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Nine years into their existence, and three years on from their previous release, Neither Man Nor Beast, come Australia’s very

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Review: Unruly ‘Unruly’

22nd July 202028th August 2020 Liam Blanc Doom, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Unruly

It’s been a long time since I really listened to any sludge, so long in fact that I almost certainly

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Review: Eremit ‘Desert Of Ghouls’

8th July 202025th August 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Of Ghouls, Doom, Eremit, Sludge, Transcending Obscurity Records

Relatively new to the scene, Eremit have been around since early 2015 and have seemingly challenged themselves to create some

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Review: Ten Foot Wizard ‘Get Out Of Your Mind’

7th July 202025th August 2020 Liam Blanc Beard Of Zeus, Get Out Of Your Mind, Sludge, Ten Foot Wizard

It’s crazy to think that it’s five years since Ten Foot Wizard’s last album Sleeping Volcanoes came out. I seem

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Review: IRN ‘IRN’ EP

2nd July 202031st July 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bad Moon Rising, Breathe Plastic Records, Craniophagus Parasiticus Records, IRN, Rope Or Guillotine, Sludge

The visceral, acapella screaming at the start of Blood Eviction is probably the perfect introduction for IRN’s new Self-Titled EP.

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Review: OHHMS ‘Close’

29th June 202031st July 2020 Lee Beamish Close, Doom, Holy Roar Records, OHHMS, Sludge

It’s June 2020, we’ve just endured months of lockdown, thanks to a killer virus, and the world seems to have

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Review: Vile Creature ‘Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!’

22nd June 202031st July 2020 Daniel Pietersen Doom, Glory! Glory! Apathy Took Helm!, Prosthetic Records, Sludge, Vile Creature

Vile Creature’s latest full-length begins with a howl of such ferocity that, even if the rest of the album’s forty-four

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Review: -(16)- ‘Dream Squasher’

10th June 202016th February 2021 Reza Mills -(16)-, Dream Squasher, Metal, Relapse Records, Sludge

The band -(16)- are a four piece from Los Angeles and consist of Bobby Ferry (Vocals), Alex Shuster (Guitar), Barney

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Review: Slave Hands ‘No More Feelings’

5th June 202023rd June 2020 Matt Alexander Doom, Dry Cough Records, No More Feelings, Slave Hands, Sludge

I have only just recovered from the last time the shaman asked me to review something from Dry Cough Records.

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Review: Various Artists ‘APF Records – The Sound Of Heavy 2020’

20th May 202023rd June 2020 Lee Beamish APF Records, Doom, Hardcore, Metal, Sludge, The Sound Of Heavy 2020, Various Artists

APF Records newest compilation The Sound Of Heavy 2020 is a gargantuan twenty six track monster of quality bands, brought

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Review: BlackLab ‘Abyss’

18th May 202017th June 2020 Dave Bowes Abyss, BlackLab, Doom, New Heavy Sounds, Sludge

Although BlackLab, Osaka’s ‘dark witch doom’ duo (their words, not mine) made quite the impression with Under The Strawberry Moon