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BONG: Unveil Artwork And Tracklisting For New Album Plus Tour Dates

29th February 2012 Lee Edwards Afterburner, Artwork Revealed, Bong, Gigs, Mana-Yood-Sushai, Mount of Five Treasures, New Album Details, News, Nicholas Roerich, Ritual Productions, Roadburn Festival 2012

Mana-Yood-Sushai is the brand new album from BONG which will see the light of day in May. In the coming

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BONG: Out Of Print Releases Now Streaming Online

2nd February 2012 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Bethmoora, Bong, Bong Live January 2008, Bong/Sex Wound Split, Live at Tyneside Cinema 2009, Mana-Yood-Sushai, News, Ritual Productions

UK Psyche Droners BONG have posted a series of the band’s out of print releases online via Bandcamp. Check out

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Ritual Productions To Release New BONG Album In 2012

10th January 2012 Lee Edwards Bong, Mana-Yood-Sushai, New Album Details, News, Ritual Productions

Ritual Productions are pleased to announce that BONG have been busy in the studio and have recorded a brand new

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Ramesses ‘Possessed By The Rise Of Magik’ CD 2011

1st June 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Album, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Doom, Possessed By The Rise Of Magik, Ramesses, Review, Ritual Productions

Controversy in a goat skull. This has been one tough motherfucker of an album to review. I’m all dried up

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Ramesses ‘Chrome Pineal’ 12″ 2011

5th April 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", 2011, Chrome Pineal, Dark, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Ramesses, Review, Ritual Productions, Sludge

Since drummer Mark Greening and guitarist Tim Bagshaw defected from their previous employer and hooked up with bassist/vocalist Adam Richardson

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Bong ‘Beyond Ancient Space’ CD 2011

18th March 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Ambient, Beyond Ancient Space, Bong, CD, Drone, Experimental, Instrumental, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Ritual Productions

From the windswept megalithic hills of the Northeast comes the new monstrous studio release by drug-sworn pentagram worshipping Bong. This

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Ramesses ‘Take The Curse’ CD 2010

11th April 20103rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2010, Adam Stone, CD, Dark, Doom, Heavy, Ramesses, Review, Ritual Productions, Sludge, Take The Curse

Quake with mortal dread, you puny mortal fuck. Ramesses crush the jugular with this, their second full-length studio album: a

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

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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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