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Electric Wizard ‘Black Masses’ CD/LP 2010

7th January 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2010, Black Masses, CD, Doom, Electric Wizard, Heavy, LP, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Rise Above Records, Stoner Doom

By the time this review hits the shaman, it would have been two months since the release of the last

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Pallbearer – S/T – CDEP 2010

31st December 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Mournful, Ollie Stygall, Pallbearer, Review, Self Released, Traditional Doom

When I was about 7 or 8 the original Star Wars was released at the cinema and I got taken

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Romero ‘Solitaire’ 7″ 2010

28th December 20103rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2010, 7", Hardcore, Heavy, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Post-Hardcore, Review, Romero, Sludge, Solitaire, Triceratrax Records

This is the first official release by Romero and what a great release it is too. Cased in a screen

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The Construct ‘Titan’ CDEP 2010

20th December 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson Atmospheric, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, The Construct, Titan

Manchester-based post-metallers The Construct formed with the aim of creating music that was stripped out of such things as guitar

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Hull ‘Viking Funeral’ CDEP 2010

12th December 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CDEP, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Hull, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Some of you may remember how massively impressed I was by Hull’s ‘Sole Lord’ album, if not I suggest you

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Lost Coves – S/T – CDEP 2010

25th November 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CD, Heavy, Lost Coves, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Review, Saw Her Ghost Records

After a protracted period of birthday celebrations, holidays, illness, more birthday inebriation, sleep depravation and a Monster Magnet show I

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Iron Witch – Demo 2010

13th November 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Demo, Doom, Heavy, Iron Witch, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Stoner Doom

Since Eyehategod came belching out of our speakers nearly 20 years with their thuggish take on Sabbath riffs, feedback and

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Greg(o)rian ‘Dormancy Of Our Omniscient Masters’ CD 2010

1st November 20103rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2010, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Dormancy Of Our Omniscient Masters, Drone, Greg(o)rian, Heavy, Mrs Vee Recordings, Review

Bring me deadened doom that chills the room, and skull-cracking riffs like blackened gifts…from the talons of Satan. First thing

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Heirs ‘Fowl’ CD/LP 2010

25th October 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CD, Denovali Records, Doom, Fowl, Heavy, Heirs, Industrial, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

The age old adage is to never judge a book by its cover, I mean what if it’s a hardback

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Rose Kemp ‘Golden Shroud’ CD 2010

22nd October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12 Year Stretch Records, 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Dark, Folk Doom, Golden Shroud, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rose Kemp

One listen to Rose Kemp’s new album and you get the distinct impression that she isn’t like other women. At

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Dopefight ‘Buds’ CD 2010

19th October 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Buds, CD, Doom, Dopefight, Hardcore, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Three things you need to know about Dopefight 1) They’re a 3 piece stoner sludge outfit from Brighton 2) They

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