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Offerstigen ‘Solens Inälvor’ Digital EP 2014

6th July 20143rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2014, Digital EP, Drone, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Offerstigen, Review, Self Released, Solens Inälvor

So this band is obscure beyond obscurity. The only facts I can figure out about them is that they’re Swedish,

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The Cutthroats 9 ‘Dissent’ CD/LP/DD 2014

5th July 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Digital, Dissent, Heavy, Lamb Unlimited, LP, Noise-Rock, Reptilian Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, The Cutthroats 9

I obviously wasn’t quite as much a fan of Unsane as I thought. If I had been, then surely I

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Clouds Taste Satanic ‘To Sleep Beyond The Earth’ CD/DD 2014

29th June 20143rd September 2019 Jason Fincher 2014, CD, Clouds Taste Satanic, Digital, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Jason Fincher, Post-Metal, Review, Self Released, To Sleep Beyond The Earth

Clouds Taste Satanic hail from Brooklyn, New York. Some members apparently were in a “post rock” group. They have one

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The Body / Thou ‘Released From Love’ 12″ 2014

26th June 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 12", 2014, Collaboration, Doom, Glen Westall, Heavy, Released From Love, Review, Sludge, The Body, Thou, Vinyl Rites

This is not a split. It is a collaboration. ‘Released From Love’ is about as mean and noisy as you’d

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Gurt ‘Horrendosaurus’ CD/DD 2014

25th June 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Gurt, Heavy, Horrendosaurus, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, When Planets Collide

Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon, Primitive Man, Dinosaur Jr, and even errr… T-Rex; heavy rock bands and the Neanderthal-infested

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Opium Warlords ‘Taste My Sword Of Understanding’ CD/LP/DD 2014

20th June 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Opium Warlords, Review, Sandy Williamson, Svart Records, Taste My Sword Of Understanding

When I read that this was a release featuring a former member of Reverend Bizarre, one of my favourite doom

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Anti Ritual – S/T – LP/DD 2014

18th June 20143rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2014, Anti Ritual, Crust, Digital, Hardcore, Heavy, Indisciplinarian Records, Johannes van der Meer, LP, Metal, Review, Self Titled, Vendetta Records

From Copenhagen, Denmark a brutal force beyond description is being projected onto the world and Anti Ritual are to blame

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Boris ‘Noise’ CD/LP/DD 2014

17th June 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, Boris, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Noise, Review, Rock, Sargent House, Tom McKibbin

Boris fans certainly get their money’s worth from the prolific, shapeshifting Japanese band. Their constant refusal to be pigeon-holed means

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Garganjua ‘Trip Wizard’ Digital EP 2014

16th June 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Digital, Doom, Garganjua, Heavy, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Trip Wizard

Generally I refuse to bow to stereotypes. Just because a band called Garganjua released a debut EP called ‘Trip Wizard’

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Nadir – S/T – CS/DD 2014

14th June 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Atmospheric, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Hardcore, Heavy, Nadir, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Viral Age Records

From out of the charred remains of Nottingham sludgecore barbarians Dead In The Woods springs forth the significantly more cosmically

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Serpent Venom ‘Of Things Seen & Unseen’ CD 2014

13th June 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, CD, Doom, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Metal, Of Things Seen & Unseen, Review, Serpent Venom, The Church Within

When I saw Serpent Venom had a second album out I jumped at the chance to review it. Being fortunate enough

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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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