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APE MACHINE Prepare For A Fall US Tour Starting 16th October

2nd October 2014 Lee Edwards Ape Machine, Mangled By The Machine, News, Ripple Music, US Tour 2014

Portland, Oregon stoner-rockers APE MACHINE have announced fall US tour dates in support of their latest record, the Ripple Music

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MOTHERSHIP Reveal Details Of Sophomore Album Mothership II Set For Release In November Via Ripple Music

3rd September 2014 Lee Edwards Mothership, Mothership II, New Album Details, News, Ripple Music

Ripple Music and Dallas, Texas-based riffers MOTHERSHIP are excited to finally reveal the details of their highly anticipated second release,

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LAS CRUCES: Texan Doom Crew Ink New Contract With Ripple Music

28th July 2014 Lee Edwards Las Cruces, News, Ripple Music

Burly, Texan doom rockers LAS CRUCES have signed to California’s Ripple Music for a world-wide onslaught of heavy rock. The group,

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GRIFTER Premiere Video For The Track ‘Princess Leia’ Exclusively On The Obelisk

22nd July 2014 Lee Edwards Grifter, New Video, News, Princess Leia, Return Of The Bearded Brethren, Ripple Music, The Obelisk

The Obelisk is premiering GRIFTER‘s new video for Princess Leia, which appears on their forthcoming album, Return Of The Bearded

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MOTHERSHIP Announce Southern Shred Tour With House Harkonnen

15th July 2014 Lee Edwards House Harkonnen, Mothership, News, Ripple Music, US Tour 2014

Hot on the heels of two wildly successful tours in Europe and the US and the completion of Mothership II

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Grifter ‘The Return Of The Bearded Brethren’ CD/LP/DD 2014

2nd July 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Blues Rock, CD, Digital, Grifter, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Ripple Music, Rock 'n' Roll, The Return Of The Bearded Brethren

Music gets a lot of baggage attached these days; but truly great, timeless music always has the weight of conviction

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GRIFTER Premier New Track ‘Princess Leia’; Sophomore Album ‘The Return Of The Bearded Brethren’ To Drop In August

30th June 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Grifter, New Album Details, News, Princess Leia, Ripple Music, The Return Of The Bearded Brethren

It’s been nearly three years since GRIFTER’s self-titled debut album was released on Ripple Music in 2011. That album was

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APE MACHINE Announce Summer US Tour With WITCH BURN & WILD THRONE

13th June 2014 Lee Edwards Ape Machine, Mangled By The Machine, News, Ripple Music, US Tour 2014, Wild Throne, Witch Burn

Portland, Oregon stoner-rockers APE MACHINE have announced summer US tour dates with fellow PDX-dwellers WITCH BURN and WILD THRONE, in

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Ripple Music Launches Benefit Auction For The Family Of Jason McCash Of The Gates Of Slumber

6th May 2014 Lee Edwards Charity Auction, Earthen Grave, Jason McCash, News, RIP, Ripple Music, The Gates of Slumber

Nearly a month ago, the metal community lost a brother, a father, a husband, a friend, and a comrade when

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VOLUME IV Announce ‘No Sleep Till Stoned Goat’ US Tour With ORDER OF THE OWL

19th April 2014 Lee Edwards Eye Of The Stoned Goat Festival, Long In The Tooth, News, Order of the Owl, Ripple Music, US Tour 2014, Volume IV

VOLUME IV and ORDER OF THE OWL, two of Atlanta’s ultra-heavy favorites, have announced a co-headline tour/path of destruction in

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MOS GENERATOR: Ripple Music To Reissue Classic Album ‘Songs For Future Gods’

29th March 2014 Lee Edwards Mos Generator, News, Reissue, Ripple Music, Songs For Future Gods, Tony Reed

Ripple Music and MOS GENERATOR have a long history of teaming up to bring the world the best in heavy stoner

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