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Lost Breed ‘Wino Daze’ LP 2012

7th November 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, At War With False Noise, Heavy Rock, Lost Breed, LP, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Traditional Doom, Wino Daze

Lost Breed may have gone on to achieve low level success with the excellent but short lived Hellhound Records label

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Witchsorrow ‘God Curse Us’ CD/LP 2012

9th September 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Doom, God Curse Us, Heavy, LP, Metal, Review, Rise Above Records, Witchsorrow

Rise Above always know how to make supreme choices when it comes to picking the best underground grooves to push

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Maeth ‘Horse Funeral’ Digital EP 2012

2nd September 20123rd September 2019 Jawor Iwanow 2012, Digital EP, Heavy, Horse Funeral, Jawor Iwanow, Maeth, Metal, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released

Maeth are, a relatively new band from a small town in Minnesota with cool artwork and a great sense of

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Peacemaker – Demo 2012

25th August 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Demo, Doom, Metal, Peacemaker, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Released, Traditional Doom

Now here’s an interesting demo for your delectation! It’s most definitively doom metal, but let me tell you that this

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Nether Regions ‘Into The Breach’ LP/DD 2012

18th August 20123rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2012, Abnormal Gait Records, Andrew Sloan, Digital, Heavy, Into The Breach, LP, Metal, Nether Regions, Review, Sludge

It plummeted out of the sky, a screech like grinding metal with a thousand teeth to write their name into

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Mantas ‘Death By Metal’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

11th July 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Chuck Schuldiner, Death, Death By Metal, Death Metal, Digital, LP, Mantas, Metal, Relapse Records, Review, Thrash Metal

Chuck Schuldiner is one of the greatest metal musicians of all time. This isn’t opinion, it’s fact and Relapse Records

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High On Fire ‘The Art Of Self Defense’ Reissue CD/LP 2012

10th July 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, CD, Heavy, High On Fire, LP, Matt Pike, Metal, Reissue, Review, Southern Lord, Tom McKibbin

There’s no escaping those Sleep boys this year, is there? With rapturous receptions of Matt Pike’s new High On Fire

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Owl ‘Feaster From The Stars/Stone Loner’ 7″/Digital 2012

10th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, 7", Digital, Feaster From The Stars, Heavy, Magick Hermit Records, Metal, NWOBHM, Owl, Paul Robertson, Review, Stone Loner, Tombs In The Valley Productions

If they weren’t so damn good anyway, I’d already be predisposed toward digging Oakland hessians Owl for the following reasons…

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Pike ‘To Cross The Great Divide’ CD/DD 2012

14th May 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, DD, Death Doom, Death Valley Records, Digital Download, Doom, Heavy, Metal, Pete Green, Pike, Review, To Cross the Great Divide

Something smells a bit fishy around here. There must be something in the water. We’re gunna need a bigger boat…

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Mares of Thrace ‘The Pilgrimage’ CD/LP/DD 2012

26th April 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, CD, DD, Digital Download, Heavy, LP, Mares Of Thrace, Metal, Noise-Rock, Review, Sludge, Sonic Unyon Metal, Tom McKibbin

Calgary, Alberta sludge duo Mares of Thrace have only been going for around three years but they’ve already made one

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Junior Bruce ‘The Headless King’ LP 2011

25th April 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, A389 Records, Heavy, Junior Bruce, LP, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, The Headless King

If you’re one of those perplexing purist hessians who incessantly bemoans the lack of dirt and hair to be found

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