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Cough / Windhand ‘Reflection Of The Negative’ Split CD/LP/DD 2013

25th April 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, CD, Cough, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Reflection Of The Negative, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Split, Tom McKibbin, Windhand

Richmond, Virginia may be a city better known for its blues, country, and bluegrass music and the Richmond Folk Festival

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Inter Arma ‘Sky Burial’ CD/LP 2013

11th April 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Black Metal, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Inter Arma, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Relapse Records, Review, Sky Burial, Sludge

Having been worrying the underground in Richmond, Virginia and beyond since 2006, Inter Arma have finally released their Relapse debut

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COUGH & WINDHAND: New Split LP Playing At Invisible Oranges

10th April 2013 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Cough, Invisible Oranges, New Album Details, News, Reflection Of The Negative, Relapse Records, Windhand

Next week Relapse Records will release the pummeling split album featuring two prime acts hailing from the Richmond, Virginia underground

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INDIAN: Chicago Doom Misanthropes Complete New Album

29th March 2013 Lee Edwards Indian, New Album Details, News, Relapse Records

Chicago doom misanthropes INDIAN recently completed work on their forthcoming studio offering for Relapse Records. The follow-up to 2011’s critically

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COUGH Hacks Up Massive Song At Pitchfork

22nd March 2013 Lee Edwards Amaranth, Athame, Audio Stream, Cough, Cvlt Nation, New Album Details, News, Pitchfork, Reflection Of The Negative, Relapse Records, Windhand

As Reflection Of The Negative, the split album between Richmond, Virginia outfits COUGH and WINDHAND draws near, today another massive

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INTER ARMA: Exclusive Track From Relapse LP Exposed Through The Obelisk; Band Confirms New SXSW-Based Tour Dates

8th March 2013 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Inter Arma, New Album Details, News, Relapse Records, Sky Burial, The Obelisk, Westward

Richmond-based doom purveyors INTER ARMA are preparing for their most dynamic material yet to hit the public, in the form

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WINDHAND Signs To Relapse Records For Forthcoming Album

8th March 2013 Lee Edwards Cough, News, Reflection Of The Negative, Relapse Records, Windhand

Relapse Records this week officially welcomes Richmond, Virginia’s masters of ethereal doom metal, WINDHAND, to the label’s roster, having signed

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WINDHAND: Cvlt Nation Premieres Track From Band’s Upcoming Split With COUGH

26th February 2013 Lee Edwards Amaranth, Audio Stream, Cough, Cvlt Nation, New Album Details, News, Reflection Of The Negative, Relapse Records, Windhand

Today, Cvlt Nation is hosting an exclusive post of “Amaranth” a crushing exercise of sonic doom riffery and massive amplification

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COUGH / WINDHAND Split Album To See Spring Release Via Relapse

14th February 2013 Lee Edwards Cough, New Album Details, News, Reflection Of The Negative, Relapse Records, Windhand

Relapse Records this week unveils a pummeling upcoming split between two prime acts in the contemporary doom/sludge circuit, COUGH and

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COFFINS: Japan’s Doom Eradicators Initiate Recording Of New LP For Relapse

23rd January 2013 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Coffins, Cvlt Nation, New Album Details, News, Relapse Records, The Fleshland

Having raided the death/doom underworld since 1996, Tokyo, Japan’s brutal doom metal eradicators COFFINS have once again entered their local

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NEUROSIS Prepares To Engage Brooklyn And Philadelphia Audiences This Week

15th January 2013 Lee Edwards Gigs, Honor Found In Decay, Live Video Footage, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, News, Pre-Orders, Relapse Records, Vinyl

The next round of live performances from the mighty NEUROSIS draws near, as the outfit prepares to invade the Northeast

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