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Jamie Grimes

The Body
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The Body: Jamie Questions Drummer Lee Buford

28th October 201315th September 2019 Jamie Grimes Christs Redeemers, Interview, Jamie Grimes, Lee Buford, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

For over a decade or so now, The Body have been navigating fascinating, often disturbing musical terrain. Their musical trajectory

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The Body ‘Christs, Redeemers’ CD/LP 2013

11th September 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Atmospheric, Christs Redeemers, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Review, The Assembly Of Light Choir, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records, Work/Death

There is currently nobody else, to my mind, who does religious apocalypse like The Body. Truly, we’re talking about a

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True Widow ‘Circumambulation’ CD/LP/DD 2013

21st August 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Atmospheric, CD, Circumambulation, Dark, Digital, Jamie Grimes, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Rock, True Widow

Hearing that Relapse had picked up True Widow last year was a strange one. In one way, it made perfect

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Hammerhands ‘Glaciers’ CD/DD 2013

7th August 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Glaciers, Hammerhands, Jamie Grimes, Noise-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sludge

OOF. With one opening chord, Hammerhands have won my over by approximating the sound of a landslide of boulders. Always

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Throat ‘Manhole’ LP/DD 2013

6th August 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, At War With False Noise, Digital, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Kaos Kontrol, LP, Made In Kansas, Manhole, Noise-Rock, Rejuvenation Records, Review, Sludge, Throat

Oh the Finns. It’s perhaps not a secret that Finland has done more than its fair share for underground music

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Daniel Menche ‘Vilke’ LP/CS + DVD 2013

30th June 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Atmospheric, Cassette, Daniel Menche, Dark, DVD, Jamie Grimes, LP, Noise, Review, Sige Records, Soundscapes, Vilke

It’s as exhausting sometimes to listen to the work of Daniel Mench as it is to keep up with his

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Boneworm – ST – Digital EP 2012

8th June 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Boneworm, Digital, Doom, EP, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Noise-Rock, Review, Self Released

Urgh. This is a frustrating one. Boneworm are a great example of a band who have all the right parts

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Life Coach ‘Alphawaves’ CD/LP/DD 2013

2nd June 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Alphawaves, CD, Jamie Grimes, Jon Theodore, Life Coach, LP, Phil Manley, Prog Rock, Psych, Review, Space Rock, Thrill Jockey Records

I won’t lie to you, dear Shamanists, due to the eternally chaotic set of ever changing circumstances we call “real

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Usnea – S/T – LP/DD 2013

27th April 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Black Metal, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, LP, Orca Wolf Records, Review, Self Titled, Usnea

Another strong debut from a hitherto unknown entity rears its head here, in the form of this four song LP

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DEAD ‘Idiots’ LP/DD 2012

27th March 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, DEAD, Digital, Hardcore, Heavy, Idiots, Jamie Grimes, LP, Metal, Revelations, Review, Sludge, We Empty Rooms

The spirit of the late, great God Head Silo is apparently alive and well and living in in Australia, reincarnated

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Tome – Demo MMXII – CD/DD 2012

14th March 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, CD, Demo MMXII, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Tome

Northern Ireland, while hardly a mecca of all things heavy, has been known to throw up some serious riffage over

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