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The Body & Thou ‘You, Whom I Have Always Hated’ 12″/CD/DD 2015

8th February 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 12", 2014, CD, Collaboration, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Released From Love, Review, Sludge, The Body, Thou, Thrill Jockey Records, You Whom I Have Always Hated

Portland based sludgers The Body are certainly no strangers to mixing it up with other bands; in fact last year

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bellringer ‘Wait’ 2014 DD

29th January 20153rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Bellringer, Corey Cottrell, Craig Nichols, Digital, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Mark Deutrom, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Wait

Diiiiiiing-DONG! Texas shitkickers Bellringer totally deliver the goods on this here debut EP, saying what they need to say succinctly

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Album & EP Reviews M 

MoE ‘3’ CD/LP/CS 2014

22nd December 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, 3", Cassette, CD, Experimental, Fysisk Format, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, MoE, Noise-Rock, Review

Norwegian noise rock trio MoE emerge from the bleakest recesses with their latest primal slab – simply titled, 3, it’s

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Shield Your Eyes ‘Reciprocate’ LP/DD 2014

13th December 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, Blues, Dave Bowes, Experimental, Math Rock, Progressive, Reciprocate, Review, Romac Puncture Repairs, Shield Your Eyes

For the unaware, Shield Your Eyes have been kicking out their distinctive math-rock blues for a good few years now,

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Album & EP Reviews Y 

Yawning Sons ‘Ceremony To The Sunset’ LP Reissue 2014

12th December 201423rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Alone Records, Ceremony To The Sunset, Desert Rock, Experimental, Gary Arce, LP, Mario Lalli, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Reissue, Review, Scott Reeder, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Stoner Rock, Wendy Rae Fowler, Yawning Sons

Originally set free into the world on 26th September 2009, Ceremony To The Sunset was a unique hybrid collaboration between

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Eternal Tapestry ‘Guru Overload’ LP/DD 2014

9th December 20143rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2014, Digital, Eternal Tapestry, Experimental, Guru Overload, Kraut, LP, Oaken Palace Records, Psych, Review, Todd Robinson

Prolific psychedelic act Eternal Tapestry have been weaving their magic since 2007, finding homes with labels such as Thrill Jockey,

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Dead Sea Apes ‘High Evolutionary’ CD/LP/DD 2014

4th December 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, Cardinal Fuzz Records, CD, Dead Sea Apes, Digital, Experimental, High Evolutionary, Jeremy Moore, Kraut, LP, Psych, Review

Being a true master of darkened atmosphere is an underrated talent, and with so many doom/death riffing automatons flaunting brutality

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Lotus Thief ‘Rervm’ CD/LP/DD 2014

3rd December 20143rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2014, Ambient, Caspian Yurisich, CD, Digital, Experimental, Lotus Thief, LP, Post-Rock, Rervm, Review, Svart Records

I don’t really have a nice introductory paragraph so let’s just state this straight out: Lotus Thief shouldn’t work but

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Ævangelist ‘Writhes In The Murk’ CD/LP/DD 2014

1st December 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Ævangelist, Atmospheric, Black Metal, CD, Death Metal, Debemur Morti Productions, Digital, Experimental, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Writhes In The Murk

Ne’er has an album title been quite so apt, as the industrial-flecked black death metal of Ævangelist writhes, twists and

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Carlton Melton / Mind Mountain – God Unknown Records Singles Club – 7″/DD 2014

20th November 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, 7", Carlton Melton, Dave Bowes, Digital, Experimental, God Unknown Records, Kraut, Mind Mountain, Prog Rock, Psych, Review

The concepts of Singles Clubs always seem like such a good idea in principle, but much of the time there’s

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Nihill ‘Verderf’ CD/LP/DD 2014

20th November 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Burning World Records, CD, Digital, Experimental, Guido Segers, LP, Nihill, Review, Verderf

I think it’s always a good thing to start with some honesty. Reviewing the new Nihill record, I have to

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