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Relapse Records

Black Tusk 'Pillars Of Ash'
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Black Tusk ‘Pillars Of Ash’ CD/LP/DD 2016

13th March 201613th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, Black Tusk, CD, Digital, Guido Segers, LP, Metal, Pillars Of Ash, Punk, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

Savannah, Georgia has brought forth some of the nastiest and dirtiest sludge bands in recent years. The burly men from

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Agoraphobic Nosebleed ‘Arc’
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Agoraphobic Nosebleed ‘Arc’ CD/LP/DD 2016

10th March 201613th September 2019 Jon Weatherill 2016, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Arc, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jon Weatherill, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

Whatever you made of a certain Mr Phil Anselmo’s recent on-stage outburst, we should be proud of the fact that

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Lycus 'Chasms'
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Lycus ‘Chasms’ CD/LP/DD 2016

4th February 20161st November 2019 Seán O’Connor 2016, Atmospheric, CD, Chasms, Digital, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, LP, Lycus, Relapse Records, Review, Seán O’Connor

Chasms is the new album from Lycus and it is as deep and as dark as it sounds! This beautifully

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Zombi 'Shape Shift'
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Zombi ‘Shape Shift’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th January 20161st November 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Antony Paterra, CD, Digital, Experimental, Instrumental, Kraut, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Relapse Records, Review, Shape Shift, Steve Moore, Zombi

Seminal synth wave outfit Zombi have kept fans waiting for 4 long years for a follow up to 2011’s Escape

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Hooded Menace 'Darkness Drips Forth'
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Hooded Menace ‘Darkness Drips Forth’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th January 20161st November 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Darkness Drips Forth, Death Doom, Digital, Heavy, Hooded Menace, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Hooded Menace are what people are talking about when they think of death/doom these days, even if they don’t know

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Pinkish Black 'Bottom Of The Morning'
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Pinkish Black ‘Bottom Of The Morning’ CD/LP/DD 2015

28th December 20151st November 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Bottom Of The Morning, CD, Digital, Experimental, Jeremy Moore, LP, Pinkish Black, Prog Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Space Rock

When longstanding friend and bassist Tommy Atkins of Ft. Worth, TX trio The Great Tyrant took his life in 2010,

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Windhand ‘Grief’s Infernal Flower’ CD/LP/DD 2015

2nd October 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Grief's Infernal Flower, Heavy, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Windhand

Windhand have been responsible for two of modern doom’s finest records in the past few years; their bewitching debut and

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Publicist UK ‘Forgive Yourself’ CD/LP/DD 2015

24th September 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, CD, Darkwave, Digital, Forgive Yourself, Gothic, Jeremy Moore, LP, Post-Punk, Publicist UK, Relapse Records, Review

Every few years or so an album appears that takes you by surprise through its sheer audacity of expression –

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Locrian ‘Infinite Dissolution’ CD/LP/DD 2015

23rd September 20153rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2015, Avant-Garde, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Industrial, Infinite Dissolution, Locrian, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Todd Robinson

I have made no bones over the years about the fact that I adore Locrian, from their earlier noise infused

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Royal Thunder ‘Crooked Doors’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th July 20153rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2015, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Crooked Doors, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jorge Miguel, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Royal Thunder

Three years ago, when they released their debut album, the critically acclaimed CVI, Royal Thunder were hailed as one of

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Minsk ‘The Crash And The Draw’ CD/LP/DD 2015

3rd June 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Minsk, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, The Crash And The Draw

Minsk first came to my attention a decade ago with their stunning debut Out Of A Center Which Is Neither

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