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Hooded Menace ‘Effigies Of Evil’ CD/LP/DD 2012

16th September 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, CD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Effigies Of Evil, Hooded Menace, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Saúl Do Caixão

Well now, here’s a record that really surprised me! For the uninitiated amongst you, Hooded Menace are a Finnish death/doom

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Serpentine Path – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2012

11th September 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, CD, Dark, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Titled, Serpentine Path, Tim Bagshaw, Unearthly Trance

For all the moaning you encounter from people young and old, there’s actually a hell of a lot of good

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NEUROSIS Release Visual Trailer For Tenth Album ‘Honor Found In Decay’

5th September 2012 Lee Edwards Honor Found In Decay, Josh Graham, Kenneth Thomas, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, New Video, News, Relapse Records, Scott Kelly, Steve Von Till

NEUROSIS today proudly reveals a brand new visual trailer created for their anticipated tenth studio full-length, Honor Found In Decay. Created by

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SERPENTINE PATH Unleash “Obsoletion” Via Decibel; Announce New Member + Debut Live Outing

5th September 2012 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Brooklyn, Decibel Magazine, Gig, News, Obsoletion, Relapse Records, Saint Vitus Bar, Serpentine Path, Stephen Flam, Tim Bagshaw, Unearthly Trance, Winter

SERPENTINE PATH has become one of the most talked about underground metal bands of the year due to their lineage.

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SERPENTINE PATH: 2 Tracks From Debut Album Now Streaming At Brookyn Vegan

8th August 2012 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Brooklyn Vegan, Crotalus Horridus Horridus, Electric Wizard, News, Only A Monolith Remains, Ramesses, Relapse Records, Serpentine Path, Tim Bagshaw, Unearthly Trance

Last week we posted a video of the track ‘Crotalus Horridus Horridus’ taken from the debut album by SERPENTINE PATH

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Serpentine Path: New Song Available For Streaming

3rd August 2012 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Crotalus Horridus Horridus, Electric Wizard, News, Ramesses, Relapse Records, Serpentine Path, Tim Bagshaw, Unearthly Trance

‘Crotalus Horridus Horridus’, a new song from Serpentine Path, the new doom metal band featuring  all three members of New

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Baroness ‘Yellow & Green’ 2xCD/2xLP/DD 2012

25th July 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Atmospheric, Baroness, CD, Digital, LP, Prog Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Rock, Tom McKibbin, Yellow & Green

Yellow & Green, the double-album from Savannah, Georgia sludge band Baroness, is already one of the most talked-about records of

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Primate ‘Draw Back A Stump’ CD/LP 2012

17th July 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, Adam Stone, Brutal Truth, Crust, Draw Back A Stump, Grindcore, Hardcore, Mastodon, Primate, Punk, Relapse Records, Review

Shrinebuilder; Outlaw Order; Lazarus Blackstar; Pigs; Stormtroopers of Death; Cream; Emerson Lake and Palmer; Wings. All of these outfits were

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Mantas ‘Death By Metal’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

11th July 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Chuck Schuldiner, Death, Death By Metal, Death Metal, Digital, LP, Mantas, Metal, Relapse Records, Review, Thrash Metal

Chuck Schuldiner is one of the greatest metal musicians of all time. This isn’t opinion, it’s fact and Relapse Records

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PRIMATE: Hear The Full Album ‘Draw Back A Stump’ Now At BrooklynVegan

28th June 2012 Lee Edwards Brooklyn Vegan, Draw Back A Stump, Full Album Stream, New Album Details, News, Primate, Relapse Records

With PRIMATE’s debut LP Draw Back A Stump approaching official worldwide release next week via Relapse, today the entire ten

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BARONESS Discuss Expanded Sound Of ‘Yellow & Green’ In New Video

25th June 2012 Lee Edwards Baroness, March To The Sea, New Video, News, Paste Magazine, Relapse Records, Yellow & Green

The second behind-the-scenes clip from BARONESS‘s recording of ‘Yellow & Green‘, available to stream below or via Paste Magazine HERE

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