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Indian ‘From All Purity’ CD/LP/DD 2014

12th December 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, From All Purity, Heavy, Indian, LP, Pete Green, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

It’s cold; almost zero degrees with an icy Western breeze. It’s dark; nearly black, but the pale dawn sun is

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Album & EP Reviews V 

Voidward ‘Knives’ Digital EP 2013

7th December 20133rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2013, Black Metal, Digital EP, Doom, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Knives, Psych, Self Released, Voidward

Voidward is a solo project by Greg Sheriff from Durham, U.S.A. On ‘Knives’, Greg takes us on a dark journey

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Ward – S/T – LP 2013

6th December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Johnny Park Avenue Records, LP, Pupu's Bistro, Rämekuukkeli Records, Review, Self Titled, Tuska & Ahdistus Records, Ward

Finland’s Ward have been at it since 2005 and this their self-titled album is sure to put them on the

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Near Grey ‘The Herschel Central Peak’ DD 2013

5th December 20133rd September 2019 Matt Breining 2013, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Matt Breining, Near Grey, Post-Metal, Review, Self Released, The Herschel Central Peak

For some time now in the music community, attaching the prefix “post-“ to a genre has been a convenient way

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bismuth / Undersmile – Split 12″/CS/DD 2013

2nd December 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2013, At War With False Noise, Bismuth, Cassette, De Graanrepubliek Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, John Reppion, Review, Sludge, Split, Tartarus Records, Undersmile

Earlier this month, Nottingham’s Bismuth and Oxford’s Undersmile – “two of the UK’s heavyweights in female fronted doom and sludge”

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coltsblood / Crypt Lurker – Split CS 2013

2nd December 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Cassette, Coltsblood, Crypt Lurker, Doom, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Split

Filth, filth, filth. Late seventies NWOBHM ruffians Tank may have recorded a song and album named Filth Hounds Of Hades,

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Rising ‘Abominor’ LP/DD 2013

1st December 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Abominor, Dave Bowes, Digital, Heavy, Indisciplinarian Records, LP, Metal, Review, Rising

I remember once reading a webcomic (Scandinavia and the World, to be precise) which joked that while the other Nordic

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Whores ‘Clean’ 12″/DD 2013

29th November 20133rd September 2019 Ross Horton 12", 2013, Brutal Panda Records, Clean, Digital, Grunge, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Review, Ross Horton, Whores

Atlanta noiseniks Whores’ new record ‘Clean‘ combines bubblegum pop and syncopated Balearic trance into a smooth, daytime listening extravaganza, a

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Noothgrush / Coffins – Split 12″ 2013

28th November 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 12", 2013, Coffins, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Noothgrush, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Southern Lord

I’ll just go right on ahead and state the goddamn obvious up front: That’s right, legendary San Jose DIY sludge

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Servants Of The Mist ‘Suicide Sex Pact’ Digital EP 2013

27th November 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Digital EP, Doom, Heavy, Review, Ross McKendrick, Self Released, Servants Of The Mist, Sludge, Suicide Sex Pact

With ‘Suicide Sex Pact’, Tampa’s Servants Of The Mist have released a half hour of devastating doom that’s just as

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Album & EP Reviews O 

OvO ‘Abisso’ CD/LP 2013

27th November 20133rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2013, Abisso, Avant-Garde, CD, Experimental, Heavy, LP, OvO, Review, Supernatural Cat, Todd Robinson

Italian avant noise/doom duo OvO return with a brand new album through Supernatural Cat, yet again challenging the status quo

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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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