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A Story Of Rats ‘Vastness And The Inverse’ LP 2012

5th March 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, A Story Of Rats, Atmospheric, Drone, Experimental, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Translinguistic Other, Vastness And The Inverse

Offhand I can think of a few stories of rats, with the most enjoyable being that written by the old

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Opium Lord ‘The Calendrical Cycle – Prologue: The Healer’ CDEP/DD 2013

13th February 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Hardcore, Heavy, Metal, Opium Lord, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, The Calendrical Cycle – Prologue: The Healer, Thirty Days Of Night Records

I’ve been doing this reviewing schtick for T’Shaman for a few years now, wading through wave upon wave, pile upon

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Diagonal ‘The Second Mechanism’ CD/LP/DD 2012

29th January 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Diagonal, Digital, Experimental, Jazz, LP, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, The Second Mechanism

Diagonal consist of seven guys from Brighton in their 20’s. Now, many guys of this age would be interested in

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The Earls Of Mars ‘The Skies Are Falling!’ CDEP/DD 2012

25th January 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CDEP, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Prog Rock, Review, Self Released, The Earls Of Mars, The Skies Are Falling!

The twisted brain-wrong of one-off man-mental Harry Armstrong (ex-Decomposed, ex-Hangnail and current End Of Level Boss mainman), aided and abetted

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Boris / Joe Volk – Split 12″ 2012

14th January 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Acoustic, Atmospheric, Boris, Experimental, Heavy, Invada Records, Joe Volk, Pete Green, Review, Split 12"

Trying to even remotely predict what Japanese psych/drone/doom/pop mentalists Boris will do next is a task akin to fire-toasting marshmallows

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Mugstar ‘Axis’ CD/LP/DD 2012

7th January 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Agitated Records, Atmospheric, Axis, CD, Digital, Experimental, Jamie Grimes, LP, Mugstar, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock

I believe it was extravagantly hatted jazz-funk troubadours Jamiroquai who thought to name one of their albums “Travelling Without Moving”.

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Sonance ‘Like Ghosts’ DD 2012

3rd January 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Like Ghosts, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Sonance

There’s a visceral beauty at work as Sonance wring twisted leaden sludge and floating spectral ambience seemingly from the very

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Horders ‘Fimbulvetr’ LP/DD 2012

18th December 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Feast Of Tentacles, Give Up, Horders, LP, Paul Robertson, Review

Field transmissions from someplace cold, desolate and uncaring are what appear to make up Fimbulvetr,the first full-length recording from Horders,

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Goat ‘World Music’ CD/LP/DD 2012

17th December 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, CD, Digital, Experimental, Funk, Goat, LP, Psych, Review, Rocket Recordings, Space Rock, Todd Robinson, Tribal, World Music

Goat are a mysterious collective who originate from Korpilombolo, a tiny village situated in the northern reaches of Sweden, their

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JK Flesh / Prurient ‘Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination’ Split LP 2012

14th December 20123rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Chris Moore, Dominick Fernow, Dub, Experimental, Industrial, JK Flesh, Justin K Broadrick, LP, Noise, Prurient, Review, Split, Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination

‘Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination’ is a collaborative release (and more than likely Hydra Head’s last ever it

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Dull Knife – S/T – LP/DD 2012

13th December 20123rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes Atmospheric, Debacle Records, Digital Download, Drone, Dull Knife, Experimental, Jamie Grimes, LP, Noise, Review, Self Titled

As someone who enjoys the genre, I still sometimes feel there’s something vaguely derogatory about the term “Noise”. That may

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