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Weedeater ‘…And Justice For Y’All’ CD/LP/DD Reissue 2014

25th July 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson …And Justice For Y’All, 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Reissue, Review, Sandy Williamson, Season Of Mist, Sludge, Weedeater

‘Seminal’ is a word that gets bandied about a lot about old records. To be properly fitting of the term,

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Comply Or Die ‘Northless’ DD 2014

19th July 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, Comply Or Die, Digital, Northless, Post-Hardcore, Punk, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Belfast’s Comply Or Die unfortunately announced their decision to split shortly before they released Northless, their sixth release in as

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Corrupt Moral Altar ‘Mechanical Tides’ CD/DD 2014

17th July 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Corrupt Moral Altar, Digital, Grindcore, Hardcore, Mechanical Tides, Review, Sandy Williamson, Season Of Mist, Sludge

Corrupt Moral Altar are a band with an impressive pedigree. Hailing from the industrial north, and having spent time on

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Baron Greenback – S/T – CD/DD 2014

15th July 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Baron Greenback, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Pete Green, Prog Rock, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

What do you get if you combine the experimental, afraid-of-nothing jammage of Baroness, the stoneristic, metallic stylings of Greenleaf and

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Ancient Altar – S/T – CS/DD 2014

9th July 20143rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, Ancient Altar, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Midnite Collective, Review, Self Titled, Sludge

When Los Angeles, CA doom instrumentalist quartet Iron Mtn ended its 7+ year stint back in June of 2013, loyal

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The Body / Thou ‘Released From Love’ 12″ 2014

26th June 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 12", 2014, Collaboration, Doom, Glen Westall, Heavy, Released From Love, Review, Sludge, The Body, Thou, Vinyl Rites

This is not a split. It is a collaboration. ‘Released From Love’ is about as mean and noisy as you’d

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Gurt ‘Horrendosaurus’ CD/DD 2014

25th June 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Gurt, Heavy, Horrendosaurus, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, When Planets Collide

Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon, Primitive Man, Dinosaur Jr, and even errr… T-Rex; heavy rock bands and the Neanderthal-infested

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Nadir – S/T – CS/DD 2014

14th June 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Atmospheric, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Hardcore, Heavy, Nadir, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Viral Age Records

From out of the charred remains of Nottingham sludgecore barbarians Dead In The Woods springs forth the significantly more cosmically

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Wort ‘Not Your Cup Of Tea’ CD/DD 2014

9th June 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Not Your Cup Of Tea, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge, When Planets Collide, Wort

Sometimes, when you hear a new release by a band you’ve been previously unaware of and you think, man this

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Grimpen Mire ‘A Plague Upon Your Houses’ CS/DD Reissue 2014

7th June 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, A Plague Upon Your Houses, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Grimpen Mire, Heavy, Pete Green, Reissue, Review, Sludge, Witch Hunter Records

Wayyyyyda minute! This one is already out, right? Right?? Correctamundo! ‎Grimpen Mire‘s unfathomably heavy debut ‘A Plague Upon Your Houses‘

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Sunsmasher ‘Hell/Noise/Church’ Digital EP 2014

31st May 20143rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2014, Black Metal, Crust, Digital EP, Hell/Noise/Church, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Sunsmasher, Todd Robinson

Scottish crust/sludge outfit Sunsmasher hit home with a brand new and relentlessly savage EP entitled ‘Hell/Noise/Church’ – seemingly self-released, these

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

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