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Conan ‘Revengeance’
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Conan ‘Revengeance’ CD/LP/DD 2016

9th January 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Conan, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Napalm Records, Revengeance, Review, Sludge

“Crush your enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.” A powerful statement from a powerful

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Battalions ‘Nothing To Lose’ DD 2015

29th November 20154th November 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Battalions, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Nothing To Lose, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Heavy sludge from the wastelands of Hull, if that doesn’t sound depressive to you, then I don’t know what will

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Slomatics ‘Flooding The Weir’
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Slomatics ‘Flooding The Weir’ & ‘Kalceanna’ DD Reissue 2015

23rd November 20154th November 2019 Jay Hampshire 2015, Black Bow Records, Digital, Doom, Flooding The Weir, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, Kalceanna, Reissue, Review, Slomatics, Sludge

Some things in life are just inherently ‘right’. Like cold pizza the morning after a booze session, or that blissful

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Funerary / Ooze - Split
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Funerary / Ooze – Split LP/DD 2015

18th November 20154th November 2019 Jochem Visser 2015, Digital, Doom, Funerary, Heavy, Jochem Visser, LP, Midnite Collective, Ooze, Review, Sludge, Split

FUNERARY OOZE! A fine name for a band, but there’s two going on here. It’s called a split, and it

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Pist 'Rhythm & Booze'
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Pist ‘Rhythm & Booze’ CD/DD 2015

15th November 20154th November 2019 Will Beattie 2015, CD, Digital, Heavy, Metal, Pist, Review, Rhythm & Booze, Sludge, When Planets Collide, Will Beattie

Ignoring the opening salvos of the excellently-named Shitstorm, the title of Pist‘s debut album, Rhythm And Booze, acts as a

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Trapped Within Burning Machinery 'The Filth Element'
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Trapped Within Burning Machinery ‘The Filth Element’ LP/DD 2015

9th November 20154th November 2019 Pete Green 2015, Black Voodoo Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Midnite Collective, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, The Filth Element, Trapped Within Burning Machinery

Buoyed by the sheer dirty depravity of debut The Putrid Stench Of Self Decay and the somewhat knuckled-headed but devilishly

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Kylesa ‘Exhausting Fire’ CD/LP/DD 2015

10th October 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, Alternative, CD, Digital, Exhausting Fire, Heavy Rock, Kylesa, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Season Of Mist, Sludge

Kylesa are a band I’ve followed for many years, and they’ve been a difficult band to keep on top of.

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Grey Widow / Sons Of Tonatiuh – Split CD/CS/DD 2015

25th September 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Black Bow Records, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Grey Widow, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Red Valley Records, Review, Sludge, Sons Of Tonatiuh, Split

Released on CD, download and now obligatory cool retro cassette format through UK based Red Valley Records, this six track

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Opium Lord ‘The Calendrical Cycle: Eye Of Earth’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th September 20153rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2015, Candlelight Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Dry Cough Records, Heavy, LP, Opium Lord, Review, Sludge, The Calendrical Cycle: Eye Of Earth, Tom McKibbin

Birmingham’s Opium Lord have had a kind of fast-track experience since forming just a few years ago. Their first EP

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Review
Album & EP Reviews G 

Greenhorn ‘Like Rows Of Crooked Teeth’ CD/DD 2015

20th August 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Black Bow Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Greenhorn, Heavy, Hibernacula Records, Like Rows Of Crooked Teeth, Pete Green, Review, Sludge

Is there a better feeling of uplifting fulfilment and mystifying wonder in this life than showing up at a stuffy,

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Dead Existence ‘Endless Misery’ LP/CS/DD 2015

19th August 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2015, Black Bow Records, Cassette, Dead Existence, Digital, Doom, Endless Misery, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, LP, Review, Sludge

London’s Dead Existence were a staple of the UK sludge / doom scene since their inception way back in the

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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