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Conan ‘Horseback Battle Hammer’ CD/LP 2010

24th March 20103rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2010, Adam Stone, Aurora Borealis, CD, Conan, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Horseback Battle Hammer, LP, Review, Throne Records

First off – what a fucking brilliant name. Why no band has been called Conan before, apart from some piss-poor

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Fistula ‘We, The Beast’ CD 2009

7th March 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, CD, Choking Hazard Records, Crust, Fistula, Hardcore, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, We The Beast

Okay, I have a shameful admission to make here, in all the years that Fistula have been around – which

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Great Falls – Demo 2009

6th March 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Demo, Great Falls, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Retro Rock, Review, Self Released

Fuelled by the demise of seminal hardcore act Playing Enemy, Demian Johnston and Shane Mehling went on to do a

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Snowblood – S/T – CD 2010

13th February 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Snowblood, SuperFi Records

Snowblood are, alas, no more and this, their untitled third LP, is their epitaph. One of the UK’s most sorely

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Green Sky ‘Remote World’ CDEP 2009

9th February 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, CDEP, Doom, Green Sky, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Remote World, Review, Self Released, Sludge

They must be putting something in the water in Miami, Florida (aside from Alligators, that is) that helps to produce

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Shrinebuilder – S/T – CD/LP 2009

30th January 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Al Cisneros, CD, Dale Crover, Doom, Heavy, LP, Melvins, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Ollie Stygall, OM, Post-Hardcore, Review, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Scott Kelly, Shrinebuilder, Sleep, Spirit Caravan, The Hidden Hand, The Obsessed, Wino

This has to be just about one of the most hotly anticipated releases within the stoner/doom circles of the last

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Mothertrucker ‘Dark Transmi55ions’ CD 2009

2nd January 20103rd September 2019 Tom Khuda 2009, CD, Dark Transmi55ions, Heavy, Instrumental, Mothertrucker, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Tom Khuda

I’ve known of Birmingham’s instrumental quartet, Mothertrucker for some years now, so it was with real interest that I picked

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Into The Storm ‘Amidst A Sea Of Chaos’ CD 2009

18th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Amidst A Sea Of Chaos, CD, Hardcore, Heavy, Into The Storm, Metal, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Imagine, if you can, that legendary metal/hardcore band Botch were in fact a jigsaw. Now imagine that jigsaw tossed in

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Obliteration ‘Nekropsalms’ CD 2009

15th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Brutal, CD, Death Metal, Fysisk Format, Heavy, Nekropsalms, Obliteration, Paul Robertson, Review

Old-school Death Metal of the highest order here from Norwegian maniacs Obliteration. This is Death Metal from back in the

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Shroud Eater – S/T – CDEP 2009

14th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, CDEP, Doom, Fuzz, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Shroud Eater

HEY YOU! Yeah, you with the Melvins t-shirt and the High On Fire LP under your arm…wanna hear somethin’ new

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IRA ‘Visions Of A Landscape’ CD 2009

10th December 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, IRA, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Visions Of A Landscape

Hailing from the university town of Konstanz in Germany, IRA are clearly deep thinkers and I don’t mean that in

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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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