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Steak ‘Disastronaught’ CDEP/DD 2012

28th May 201223rd February 2024 Pete Green 2012, CDEP, DD, Digital Download, Disastronaught, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Steak, Stoner Rock

If you think carefully about the giants of the stoner/desert rock scene – Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Karma to Burn,

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Stone Axe ‘Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011’ CD/LP 2012

25th May 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Blues Rock, Captured Live! Roadburn Festival 2011, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Ripple Music, Roadburn 2011, Stone Axe

Having been turned on to Stone Axe’s first couple of releases by fellow Ripple Music residents Grifter, I jumped at

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Doctor Cyclops ‘Borgofondo’ CD/LP 2012

24th May 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, Borgofondo, CD, Doctor Cyclops, Heavy Rock, Jazz, LP, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Retro Rock, Review, World In Sound Records

When I first heard Doctor Cyclops a couple of years ago it was clear that there was something very special

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Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight ‘Going Home’ CD/LP/DD 2012

23rd May 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Blues Rock, CD, DD, Digital Download, Going Home, Heavy Rock, LP, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Superhot Records, Trippy Wicked, Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight

If true musical excellence is to be judged by songwriting ability, then there is no doubt in my mind that

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Pigs ‘You Ruin Everything’ LP 2012

15th May 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, Adam Stone, Heavy, Heavy Rock, LP, Noise-Rock, Pigs, Post-Hardcore, Review, Solar Flare Records, You Ruin Everything

I feel compelled to start with a resounding ‘thank you’ here. This goes out to Dave Curran, Jim Paradise and

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Cortez – S/T – 2xLP 2012

10th May 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Bilocation Records, Cortez, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Titled

The name Cortez may not be hugely familiar within the stoner rock scene. I remember the debut EP, “Thunder In

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Melvins ‘Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls And The Bees’ Digital EP 2012

9th May 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin (the) Melvins, 2012, Digital EP, Free Download, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Melvins, Review, Scion A/V Metal, The Bulls And The Bees, Tom McKibbin

What do Melvins records and buses have in common? Wait for one and two show up at the same time.

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Mother Corona ‘Out Of The Dust’ CD 2012

5th May 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Heavy Rock, Mother Corona, Out Of The Dust, Pete Green, Review, Self Released

Reviewing records with a healthy regularity means that you get to hear a suitable amount of doom/sludge/stoner/metal industry gold, but

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Greenleaf ‘Nest Of Vipers’ CD 2012

27th March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Dozer, Greenleaf, Heavy Rock, Nest Of Vipers, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Small Stone Records, TruckFighters

Greenleaf seem to be something of a “stoner rock” supergroup featuring various members of the defunct Dozer and vocalist Oskar

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Stone Axe ‘II’ 2 x CD Deluxe Edition 2012

2nd March 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, CD, Classic Rock, Deluxe Edition, Heavy Rock, II, Reissue, Review, Ripple Music, Saúl Do Caixão, Southern Rock, Stone Axe, Stone Axe II, Tony Reed

I have a specific memory of the first time I saw Stone Axe – it was the Saturday before Roadburn

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Sun Gods In Exile ‘Thanks For The Silver’ CD/DD 2012

1st March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, DD, Digital Download, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock, Sun Gods In Exile, Thanks For The Silver

Well good God y’all!!! When the Sun Gods’ debut, “Black Light, White Lines” landed in 2009 it was a fine,

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