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Ghold 'PYR'
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Ghold ‘PYR’ CD/LP/DD 2016

9th May 201611th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Ghold, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, PYR, Review, Ritual Productions

A progressive noise trio from London they call themselves and they make music that definitely fits the description. Either that

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Horse Latitudes 'Primal Gnosis'
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Horse Latitudes ‘Primal Gnosis’ CD/LP/DD 2016

26th April 201611th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Guido Segers, Heavy, Horse Latitudes, LP, Primal Gnosis, Review, Ritual Productions

The band may have taken their name from a Doors song as there are little psychedelic elements to the nerve

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Bong ‘We Are, We Were And We Will Have Been’ CD/LP/DD 2015

14th July 20153rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2015, Bong, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Jochem Visser, LP, Psych, Review, Ritual Productions, We Are We Were And We Will Have Been

Because I’m lazy and I live in Amsterdam, writing this review took a little longer than planned. That’s absolutely no

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Ghold ‘Of Ruin’ CD/DD 2015

5th April 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Doom, Ghold, Heavy, Of Ruin, Prog Rock, Review, Ritual Productions

It’s the dawn of man, a group of Neanderthals are sat around their recent discovery of fire, brows furrowed, grunting

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GHOLD Announce Tour With Oozing Wound, Release Show & Share The First Single From Sophomore LP ‘Of Ruin’

9th February 2015 Lee Edwards Ghold, James Plotkin, New Album Details, News, Of Ruin, Oozing Wound, Ritual Productions, The Black Heart

In advance of the March 16th release of their second full-length album Of Ruin, GHOLD share Partaken Incarnate. Bellowing, booming

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11Paranoias ‘Stealing Fire From Heaven’ CD/DD 2014

15th December 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 11Paranoias, 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Jochem Visser, Psych, Review, Ritual Productions, Stealing Fire From Heaven

Me and my colleagues soar in the development department, but not so much in research. We’re great at making up

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GHOLD Join Ritual Productions; Full-Length Album To Be Released In Early 2015

6th November 2014 Lee Edwards Ghold, New Album Details, News, Of Ruin, Ritual Productions

Ritual Productions are thrilled to announce the signing of weight and grunt power duo GHOLD. The alchemic duo fuse elements

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11PARANOIAS Reveal ‘Lost To Smoke’ From Upcoming Album ‘Stealing Fire From Heaven’

28th October 2014 Lee Edwards 11Paranoias, Audio Stream, Lost To Smoke, New Album Details, News, Ritual Productions, Stealing Fire From Heaven

Ahead of the release their upcoming album, Stealing Fire From Heaven, London-based psychedelic doom trio, 11PARANOIAS, reveal another track for

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11PARANOIAS Announce New Album Details Set For Release on 10th Nov & Unveil First Track

25th September 2014 Lee Edwards 11Paranoias, Audio Stream, New Album Details, News, Ritual Productions, Stealing Fire From Heaven, Surrealise

London-based psychedelic doom trio, 11PARANOIAS, have today announced details of their forthcoming album, and unveiled the first track to be

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11Paranoias ‘Spectralbeastiaries’ LP/DD 2014

6th April 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 11Paranoias, 2014, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Psychedelic, Review, Ritual Productions, Spectralbeastiaries, Tom McKibbin

If the lore is to be believed, 11Paranoias formed on the 11th of November 2011 – 11/11/11 – incidentally the

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Bong ‘Stoner Rock’ CD/LP/DD 2014

31st January 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, Bong, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, LP, Review, Ritual Productions, Tom McKibbin

Newcastle-based stoner rock collective Bong have unleashed their latest alb… oh, wait – let me try that again. With their

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