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DEAD ‘Idiots’ LP/DD 2012

27th March 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, DEAD, Digital, Hardcore, Heavy, Idiots, Jamie Grimes, LP, Metal, Revelations, Review, Sludge, We Empty Rooms

The spirit of the late, great God Head Silo is apparently alive and well and living in in Australia, reincarnated

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Opium Lord ‘The Calendrical Cycle – Prologue: The Healer’ CDEP/DD 2013

13th February 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Hardcore, Heavy, Metal, Opium Lord, Paul Robertson, Review, Sludge, The Calendrical Cycle – Prologue: The Healer, Thirty Days Of Night Records

I’ve been doing this reviewing schtick for T’Shaman for a few years now, wading through wave upon wave, pile upon

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Clamfight ‘I Versus The Glacier’ CD 2013

6th February 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, CD, Clamfight, Doom, I Versus The Glacier, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Review, Southern Rock, The Maple Forum, The Obelisk

With a list of influences that contains some of the most treasured artists in my record collection (Led Zeppelin, Black

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Skarab – S/T – CD/DD 2012

27th January 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Digital, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Prog Rock, Review, Self Titled, Skarab, Zeitgeister Music

Does anyone else remember the days when you could always rely on certain record labels to consistently release music that

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Torpor ‘Bled Dry’ CDEP/DD 2012

9th January 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Bled Dry, CDEP, Digital, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Metal, Review, Self Released, Torpor

Ah here. No. The alarm bells go off when I see tags on a Bandcamp page that say “noise metal”,

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Mage ‘Black Sands’ CD/DD 2012

8th January 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Black Sands, CD, Digital, Doom, Mage, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

Mage’s debut EP in 2011 was a tantalising taste of things to come for the band, muscular riffs and raw

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Jaw Horse ‘Cancer Creek’ CD/DD 2012

5th January 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Cancer Creek, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jaw Horse, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Review, Self Released

I’m a man of pretty varied tastes when it comes to music. Sometimes I like to chill out with something

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Venomous Maximus ‘Beg Upon The Light’ CD/DD 2012

19th December 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, Beg Upon The Light, CD, Digital, Metal, NWOBHM, Occult Rock, Occulture Records, Review, Venomous Maximus

It’s been a long while since a trend could be thrown around with such weight as the term ‘occult rock.’

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Earthrise ‘Eras Lost’ CD/DD 2012

27th November 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Earthrise, Eras Lost, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Post-Metal, Review, Self Released

This is a tricky one. You see, it’s not that Earthrise aren’t very good – they are, in fact excellent

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Okkultokrati ‘Snakereigns’ CD/LP 2012

24th November 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, Black Metal, CD, Fysisk Format, LP, Metal, Okkultokrati, Review, Snakereigns, Thrash Metal

The melding of hardcore-punk and black metal is becoming all too common as of late but no band makes it

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Ravens Creed ‘The Power’ CD/LP 2012

18th November 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, CD, Doomentia Records, Heavy, LP, Metal, Raven's Creed, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, The Power, Thrash Metal

Ah, thrash metal! Music of energy, anger and spit! Also a genre I’m very picky with – I can’t listen

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