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An Angry Auroch ‘War Weary World’
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Review: An Angry Auroch ‘War Weary World’

6th February 20204th March 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden An Angry Auroch, Andrew James Reid, Folk Doom, Self Released, War Weary World

Fun fact bovine fans, an Auroch was a species of massive black wild oxen, originally from the wilds of Asia,

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Mourning Beloveth 'Rust & Bone'
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Mourning Beloveth ‘Rust & Bone’ CD 2016

6th January 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Death Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, Mourning Beloveth, Review, Rust & Bone, Ván Records

As far as the doom-death hybrid goes in the UK and Ireland, Mourning Beloveth are without a shadow of a

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Royal Thunder ‘CVI:A’ Digital EP 2013

27th July 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Acoustic, Alex Varley, Americana, CVI:A, Digital, Folk Doom, Review, Royal Thunder, Self Released

As the amount of female fronted bands to surface in to the mainstream end of rock becomes catastrophic it has

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Coma Wall / Undersmile ‘Wood & Wire’ Split 12″/DD 2013

27th February 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2013, Acoustic, Americana, Avant-Garde, Chris Moore, Coma Wall, Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, Review, Shaman Recordings, Split 12", Undersmile, Wood & Wire

Following on from last year’s debut full length ‘Narwhal’ comes ‘Wood & Wire’ which sees Undersmile cover increasingly ambitious ground

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Chelsea Wolfe ‘Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis)’ CD/LP/DD 2011

28th December 20113rd September 2019 George Leeming 2011, Apokalypsis, Atmospheric, CD, Chelsea Wolfe, Dark, DD, Digital Download, Folk Doom, George Leeming, Heavy, LP, Pendu Sound, Review, Ἀποκάλυψις, Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis)

I first came across the name of Chelsea Wolfe upon its addition to the already jaw-dropping lineup for Roadburn Festival

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Crumbling Ghost – ST – CD 2011

28th March 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Crumbling Ghost, Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, Kraut, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Withered Hand Records

This is a band that has existed for a couple of years and over this period of time have grown

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Rose Kemp ‘Golden Shroud’ CD 2010

22nd October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12 Year Stretch Records, 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Dark, Folk Doom, Golden Shroud, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rose Kemp

One listen to Rose Kemp’s new album and you get the distinct impression that she isn’t like other women. At

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Blood Ceremony – S/T – CD/LP 2008

17th October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Blood Ceremony, CD, Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Rise Above Records

Coming out of Toronto, Canada, like a screaming naked witch on a flying hickory stick, Blood Ceremony are one of

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Jex Thoth – S/T – CD 2008

1st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, CD, Doom, Folk Doom, I Hate Records, Jex Thoth, Mark Burns, Metal, Review, Traditional Doom

The first thing I’ll say about this album is… Get yourself suitably sedated and let this fucker drag you back

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