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After seven long years since their last record, Toronto’s premier occult rockers Blood Ceremony have returned. The Old Ways Remain

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Retro Review: Orange Goblin ‘Coup De Grace’

16th December 20226th February 2023 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Metal, Orange Goblin, Rise Above Records, The Music Cartel

I know it’s a redundant statement, but time sure seems to move faster the older you get, and it seems

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Review: Friends Of Hell ‘Friends Of Hell’

21st March 20224th May 2022 Martin Williams Doom, Friends Of Hell, Rise Above Records

Have you ever wondered what UK doom legends Witchfinder General might sound like if they merged with early-to-mid-90s Cathedral, with

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Review: Witchskull ‘A Driftwood Cross’

24th November 202024th December 2020 Rob Bryant A Driftwood Cross, Doom, Metal, Rise Above Records, Witchskull

I feel a bit guilty about this review. Why guilty? Because I consider Witchskull’s 2016 debut The Vast Electric Dark

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Review: Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ‘Very Uncertain Times’

14th January 20203rd February 2020 Josuph Price Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Heavy Rock, Rise Above Records, Very Uncertain Times

I saw Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell live a few years ago in an absolute shithole of a venue. It was

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Review: Cain – S/T

30th September 201914th October 2019 Jeremy Moore Cain, Doom, Psychedelic, Review, Rise Above Records, Self Titled

Innovation in artistic expression is often under appreciated, especially in a music industry with sensibilities unaccustomed to dramatic change—the early

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Beastmaker ‘Lusus Naturae’ CD/LP/DD 2016

26th April 201611th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, Beastmaker, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Lusus Naturae, Metal, Review, Rise Above Records

The Sabbath tree of life extends its familiar branches yet again, and somehow our undying love for the arguable originators

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Blood Ceremony ‘Lord Of Misrule’ CD/LP/DD 2016

22nd April 201611th September 2019 John Reppion 2016, Blood Ceremony, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy Rock, John Reppion, Lord Of Misrule, LP, Prog Rock, Review, Rise Above Records

Canadian Folk Horror Doomers Blood Ceremony return with their fourth studio album Lord Of Misrule. The linear notes explain the

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Church Of Misery ‘And Then There Were None…’ CD/LP/DD 2016

29th February 20161st November 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, And Then There Were None…, CD, Church Of Misery, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rise Above Records

For the past two decades Tokyo’s Church Of Misery have melded classic Black Sabbath influenced doom with psychedelic rock under

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Beastmaker ‘You Must Sin’ 7″ 2016

28th February 20161st November 2019 Pete Green 2016, 7", Beastmaker, Doom, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Rise Above Records, Traditional Doom, You Must Sin

Everyone loves a cheeky seven incher or two, right? We know our favourite vinyl-junkie friends at Rise Above certainly do,

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Taarkus ‘Stones’ 7″ 2016

28th February 20161st November 2019 Seán O’Connor 2016, 7", Doom, Folk Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, Seán O’Connor, Stones, Taarkus

Here we have Taarkus… from Los Angeles, California. A relatively new band cited as a doom metal outfit with addition