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ASG: Sign To Relapse Records

6th December 2011 Lee Edwards ASG, HellFest, News, Relapse Records, US Tour 2012

Relapse Records is extremely proud to announce the signing of North Carolina’s finest psychedelic, stoner-punks ASG! Impossible to pigeonhole, ASG

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RED FANG: Free MP3 Download, Album Stream + News On New Video

6th December 2011 Lee Edwards Hank Is Dead, MP3 Download, Murder The Mountains, News, Number Thirteen, Rcrd Lbl, Red Fang, Relapse Records

RED FANG just wrapped up their North America tour with Mastodon and The Dillinger Escape Plan and are now in

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BRUTAL TRUTH: Digital Single Released

30th November 2011 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Brutal Truth, Digital Single, Gunshy Assassin, News, Relapse Records, Walking Corpse 2112

Relapse Records officially releases a digital-only single for grind overlords BRUTAL TRUTH. Dubbed the Walking Corpse 2112 EP, the mini

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BRUTAL TRUTH: Grindcore Overlords Premiere Tracks From New Album

8th September 2011 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Brutal Truth, Celebratory Gunfire, End Time, New Album, News, Relapse Records, The Onion A.V. Club

This week, infamous East Coast grinders BRUTAL TRUTH have lashed out at the public with several devastating new anthems from

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RWAKE: Arkansas Doomsayers Post Third New Track Via Pitchfork

8th September 2011 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, New Album, News, Pitchfork, Relapse Records, Rest, Rwake, Was Only A Dream

Arkansas doomsayers RWAKE have posted another new track off their upcoming Rest full-length courtesy of Pitchfork. Check out “Was Only

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Unearthly Trance ‘V’ CD/LP 2010

6th October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Heavy, LP, Paul Robertson, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Unearthly Trance, V

The three horsemen of the great unveiling known as the apocalypse emerge from the depths of the abyss for the

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Voivod ‘Infini’ CD 2009

24th July 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, CD, Infini, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Post-Hardcore, Relapse Records, Review, Thrash Metal, Voivod

When guitarist Piggy succumbed to colon cancer in 2005 during the piecing together of the Katorz album it pretty much

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Disfear ‘Live The Storm’ CD 2008

26th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, At The Gates, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Crust, Disfear, Entombed, Hardcore, Live The Storm, Relapse Records, Review, Thomas Lindberg, Ulfe Cederlund

What does the term Punk Rock mean these days? It’s a genre so watered down by lightweight, pop star-aspiring posturing,

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Unearthly Trance ‘Electrocution’ CD/LP 2008

4th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Electrocution, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Unearthly Trance

This is the fourth album from New York’s bleak occultists and its apparent from the off that the band have

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Rwake 'Voices Of Omens'
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Rwake ‘Voices Of Omens’ CD 2007

1st February 200714th September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2007, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Lewis Hunter, Relapse Records, Review, Rwake, Sludge, Voices of Omens

In my opinion, Rwake were on the right track with their previous release, ‘If You Walk Before You Crawl, You

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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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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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