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Iron Void – S/T – CD/DD 2014

27th October 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Barbarian Wrath Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Iron Void, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Traditional Doom

With a name featuring the words “iron” and “void” (and bugger all else), a record label who’s mantra reads “Proudly

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Skull ‘For Those Which Are Asleep’ CD/LP/DD 2014

20th October 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, For Those Which Are Asleep, Jeremy Moore, LP, Metal, Review, Tee Pee Records, The Skull, Traditional Doom

The Skull broke on the scene a few months back with a two track appetizer (Sometime Yesterday Mourning/Last Judgment EP

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Amulet ‘The First’ CD/LP/DD 2014

28th September 20143rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2014, Alex Varley, Amulet, CD, Century Media, Digital, LP, Metal, NWOBHM, Review, The First

Since the arrival of their none more denim Cut The Crap demo in late 2011, London’s Amulet have made quite

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Meta ‘Panta Rei’ DD 2014

23rd September 20143rd September 2019 Antony Bartlett 2014, Antony Bartlett, Atmospheric, Digital, Meta, Metal, Panta Rei, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released

Tick follows tock follows tick follows tock ..  I waited .. not very patiently but I waited .. for the

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Witch Mountain ‘Mobile Of Angels’ CD/LP/DD 2014

22nd September 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, CD, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, Mobile Of Angels, Profound Lore Records, Review, Svart Records, Witch Mountain

I’ll readily admit that I will always be biased when it comes to Witch Mountain. When I first heard Cauldron

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kröwnn ‘Magmafröst’ DD 2014

20th September 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Kröwnn, Magmafröst, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Self Released

I don’t know about you, but for me great new bands often seem to appear as if by magic when

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Death Penalty – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

18th September 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, CD, Death Penalty, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Metal, Review, Rise Above Records, Self Titled

He’s blessed us with the classics – Forest Of Equilibrium, The Ethereal Mirror, The Carnival Bizarre, Endtyme – the list

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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 M 

Martyrdöd ‘Elddop’ CD/LP/DD 2014

2nd September 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2014, CD, Crust, Digital, Elddop, LP, Martyrdöd, Metal, Punk, Review, Ross Horton, Southern Lord

Martyrdöd caught my interest purely because of the bands they listed as their influences. It’s shameful to admit that but

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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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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bowl Ethereal – S/T – 7”/DD 2014

14th August 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, 7", Bowl Ethereal, Digital, Fancy Metal, Metal, Paul Robertson, Pen Rollings, Review, Self Titled, Southern Lord

Back in 2003, Southern Lord released the debut seven inch by Richmond, Viginia-based Fancy Metal instrumentalists Loincloth, featuring the rhythm

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