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Electric Wizard ‘Time To Die’ CD/LP/DD 2014

2nd October 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Electric Wizard, Heavy, Jochem Visser, LP, Review, Spinefarm Records, Time To Die, Witchfinder Records

I don’t give a shit if every single reviewer talks you to the mouth, press agent. They are all retyping

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Jupiterian ‘Archaic’ DD 2014

1st October 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Archaic, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Jupiterian, Review, Self Released, Sludge

The band Jupiterian started out as a side project of V, who used to play in death metal band The

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Alunah ‘Awakening The Forest’ CD/LP/DD 2014

29th September 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Alunah, Awakening The Forest, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Napalm Records, Pete Green, Review

Birmingham born n’ bred four-piece Alunah are nothing if not consistent. Playing doom in its purist form is not an

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Hashbreath ‘Hypnotic Voodoo Rythm’ CS/DD 2014

27th September 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Hashbreath, Heavy, Hypnotic Voodoo Rythm, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Sludge

OK, so there’s two ways this could go. It is either going to be some serious stoner doom riffs, hails

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Noothgrush ‘Erode The Person – Anthology 1997-1998’ CD/DD Reissue 2014

26th September 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Erode The Person, Heavy, Noothgrush, Reissue, Review, Sludge, Throne Records, Tom McKibbin

Noothgrush‘s discography reads a bit like a defragging hard drive – so many little pieces (demos, EPs, split releases, an

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Witch Mountain ‘Mobile Of Angels’ CD/LP/DD 2014

22nd September 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, CD, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, Mobile Of Angels, Profound Lore Records, Review, Svart Records, Witch Mountain

I’ll readily admit that I will always be biased when it comes to Witch Mountain. When I first heard Cauldron

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Kröwnn ‘Magmafröst’ DD 2014

20th September 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Kröwnn, Magmafröst, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Self Released

I don’t know about you, but for me great new bands often seem to appear as if by magic when

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Death Penalty – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

18th September 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, CD, Death Penalty, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Metal, Review, Rise Above Records, Self Titled

He’s blessed us with the classics – Forest Of Equilibrium, The Ethereal Mirror, The Carnival Bizarre, Endtyme – the list

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Swallowed ‘Lunarterial’ CD/LP/DD 2014

17th September 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, CD, Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, LP, Lunarterial, Review, Swallowed

A while ago I heard the EP of Finnish Swallowed and they immediately drew me into their web of slow

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Godhunter / Secrets Of The Sky ‘GH/0ST:S’ LP/DD 2014

16th September 20143rd September 2019 Tal Fineman 2014, Atmospheric, Battleground Records, Digital, Doom, GH/0ST:S, Godhunter, Heavy, LP, Review, Secrets Of The Sky, Sludge, Tal Fineman, The Compound

The concept of the GH/0ST:S split dates back to Godhunter and Secrets Of The Sky’s recent Southwest US tour, during which

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Ides Of Gemini ‘Old World New Wave’ CD/LP/DD 2014

15th September 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Ides Of Gemini, LP, Neurot Recordings, Old World New Wave, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sige Records

Ides Of Gemini graced the world with their presence a few years back with the graceful and magical Constantinople record.

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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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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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