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Lord Dying ‘Poisoned Altars’ CD/LP/DL 2015

24th May 20153rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2015, CD, Digital, Heavy, Lord Dying, LP, Metal, Paul Robertson, Poisoned Altars, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

I was very taken with Lord Dying‘s 2013 debut album, Summon The Faithless, a scathing, seething mix of High On

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Iced Out ‘Man’s Ruin’ CDEP/DD 2015

16th May 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Iced Out, Man’s Ruin, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Witch Hunter Records

It is with a tear in my eye that I begin to pen this review. Witch Hunter Records, the one-man

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Shepherd ‘Stereolithic Riffalocalypse’ CD/LP/DD 2015

7th May 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Helmet Lady Records, LP, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Shepherd, Sludge, Stereolithic Riffalocalypse

If you live in somewhere like London, Berlin, New York or California, it’s pretty damn easy to be in a

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Album & EP Reviews B 

BongCauldron ‘Acid Cattle’ CDEP/DD 2015

5th April 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2015, Acid Cattle, BongCauldron, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

I know, I know. We’re certainly reaching critical mass when it comes to the legions of Bong-bands out there. We’ve

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Primitive Man ‘Home Is Where The Hatred Is’ LP/DD 2015

5th April 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Digital, Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, Home Is Where The Hatred Is, LP, Primitive Man, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

So the gnarly trio from Denver, Colorado have returned with a new EP full of hatred and disgust at the

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Spider Kitten ‘Toker’ DD 2015

4th April 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Children Of The Revolution, Digital, Doom, Folk, Longhaired Redneck, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rock, Self Released, Simple Man, Sludge, Spider Kitten, Toker

After signing to Undergroove last year Spider Kitten were supposedly set on recording a concept album. However, before they stepped

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Rwake ‘Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage Of Awareness’ CD/LP/DD Reissue 2015

22nd February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, LP, Reissue, Relapse Records, Review, Rwake, Sandy Williamson, Sludge, Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage of Awareness

Rwake, Little Rock Arkansas’s sludgeyest sons, have got the good folks over at Relapse to re-release their original demo, Xenoglossalgia:

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Corinth ‘Frontier’ DD 2014

22nd February 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Corinth, Digital, Doom, Frontier, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Sludge Metal. You all know the deal. The Melvins laid it down, Acid Bath oiled it up, Bongzilla and Electric

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Odota ‘Fever Marshall’ DD 2014

22nd February 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Black Metal, Digital, Fever Marshall, Guido Segers, Industrial, Jarmo Nuutre, Odota, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Jarmo Nuutre is a peculiar figure. A graphic designer, car fanatic, tattoo artist and a lover of all things sludge

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kustodian ‘Methlehem Steel’ DD 2014

15th February 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Industrial, Kustodian, Methlehem Steel, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Back in 2012, The Sleeping Shaman discovered a dark spirit lurking below the streets of New York City. That spirit

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Torpor ‘From Nothing Comes Everything’ LP/CS/DD 2015

9th February 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Angela Davey, Black Bow Records, Cassette, From Nothing Comes Everything, Head Of Crom Records, Heavy, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge, Torpor

It’s hard to believe that an entire two years has passed since Torpor initially released their debut EP Bled Dry,

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