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Lucifer ‘Lucifer I’ CD/LP/DD 2015

26th May 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Heavy Rock, LP, Lucifer, Lucifer I, Review, Rise Above Records

Once there was The Oath. Then it ended and Johanna Sadonis formed Lucifer. Never dropping the pace to a slower

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Lord Dying ‘Poisoned Altars’ CD/LP/DL 2015

24th May 20153rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2015, CD, Digital, Heavy, Lord Dying, LP, Metal, Paul Robertson, Poisoned Altars, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

I was very taken with Lord Dying‘s 2013 debut album, Summon The Faithless, a scathing, seething mix of High On

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Iced Out ‘Man’s Ruin’ CDEP/DD 2015

16th May 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Iced Out, Man’s Ruin, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Witch Hunter Records

It is with a tear in my eye that I begin to pen this review. Witch Hunter Records, the one-man

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Undersmile ‘Anhedonia’ CD/LP/DD 2015

15th May 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Anhedonia, Atmospheric, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Undersmile

Undersmile are one of the UK’s brightest hopes in the doom scene. Having bulldozed everyone with their stunning debut, Narwhal,

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Legion Of Andromeda ‘Iron Scorn’ LP/DD 2015

13th May 20153rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2015, At War With False Noise, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Industrial, Iron Scorn, Jochem Visser, Legion Of Andromeda, LP, Review, Unholy Anarchy

So I got into this Japanese band called Legion Of Andromeda. That’s not a seventies space opera name. They really

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Shepherd ‘Stereolithic Riffalocalypse’ CD/LP/DD 2015

7th May 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Helmet Lady Records, LP, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Shepherd, Sludge, Stereolithic Riffalocalypse

If you live in somewhere like London, Berlin, New York or California, it’s pretty damn easy to be in a

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Headless Kross ‘Volumes’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th May 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Black Bow Records, Burning World Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Headless Kross, Heavy, LP, Psychedelic, Review, Sandy Williamson, Volumes

Glaswegian doomsters Headless Kross first broke down my door with their colossal riffs on 2012’s Demises, two tracks of monolithic

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Warhorse ‘As Heaven Turns To Ash…/I Am Dying’ LP/DD Reissue 2015

6th April 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, As Heaven Turns To Ash..., Digital, Doom, Heavy, I Am Dying, LP, Reissue, Review, Sandy Williamson, Southern Lord, Warhorse

As Heaven Turns to Ash… is one of those records that you read about, a record that casts a long

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Ghold ‘Of Ruin’ CD/DD 2015

5th April 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Doom, Ghold, Heavy, Of Ruin, Prog Rock, Review, Ritual Productions

It’s the dawn of man, a group of Neanderthals are sat around their recent discovery of fire, brows furrowed, grunting

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BongCauldron ‘Acid Cattle’ CDEP/DD 2015

5th April 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Acid Cattle, BongCauldron, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

I know, I know. We’re certainly reaching critical mass when it comes to the legions of Bong-bands out there. We’ve

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Primitive Man ‘Home Is Where The Hatred Is’ LP/DD 2015

5th April 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Home Is Where The Hatred Is, LP, Primitive Man, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

So the gnarly trio from Denver, Colorado have returned with a new EP full of hatred and disgust at the

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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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