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Dopefight ‘Buds’ CD 2010

19th October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Buds, CD, Doom, Dopefight, Hardcore, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Three things you need to know about Dopefight 1) They’re a 3 piece stoner sludge outfit from Brighton 2) They

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Koresh ‘Crippledriver’ CD 2010

25th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Crippledriver, Crust, Doom, Hardcore, Koresh, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Withered Hand Records

You may all be familiar with the name Koresh. David Koresh (born Vernon Wayne Howell) was a maniacal religious zealot

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Neurosis ‘Live At Roadburn 2007’ CD/LP 2010

24th September 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Atmospheric, Burning World Records, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Live At Roadburn 2007, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Review, Roadburn, Roadburn Records

There are plenty of bands who never achieve greatness – they excel on record but cannot reproduce it live or

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Corrosion of Conformity ‘Your Tomorrow’ 7″ 2010

19th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, 7", COC, Corrosion Of Conformity, Crossover, Crust, Hardcore, Hardcore Metal, Mike Dean, Ollie Stygall, Reed Mullin, Review, Woody Weatherman, Your Tomorrow

Many years ago when I was an impressionable teenager with a top lip full of bum fluff, desperately trying to

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Secret ‘Solve Et Coagula’ CD/LP 2010

1st September 20102nd September 2019 Pete Green 2010, Blackened Crust, CD, Death Crust, Hardcore, LP, Pete Green, Review, Solve Et Coagula, Southern Lord, The Secret

It would be a tough task to review Southern Lord’s latest sonic slab of filth without using the word ‘blackened’

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Neurosis ‘Enemy Of The Sun’ Reissue CD 2010

21st August 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Reissue, Review, Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till

Reissues can often provide a sober pause to reflect on an album that may have been unnecessarily gushed over or

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Jacknife Holiday ‘Stinkin ‘n’ Drinkin’ CDEP 2010

27th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CDEP, Doom, Hardcore, Jacknife Holiday, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Stinkin 'n' Drinkin

The name says it all doesn’t it, Jacknife Holiday, the delight and recreational possibilities of pure mindless violence!!! These guys

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Breath ‘Heavy Breathing’ CD 2010

29th June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Black Breath, CD, Crust, Death Crust, Hardcore, Heavy Breathing, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

Smashing straight out of the speakers and grabbing the listener roughly by the throat, Black Breath show that they are

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War Coma / Jesus Bruiser – Split CD 2010

11th June 20103rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2010, Adam Stone, Crust, D-Beat, Grindcore, Hardcore, Jesus Bruiser, Pumpkin Records, Punk, Review, Split, Split CD, War Coma

Punk is an attitude. I don’t win any journalistic awards for pointing out that hackneyed nugget of insight. It’s been

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Celeste ‘Morte(s) Nee(s)’ CD/2xLP 2010

3rd June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Blackened Crust, CD, Celeste, Denovali Records, Hardcore, LP, Paul Robertson, Review

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp once described attempting to play atop his early ’70’s rhythm section, John Wetton and Bill

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bumsnogger ‘2002-2006’ CD 2010

1st June 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Bumsnogger, CD, Compilation, Discography, Doom, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Witch Hunter Records

A greatest hits from a band that were a wilfully uncommercial event? A gathering of their material from their debut

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