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Camel Of Doom ‘Psychodramas: Breaking The Knots Of Twisted Synapse’ CD/DD 2012

15th April 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Camel Of Doom, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Kris Clayton, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Psychodramas: Breaking the Knots of Twisted Synapse, Review, Self Released

Stop. I know what you’re thinking and you’re making a terrible mistake. You’re thinking that a band named Camel Of

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Slomatics 'The Future Past'
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Slomatics ‘The Future Past’ DD 2013

6th April 20134th November 2019 Sam Orr 2013, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Review, Sam Orr, Self Released, Slomatics, Sludge, The Future Past

I first caught wind of these Belfast bangers back when they had a split with Agent of the Morai, super

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Bevar Sea – S/T – CD/DD 2012

31st March 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Bevar Sea, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Self Titled

These days heavy metal is a fully-fledged global phenomenon and I don’t know about everyone else, but I think that’s

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Euro-Asia ‘Signals’ DD 2012

25th March 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Digital, Euro-Asia, Green Sky, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Pedro Ortiz, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Signals

Cast your minds back a ways and you may remember me enthusing about a li’l two-track release by a Miami-based

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Kustodian ‘Dusted Emperor’ DD 2012

22nd March 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Digital, Doom, Dusted Emperor, Experimental, Heavy, Industrial, Kustodian, Pete Green, Review, Self Released

Back in the mid-1980s, a young Justin Broadrick pulled back his bedroom curtains and looked out upon the surroundings in

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The Pod ‘Assassins In The Mirrored Hall’ CD/DD 2013

18th March 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Experimental, Make, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Scott Endres, Self Released, The Pod

Scott Endres is one busy, busy beaver. Not content with dropping jaws and gaining a plethora of plaudits with post-doom

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Tome – Demo MMXII – CD/DD 2012

14th March 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, CD, Demo MMXII, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Tome

Northern Ireland, while hardly a mecca of all things heavy, has been known to throw up some serious riffage over

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Twin Guns ‘Sweet Dreams’ LP/DD 2012

12th March 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Digital, Garage Rock, Jamie Grimes, LP, Psychobilly, Punk, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Released, Sweet Dreams, Twin Guns

I have, and for as long as I can remember always have had, this unfortunate tendency to associate sound with

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DeathCrawl ‘Accelerated Rate Of Decay’ CD/DD 2012

7th March 20133rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Accelerated Rate Of Decay, CD, Crust, DeathCrawl, Digital, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Having scored a favourable Blabbermouth review back in 2009 for the debut release of their self produced ‘The End Is

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Raedon Kong – S/T – CDEP/DD 2013

6th March 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Prog Rock, Raedon Kong, Review, Self Released, Self Titled

Wow. Purveyors of cosmic woe Raedon Kong are one of those bands you come across every once in a while

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Smoke Pilot – Live Demo 2012

21st February 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Demo, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Smoke Pilot

Some bands just have “it”. Whatever “it” is, that indefinable something that sets them apart as having something special. Now

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