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Seremonia ‘ihminen’ CD/LP 2013

17th October 20133rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2013, CD, Folk Rock, Heavy, Heavy Rock, ihminen, Jorge Miguel, LP, Psych, Review, Seremonia, Svart Records

Seremonia are a heavy psychedelic rock band from Finland, who actually sing in their native language. Their history is still

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Tombstones ‘Red Skies And Dead Eyes’ CD/LP/DD 2013

16th October 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Pete Green, Red Skies And Dead Eyes, Review, Soulseller Records, Tombstones

You wouldn’t call your band Tombstones on a whim really, would you? What are you going to expect from a

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The Albion Codex ‘Summon The Ancients’ CD/DD 2013

15th October 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Horns Ablaze, Horns Ablaze Records, Metal, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Review, Summon The Ancients, The Albion Codex

One of several metallic stalwart defenders of perfidious Albion currently plying their wares – Winterfylleth spring immediately to mind –

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Mammoth Storm – Demo 2013

10th October 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Demo, Doom, Heavy, Mammoth Storm, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Released

If you laughed at Jim Carrey’s ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ for attempting to slow dance through the hordes of people

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Haoma – Demo 2013

5th October 20133rd September 2019 Gordon Cameron 2013, Demo, Doom, Drone, Gordon Cameron, Haoma, Heavy, Review

Haoma are a Swedish two piece consisting of Hozomeen on Interstellar Thunderstorms and Obelisk (nope, not Asterix’s fat ginger mate)

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Uzala ‘Tales Of Blood & Fire’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2013

4th October 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, GypsyBlood Records, Heavy, King Of The Monsters Records, LP, Metal, Review, Ross McKendrick, Tales Of Blood & Fire, Uzala

Tales Of Blood & Fire, the sophomore album by Boise/Portland doom-mongers Uzala is a very different beast from their self-titled

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Uncoffined ‘Ritual Death And Funeral Rites’ CD 2013

1st October 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Memento Mori, Review, Ritual Death And Funeral Rites, Ross McKendrick, Uncoffined

DOOM METAL OF DEATH! That’s the definition Uncoffined have (anti)christened their particular deadly strain of doom, and on their debut

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Cult Of Luna ‘Vertikal II’ CDEP/DD 2013

30th September 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Atmospheric, Cult Of Luna, Dub, Heavy, Indie Recordings, Justin K Broadrick, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Rock, Review, Vertikal II

Since their inception, Cult Of Luna have steadily released an album or EP every couple of years; culminating in this

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Heliovore ‘Through The Gates’ DD 2013

27th September 20133rd September 2019 Calum Darroch 2013, Calum Darroch, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Heliovore, Review, Self Released, Through The Gates

Before I get into this review, I feel I have something of a confession to make: I’ve never really been

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Maeth ‘Oceans Into Ashes’ DD 2013

22nd September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Digital, Heavy, Maeth, Oceans Into Ashes, Post-Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Released, Sludge

Maeth…well…they came in off the oceanic, untold distances of soundspace (is that even a word?) with the calling of seabirds

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Black Seal ‘Pyre’ CD/DD 2013

21st September 20133rd September 2019 Gordon Cameron 2013, Black Seal, CD, Digital, Doom, Gordon Cameron, Heavy, Psych, Pyre, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Black Seal play a strange brew of punk/metal crossover with elements of stoner and doomy riffage. Sometimes it reminds me

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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