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Gnaw Their Tongues ‘Per Flagellum Sanguemque Tenebras Veneramus’ CD 2011

22nd January 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Crucial Blast Records, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Gnaw Their Tongues, Paul Robertson, Per Flagellum Sanguemque Tenebras Veneramus, Review

Lock your doors. Bar your windows. Seal yourself inside your home. Call the police. It won’t save you, Gnaw Their

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Loincloth ‘Iron Balls Of Steel’ CD/LP 2012

17th January 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CD, Doom, Experimental, Instrumental, Iron Balls of Steel, Loincloth, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

This, my fine feathered friends, is IT. The album of 2012 already. Some EIGHT YEARS after their tantalising Southern Lord

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Spire – Digital EP 2010 & ‘Metamorphosis’ Digital EP 2011

15th January 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2010, 2011, Blackened Doom, Digital EP, Drone, Experimental, James Parker, Metamorphosis, Review, Self Released, Spire

Spire – Digital EP 2010 Australia – land of beer, Sheilas and blokes in dodgy beachwear. Not the sort of

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Greg(o)rian ‘Settlements And Burial Chambers’ Digital Album 2011

14th January 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Digital Album, Digital Download, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Greg(o)rian, Mrs Vee Recordings, Review, Settlements And Burial Chambers

Presumably named after the monophonic chanting style in turn named after a sixth century pope, Greg(o)rian come creeping out of

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Earth ‘Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II’ CD/LP 2012

12th January 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Ambient, Americana, Angels of Darkness Demons of Light II, Drone, Dylan Carlson, Earth, Experimental, Instrumental, Review, Southern Lord, Tom McKibbin

Let’s start by stating the obvious: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II is a world away from Earth’s pivotal

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Thisquietarmy ‘Resurgence’ CD/LP 2011

4th January 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Drone, Eric Quach, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Resurgence, Review, Thisquietarmy

Washing into earshot on a wave of shifting, multilayered drone before piling in with a throbbing bassline, pounding JAMC-style steamhammer

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Hull ‘Beyond The Lightless Sky’ CD 2011

29th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Beyond The Lightless Sky, CD, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Hull, Paul Robertson, Post, Post-Hardcore, Review, Sludge, The End Records

The behemoth stirs. Having been somewhat out of our eye for a time, the mighty men of Hull hath returned,

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The Zombos + Drog – ‘Vulva + Puta Sessions’, ‘6 Song EP’, ‘Worshipers Of Fogs’ CDR’s 2011

15th December 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, 6 Song EP, CDR, Drog, Experimental, Johnny UFO, Noise, Psychedelic, Punk, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, The Zombos, UFO Gestapo, Vulva + Puta Sessions, Worshipers Of Fogs

Following the demise of the brilliant UFO Gestapo, I interviewed Seb KKK, who told me of the band that would

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Astrohenge ‘Astrohenge II’ CD 2011

27th November 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Astrohenge, Astrohenge II, CD, Doom, Experimental, Eye Of Sound, EyesofSound, Fairground Doom, Jazz, Metal, Pete Green, Review

Imagine Cephalic Carnage playing the theme-tune to The Magic Roundabout. Or Tesseract jamming in an Early Learning Centre with a

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The Body & Braveyoung ‘Nothing Passes’ CD 2011

24th November 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, At A Loss Recordings, Braveyoung, CD, Dark, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Nothing Passes, Paul Robertson, Review, The Body, The Body & Braveyoung

Gospel power-sludge duo The Body are so ridiculously heavy that they can crack continents, part seas, and shift the moon

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Paul Catten ‘Themes And Variations For Strings And Electronics’ CD 2011

16th November 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Avant-Garde, CD, Classical, Electronic, Experimental, Future Noise, Paul Catten, Paul Robertson, Review, Themes And Variations For Strings And Electronics

In another life, Paul Catten would perhaps have been horribly disfgured during the explosion of a machine to communicate with

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