, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, Sludge, This Place Is Poison

Rejoice! The masters of heavy sludge have returned! Graves At Sea are back and just to remind us all why

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Prizehog ‘Re-Unvent The Whool’ LP/DD 2014

30th April 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Avant-Garde, Digital, Doom, Eolian Empire, Experimental, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Prizehog, Re-Unvent The Whool, Review, Sludge

Art in all mediums is very much subjective. One man’s Picasso is another man’s Constable and music can prove ever

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Whores / Rabbits – Split 7”/DD 2014

29th April 20143rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2014, 7", Brutal Panda Records, Eolian Empire, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Rabbits, Review, Sludge, The Cure, Todd Robinson, Whores

Here we have a strangely enticing 7” offering from Brutal Panda Records and Eolian Empire, the two acts sharing the

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GRAVES AT SEA Stream Title Track From ‘This Place Is Poison’; Euro Takeover With SOURVEIN Underway

26th April 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Cvlt Nation, Eolian Empire, Euro Tour, Graves At Sea, News, Sourvein, This Place Is Poison

Portland doom kings, GRAVES AT SEA, drop a molten taste of ‘This Place Is Poison‘ via Cvlt Nation. The sordid

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PRIZEHOG: Portland Celestial Space Sludge Outfit Announces Five-Week US Tour

17th April 2014 Lee Edwards Eolian Empire, News, Prizehog, Re-Unvent The Whool, US Tour 2014

Still riding a fresh wave of killer reactions to their walloping third LP, Re-Unvent the Whool, Portland, Oregon-based, PRIZEHOG, has

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GRAVES AT SEA: Portland Doom Miscreants Announce Euro Live Incursion; This Place Is Poison Preorders Available Now

2nd April 2014 Lee Edwards Desertfest, Doom Over Leipzig, Eolian Empire, Graves At Sea, Heavy Days In Doomtown, New 12" Details, News, Pre-Orders, Roadburn, This Place Is Poison, UK & Euro Tour 2014

Portland doom miscreants, GRAVES AT SEA, will embark upon a European live incursion later this month alongside fellow riff-worshippers SOURVEIN.

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Towers ‘II’ LP/DD 2014

14th March 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, Digital, Drone, Eolian Empire, Experimental, Heavy, II, LP, Noise-Rock, Review, Tom McKibbin, Towers

Providing further evidence that Oregon is literally built upon an ancient Indian burial ground, yet another otherworldly and insanely heavy

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