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Review: Seedy Jeezus ‘Damned To The Depths’

22nd August 202522nd August 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Blown Music And Touring, Echodelick Records, Heavy Rock, Lay Bare Recordings, Prog, Psych, Seedy Jeezus

Melbourne, Australia’s powerful trio Seedy Jeezus, now considered a quartet after the addition of their producer and Mos Generator guitarist

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Review: Margarita Witch Cult ‘Strung Out In Hell’

21st August 202521st August 2025 Matthew Williams Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Margarita Witch Cult

I feel somewhat conflicted as I write this review, as the final curtain has been brought down on the pioneers

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Review: Electric Citizen ‘EC4’

12th August 20259th January 2026 xdharmarajax Electric Citizen, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Psych

I can’t think of a better label for Electric Citizen than Heavy Psych Sounds. Since catching them live a decade

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Review: Wenches ‘Stupid Sick’

27th June 202527th June 2025 Lee Beamish Already Dead Tapes & Records, Heavy Rock, Master Kontrol Audio, Punk, The Ghost Is Clear Records, Wenches

Having now been on the Wenches thrill ride for the last couple of releases, one thing that always makes me

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Review: Crystal Spiders ‘Metanoia’

10th June 202510th June 2025 Lee Beamish Crystal Spiders, Doom, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music

Crystal Spiders are back baby!! And this time there’s more of them. One of North Carolina’s premier hard rocking monoliths

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Review: Snakemother ‘Snakemother’ [Reissue]

2nd June 20252nd June 2025 Lee Beamish Doom, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Snakemother

Way back in 2023, an album emerged which, unless you were in the know, would have passed you by without

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Review: Paralyzed ‘Rumble&Roar’

28th May 202528th May 2025 El Jefe Blues Rock, Heavy Rock, Paralyzed, Ripple Music

Ever wondered what or why one band can hit the right notes and another band can look great on paper

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Review: Witchcraft ‘IDAG’

22nd May 20259th January 2026 xdharmarajax Acoustic, Blues, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Witchcraft

Swedish doom veterans, Witchcraft, return with their seventh album, IDAG. Released on Heavy Psych Sounds, it’s the sum of all

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Twentieth Trip’

14th May 202514th May 2025 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is here, and all that comes with it, warmer weather, zombie Jesus, the universal stoner holiday and another installment,

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Review: Various Artists ‘Yeah Man, It’s Bloody Heavy!!’

12th May 202512th May 2025 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, Rise Above Records, Various Artists, Yeah Man It's Bloody Heavy!!

Now, here is an interesting compilation. In the spirit of Riding Easy Records fabled Brown Acid series, Rise Above Records

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Review: Melvins ‘Thunderball’

8th May 20258th May 2025 Martin Williams Alternative, Heavy Rock, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins

As assured as the sun rising in the morning, prolific, heavy sludge and grunge forefathers Melvins return with their whopping

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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