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The Skull - S/T - EP
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The Skull – S/T – EP CD 2016

18th February 20161st November 2019 Alex Varley 2016, Alex Varley, CD, Doom, EP, Heavy, Metal, Review, Self Titled, Tee Pee Records, The Skull

Bands that split themselves into two factions can either be a blessing or a curse. Several different examples of this

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Brimstone Coven 'Black Magic'
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Brimstone Coven ‘Black Magic’ CD/LP/DD 2016

16th February 20161st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2016, Black Magic, Blues Rock, Brimstone Coven, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Brimstone Coven are the essence of 70s doom. When doom wasn’t quite a thing, it was more occult rock shot

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LowFlyingHawks 'Kofuku'
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LowFlyingHawks ‘Kofuku’ CD/LP/DD 2016

15th February 20161st November 2019 Jason Hough 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jason Hough, Kofuku, LowFlyingHawks, LP, Magnetic Eye Records, Review, Shoegaze

The underground can be a lonely and difficult place to be if nobody knows who you are. Especially if you’d

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Oranssi Pazuzu 'Värähtelijä'
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Oranssi Pazuzu ‘Värähtelijä’ CD/LP/DD 2016

9th February 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 20 Buck Spin, 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Oranssi Pazuzu, Psychedelic, Review, Svart Records, Värähtelijä

If credence is given to accounts of the mystic experience, we are forced to recognise that certain mystics have succeeded

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Mower ‘Meathead’
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Mower ‘Meathead’ DD 2016

7th February 20161st November 2019 Will Beattie 2016, Digital, Heavy, Meathead, Mower, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Will Beattie

I learned three things from Mower‘s press release: they are from Wigan, their EP was released on January 30th, and

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Lycus 'Chasms'
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Lycus ‘Chasms’ CD/LP/DD 2016

4th February 20161st November 2019 Seán O’Connor 2016, Atmospheric, CD, Chasms, Digital, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, LP, Lycus, Relapse Records, Review, Seán O’Connor

Chasms is the new album from Lycus and it is as deep and as dark as it sounds! This beautifully

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Un 'The Tomb Of All Things'
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Un ‘The Tomb Of All Things’ CD/DD 2015

23rd January 20161st November 2019 Jon Weatherill 2015, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jon Weatherill, Review, Sludge, The Tomb Of All Things, Un

There’s something rotten in the state of doom. In a scene mired with copycat bands, it now takes some serious

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Hooded Menace 'Darkness Drips Forth'
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Hooded Menace ‘Darkness Drips Forth’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th January 20161st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Darkness Drips Forth, Death Doom, Digital, Heavy, Hooded Menace, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Hooded Menace are what people are talking about when they think of death/doom these days, even if they don’t know

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Tombstones 'Vargariis'
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Tombstones ‘Vargariis’ CD/LP/DD 2015

11th January 20161st November 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Pete Green, Review, Soulseller Records, Tombstones, Vargariis

If you’ve ever been in or around the dramatic Scandinavian scenery of Norway, you’ll know what inspiring, enthralling and enriching

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Conan ‘Revengeance’
Album & EP Reviews C 

Conan ‘Revengeance’ CD/LP/DD 2016

9th January 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Conan, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Napalm Records, Revengeance, Review, Sludge

“Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.” A powerful statement from a powerful

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Mourning Beloveth 'Rust & Bone'
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Mourning Beloveth ‘Rust & Bone’ CD 2016

6th January 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Death Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, Mourning Beloveth, Review, Rust & Bone, Ván Records

As far as the doom-death hybrid goes in the UK and Ireland, Mourning Beloveth are without a shadow of a

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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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