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Album & EP Reviews B 

Beef Supreme ‘Royal Bitch’ Digital EP 2013

3rd August 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Beef Supreme, Digital EP, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Review, Royal Bitch, Self Released

Beef Supreme were conceived back in 2007 by local rock scene veterans guitarist/vocalist Niki BelGrande , drummer Lou Chalupa and

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Royal Thunder ‘CVI:A’ Digital EP 2013

27th July 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Acoustic, Alex Varley, Americana, CVI:A, Digital, Folk Doom, Review, Royal Thunder, Self Released

As the amount of female fronted bands to surface in to the mainstream end of rock becomes catastrophic it has

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Three Thrones – S/T – CDEP/DD 2012

21st July 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, CDEP, Chris Moore, Digital, Doom, Instrumental, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Three Thrones

Three Thrones are a three-piece instrumental stoner-sludge band from Colchester. They formed back in 2011, and since then have gigged

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coltsblood ‘Beyond The Lake Of Madness’ Demo CS/DD 2013

19th July 20133rd September 2019 Lyndon Renney 2013, Beyond The Lakes Of Madness, Cassette, Coltsblood, Demo, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Lyndon Renney, Review, Self Released, Sludge

This self released demo of filthy black metal tinged sludge doom goodness by Coltsblood had me hooked instantly through my

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Steak ‘Corned Beef Colossus’ CDEP/DD 2013

15th July 201323rd February 2024 Angela Davey 2013, Angela Davey, CDEP, Corned Beef Colossus, Desert Rock, Fuzz, Review, Self Released, Steak, Stoner Rock

Following on from the comic book narrative of 2012 debut EP ‘Disastronaught’, Steak are back with the mighty ‘Corned Beef

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Across Tundras ‘Electric Relics’ LP/DD 2013

3rd July 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Across Tundras, Americana, Atmospheric, Country, Desert Rock, Digital, Electric Relics, Heavy Rock, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released

Fresh from the open prairie, old world wanderer Tanner Olson and his world-weary ragged band have ridden back into town

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Gurt ‘Hoboreaper’ CDEP/DD 2013

29th June 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Gurt, Heavy, Hoboreaper, Review, Ross McKendrick, Self Released, Sludge

Remember the heady days of CD singles when you’d buy a copy of a track you already owned just to

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Gorse ‘Twisting Nature’ DD 2013

28th June 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Digital, Doom, Gorse, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Twisting Nature

Brighton’s eclectic 3 piece Gorse have been twisting heads musically for the last five years. They first came to the

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bong Goblin ‘Buddy Waters’ DD 2013

24th June 20133rd September 2019 Steve Fallows 2013, Bong Goblin, Buddy Waters, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Steve Fallows

When you get hold of an album by a band called Bong Goblin, you pretty much know what you are

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Album & EP Reviews K 

KLLU ‘UpsideDownCrossRoads’ DD 2012

19th June 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Digital, Drug Honkey, Dub, Electronic, Experimental, Heavy, KLLU, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, UpsideDownCrossRoads

Comprising one half of those terrible, awful, Drug Honkey bastards, KLLU have come to utterly harsh your mellow, piss on

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Fister ‘Gemini’ CD/DD 2013

17th June 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, CD, Death, Digital, Doom, Fister, Gemini, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Death-doom records are pretty tough nuts to crack. If you get it right, you come across as being more drenched

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