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Mark Hunt-Bryden

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Spider Kitten ‘Behold Mountain. Hail Sea. Venerate Sky. Bow Before Tree’ CD/DD 2014

14th November 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Behold Mountain Hail Sea Venerate Sky Bow Before Tree, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Spider Kitten, Undergroove Records

Spider Kitten, Spider Kitten, does whatever a Spider Kitten does… In this case what this Spider Kitten does is deliver

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Wormwood – S/T – CD/LP/CS/DD 2014

7th November 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Magic Bullet Records, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Negative Fun Records, Patac Records, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Wormwood

Doom, to coin a phrase from Zoolander, is so hot right now. When you read Electric Wizard reviews in the

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Tombgrinder ‘Under The Black Sun’ DD 2014

31st October 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Digital, Doom, Instrumental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Tombgrinder, Under The Black Sun

What is in a name? Some bands have monikers that make you involuntarily throw your hand into the air in

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Hypnos – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

24th October 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, CD, Crusher Records, Digital, Heavy Rock, Hypnos, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, NWOBHM, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Titled

(Puts on Arnie voice) ‘Come with me if you want to rock’. Jump into the DeLorean, strap yourself in, wind

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Godflesh ‘A World Lit Only By Fire’ CD/LP/DD 2014

13th October 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, A World Lit Only By Fire, Avalanche Recordings, CD, Digital, GC Green, Godflesh, Heavy, Industrial, Justin K Broadrick, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review

It literally seems like a life time ago that I was a first day buyer for Godflesh‘s last appearance, the

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Take Over And Destroy ‘Vacant Face’ CD/DD 2014

19th September 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Black Metal, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Punk, Review, Self Released, T.O.A.D., Take Over And Destroy, Theatrical, Vacant Face

Under the initialism of T.O.A.D. several demented folks from Tempe, Arizona unleashed an EP called Rotten Tide in 2011, where

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Yob / Pallbearer / Spider Kitten @ The Fleece, Bristol 04/09/2014
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Yob / Pallbearer / Spider Kitten @ The Fleece, Bristol 04/09/2014

9th September 201413th September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bristol, Live Review, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Pallbearer, Spider Kitten, The Fleece, Yob

Having grown up a stones throw from Bristol, a visit to The Fleece in St Thomas Street is always a

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Karma To Burn ‘Arch Stanton’ CD/LP/DD 2014

5th September 201423rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Arch Stanton, CD, Deepdive Records, Desert Rock, Digital, Instrumental, Karma To Burn, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Stoner Rock

There are some bands who like to spout off in the press constantly for attention and others who are less

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bleak Zero – S/T – DD 2014

4th September 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Bleak Zero, Digital, Doom, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Noise-Rock, Review, Self Released, Self Titled

I’m not sure what they’ve been putting in the water up in Stoke on Trent, but the polycentric urban environment

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Electric Funeral ‘Total Funeral’ LP/DD 2014

23rd August 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Crust, D-Beat, Electric Funeral, Jocke D-takt, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Punk, Review, Southern Lord, Total Funeral

Punk, like most musical genres has taken many twists and turns over the years and has thrown up bands that

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Astralnaut ‘Thieves, Beggars And Swine’ CD/DD 2014

16th August 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Astralnaut, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Review, Self Released, Thieves Beggars And Swine

At this point in time for the musical spectrum there is no shame in a band wearing their influences on

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