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Metal

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Wall Of Sleep ‘When Mountains Roar’ CD 2011

3rd July 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, NWOBHM, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Wall Of Sleep, When Mountains Roar

Doom music and a name like Wall Of Sleep… you are thinking Ozzy era Sabbath, those sludgey, crawling guitar sounds

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Magma Rise ‘Lazy Stream Of Steel’ CD 2011

14th June 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Kyle Thomas, Lazy Stream Of Steel, Magma Rise, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review

More Sabbath inspired doom metal from Austrian talent sorcerer’s PsycheDoomelic Records – This time hailing from Budapest in Hungary and

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Triggerman ‘Brand New Day’ CD 2011

29th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Album, Brand New Day, CD, Groove, Hard Rock, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Triggerman

Have you ever seen the film Deliverance? The tale of backwoods torment and rape of a group of tourists by

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Keef ‘Stoned To Doom’ CD 2011

27th May 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Canadian’s often get a rough ride from their southern cousins – the South Park boys famously poked fun at this

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Ironweed ‘Your World Of Tomorrow’ CD 2011

16th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Ironweed, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Your World Of Tomorrow

I have to admit I never got round to checking out Ironweed’s debut offering “Indian Ladder” which landed in 2008,

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Gallow God ‘False Mystic Prose’ CD 2011

7th May 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, False Mystic Prose, Gallow God, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review

Sometimes these days you pick up a rock magazine and it’s like reading a different language; post-this, that-core and I’m

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Hollow Leg ‘Instinct’ CD 2010

20th February 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2010, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Hollow Leg, Instinct, Metal, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Sludge

Hollow Leg present an island between what some may perceive as hardcore and sludge. Not slow enough to really command

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Nachtmystium ‘Live At Roadburn 2010’ LP 2011

14th February 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Black Metal, Burning World Records, Live At Roadburn 2010, LP, Metal, Nachtmystium, Pete Green, Review, Roadburn, Roadburn Records, Thrash Metal

Chicago, Illinois’ progressive black-metallers Nachtmystium are truly one of the most innovative yet heavy bands of this generation, so it

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Groan ‘The Sleeping Wizard’ CD 2010

2nd November 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Doom, Doomanoid Records, Groan, Heavy Rock, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, The Sleeping Wizard

From the four corners of Avalon did gather the keepers of the flame of doom, drawn together by the power

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Place Of Skulls ‘As A Dog Returns’ CD 2010

17th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, As A Dog Returns, CD, Doom, Giddy Up! Records, Heavy, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Place Of Skulls, Review, Traditional Doom, Victor Griffin

Doom metal has more than its fair share of legends. Obviously Black Sabbath sit high on their hill surveying the

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Solace ‘A.D.’ CD/LP 2010

18th August 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, A.D., CD, Doom, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Small Stone Records, Solace, Stoner Doom

Solace must have wondered if this album would ever see the light of day. It’s been 7 years since their

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