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Serial Hawk ‘Searching For Light’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th September 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Bleeding Light Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Post-Metal, Review, Sandy Williamson, Searching For Light, Serial Hawk

Seattle doom newcomers Serial Hawk recently signed to Bleeding Light Records to release Searching for Light, their debut full length

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AHAB ‘The Boats Of The Glen Carrig’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th September 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Ahab, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Funeral Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, Napalm Records, Review, The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

The nautical lords of doom have returned with another aquatic album filled with masterful music. Taking the time to let

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Funeral Horse ‘Divinity For The Wicked’ LP/DD 2015

5th September 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Artificial Head Records, Digital, Divinity For The Wicked, Doom, Funeral Horse, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review

Back again with another release for Artificial Head Records, Texan trio Funeral Horse follow up last years Doom/Punk/Stoner mash up

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Greenhorn ‘Like Rows Of Crooked Teeth’ CD/DD 2015

20th August 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Greenhorn, Heavy, Hibernacula Records, Like Rows Of Crooked Teeth, Pete Green, Review, Sludge

Is there a better feeling of uplifting fulfilment and mystifying wonder in this life than showing up at a stuffy,

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Dead Existence ‘Endless Misery’ LP/CS/DD 2015

19th August 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2015, Black Bow Records, Cassette, Dead Existence, Digital, Doom, Endless Misery, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, LP, Review, Sludge

London’s Dead Existence were a staple of the UK sludge / doom scene since their inception way back in the

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Ancient Altar ‘Dead Earth’ LP/CS 2015

18th August 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Ancient Altar, Black Voodoo Records, CS, Dead Earth, Doom, Heavy, LP, Midnite Collective, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge

Dead Earth sees Los Angeles doom titans Ancient Altar return after last year’s eponymous debut, armed with more crushing riffs

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Skepticism ‘Ordeal’ CD/LP/DVD 2015

14th August 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Atmospheric, CD, DVD, Funeral Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, Ordeal, Review, Skepticism, Svart Records

Regarded as one of the pioneers of the infamous funeral doom genre, Skepticism has a long history of making heavy

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Abysmal Darkening ‘Sub Terra’ CD 2015

3rd August 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Abysmal Darkening, Black Metal, CD, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Review, Sub Terra, Totalrust Music

Abysmal Darkening is a doom metal project from Tilburg with a particular blackened flavour. Earlier this year they released their

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Ufomammut ‘Ecate’ CD/LP/DD 2015

30th July 20153rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Ecate, Heavy, LP, Neurot Recordings, Psychedelic, Review, Tom McKibbin, Ufomammut

As the sun returned to our isles and I sat in my back garden, with blue skies overhead, the sun’s

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Nomad / Wort – Split – CD/DD 2015

28th July 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Nomad, Red Valley Records, Review, Sludge, Split, Wort

A split release from Manchester’s own Nomad and Huddersfield’s Wort out on Red Valley Records. Seven songs in praise of

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Chrch ‘Unanswered Hymns’ LP/CS/DD 2015

26th July 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Battleground Records, Cassette, Chrch, Church, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Transylvanian Recordings, Unanswered Hymns

I’m gunna level with you: the modern day sludge/heavy psych/drone/doom/whatever market these days is more crowded than a standard rush-hour

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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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