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Yidhra ‘Hexed’ CD/DD 2013

21st September 20133rd September 2019 John McNulty 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Hexed, John McNulty, Metal, Review, Self Released, Yidhra

Name your band after a deity from the Cthulu mythos and people take notice. Follow that by allowing your songs

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Saint Vitus ‘C.O.D.’ Reissue CD/LP 2013

29th August 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2013, Armando Acosta, C.O.D., Chritus Linderson, Dave Chandler, Doom, Heavy, Mark Adams, Metal, Reissue, Review, Saint Vitus, Saúl Do Caixão, Season Of Mist

One of the major benefits of a band’s discography getting re-appraised in their twilight years, is that neglected albums get

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Saint Vitus ‘Die Healing’ Reissue CD/LP 2013

28th August 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2013, Armando Acosta, Dave Chandler, Die Healing, Doom, Heavy, Mark Adams, Metal, Reissue, Review, Saint Vitus, Saúl Do Caixão, Scott Reagers, Season Of Mist

Some albums are beyond dispute, criticism or discussion, purely by virtue of their status within the pantheon of their respective

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Lord Dying ‘Summon The Faithless’ CD/LP/DD 2013

20th August 20133rd September 2019 Steve Jones 2013, CD, Digital, Heavy, Lord Dying, LP, Metal, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Steve Jones, Summon The Faithless

Now that Mastodon have well and truly left their Relapse days behind them in pursuit of more melodic and progressive

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Demon Lung ‘The Hundredth Name’ CD/DD 2013

17th August 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Candlelight Records, Demon Lung, Digital, Heavy, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Roadburn 2013, The Hundredth Name, Traditional Doom

For once, I’m not going to beat around the bush: this is an awkward one to call. Even as I

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Beef Supreme ‘Royal Bitch’ Digital EP 2013

3rd August 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Beef Supreme, Digital EP, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Review, Royal Bitch, Self Released

Beef Supreme were conceived back in 2007 by local rock scene veterans guitarist/vocalist Niki BelGrande , drummer Lou Chalupa and

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Peacemaker ‘Cult .45’ CD/DD 2013

28th July 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, CD, Cult .45, Digital, DistortionPlus Records, Doom, Metal, Peacemaker, Pete Green, Review, Sludge

Peacemaker – now there’s an ironic band name if ever I heard one. The only peace Peacemaker make (try saying

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High On Fire ‘Spitting Fire Live’ (Volumes 1 & 2) – CD/LP/DD 2013

22nd July 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Century Media, Doom, eOne Heavy, High On Fire, Live, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Review, Sludge, Spitting Fire Live, Volumes 1 & 2

Ever since they emerged with their debut album ‘The Art of Self Defence’ back in 2000, Oakland’s power trio High

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Tusk ‘Tend No Wounds’ CD/LP/DD 2013

17th July 20133rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2013, Angela Davey, Black Tusk, CD, Digital, LP, Metal, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Swamp Metal, Tend No Wounds

Black Tusk are a band often accused of basking in the reflected glory of bands such as Kylesa and Baroness

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kings Destroy ‘A Time Of Hunting’ CD 2013

10th July 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, A Time Of Hunting, CD, Doom, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Kings Destroy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, War Crime Recordings

You’ve heard of ‘Difficult Second Album Syndrome’? Well Kings Destroy sure as hell haven’t. Equalling a debut album as solid

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Church Of Misery ‘Thy Kingdom Scum’ CD/LP/DD 2013

4th July 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, CD, Church Of Misery, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, Metal Blade Records, Pete Green, Review, Rise Above Records, Thy Kingdom Scum

So they did it, they finally did it. This summer, Black Sabbath’s ‘13’ was crowned the UK’s number1 album, 43

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