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Mountains Became Machines ‘Paths’ CDEP 2008

3rd August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CDEP, Heavy, Mountains Became Machines, Paths, Post-Rock, Review

A few years back a new form of rock music emerged, rather pretentiously coined Post –rock. It was cinematic graceful

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Cult Of Luna ‘Eternal Kingdom’ CD 2008

10th July 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Atmospheric, CD, Cult Of Luna, Doom, Earache Records, Eternal Kingdom, Heavy, Post-Rock, Review

Y’know I prefer COL to Pelican, I prefer them to Bossk, hell…I even prefer them to Isis and I love

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Pelican ‘City Of Echoes’ CD/LP 2007

27th February 20076th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2007, CD, City Of Echoes, Heavy, Hydra Head Records, Instrumental, Lewis Hunter, LP, Pelican, Post-Rock, Review

The third full-length LP from Instrumental sludge/post-hardcore outfit Pelican. ‘City of Echoes’ seems like even more of a departure from

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Coffin Dancer ‘Pax Romana’ CDEP 2006

15th February 20076th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2006, Atmospheric, CDEP, Coffin Dancer, Denovali Records, Heavy, Lewis Hunter, Pax Romana, Post-Rock, Review

More from the atmospheric sludge stable. This time around, it’s Miami’s Coffin Dancer with their first EP: Pax Romana. The

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Cult Of Luna ‘Somewhere Along The Highway’
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Cult Of Luna ‘Somewhere Along The Highway’ CD 2006

1st February 200714th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2006, Ambient, CD, Cult Of Luna, Doom, Earache Records, Heavy, Lewis Hunter, Post-Rock, Review, Somewhere Along The Highway

Let’s get straight into the fray. This, for me, was the best album of 2006. Over the course of this

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Amenra ‘Mass III’
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Amenra ‘Mass III’ CD 2007

1st February 200714th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2007, Amen Ra, Amenra, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Hypertension Records, Lewis Hunter, Mass III, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge

Amenra have the feel of a band, whom given the chance, could get the whole ‘Atmospheric Sludge’ metal thing down

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Minsk ‘The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment’
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Minsk ‘The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment’ CD 2007

1st February 200714th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2007, Doom, Experimental, Lewis Hunter, Minsk, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment

It seems Minsk has found the direction that suits them perfectly. This is a much more matured release compared to

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Old Man Gloom ‘Seminar III: Zozobra’ CD 2001

28th January 20076th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2001, Aaron Turner, CD, Experimental, Heavy, Lewis Hunter, Old Man Gloom, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Seminar III: Zozobra, Tortuga Recordings

This is the third release from Aaron Turner’s (Isis) side project. The album consists of one 27 minute track named

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V/A ‘Heaviosity’ CD 2005

6th January 20066th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, CD, Compilation, Crust, Doom, Gallipoli Records, Instrumental, Iron Hearse, Lee Edwards, Metal, Mothertrucker, Obiat, Outburst, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge, Suns Of Thunder, V/A, Various Artists

Heaviosity is a cracking release from newly formed UK label Gallipoli Records. Although not completely original in concept (who remembers

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Buried Inside 'Chronoclast'
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Buried Inside ‘Chronoclast’ CD 2005

27th December 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Buried Inside, CD, Chronoclast, Doom, Lee Edwards, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

I was fortunate enough to witness Canada’s Buried Inside’s blistering live performance when they toured the UK a few weeks

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Mothertrucker ‘The Last Ride Of Dr Sanchez’
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Mothertrucker ‘The Last Ride Of Dr Sanchez’ CD 2005

21st October 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Instrumental, Lee Edwards, Mothertrucker, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, The Last Ride Of Dr Sanchez

When I first heard about this band, the name conjured up images of some long haired, bearded, redneck southern rock

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