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Elephant Tree ‘Theia’ CD/LP/DD 2014

26th October 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Elephant Tree, Heavy, LP, Magnetic Eye Records, Pete Green, Review, Theia

Does London really need another stoner metal band to add to the seemingly never-ending roster of rifforama being pumped out

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Norilsk ‘Japetus’ CD/DD 2014

23rd October 20143rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Japetus, Norilsk, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released

Given the accompanying press release makes much of how Norilsk draw influences from the likes of Thergothon and My Dying

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Snailking ‘Storm’ CD/LP/DD 2014

22nd October 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2014, CD, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jochem Visser, LP, Review, Sludge, Snailking, Storm

Am I allowed to review music? Let me rephrase that slightly differently. Am I, as reviewer, just a fan, or

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Old Man Lizard ‘Lone Wolf Vs Brown Bear’ CD/DD 2014

19th October 20143rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2014, Adam Stone, CD, Digital, Heavy, Lone Wolf Vs Brown Bear, Old Man Lizard, Prog Rock, Review, Sludge, Wickerman Recordings

Old Man Lizard are headed by the prodigiously talented Jack Newnham (he also drums for the outrageously good Meadows), who

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Fistula ‘Vermin Prolificus’ LP/DD 2014

19th October 20143rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2014, Angela Davey, Digital, Doom, Fistula, Heavy, LP, Patac Records, Review, Sludge, To Live A Lie Records, Vermin Prolificus

Around since ’98, yet often overlooked in favour of the likes of Grief, Dystopia and Noothgrush, Ohio quartet Fistula churn

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Windhand ‘Live At Roadburn 2014’ LP/DD 2014

16th October 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, Burning World Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Live At Roadburn 2014, LP, Review, Roadburn, Tom McKibbin, Windhand

If you’ve not heard of Richmond, Virginia’s Windhand then you’ve probably been living under a rock for the last three

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Weedeater ‘Sixteen Tons’ CD/LP/CS/DD Reissue 2014

14th October 20143rd September 2019 Gareth Gordon 2014, CD, CS, Digital, Doom, Gareth Gordon, Heavy, LP, Reissue, Review, Season Of Mist, Sixteen Tons, Sludge, Weedeater

Weedeater signed with French label Season of Mist in November of 2013, having parted ways with Southern Lord. To celebrate,

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Godflesh ‘A World Lit Only By Fire’ CD/LP/DD 2014

13th October 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, A World Lit Only By Fire, Avalanche Recordings, CD, Digital, GC Green, Godflesh, Heavy, Industrial, Justin K Broadrick, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review

It literally seems like a life time ago that I was a first day buyer for Godflesh‘s last appearance, the

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Bludded Head ‘Reign In Bludd’ LP 2014

6th October 20143rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2014, Bludded Head, Experimental, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, LP, Noise-Rock, Reign In Bludd, Review, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia

It’s a difficult one this Bludded Head album. One on hand their sound is in itself interesting, leaning more to

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Sonic Booze Machine ‘Doomed To Fail’ CD/LP/DD 2014

4th October 20143rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2014, CD, Digital, Doomed To Fail, Heavy, Jorge Miguel, LP, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Sonic Booze Machine

Sonic Booze Machine hail from Berlin, Germany, and were formed in 2007. Now, it’s true a band with a name

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Pig Destroyer ‘Mass & Volume’ CD/LP/DD 2014

3rd October 20143rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2014, CD, Chris Moore, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Mass & Volume, Pig Destroyer, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

Another non-grind release from US grind titans Pig Destroyer. Released on physical format for the first time this autumn (October

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

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