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Elder – S/T – CD/LP 2009

13th August 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Electric Earth, Heavy, LP, Meteor City, Review, Stoner Doom

Riffs. Everywhere. Gigantic thick distorted riffs. Help me mother, the riffs are here, and they want fresh plasma and bone

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Sourvein / Blood Island Raiders – Split 7″ 2009

5th August 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Blood Island Raiders, Calculon Records, Doom, Heavy, Metal, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Sourvein, Split 7"

Well bugger me sideways if Calculon Records haven’t gone and done it again with this release. This heavyweight lump of

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Ramesses ‘Baptism Of The Walking Dead’ 3″ CDEP 2009

2nd July 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, 3", Adam Stone, Baptism Of The Walking Dead, CDEP, Dark, Doom, Heavy, Ramesses, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Ah…tattooed arms, dirty beards, top grade weed, cult horror films, Egyptology, painfully loud Ashdown amps and the beautiful Dorset countryside

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Gruel – S/T – 2xLP 2009

24th June 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, Crust, Doom, Drone, Feast Of Tentacles, Gruel, Heavy, LP, Nasty, Review

Once upon a time, when the vile Conservative government was in power and I was a young man, crust punk

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Kongh ‘Shadows of The Shapeless’ CD 2009

15th May 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Kongh, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Rock, Review, Shadows of The Shapeless, Stoner Doom, Trust No One Recordings

Just the name Kongh evokes an imagine of some kind of primitive or mythical beast, even on the back of

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Khuda ‘Ahura Mazdah’ CDEP 2008

1st May 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2008, Ahura Mazdah, Atmospheric, CDEP, Guitar & Drums, Heavy, Instrumental, Khuda, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Norrland Recordings, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Two Piece

Anyone keeping an eye on these hallowed webpages will have seen that an interview was conducted with this Leeds based

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bombus – 7″ 2009

23rd April 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Bombus, Fuzz, Hardcore, Heavy, Mourningwood Recordings, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review

Bugger it, some bands really don’t make it easy by creating a sound that really does defy description!!! This Swedish

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Church Of Misery ‘Houses Of The Unholy’ CD/LP 2009

10th April 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, CD, Church Of Misery, COM, Doom, Heavy, Houses Of The Unholy, LP, Psych Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, Stoner Doom

This little disc of pure heavy rock heaven should be played at no less than 50 wattage output, and you

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Gathiens ‘Nesh’ CD 2009

1st April 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2009, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Gathiens, Heavy, Murkhouse Recordings, Nesh, Post-Rock, Review, Shoegaze

Well let’s get that first hurdle over with, Gathiens are post-metal! It’s a term that once inspired excitement and anticipation

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Unearthly Trance / Ramesses – Split 10″ 2009

28th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 10", 2009, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Ramesses, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 10", Unearthly Trance

Raise your fucking fist aloft and make the Devil sign, you down-trodden dog – show your love for the dark

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sons Of Otis ‘Exiled’ CD 2009

25th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Drone, Exiled, Experimental, Fuzz, Heavy, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Sons Of Otis, Space Rock, Stoner Jam

Fucking wow. My cerebral cortex is melting in a cranial orgasm of riff-based space sludge. Stoners everywhere – buy this.

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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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