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Swans ‘The Seer’ CD/LP/DD 2012

21st September 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Country, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Michael Gira, Noise, Review, Swans, The Seer, Tom McKibbin, Young God Records

The return of Swans has to rank among the least cynical of comebacks/reunions/rebirths of any band in recent years –

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Darsombra ‘Climax Community’ CD/LP/DD 2012

20th September 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Ambient, CD, Climax Community, Darsombra, Digital, Drone, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, George Leeming, LP, Psychedelic, Review

With a unique sonic blueprint that is equal parts experimental, psychedelia, krautrock and drone, Darsombra achieve the sheer transcendence and

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Carlton Melton ‘Photos Of Photos’ CD/LP/DD 2012

15th September 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2012, Agitated Records, Carlton Melton, CD, Digital, Experimental, Heavy Jam, James Parker, LP, Photos of Photos, Psychedelic, Review

I first encountered the blissed out three-piece psychedelia of Carlton Melton in a somewhat incongruous setting as they were support

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The Haxan Cloak ‘The Men Parted The Sea To Devour The Water’ (Latitudes Session) CD/LP 2012

21st August 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Avant-Garde, Bobby Krlic, CD, Experimental, Latitudes, Latitudes Session, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Records, The Haxan Cloak, The Men Parted The Sea To Devour The Water

It feels as though an ice-age has passed since last we heard from Bobby Krlic, AKA The Haxan Cloak, the

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Necro Deathmort ‘The Colonial Script’ CD/Digital 2012

14th August 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Digital, Distraction Records, Experimental, Heavy, Necro Deathmort, Pete Green, Review, The Colonial Script

With a name that can be translated as ‘Death Death Death’, you know from the off that this will not

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Grumbling Fur ‘Alice’ (Latitudes Session) CD/LP 2012

13th August 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, Alexander Tucker, Alice, Atmospheric, Daniel O’Sullivan, Drone, Experimental, Grumbling Fur, Latitudes, Latitudes Session, Review, Southern Records, Todd Robinson

The (now) duo of Daniel O’Sulivan (Ulver / Mothlite / Aethenor / Guapo) and Alexander Tucker (Imbogodom / Guapo) add

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Botanist ‘III – Doom In Bloom/Allies’ 2xCD 2012

24th July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, Black Metal, Blackened Doom, Botanist, Experimental, III - Doom In Bloom/Allies, Paul Robertson, Post-Rock, Review, Totalrust Music

I’m always drawn to the rampant individualists in music, those brave souls who go out on a limb and plough

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Old Man Gloom ‘No’ CD/LP/CS/Digital 2012

13th July 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2012, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Hydra Head Records, James Parker, LP, No, Old Man Gloom, Post-Hardcore, Review, Sludge

Old Man Gloom must be a labour of love, these four as you probably know, having been or still being

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The Eye Of Time – S/T – CD/LP/Digital 2012

4th July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Digital, Electronic, Experimental, LP, Marc Euvrie, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled, The Eye Of Time, Trip-Hop

Time is an ocean in which we swim. We may think of it as a river that flows in one

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Locrian & Mamiffer ‘Bless Them That Curse You’ CD/LP 2012

2nd July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Bless Them That Curse You, CD, Drone, Experimental, Locrian, Locrian & Mamiffer, LP, Mamiffer, Paul Robertson, Profound Lore Records, Review

…and so we have the umpty-twelfth Locrian-related release of the year – a year not even half-way through, I might

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The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation ‘Egor’ CD/LP 2012

25th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Ambient, CD, Dark, Denovali Records, Drone, Egor, Experimental, Instrumental, Jazz Fusion, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, TKDE

The experimental companion project to the ever-prolific The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble return with another in their line of dark, sprawling,

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