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They Are Cowards – S/T – CDEP 2008

14th July 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, CDEP, Doom, Drone, Future Noise, Review, Self Released, Sludge, They Are Cowards

I got a story for this one; Something foul keeps getting up your nose, the stench is coming from the

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Misericorde ‘Soundscapes For The Disenchanted’ CDEP 2008

8th July 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Misericorde, Review, Self Released, Soundscapes For The Disenchanted, Traditional Doom

What were you up to in 1987? I was busy bombing down hills on my crappy skateboard and going bleary

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Crawe ‘Doomed To Fail’ Demo 2008

12th June 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Crawe, Demo, Doom, Doomed To Fail, Drone, Heavy, Mark Burns, Review, Self Released

The doom/sludge/heavy shit scene appears to be going through an unprecedented time at the moment with the amount of bands

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Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight ‘Imaginarianism’ CDEP 2008

15th March 20086th September 2019 Ollie Stygall Blues Rock, CDEP, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Imaginarianism, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Stoner Doom, Trippy Wicked, Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight, Two Piece

Where do I start? Trippy Wicked, or to give them their full name Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of

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Volition – S/T – Demo 2007

1st February 20076th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2007, Blackened Doom, CD, Demo, Doom, Heavy, Lee Edwards, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Totalrust Music, Volition

This is the debut release from Volition who hail from the cold dark depths of the North West of England

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Grifter ‘Elephantine’ Demo 2005

9th January 20066th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Demo, Elephantine, Grifter, Heavy Rock, Lee Edwards, Review, Self Released, Southern Rock

I’d been eagerly awaiting this debut demo for sometime now from new kid of British Stoner Rock Grifter and it

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Mothertrucker ‘The Last Ride Of Dr Sanchez’
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Mothertrucker ‘The Last Ride Of Dr Sanchez’ CD 2005

21st October 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Instrumental, Lee Edwards, Mothertrucker, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, The Last Ride Of Dr Sanchez

When I first heard about this band, the name conjured up images of some long haired, bearded, redneck southern rock

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Outburst ‘100 Tonnes Of Stone’ CDEP 2005

17th March 20056th September 2019 Lee Edwards 100 Tonnes Of Stone, 2005, CDEP, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Lee Edwards, Outburst, Review, Self Released

‘100 Tonnes of Stone’ is the latest self financed release from Leicester’s Outburst who dish out some pretty dirty, riff

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El-Thule ‘No Guts, No Glory’
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El-Thule ‘No Guts, No Glory’ CD 2004

2nd March 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2004, Blues, CD, El-Thule, Heavy Rock, Le Parc Music, Lee Edwards, No Guts No Glory, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Released

They say looks can be deceiving and that’s certainly the case for El-Thule’s ‘No Guts, No Glory’ opus. When this

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