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Gurt ‘You Ain’t From Around These Parts?’ CDEP/DD 2012

26th November 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Gurt, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Sludge, You Ain’t From Around These Parts

Ever since Eyehategod came lurching from the Louisiana swamps in the early 90’s with their elephantine mix of grimy Sabbath

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Crown vs STValley – Split EP 2012

9th November 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Acoustic, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Crown, Dark, Doom, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Split EP, STValley

Scything black metal riffage… subtle acoustic serenity… more scything black metal riffage… more subtle acoustic serenity… the end. Don’t worry,

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Sunwølf ‘Beyond The Sun’ CD/DD 2012

8th November 20123rd September 2019 Calum Darroch 2012, Ambient, Calum Darroch, CD, Digital, Drone, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sunwølf

Sunwølf are a band that will confound your expectations. Clocking in at around 26 minutes, their debut mini-album “Beyond the

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Gouranga ‘Nature’s Knife’ CD/DD 2012

24th October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Alternative, CD, Digital, Gouranga, Grunge, Heavy, Nature's Knife, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

Gouranga is a reference to Krishna, the idea being that merely to say the name is to spread happiness. Gouranga

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Pohl ‘Pohlsmoker’ Digital EP 2012

11th October 20123rd September 2019 Sam Orr 2012, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Pohl, Pohlsmoker, Psych, Review, Sam Orr, Self Released, Sludge

Bristol based Pohl are a band that follow in the footsteps of such two piece luminaries as Death From Above

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From Beyond ‘One Year’ CDEP/DD 2012

10th October 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CDEP, Digital, Doom, From Beyond, Mark Hunt-Bryden, One Year, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Space Rock

From Beyond are a power trio from Houston, Texas who are heavily influenced by the blues metal roots of the

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Slow Season – S/T – CD/DD 2012

3rd October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Slow Season

Holy Led Zep Batman!!! Slow Season are an utterly unknown band from across the water Stateside but have more than

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Rites – S/T – 12″ 2012

29th September 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 12", 2012, Doom, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Rites, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

I don’t know exactly what ‘rites’ this Galway-based four-piece are involved in but judging by their music, they’re of the

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Mudbath ‘Red Desert Orgy’ Digital EP 2012

22nd September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Digital EP, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mudbath, Red Desert Orgy, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Mud Baths date back thousands of years and can commonly be found in areas where hot natural springs can combine

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Salem’s Pot ‘Sweeden’ DD 2012

8th September 20123rd September 2019 Sam Orr 2012, Digital, Doom, Psych, Review, Salems Pot, Sam Orr, Self Released, Stoner Doom, Sweeden

With a name like this it is incredibly hard to imagine a sound that isn’t doom or Sabbath inspired.  The

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Dying ‘Born’ CD/Digital 2012

3rd September 20123rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Born, CD, Digital, Doom, Dying, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Punk, Review, Self Released, Sludge

After my favourite Fayetteville (de)mentalists Queen Beast fell apart the members have resurfaced in various forms trying their hands at

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