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Wiht ‘The Harrowing Of The North’ CD 2011

7th September 20113rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Instrumental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, The Harrowing Of The North, Wiht

Conceptual art and music can often make for a delicate balancing act; Not only does the sonic delivery have to

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A Death Cinematic ‘Your Fate Twisting, Epic In Its Crushing Moments’ CD 2011

25th August 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, A Death Cinematic, Art House, Avant-Garde, CD, Instrumental, Jazz Fusion, Post-Rock, Review, Simple Box Construction, Tom McKibbin, Your Fate Twisting Epic In Its Crushing Moments

‘Your Fate Twisting, Epic in its Crushing Moments’, the latest release from mysterious one-man-band A Death Cinematic comes in some

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Sons Of Alpha Centauri / Karma To Burn – Split 7″ 2010

9th August 201123rd February 2024 Paul Robertson 2010, 7", Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Instrumental, Karma To Burn, Kitchen Dweller, Paul Robertson, Prog Rock, Review, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Split, Split 7", Stoner Rock

I’m pretty damn sure that, at this stage of the game, I don’t need to tell you who Karma To

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Efrim Manuel Menuck – Plays ‘High Gospel’ CD/LP 2011

8th August 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Constellation Records, Efrim Manuel Menuck, Experimental, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hotel2Tango, Instrumental, LP, Plays 'High Gospel', Post-Rock, Review, Silver Mt. Zion, Tom McKibbin, Vic Chesnutt

In his nearly two-decade-long career, Efrim Menuck has distinguished himself as an innovative musician whose work with Godspeed You! Black

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Khuda ‘Iecava’ CD 2011

14th July 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Field Records, Guitar & Drums, Iecava, Instrumental, Khuda, Post-Rock, Review, Tom McKibbin, Two Piece

Leeds’ Khuda are an instrumental post-rock duo that create brooding, angular music with some heavy rock overtones but for the

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Mountain Witch – S/T – 12″ 2011

9th July 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 12", 2011, Droehnhaus Records, Instrumental, Mountain Witch, Pete Green, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock, Stoner Jam

So, you like stoner rock, AND drone, AND instrumental psychedelia? Then you’ll love the latest EP by Hamburg, Germany’s three-piece

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Tia Carrera ‘Cosmic Priestess’ CD 2011

14th April 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Cosmic Priestess, Doom, Heavy Rock, Instrumental, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Stoner Jam, Tia Carrera

Yeah, I’ll admit I was hesitant entering into this album. Four tracks of stoner, psych instrumental rocking doesn’t immediately reach

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The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – S/T – CD/LP 2011

11th April 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CD, Dark, Denovali Records, Experimental, Instrumental, Jazz Fusion, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, TKDE

The self-titled 2006 debut album from The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble gets a well-deserved re-release from the ever-wonderful Denovali Records, including

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The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation ‘Anthropomorphic’ CD/LP 2011

4th April 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Anthropomorphic, CD, Dark, Denovali Records, Experimental, Instrumental, Jazz Fusion, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, TKDE

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation are, for those unfamiliar, an improv sideline of members of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, coming

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Bong ‘Beyond Ancient Space’ CD 2011

18th March 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Ambient, Beyond Ancient Space, Bong, CD, Drone, Experimental, Instrumental, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Ritual Productions

From the windswept megalithic hills of the Northeast comes the new monstrous studio release by drug-sworn pentagram worshipping Bong. This

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Thorun ‘Reprise’ CDEP 2011

17th March 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CDEP, Heavy Rock, Instrumental, Ollie Stygall, Reprise, Review, Stoner Doom, Thorun

From the wilds of Wales come charging the mighty Thorun!!! This band seems to have appeared seemingly from nowhere to

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