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Noothgrush ‘Live For Nothing’ CD/LP 2011

26th September 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Cult, Doom, Heavy, Live For Nothing, LP, Noothgrush, Review, Sludge, Southern Lord, Tom McKibbin

San Jose’s lovable sludge slackers Noothgrush are a difficult band to follow – in their seventeen year career they’ve released

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Devil ‘Time To Repent’ CD/LP 2011

19th September 20113rd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Devil, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, NWOBHM, Pete Green, Review, Soulseller Records, Time To Repent, Traditional Doom

When a doom band’s official place of formation is at a Pentagram gig, you know pretty much what you’re going

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Amebix ‘Sonic Mass’ CD/LP 2011

18th September 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Amebix, Amebix Records, CD, Crust, Dark, Easy Action Records, Heavy, LP, Metal, Punk, Review, Sonic Mass

Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together and show your respect for the originators of the sound that we

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Omega Massif ‘Karpatia’ CD/LP 2011

17th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Heavy, Karpatia, LP, Omega Massif, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

Denser than a dumptruck full of dwarf-star matter and exerting more crushing gravity than a supermassive black hole, instrumentalists Omega

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Neurosis ‘Sovereign’ Reissue CDEP 2011

10th September 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Atmospheric, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Reissue, Review, Scott Kelly, Sovereign, Steve Von Till

“Recognise this as your own nature, abandon the fear, abandon the terror you project. Let your mind rest beyond flesh

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Ommadon ‘Part II’ CD 2011

5th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Ommadon, Part II, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Snowblood

…and so the downtuned demonic dynamic duo known as Ommadon lurch forth from their slumber to lay waste to the

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Aseethe ‘Reverent Burden’ LP 2011

30th August 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Aseethe, Doom, Drone, Floating Cave Records, Heavy, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge

Aseethe are huge. Colossally, sky-scrapingly huge. Monstrously huge. HUGE. Doom so monolithic that it could have been hewn from pre-historic

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Evangelist ‘In Partibus Infidelium’ CD 2011

15th August 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Evangelist, Heavy, In Partibus Infidelium, Mark Hunt-Bryden, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Traditional Doom

And still PsycheDOOMelic finds more obscure talent from around the globe, proving that no matter what rock you turn over,

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The Wounded Kings ‘In The Chapel Of The Black Hand’ CD 2011

28th July 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy, I Hate Records, In the Chapel of the Black Hand, Metal, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Peter Hamilton-Giles, Review, The Wounded Kings

The Wounded Kings have returned from the mist soaked gossima moors of the West Country with a new doom opus

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Pombagira ‘Iconoclast Dream’ LP 2011

25th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Black Axis Records, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Iconoclast Dream, LP, Mordgrimm Records, Paul Robertson, Pombagira, Review, Sludge

The haughty, gaunt face of Baron Samedi glares down at the zombie-like mass emerging from the gates of le cimetière,

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Xibalba ‘Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias’ CD 2011

4th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Death Crust, Hardcore, Heavy, Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Southern Lord, Xibalba

MADRE DE DIOS!! Xibalba aren’t fuckin’ around, they take NO prisoners. Combining the glutinous guitar tone of prime Obituary with

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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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