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ZAUM ‘Oracles’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2014

4th November 20143rd September 2019 Sam Finer 2014, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, I Hate Records, LP, Oracles, Psych, Review, Sam Finer, Zaum

It’d be easy to think that ZAUM is just another group of derivative Sleep worshipers. The name, the cover art,

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JEX THOTH: Days Of Doomed Fest Performance & North American Tour Incoming

6th June 2014 Lee Edwards Agalloch, Blood Moon Rise, Days of Doomed, I Hate Records, Jex Thoth, News, North American Tour 2014

One of occult rock’s most captivating figures and a devilishly talented musician in her own right, JEX THOTH is a

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Jex Thoth ‘Blood Moon Rise’ CD/LP 2013

5th June 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2013, Blood Moon Rise, CD, Doom, Folk, Heavy Rock, I Hate Records, Jeremy Moore, Jex Thoth, LP, Review

Madison, Wisconsin’s Jex Thoth pride themselves on mystique, preferring relative anonymity to (well deserved) fame; 7 short years has seen

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The Wounded Kings ‘In The Chapel Of The Black Hand’ CD 2011

28th July 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy, I Hate Records, In the Chapel of the Black Hand, Metal, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Peter Hamilton-Giles, Review, The Wounded Kings

The Wounded Kings have returned from the mist soaked gossima moors of the West Country with a new doom opus

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Jex Thoth – S/T – CD 2008

1st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, CD, Doom, Folk Doom, I Hate Records, Jex Thoth, Mark Burns, Metal, Review, Traditional Doom

The first thing I’ll say about this album is… Get yourself suitably sedated and let this fucker drag you back

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Evoken ‘A Caress Of The Void’ CD 2007

21st November 20076th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2007, A Caress Of The Void, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Evoken, Funeral Doom, I Hate Records, Lewis Hunter, Review

I’ve often been heard saying that Evoken’s last full-length LP, ‘The Antithesis of Light’, was amongst one of my favourite

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