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Wytch Hazel 'Prelude'
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Wytch Hazel ‘Prelude’ CD/LP/DD 2016

9th March 20161st November 2019 Alex Varley Alex Varley, Bad Omen Records, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, NWOBHM, Prelude, Review, Wytch Hazel

Since their formation in 2011, Lancaster’s Wytch Hazel have been something different. Never committing fully to a genre and genuinely

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Church Of Misery 'And Then There Were None…'
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Church Of Misery ‘And Then There Were None…’ CD/LP/DD 2016

29th February 20161st November 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, And Then There Were None…, CD, Church Of Misery, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rise Above Records

For the past two decades Tokyo’s Church Of Misery have melded classic Black Sabbath influenced doom with psychedelic rock under

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Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell 'Isobelle' 7”
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Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ‘Isobelle’ 7” 2016

14th February 20161st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 2016, 7", Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Isobelle, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rise Above Records

It’s impossible not to love Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. It doesn’t matter that these two tracks sound like a lost

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General ‘Goji’
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General ‘Goji’ CD/DD 2015

14th February 20161st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015, General, Goji, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

General’s first album Where Are Your Gods Now, released in 2012 on Catacomb Records was a bit of a belter…big

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Peace Killers - S/T
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Peace Killers – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2016

2nd February 20161st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 2016, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Peace Killers, Review, Self Titled, Svart Records

When a band’s bio claims that a band have a combined 40 years in the Sacramento punk and hardcore scene

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Chron Goblin 'Backwater'
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Chron Goblin ‘Backwater’ CD/LP/DD 2015

24th December 20151st November 2019 Jorge Miguel 2015, Backwater, CD, Chron Goblin, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jorge Miguel, LP, Review, Ripple Music

All right, let’s get one thing out of the way:  Chron Goblin offer nothing new, nothing that hasn’t been done

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Wizards Of Firetop Mountain - S/T
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Wizards Of Firetop Mountain – S/T – 12″/DD 2015

21st December 20151st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", 2015, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Wizards Of Firetop Mountain

Esteemed Shaman Editor: “Hey Ollie, would you like to review the new one from Wizards Of Firetop Mountain?” Me: “Who?”

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Wizard Eye - S/T
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Wizard Eye – S/T – LP/DD 2015

25th November 20154th November 2019 Drew Fulton 2015, Black Monk Records, Digital, Drew Fulton, Heavy Rock, LP, Psychedelic, Review, Self Titled, Wizard Eye

Wizard Eye is from Philadelphia. I love Philadelphia. Growing up in the middle of Pennsylvania where there wasn’t, and still

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Night Viper – S/T
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Night Viper – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2015

21st November 20154th November 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, Night Viper, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Svart Records, Thrash Metal

In my book, if you’re going to call your band something as naughty as Night Viper, then you’d better show

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Clutch 'Psychic Warfare'
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Clutch ‘Psychic Warfare’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th November 20154th November 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Blues Rock, CD, Clutch, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychic Warfare, Review, Weathermaker Music

The opinions game is a strange one to play when writing about music. Even small samples of people are capable

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Deville 'Make It Belong To Us'
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Deville ‘Make It Belong To Us’ CD/LP/DD 2015

13th November 20154th November 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, CD, Deville, Digital, Fuzz, Fuzzorama Records, Heavy Rock, Jeremy Moore, LP, Make It Belong To Us, Review

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly 15 years since the death of Bay Area label Man’s Ruin Records –

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