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Behold! The Monolith 'From The Fathomless Deep'
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Review: Behold! The Monolith ‘From The Fathomless Deep’

14th July 202215th August 2022 Martin Williams Behold! The Monolith, Metal, Ripple Music, Sludge

Sometimes, a band’s name winds up perfectly describing their sound. Los Angeles’s Behold! The Monolith, literally sound exactly like their

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Righteous Fool 'Righteous Fool'
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Review: Righteous Fool ‘Righteous Fool’

1st July 20225th August 2022 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Punk, Righteous Fool, Ripple Music

I’ll begin the proceedings by acknowledging that despite this being the debut album from Raleigh, North Carolina’s Righteous Fool, I’ve

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Valley Of The Sun 'The Chariot'
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Review: Valley Of The Sun ‘The Chariot’

16th June 202227th July 2022 Josh Schneider Fuzzorama Records, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Valley Of The Sun

Valley Of The Sun is one of my all-time favorite bands and have been since I first heard the track

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Aptera 'You Can't Burn What Still Burns'
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Review: Aptera ‘You Can’t Burn What Still Burns’

9th June 202215th July 2022 Goro Riffs Aptera, Metal, Ripple Music

Hailing from Brazil, Italy, Belgium, and the US, but rising from the sea in Berlin, Aptera delivers a classic sound,

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Las Cruces 'Cosmic Tears'
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Review: Las Cruces ‘Cosmic Tears’

30th May 20221st July 2022 Martin Williams Doom, Las Cruces, Ripple Music

Way back in the late ’90s and early ’00s, I was living in Seattle when I was just getting into

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Cities Of Mars 'Cities Of Mars'
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Review: Cities Of Mars ‘Cities Of Mars’

20th May 20221st July 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cities Of Mars, Doom, Prog, Ripple Music

Cities Of Mars come via Ripple Music from Gothenberg in Sweden and have been recorded and mixed by Wo Fat’s

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Wo Fat 'The Singularity'
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Review: Wo Fat ‘The Singularity’

6th May 202215th June 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Psych, Ripple Music, Wo Fat

It is something of a crime that two decades into their career, the Texan doom laden stoner rock of Wo

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Saturna & Electric Monolith 'Turned To Stone Chapter 4: Higher Selves'
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Review: Saturna & Electric Monolith ‘Turned To Stone Chapter 4: Higher Selves’

13th April 202226th May 2022 Liam Blanc Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, Ripple Music, Turned To Stone

Sometimes I wonder where the time goes. It seems crazy that nearly a whole year has passed since the third

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Steak 'Acute Mania'
Album & EP Reviews S 

Review: Steak ‘Acute Mania’

29th March 202223rd February 2024 El Jefe Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Steak, Stoner Rock

I picked up a copy of Slab City, Steak’s debut album in about ’15. I immediately dug their raw, fucked-off

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Stone Axe 'Stay Of Execution'
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Review: Stone Axe ‘Stay Of Execution’

11th March 20224th May 2022 El Jefe Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Stone Axe, Tony Reed

So, as I was already a fan of Mos Generator, I was naturally aware of the musical talents possessed by

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Fostermother 'The Ocean'
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Review: Fostermother ‘The Ocean’

17th February 202228th March 2022 Lee Beamish Doom, Fostermother, Ripple Music

With myself now firmly rooted in 2022, it was about time I pulled my big boy socks up and delved

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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