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John Reppion Reflects On The Year That Was 2014

31st December 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion (the) Melvins, 2014 Year Review, Article, Beth Gibbons, Dune, Earth, Entombed A.D., Fossils, Gonga, John Reppion, Khuda, Mansion, Melvins

2014 has been my first full year of writing for The Sleeping Shaman. I say “full year” when really I’ve

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Oathbreaker @ Temples Festival 2014
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Temples Festival 2014 – Day 3 Review By Dave Bowes

21st May 201413th September 2019 Dave Bowes Antony Roberts, Beastmilk, Black Moth, Bristol, Clutch, Dave Bowes, Doomriders, Dragged Into Sunlight, Gonga, HARK, Herder, Human Cull, Lionize, Live Review, Motion, Oathbreaker, Repulsion, Sss, Temples Festival, Temples Festival 2014, The Secret, War Wolf

After the devastation that Neurosis wrought on Saturday, the festival could have called in sick and had a lie in

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GONGA To Hit Europe During April Including A Performance At Doomed Gathering In Paris

8th February 2014 Lee Edwards Concrescence, Doomed Gathering, Euro Tour 2014, Gonga, News, Tonehenge Recordings

Clawing their way out of the dank blackness of their riff research laboratory and hungry for the flesh of new

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Ollie Stygall Reflects On The Year That Was 2013

20th December 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013 Year Review, Ape Machine, Black Sabbath, Black Spiders, Black Star Riders, Blues Pills, Carcass, Carousel, Clutch, Devil To Pay, Five Horse Johnson, Goat Leaf, Gonga, Hot Lunch, Luder, Mos Generator, Mothership, Motörhead, Ollie Stygall, Wild Eyes S.F.

2013 has certainly been a bit of a blur. It doesn’t seem like any time at all since I was

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Gonga ‘Concrescence’ CD/LP/DD 2013

11th November 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Concrescence, Digital, Gonga, Heavy, Instrumental, LP, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Tonehenge Recordings

If ever a band deserves kudos for sheer dogged persistence and durability it has to be Bristol’s own stoner doom

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GONGA Confirm New Album ‘Concrescence’; Stream New Track ‘Tungsten Gold’

19th September 2013 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Concrescence, Gonga, New Album Details, News, Tonehenge Recordings, Tungsten Gold

Clawing their way out of the dank blackness of their riff research laboratory and hungry for the flesh of new

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Gonga Interview

1st October 20082nd September 2019 Lee Edwards Gonga, Interview, Lee Edwards

After a turbulent few years, Bristol based Gonga are back with their first release ‘Transmigration’ in over 4 years, and

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Stuntcock @ Grind To Groove 3, Manchester 14/09/08
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Grind To Groove 3 – Manchester 14/09/08

16th September 200814th September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Charger, Esoteric, Future Noise, Gonga, Grind To Groove 3, Lee Edwards, Live Review, Manchester, Star & Garter, Stuntcock, The Sontaran Experiment, Volition

The Star & Garter, Manchester 14/09/08 Doom cult goblins of the industrial wastelands arise! Feast your bloodshot eyes on the

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Gonga ‘Transmigration’ CD 2008

21st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, CD, Gonga, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Invada Records, Mark Burns, Review, Transmigration

After being plagued with line up changes, this Bristol four piece Gonga have now unleashed their long awaited second album.

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