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Review: Kungens Män ‘För Samtida Djur 2’

28th August 202428th August 2024 Matthew Williams Kraut, Kungens Män, Majestic Mountain Records, Psych

When I usually want my fill of something relaxed and chilled to listen to, that has dreamy saxophones and hedonistic

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Review: Young Acid ‘Murder At Maple Mountains’

24th June 202424th June 2024 Martin Williams Garage Rock, Heavy Rock, Majestic Mountain Records, Young Acid

Young Acid is a new ‘supergroup’ highlighted by members of the beyond-fertile Swedish stoner rock and heavy psych scene, including

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Review: Red Mesa ‘Partial Distortions’

16th April 202416th April 2024 Martin Williams Desert Records, Majestic Mountain Records, Red Mesa, Stoner Doom

I’m going to begin this review of Red Mesa’s fourth full-length, Partial Distortions, by providing some background about my hometown,

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Review: Esben Willems ‘Glowing Darkness’

29th March 202429th March 2024 Martin Williams Alternative, Esben Willems, Majestic Mountain Records

As well as being one of my favorite bands of the last decade or so, the three men that make

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Review: Clouds Taste Satanic ’79 A.E.’

20th February 202420th February 2024 Matthew Williams Clouds Taste Satanic, Doom, Instrumental, Majestic Mountain Records

There are not been many bands over the last few years who have excited me as much as Clouds Taste

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Review: Kungens Män ‘För Samtida Djur 1’

12th February 202412th February 2024 Matthew Williams Kraut, Kungens Män, Majestic Mountain Records, Psych

That thirteen-second intro of an old analogue telephone being dialled brought back so many memories of a happier time before

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Review: Masheena ‘West Coast Hard Rock’

15th December 202315th December 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Grunge, Heavy Rock, Majestic Mountain Records, Masheena

1979 was a year to remember. Evidently, it helped conceive this latest album released by hard-rocking Norse men. West Coast

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Review: I Am Low ‘Úma’

28th September 202328th September 2023 Matthew Williams Heavy Rock, I Am Low, Majestic Mountain Records

A new signing to the impressive Majestic Mountain Records label are Swedish stoner rockers I Am Low, who are ready

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Review: Saint Karloff ‘Paleolithic War Crimes’

8th June 20238th June 2023 Liam Blanc Doom, Majestic Mountain Records, Prog, Saint Karloff

It feels like a long since I reviewed Saint Karloff’s second album Interstellar Voodoo back in 2019. In those heady

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Review: The Machine ‘Wave Cannon’

6th June 20236th June 2023 Harry Holmes Majestic Mountain Records, Psych, The Machine

The Machine put in some solid years helping establish a European heavy psych sound that continues to flourish both with

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Review: Draken ‘Book Of Black’

27th January 20238th March 2023 David J McLaren Draken, Heavy Metal, Majestic Mountain Records

In the wonderful world of all things heavy we joyfully argue over such topics as ‘which subgenre Master of Reality

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