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Iron Hearse – S/T – CD 2007

26th September 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2007, CD, Doom, Heavy, Iron Hearse, Ollie Stygall, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Swindon based power three piece Iron Hearse have achieved a fair amount over the last few years whilst maintaining a

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Slomatics 'Kalceanna'
Album & EP Reviews S 

Slomatics ‘Kalceanna’ CD 2007

19th September 20084th November 2019 Adam Stone 2007, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Heavy, Kalceanna, Review, Slomatics, Sludge, Spirit Of Division, Stoner Doom

This is a year late review: as you all know we like it slow at TSS. Slomatics are a canny

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Berserkowitz ‘Gritfarm’ CDEP 2008

18th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Berserkowitz, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Let’s face it sludge fans, if these lot were from the States there’d be far more of a buzz about

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffins ‘Buried Death’ CD 2008

13th September 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 20 Buck Spin, 2008, Andrew Sloan, Buried Death, CD, Coffins, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Review

Oh sweet jesus this is the fucking shit! I have here in my rotting puds the new Coffins CD, a

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Sun ‘Paralyser’ LP 2008

6th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, At War With False Noise, Black Sun, Doom, Drone, Heavy, LP, Paralyser, Review

I press the play button: a second of silence and then…a red faced and demented man is screaming “restless, my

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lento ‘Earthen’ CD/LP 2008

5th September 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Earthen, Heavy, Lento, LP, Ollie Stygall, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Supernatural Cat

It’s so easy to have preconceptions about Italy. As I sit here in a decidedly damp and grey Britain I

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lazarus Blackstar ‘Tomb Of Internal Winter’ CDEP 2008

28th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, CDEP, Crust, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Lazarus Blackstar, Nasty, Review, Tomb Of Internal Winter

Sweet Mary-Jane!! Life is pain – drown me in riffs!! Dust off the Amstrad music centre, kick yer Para-boots off,

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Album & EP Reviews S 

SardoniS – 7″ 2008

22nd August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, 7", Doom, Electric Earth, Guitar & Drums, Heavy, Instrumental, Ollie Stygall, Review, SardoniS, Sludge, Stoner Doom, Two Piece

Attention all bass players!!! Your services are no longer required, you have been deemed surplus to requirements. Please collect your

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Gonga ‘Transmigration’ CD 2008

21st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, CD, Gonga, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Invada Records, Mark Burns, Review, Transmigration

After being plagued with line up changes, this Bristol four piece Gonga have now unleashed their long awaited second album.

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lair Of The Minotaur ‘War Metal Battle Masters’ CD 2008

11th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Brutal, CD, Heavy, Lair Of The Minotaur, Metal, Review, Southern Lord, War Metal Battle Masters

They’re back, everyone’s favourite mythological beast slaying, old-school death metal worshipping purveyors of brutal metal barbarianism. And it’s a desolate

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Album & EP Reviews T 

This Will Destroy You – S/T – CD 2008

8th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Heavy, Magic Bullet Records, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, This Will Destroy You

They play elegiac post-rock, deeply cinematic in its presentation, they veer towards the more ambient end of the spectrum and

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