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Graves At Sea ‘The Curse That Is’
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Graves At Sea ‘The Curse That Is’ CD/LP/DD 2016

27th April 201611th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Graves At Sea, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, The Curse That Is

With its eclectic, eco-friendly vibe, Portland, OR’s earth-centered urbania meets hipster-hippie chic has made it ripe for satirical comedo-drama (check

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Beastmaker 'Lusus Naturae'
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Beastmaker ‘Lusus Naturae’ CD/LP/DD 2016

26th April 201611th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, Beastmaker, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Lusus Naturae, Metal, Review, Rise Above Records

The Sabbath tree of life extends its familiar branches yet again, and somehow our undying love for the arguable originators

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Horse Latitudes 'Primal Gnosis'
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Horse Latitudes ‘Primal Gnosis’ CD/LP/DD 2016

26th April 201611th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Guido Segers, Heavy, Horse Latitudes, LP, Primal Gnosis, Review, Ritual Productions

The band may have taken their name from a Doors song as there are little psychedelic elements to the nerve

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Boris With Merzbow ‘Gensho’
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Boris With Merzbow ‘Gensho’ CD/LP/DD 2016

25th April 201611th September 2019 John Reppion 2016, Boris, Boris With Merzbow, CD, Collaboration, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Gensho, John Reppion, LP, Masami Akita, Merzbow, Noise, Relapse Records, Review

Gensho is a collaboration album, or rather it is two separate albums which the auditor is advised “are intended to

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H.P. Lovecraft ‘Hallowe’en In A Suburb And Others’
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H.P. Lovecraft ‘Hallowe’en In A Suburb And Others’ 7″ 2016

24th April 201611th September 2019 John Reppion 2016, 7", Andrew Leman, Cadabra Records, H.P. Lovecraft, Hallowe'en In A Suburb And Others, John Reppion, LP, Review, Spoken Word, Teratoma Sound Lab

Once again spoken arts label Caddabra Records bring us a new Lovecraftian release, this time a 7 inch EP entitled

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Goatess ‘Purgatory Under New Management’
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Goatess ‘Purgatory Under New Management’ CD/LP/DD 2016

22nd April 201611th September 2019 Will Beattie 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Goatess, Heavy Rock, LP, Psych, Purgatory Under New Management, Review, Svart Records, Will Beattie

In spite of its self-evidently gloomy name, ‘doom’ is a vibrant genre. Contrary to the expectations of some, the scene

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Blood Ceremony 'Lord Of Misrule'
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Blood Ceremony ‘Lord Of Misrule’ CD/LP/DD 2016

22nd April 201611th September 2019 John Reppion 2016, Blood Ceremony, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy Rock, John Reppion, Lord Of Misrule, LP, Prog Rock, Review, Rise Above Records

Canadian Folk Horror Doomers Blood Ceremony return with their fourth studio album Lord Of Misrule. The linear notes explain the

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Black Shape Of Nexus 'Carrier'
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Black Shape Of Nexus ‘Carrier’ CD/LP/DD 2016

21st April 201611th September 2019 Will Beattie 2016, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Carrier, CD, Digital, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Review, Will Beattie

If you’re the sort of sensitive, cheery chappy who enjoys nothing more than a light and delightful ditty to keep

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Spell ‘For None And All’
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Spell ‘For None And All’ CD/LP/DD 2016

21st April 201611th September 2019 Pete Green 2016, Bad Omen Records, CD, Digital, For None And All, Heavy Rock, LP, NWOBHM, Pete Green, Prog Rock, Review, Spell

Spell is certainly an apt moniker for this relatively new power trio from Vancouver, BC. The first time I encountered

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Valley Of The Sun 'Volume Rock'
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Valley Of The Sun ‘Volume Rock’ CD/LP/DD 2016

20th April 201611th September 2019 Drew Fulton 2016, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Drew Fulton, Fuzzorama Records, Heavy Rock, LP, Review, Valley Of The Sun, Volume Rock

Cincinnati, Ohio’s own Valley of the Sun have a new record coming out on the Swedish Fuzzorama Records and it’s

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Primitive Man / Northless – Split
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Primitive Man / Northless – Split LP/DD 2016

9th April 201611th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2016, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Doom, Halo Of Flies, Heavy, LP, Northless, Primitive Man, Review, Sludge, Split

If there’s a band out there with a name more appropriate to their music than Primitive Man then I don’t

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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