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Sandrider – S/T – 2012 LP/DD

8th March 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, DD, Digital Download, Frank Herbert, Good To Die Records, Grunge, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Post-Rock, Review, Sandrider, Self Titled

In some parts of the world there must be something in the water that clearly has an effect on it’s

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Stallone – S/T – Digital EP 2012

29th February 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, C.J. Ridings, Digital EP, Evan Diprima, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Juan Montoya, Noise-Rock, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Stallone, Thomas Gonzalez

I did contemplate the intense amount of silliness that would have unfolded if Stallone had turned out to be a

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Hazzard’s Cure – S/T – CD/Cassette 2011

20th February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Cassette, CD, Hazzard's Cure, Heavy, Lummox Records, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Titled

If you open an album with a riff that instantly puts me in mind of ‘In The Grip Of Winter’

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Wizard’s Beard ‘Four Tired Undertakers’ CD 2012

6th February 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Altsphere Productions, CD, Doom, Four Tired Undertakers, Heavy, Review, Sludge, Tom McKibbin, Wizard's Beard

Leeds sludge-kickers Wizard’s Beard have taken no time at all to release the follow up to last year’s Pure Filth

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Volition / Juhyo – Split 3″ CD/Cassette 2011

31st January 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, 3" CD, Cassette, Death Doom, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Juhyo, Noise, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Small Doses, Split, Volition

If you were to look up “underrated extreme music from the UK” you can bet your life that, amongst the

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Aelter ‘Dusk Dawn/Follow You Beloved’ 2xCD 2011

30th January 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Aelter, Atmospheric, Blake Green, CD, Crucial Blast Records, Doom, Drone, Dusk Dawn/Follow You Beloved, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Wolvserpent

Just as Conan broods upon his throne in Aquilonia, so it is that Wolvserpent’s Blake Green broods in his studio,

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Rwake ‘Rest’ CD/LP/DD 2011

9th January 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, DD, Digital Download, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, Relapse Records, Rest, Review, Rwake, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Little Rock, Arkansas’s Rwake rock more than a little; their songs are propelled by a primal force that may well

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Hull ‘Beyond The Lightless Sky’ CD 2011

29th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Beyond The Lightless Sky, CD, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Hull, Paul Robertson, Post, Post-Hardcore, Review, Sludge, The End Records

The behemoth stirs. Having been somewhat out of our eye for a time, the mighty men of Hull hath returned,

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Chelsea Wolfe ‘Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis)’ CD/LP/DD 2011

28th December 20113rd September 2019 George Leeming 2011, Apokalypsis, Atmospheric, CD, Chelsea Wolfe, Dark, DD, Digital Download, Folk Doom, George Leeming, Heavy, LP, Pendu Sound, Review, Ἀποκάλυψις, Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis)

I first came across the name of Chelsea Wolfe upon its addition to the already jaw-dropping lineup for Roadburn Festival

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Uzala – S/T – LP 2011

12th December 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, At War With False Noise, Dark, Doom, Heavy, LP, Mournful, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Titled, Uzala

The popularity of doom metal seems to be on a constant upward curve, going as far as it can without

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Noothgrush – S/T – Reissue CD/LP 2011

29th November 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Doom, Fuck Yoga Records, Heavy, LP, Noothgrush, Reissue, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

An interesting one, this; independent label Fuck Yoga have gotten their grubby mits on one of Noothgrush’s very first recordings

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