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Graves At Sea / Sourvein – Split CD/12″ 2014

15th May 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 12", 2014, CD, Doom, Graves At Sea, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Review, Seventh Rule Recordings, Sludge, Sourvein

Portland residents Graves At Sea have had quite an awakening in recent months; after nearly a decade of hibernation, they

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Bastard Of The Skies / Grimpen Mire – Split 12″ 2014

15th May 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 12", 2014, Bastard Of The Skies, Doom, Future Noise, Grimpen Mire, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Review, Sludge

Having been involved in promoting Metal, Doom, Sludge , Drone, Noise and just about any kind of extreme music they

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Leppe ‘Origins’ CD/DD 2014

13th May 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Blackened Crust, CD, Digital, Heavy, Leppe, Origins, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Sludge

‘Origins’ is the debut EP from Bristol riff manglers Leppe. They take their name from an Irish castle that is

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Stoneburner ‘Life Drawing’ CD/DD 2014

12th May 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Life Drawing, Neurot Recordings, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Stoneburner

I ain’t no geologist or nuffink, but I reckon you’ve got to be at some pretty hot temperatures if you’re

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Nomad ‘The House Is Dead’ CD/CS/DD 2014

12th May 20143rd September 2019 Jason Fincher 2014, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jason Fincher, Nomad, Review, Sludge, The House Is Dead, When Planets Collide

Sludge is a interesting metal subgenre, which for me personally I have always enjoyed more than the “doom” or “stoner”

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Fatalism ‘Mystery Of Death’ CD/CS/DD 2014

11th May 20143rd September 2019 Brian Burroughs 2014, Brian Burroughs, Cassette, CD, Digital, Eternal Death, Experimental, Fatalism, Heavy, Mystery Of Death, Review, Shoegaze

I, I, I, am not crazy and that’s NOT how it goes, and I, I, I, am not nervous. I,

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Serpentine Path ‘Emanations’ CD/LP/DD 2014

9th May 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, CD, Death Doom, Digital, Doom, Emanations, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Relapse Records, Review, Serpentine Path

With a CV boasting current and former members of Electric Wizard, Unearthly Trance and Ramesses, New York based Doom Supergroup

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Castle ‘Under Siege’ CD/LP/DD 2014

8th May 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Castle, CD, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, Metal, Prosthetic Records, Review, Under Siege, Ván Records

As the more history obsessed readers will know, a siege was a gruesome affair for the inhabitants of a castle.

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Sigiriya ‘Darkness Died Today’ CD/DD 2014

7th May 20143rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2014, Candlelight Records, CD, Darkness Died Today, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sigiriya

When 4/5 of Welsh stoner legends Acrimony reunited to form Sigiriya expectations were naturally high but the band were keen

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Salem’s Pot ‘lurar ut dig på prärien’ CD/LP 2014

6th May 20143rd September 2019 Jason Fincher 2014, CD, Doom, EasyRider Records, Heavy, Jason Fincher, LP, lurar ut dig på prärien, Psych, Review, Salems Pot

There have been, as of late, lots of bands coming out with record covers looking like 70’s exploitation/horror movie posters.

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The Skull ‘Sometime Yesterday Mourning/The Last Judgment’ CDEP 2014

6th May 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2008 Album Review, 2014, CD, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Metal, Sometime Yesterday Mourning, Tee Pee Records, The Last Judgment, The Skull

The Skull‘s Eric Wagner and Jeff “Oly” Olson know it’s all about new beginnings. And for those unfamiliar with Wagner

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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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