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Leather Nun America ‘Kult Occult’ CD 2011

31st October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Kult Occult, Leather Nun America, Paul Robertson, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stoner Doom

If you were to look up the phrase ‘All Killer, No Filler’ in, say Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase And Fable

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Dixie Witch ‘Let It Roll’ CD/DD 2011

30th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Classic Rock, DD, Digital Download, Dixie Witch, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Let It Roll, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Southern Rock

Twelve years and four albums into their career and five years since the last album, “Smoke And Mirrors” it’s very

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mos Generator – ST – 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition CD/LP 2011

25th October 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, 2011, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, LP, Mos Generator, Review, Ripple Music, Saúl Do Caixão, Tony Reed

Mos Generator are a band whose name I’ve always been aware of but never actually checked out – therefore this

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Rising ‘To Solemn Ash’ CD/LP/DD 2011

24th October 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, DD, Digital Download, Exile On Mainstream Records, Hard Rock, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, NWOBHM, Review, Rising, To Solemn Ash

Having landed on Germany’s home of cool alternative rock, Denmark’s The Rising offer the first slab of straight up Metal

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Freedom Hawk ‘Holding On’ CD 2011

6th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Classic Rock, Freedom Hawk, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Holding On, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records

It’s high summer, 1973, you’re making the long drive through the Californian wastelands to pick up a consignment of weed

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Arkazum ‘Muzakra’ CD 2011

20th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Arkazum, CD, Doom, Gothic, Heavy Rock, Mark 'Griff' Griffiths, Muzakra, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Review, Yednod Records

Arkazum, for those of you who may not know, is the solo project of original Cathedral bassist and Tranmere Rovers

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Human Condition ‘Modern Maze’ CDEP 2011

8th September 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CDEP, Doom, Gothic, Heavy Rock, Modern Maze, Pete Green, Review, The Human Condition, Traditional Doom

Doom these days comes in all shapes and sizes, but if you’re really going to get stuck in and hold

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Claw ‘A Different Game’ CD 2011

31st August 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, A Different Game, Blues Rock, CD, Heavy Rock, Iron Claw, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Ripple Music

There are not many bands who have remained as intact as Iron Claw have across 40 years. With the exception

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Grifter – S/T – CD 2011

27th August 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Grifter, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Ripple Music, Self Titled

Okay, cards on table time; I love Grifter. There I said it. I have been a fan since almost the

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Across Tundras ‘Sage’ CD 2011

18th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Across Tundras, CD, Country, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Neurot Recordings, Paul Robertson, Review, Sage

I go way back with Across Tundras. I bought their first full-length, ‘Dark Songs Of The Prairie’, on a whim

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sons Of Alpha Centauri / Karma To Burn – Split 7″ 2010

9th August 201123rd February 2024 Paul Robertson 2010, 7", Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Instrumental, Karma To Burn, Kitchen Dweller, Paul Robertson, Prog Rock, Review, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Split, Split 7", Stoner Rock

I’m pretty damn sure that, at this stage of the game, I don’t need to tell you who Karma To

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