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Castle ‘Under Siege’ CD/LP/DD 2014

8th May 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Castle, CD, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, Metal, Prosthetic Records, Review, Under Siege, Ván Records

As the more history obsessed readers will know, a siege was a gruesome affair for the inhabitants of a castle.

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The Skull ‘Sometime Yesterday Mourning/The Last Judgment’ CDEP 2014

6th May 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2008 Album Review, 2014, CD, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Metal, Sometime Yesterday Mourning, Tee Pee Records, The Last Judgment, The Skull

The Skull‘s Eric Wagner and Jeff “Oly” Olson know it’s all about new beginnings. And for those unfamiliar with Wagner

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Victorian Whore Dogs ‘Hobo Chic’ CD/DD 2014

15th April 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, CD, Digital, Hardcore, Hibernacula Records, Metal, Review, Sludge, Victorian Whore Dogs, Will Beattie

It’s hard to know what to expect from a band with a name like Victorian Whore Dogs. Hardcore punk? Antiquarian

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Shroud Eater ‘Dead Ends’ LP/CD/DD/CS 2014

8th April 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Cassette, CD, Dead Ends, Digital, Divine Mother Recordings, Heavy, LP, Metal, Paul Robertson, Primitive Violence, Psychedelic, Red Moth Inc, Review, Shroud Eater, Sludge, The Path Less Traveled Records

Man the ramparts and summon the militia, those heathen barbarians known as Shroud Eater have returned and no-one is safe!

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Pilgrim ‘II: Void Worship’ CD/LP/DD 2014

27th March 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, II: Void Worship, LP, Metal, Metal Blade Records, Pilgrim, Review, Sandy Williamson

To truly understand a band like Pilgrim, I truly believe you need to be stoned. Like, Cheech and Chong stoned.

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The Oath – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2014

18th March 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, Review, Rise Above Records, Ross Horton, Self Titled, The Oath

The Oath’s debut 7” contained two prime cuts of ominous, buzzing, classic rock with an irrepressible feminine energy – something

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Volume IV ‘Long In The Tooth’ CD/LP/DD 2014

14th March 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Long In The Tooth, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Review, Ripple Music, Volume IV

Sometimes you have to wonder what the rock world as we know it would have done without the contribution of

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Pist ‘Riffology’ CD/DD 2014

12th March 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, CD, Digital, Heavy, Metal, Pete Green, Pist, Review, Riffology, Sludge, When Planets Collide

If you’re going to be bold enough to entitle your debut EP ‘Riffology’, then you’d better be willing to stick

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The Hong Kong Sleepover ‘Bolshevik Firecrackers’ CD/DD 2013

4th March 20143rd September 2019 Antony Bartlett 2013, Antony Bartlett, Bolshevik Firecrackers, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Metal, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Released, The Hong Kong Sleepover

Sitting in my car, grinning like a fucking idiot ‘Taste The Chain‘ rolls into the speakers and starts to blast

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R.O.A.D – S/T – LP/DD 2014

28th February 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, R.O.A.D, Review, Self Titled, Sunruin Records

As far as PR fluff goes Nancy based retro rockers R.O.A.D should be forever indebted to VS-Webzine for coining this

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Slough Feg ‘Digital Resistance’ CD/LP/DD 2014

24th February 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, CD, Digital, Digital Resistance, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, Metal Blade Records, Paul Robertson, Progressive, Slough Feg

Look, I’m going to level with you here, I’ve never been a fan of straight-up ‘Heavy Metal’. Y’know, that whole

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