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Mansion ‘Uncreation’ 12″ 2014

18th November 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2014, Doom, Doom Rock, Heavy Rock, John Reppion, Mansion, Occult Rock, Review, Self Released, Uncreation

Turku, Finland’s Mansion have been consistently impressing listeners with their highly polished, Kartanoism themed, doom rock since their début single

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Cardinal Wyrm ‘Black Hole Gods’ DD 2014

1st November 20143rd September 2019 Gareth Gordon 2014, Black Hole Gods, Cardinal Wyrm, Digital, Doom, Gareth Gordon, Metal, Rock, Self Released, Svart Records

Cardinal Wyrm are a doom band based in Oakland, California. The current line up consists of Pranjal Tiwali on drum

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Tombgrinder ‘Under The Black Sun’ DD 2014

31st October 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Digital, Doom, Instrumental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Tombgrinder, Under The Black Sun

What is in a name? Some bands have monikers that make you involuntarily throw your hand into the air in

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Nauseahtake ‘Laws Of Multiversal Gravitation’ LP/DD 2014

28th October 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, Ambient, Digital, Experimental, Kevin Kentie, Laws Of Multiversal Gravitation, LP, Nauseahtake, Post-Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Self Released

I saw Nauseahtake tear up the stage once, but back then they had yet to record. Now, here is an

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Disemballerina ‘Undertaker’ DD 2014

25th October 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Acoustic, Chamber Music, Digital, Disemballerina, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Self Released, Undertaker

When the first sound that you hear on the very first track on an album by a band that is

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Norilsk ‘Japetus’ CD/DD 2014

23rd October 20143rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Japetus, Norilsk, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released

Given the accompanying press release makes much of how Norilsk draw influences from the likes of Thergothon and My Dying

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Sonic Booze Machine ‘Doomed To Fail’ CD/LP/DD 2014

4th October 20143rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2014, CD, Digital, Doomed To Fail, Heavy, Jorge Miguel, LP, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Sonic Booze Machine

Sonic Booze Machine hail from Berlin, Germany, and were formed in 2007. Now, it’s true a band with a name

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Jupiterian ‘Archaic’ DD 2014

1st October 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Archaic, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Jupiterian, Review, Self Released, Sludge

The band Jupiterian started out as a side project of V, who used to play in death metal band The

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Hashbreath ‘Hypnotic Voodoo Rythm’ CS/DD 2014

27th September 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Hashbreath, Heavy, Hypnotic Voodoo Rythm, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Sludge

OK, so there’s two ways this could go. It is either going to be some serious stoner doom riffs, hails

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Musk Ox ‘Woodfall’ CD/DD 2014

24th September 20143rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2014, Acoustic, Ambient, CD, Digital, Musk Ox, Neo Folk, Review, Self Released, Todd Robinson, Woodfall

Woodfall from Canadian neofolk/neoclassical act Musk Ox is a little bit of a rarity in a sea of bombastic pomposity

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Meta ‘Panta Rei’ DD 2014

23rd September 20143rd September 2019 Antony Bartlett 2014, Antony Bartlett, Atmospheric, Digital, Meta, Metal, Panta Rei, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released

Tick follows tock follows tick follows tock ..  I waited .. not very patiently but I waited .. for the

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