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Neurosis ‘Enemy Of The Sun’ Reissue CD 2010

21st August 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Reissue, Review, Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till

Reissues can often provide a sober pause to reflect on an album that may have been unnecessarily gushed over or

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Sleep Of Kali ‘Our Slow Decay’ CD 2010

20th August 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Black Sleep Of Kali, CD, Doom, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Our Slow Decay, Review, Small Stone Records

Small Stone Recordings are a bit like a good and trusted friend for the most part; you know you can

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lords Of Bukkake ‘Desorden Y Rencor’ CD 2010

19th August 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CD, Crust, Desorden Y Rencor, Doom, Heavy, Lords Of Bukkake, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, Totalrust Music

Wilfully nasty sludge from genuine Spaniards, as opposed to strange Japanese men who sing in spanish, here on the unpleasantly-named

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Ufomammut ‘Eve’ CD/LP 2010

16th August 20103rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2010, Adam Stone, Atmospheric, CD, Eve, Heavy, LP, Malleus, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock, Stoner Doom, Supernatural Cat, Ufomammut

Low and heavy riffs repeated to meltdown and mad electronic space noises – a sure-fire recipe for sustained cranial orgasm.

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Highgate ‘Shrines To The Warhead’ CD 2010

9th August 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Highgate, Paul Robertson, Review, Shrines To The Warhead, Totalrust Music

Four tracks of doomed out pure filth for your delectation, here, on the sophomore release from Kentucky-based trio Highgate. This

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Boris & Ian Astbury ‘BXI’ CDEP 2010

20th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Boris, Boris & Ian Astbury, BXI, CDEP, Classic Rock, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Ian Astbury, Ollie Stygall, Rain, Review, Shoegaze, Southern Lord, The Cult

I was 17 when The Cult’s “Electric” album was released it kicked my arse from here to LA and 23

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Ommadon ‘Part I’ CD 2010

15th July 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Ommadon, Part I, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Snowblood

Rising from the ashes of the dearly departed Snowblood, Ommadon strip back the post-metal finery of their previous band to

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Album & EP Reviews I 

I Defy – S/T – CDEP 2010

8th July 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CDEP, Heavy, I Defy, Industrial, Industrial Thrash, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mother Should Know Records, Review, Thrash Metal

My family have always been big on supporting local industry. Growing up a stone’s throw from I Defy’s home of

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Pyramid / Old One ‘Split In Half’ 12″ 2010

7th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", Black Pyramid, Doom, Heavy, Old One, Ollie Stygall, Review, Serpent Records, Split, Split 12", Split In Half

12″ vinyl, two bands, over thirty minutes of doom, awesome artwork…how can it really go wrong!!! Now Black Pyramid are

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Aquilonian & Sollubi – Split CD 2010

20th June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Aquilonian, Aquilonian & Sollubi, Bongzilla, CD, Choking Hazard Records, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Sollubi, Split, Split CD

Containing as it does the first recorded material from ex-Bongzilla duo Aquilonian, I guess you could call this release ‘eagerly

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lair Of The Minotaur ‘Evil Power’ CD 2010

10th June 20103rd September 2019 Jon Davies 2010, Brutal, CD, Evil Power, Heavy, Jon Davies, Lair Of The Minotaur, Metal, Review, Southern Lord

I love Lair Of The Minotaur but as I write these words I actually question whether I do indeed ‘love’

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