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Dying ‘Arkansas’ Digital EP 2013

23rd November 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Born, Digital EP, Doom, Dying, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released

After last year’s full length debut ‘Born‘ Fayetteville’s Dying are back with a new EP and a new chapter in

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Burden Of The Noose ‘Kill The Bastards’ CD/DD 2013

22nd November 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Burden Of The Noose, CD, Crust, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Kill The Bastards, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, When Planets Collide

There’s a lot of crap in this world, a lot of clutter and a lot of nonsense. But on the

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Melvins ‘Tres Cabrones’ CD/DD 2013

19th November 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson (the) Melvins, 2013, CD, Digital, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Tres Cabrones

We go waaaaaay back, me and these here good ol’ Melvins boys, but not half as far back as the

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Lumbar ‘The First And Last Days Of Unwelcome’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2013

18th November 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, Aaron Edge, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Grunge, Heavy, Holy Mountain, LP, Lumbar, Mike Scheidt, Review, Southern Lord, Tad Doyle, The First And Last Days Of Unwelcome, Tom McKibbin

The gestation period between Lumbar announcing their existence in September and releasing their debut album in November has been mercifully

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Barbarian Fist – Demo 2013

17th November 20133rd September 2019 Mark Pierce 2013, Barbarian Fist, Demo, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Mark Pierce, Self Released

I will be the first to admit that I can be rather shallow and one dimensional when I want to

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Year Of No Light ‘Tocsin’ CD/LP/DD 2013

13th November 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Atmospheric, CD, Dave Bowes, Debemur Morti Productions, Digital, Heavy, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Tocsin, Year Of No Light

As the post-metal tag slinks ignominiously back to the hole from whence it came, the bands who found themselves lumped

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Pinkish Black ‘Razed To The Ground’ CD/LP/DD 2013

12th November 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Atmospheric, CD, Century Media, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, LP, Pinkish Black, Prog Rock, Razed To The Ground, Review

Just in time to provide the perfect soundtrack for those cold winter nights, Pinkish Black‘s sophomore album ‘Razed To The

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Gonga ‘Concrescence’ CD/LP/DD 2013

11th November 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, CD, Concrescence, Digital, Gonga, Heavy, Instrumental, LP, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Tonehenge Recordings

If ever a band deserves kudos for sheer dogged persistence and durability it has to be Bristol’s own stoner doom

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The Moth ‘They Fall’ CD/LP/DD 2013

9th November 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, CD, Digital, Heavy, Heavy Rock, LP, Pete Green, Post-Metal, Review, The Moth, They Fall, This Charming Man Records

Let’s travel back in time to 2006, or more specifically to ‘The Beast Presents: Invaders’ – a well-celebrated compilation album

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Corrections House ‘Last City Zero’ CD 2013

8th November 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Bruce Lamont, CD, Corrections House, Doom, Heavy, Industrial, Last City Zero, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mike IX Williams, Neurot Recordings, Post-Metal, Review, Sandford Parker, Scott Kelly

Scott Kelly, it seems cannot stay quiet for long. Not content with being one of the masterminds behind Neurosis, a

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Second Graves ‘Antithesis’ 10″ 2013

3rd November 20133rd September 2019 Gordon Cameron 10", 2013, Antithesis, Gordon Cameron, Heavy, NWOBHM, Pariah Child Records, Review, Second Grave, Traditional Doom

Right from the opening twin lead intro to ‘Mourning Light‘ I’m not sure I’m the right person for a fair

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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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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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

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