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Wizard Rifle ‘Speak Loud, Say Nothing’ CD 2012

6th March 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, CD, George Leeming, Noise, Progressive, Review, Seventh Rule Recordings, Sludge, Speak Loud Say Nothing, Wizard Rifle

What would you expect from a band with a name like Wizard Rifle? Bong-drenched stoner riffs? Crusty doom? Prog, even?

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Volition / Juhyo – Split 3″ CD/Cassette 2011

31st January 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, 3" CD, Cassette, Death Doom, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Juhyo, Noise, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Small Doses, Split, Volition

If you were to look up “underrated extreme music from the UK” you can bet your life that, amongst the

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The Zombos + Drog – ‘Vulva + Puta Sessions’, ‘6 Song EP’, ‘Worshipers Of Fogs’ CDR’s 2011

15th December 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, 6 Song EP, CDR, Drog, Experimental, Johnny UFO, Noise, Psychedelic, Punk, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, The Zombos, UFO Gestapo, Vulva + Puta Sessions, Worshipers Of Fogs

Following the demise of the brilliant UFO Gestapo, I interviewed Seb KKK, who told me of the band that would

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Locrian ‘The Clearing’ LP 2011

5th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, Dark, Doom, Drone, Fan Death Records, Industrial, Locrian, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, The Clearing

Allow me, if you will, to get esoteric and mystical on your collective ass. Indulge me. Listening to The Clearing

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Suffering Luna – S/T – LP 2011

17th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Hardcore, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Power Violence, Psychedelic, Review, Suffering Luna, To Live A Lie Records

In the words of the Sun City Girls – who would know – ‘this is a bad dream’. An utterly

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Terminal Sound System ‘Heavy Weather’ CD/LP 2011

26th May 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, CD, Dark, Denovali Records, Doom, Drone, HALO, Heavy Weather, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, Skye Klein, Terminal Sound System

If I had to use only two words to describe Terminal Sound System, those words would be ‘vast’ and ‘filmic’…although

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Axxonn ‘Lets Get It Straight’ CD 2011

24th March 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Axxonn, CD, Drone, Experimental, Lets Get It Straight, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, Tom Hall

Axxonn is Brisbane-based sound artist Tom Hall, and not to be confused with the Axons, a race of tentacle-bedecked alien

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Drug Honkey ‘Death Dub’ CD 2010

9th February 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CD, Death Dub, Diabolical Conquest Records, Drug Honkey, Heavy, Industrial, Noise, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review

Drug Honkey are perverts of sound, purveyors of absolute filth and clearly deviants of the nth degree. Imagine taking a

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Ghoul Poon ‘Bastard Sorcerer’ CD / ‘100 Psychic Dreams’ DVD 2010

14th January 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 100 Psychic Dreams, 2010, Bastard Sorcerer, CD, DVD, Experimental, Ghoul Poon, Lofi Kabuki Records, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise, Review, Visual

More often than not when writing a review, I try to live with a release for a while and let

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Locrian ‘The Crystal World’ CD/LP 2010

28th November 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Dark, Doom, Drone, Industrial, Locrian, LP, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review, The Crystal World, utec, Utech Records

Time is a funny thing, it seems like only yesterday that I was enthusing wildly about Locrian’s second album, ‘Territories’,

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MONE¥I$GOD ‘M.A.R.K.Z’ CD 2010

21st October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Avant-Garde, CD, Heart & Crossbones, Industrial, MONE¥I$GOD, Noise, Paul Robertson, Review

There’s something about Japanese music, a sense of ‘otherness’ that sets it apart from western music, whether it’s in their

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