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Godspeed You! Black Emperor ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!’ CD/LP/DD 2012

6th November 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!, Ambient, CD, Constellation Records, Digital, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Instrumental, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Tom McKibbin

With characteristic little fanfare, Godspeed You! Black Emperor are back with album number four, an album that was announced the

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Mamiffer / Pyramids – Split LP/DD 2012

25th October 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Ambient, Atmospheric, Digital, Drone, George Leeming, Hydra Head Records, LP, Mamiffer, Mamiffer & Pyramids Split, Post-Rock, Pyramids

I certainly won’t be the first or the last to comment with a heavy heart on the imminent demise of

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Botanist ‘III – Doom In Bloom/Allies’ 2xCD 2012

24th July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Avant-Garde, Black Metal, Blackened Doom, Botanist, Experimental, III - Doom In Bloom/Allies, Paul Robertson, Post-Rock, Review, Totalrust Music

I’m always drawn to the rampant individualists in music, those brave souls who go out on a limb and plough

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Pektop ‘The Antikythera Mechanism’ CD 2011

7th July 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Angel Dusted Music, Atmospheric, CD, Ollie Stygall, Pektop, Post-Rock, Review, The Antikythera Mechanism

Belgian rock and roll is something of an unknown quantity. We know the Belgians love chips and mayonnaise and make

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Pelican ‘Ataraxia/Taraxis’ CDEP/12″ 2012

6th May 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 12", 2012, Ataraxia/Taraxis, Atmospheric, CDEP, Heavy, Instrumental, James Parker, Pelican, Post-Rock, Review, Southern Lord

This EP from Pelican is a fairly tantalising glimpse of what we might be able to expect from the next

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Sandrider – S/T – 2012 LP/DD

8th March 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, DD, Digital Download, Frank Herbert, Good To Die Records, Grunge, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Post-Rock, Review, Sandrider, Self Titled

In some parts of the world there must be something in the water that clearly has an effect on it’s

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Pontiak ‘Echo Ono’ CD/LP 2012

28th February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CD, Echo Ono, Heavy Rock, LP, Paul Robertson, Pontiak, Post-Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Thrill Jockey Records

The brothers Carney, otherwise known as Pontiak, make a welcome return with this, their first full-length recording since 2010’s Living,

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The Mire / Chronos – Split 10” 2012

12th February 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Chronos, Dog Knights Productions, Doom, George Leeming, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge, Split 10", The Mire

The Mire’s tendency towards teasingly short releases continues, as they further elaborate on the dynamic marriage of beauty, progressive histrionics

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Kerretta ‘Saansilo’ CD/LP 2011

30th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, Instrumental, Kerretta, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Saansilo

‘Difficult Second Album’ syndrome can be a real bitch – Do you follow the same formula? Is this the right

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Omega Massif ‘Karpatia’ CD/LP 2011

17th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Heavy, Karpatia, LP, Omega Massif, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

Denser than a dumptruck full of dwarf-star matter and exerting more crushing gravity than a supermassive black hole, instrumentalists Omega

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Neurosis ‘Sovereign’ Reissue CDEP 2011

10th September 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Atmospheric, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Reissue, Review, Scott Kelly, Sovereign, Steve Von Till

“Recognise this as your own nature, abandon the fear, abandon the terror you project. Let your mind rest beyond flesh

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