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The Body & Braveyoung ‘Nothing Passes’ CD 2011

24th November 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, At A Loss Recordings, Braveyoung, CD, Dark, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Nothing Passes, Paul Robertson, Review, The Body, The Body & Braveyoung

Gospel power-sludge duo The Body are so ridiculously heavy that they can crack continents, part seas, and shift the moon

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Kodiak – S/T – 2xCD

22nd November 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, CD, Denovali Records, Discography, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Kodiak, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Self Titled

This double CD that has emerged from Denovali Records introduces to the listener the first three releases by the German

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Sunn O))) ‘ØØ Void’ Reissue CD/2xLP 2011

10th November 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, CD, Doom, Drone, Greg Anderson, Heavy, LP, ØØ Void, Reissue, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Southern Lord, Stephen O'Malley, Stuart Dahlquist, Sunn O)))

Certain things in music defy any kind of logic – you think you’ve got the music-buying public (what there is

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Serpentine Path ‘Erebus/Depravity’ 7″ 2011

7th November 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, 7", Death Metal, Doom, Erebus/Depravity, Heavy, Parasitic Records, Ramesses, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Serpentine Path, Unearthly Trance

When you hear of a new band that unites Unearthly Trance with Tim Bagshaw of Electric Wizard and Ramesses fame,

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Dead In The Dirt ‘Fear’ 7″ 2011

5th November 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, 7", Crust, D-Beat, Dead In The Dirt, Fear, Hardcore, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

I’d just about reached the point of total D-beat crust-filth saturation from Southern Lord, following the veritable slew of releases

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Yob ‘Live At Roadburn 2010’ CD/DVD 2011

14th October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Burning World Records, CD, Doom, DVD, Heavy, Live, Live At Roadburn 2010, Metal, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Roadburn, Roadburn Records, Yob

“We’re gonna play four songs and that will be one hour” says Yob mainman Mike Scheidt at the beginning of

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Black Capricorn – ST – CD 2011

13th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12th Records, 2011, Black Capricorn, CD, Doom, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Doom

I’d like to start this review, if I may, with a brief history of doom according to…me. Back in the

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Obake – ST – CD 2011

10th October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Obake, Paul Robertson, Rare Noise Records, Review, Sludge

An Obake, for the ignorant among you, is a form of shape-shifter or ghost in Japanese folklore – Indeed, the

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Morkobot ‘Morbo’ CD/LP 2011

4th October 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Avant-Garde, Bass, CD, Djent, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Morbo, Morkobot, Pete Green, Prog Rock, Review, Supernatural Cat

Isn’t that scene where Spinal Tap all emerge on stage with each member pounding a bass guitar while David St.

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Windhand – ST – CD 2011

1st October 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, Alabama Thunderpussy, CD, Doom, Facedowninshit, Forcefield Records, Heavy, Mordgrimm Records, Review, Ryan Wolfe, Stoner Doom, Tom McKibbin, Windhand

If you’re here then there’s a pretty good chance that you are (at the very least) familiar with a little-known

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Kerretta ‘Saansilo’ CD/LP 2011

30th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, Instrumental, Kerretta, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Saansilo

‘Difficult Second Album’ syndrome can be a real bitch – Do you follow the same formula? Is this the right

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