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Review: Yellowtooth ‘The Burning Illusion’

11th May 202115th June 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Orchestrated Misery Records, The Burning Illusion, Yellowtooth

Emerging from the state of Indiana, hard hitting trio Yellowtooth are here to do one thing and that is to

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Catapult The Smoke ‘Born In Fire’ CD 2011

8th October 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Catapult The Smoke, CD, Classic Rock, Fuzz, Ollie Stygall, Orchestrated Misery Records, Review, Stoner Doom

A couple of years ago a CD landed on my doormat with the force of a hand grenade and just

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Yellowtooth Interview

27th June 20092nd September 2019 Lee Edwards Interview, Lee Edwards, Orchestrated Misery Records, Yellowtooth

I first became aware of the sludge behemoth that is Yellowtooth when main man and also the founder of Orchestrated

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Catapult The Smoke ‘Unearthed’ CD 2009

2nd June 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, Catapult The Smoke, CD, Doom, Fuzz, Ollie Stygall, Orchestrated Misery Records, Review, Stoner Doom, Unearthed

The blackened tendrils of the Vinum Sabbathi have snaked their way around an unwitting world over the last 40 years

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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records

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Enter the hypnotic, boundary-pushing world of Ensemble Tikoro as The Shaman premieres their formidable new full-length work, Tortoise, ahead of

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