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Lord Mantis ‘Death Mask’ CD/DD 2014

1st May 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Blackened Doom, CD, Death Mask, Digital, Heavy, Lord Mantis, Profound Lore Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge

Lord Mantis’ new record, ‘Death Mask’, is a dark, violent and often unsettling ride through the human psyche. It is

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Graves At Sea ‘This Place Is Poison’ 12″ 2014

1st May 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 12", 2014, Doom, Eolian Empire, Graves At Sea, Heavy, Kevin Kentie, Review, Sludge, This Place Is Poison

Rejoice! The masters of heavy sludge have returned! Graves At Sea are back and just to remind us all why

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Prizehog ‘Re-Unvent The Whool’ LP/DD 2014

30th April 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Avant-Garde, Digital, Doom, Eolian Empire, Experimental, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Prizehog, Re-Unvent The Whool, Review, Sludge

Art in all mediums is very much subjective. One man’s Picasso is another man’s Constable and music can prove ever

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Whores / Rabbits – Split 7”/DD 2014

29th April 20143rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2014, 7", Brutal Panda Records, Eolian Empire, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Rabbits, Review, Sludge, The Cure, Todd Robinson, Whores

Here we have a strangely enticing 7” offering from Brutal Panda Records and Eolian Empire, the two acts sharing the

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Floor ‘Oblation’ CD/LP/DD 2014

29th April 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Bomb String, CD, Digital, Doom, Floor, Heavy, LP, Oblation, Paul Robertson, Review, Season Of Mist, Sludge

I don’t know about you, but for me the nineties were pretty slim pickins’ as far metal went, what with

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffin Torture – S/T – CDEP/DD 2014

28th April 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Coffin Torture, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

Coffin Torture are a sludgy duo from the great state of South Carolina, and their self titled release is one

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Frogskin / Lähdön Aika – Split 7″ 2014

27th April 20142nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, 7", 82 Records, Crust, Frogskin, Guido Segers, Heavy, Julkaisut Records, Lähdön Aika, Review, Rusto Osiris, Sludge

The split with these two Finnish bands will not change anyone’s world. That is a given, what it does offer

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sky:Lark! / Meadows – Split 7”/DD 2014

23rd April 20143rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2014, Adam Stone, Digital, Doom, Hardcore, Meadows, Review, Sky:Lark!, Sludge, Split 7", SuperFi Records

Two young and hungry bands, and when I say young I mean nowhere near my age, so that can be

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Album & EP Reviews V 

Victorian Whore Dogs ‘Hobo Chic’ CD/DD 2014

15th April 20142nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2014, CD, Digital, Hardcore, Hibernacula Records, Metal, Review, Sludge, Victorian Whore Dogs, Will Beattie

It’s hard to know what to expect from a band with a name like Victorian Whore Dogs. Hardcore punk? Antiquarian

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Shroud Eater ‘Dead Ends’ LP/CD/DD/CS 2014

8th April 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Cassette, CD, Dead Ends, Digital, Divine Mother Recordings, Heavy, LP, Metal, Paul Robertson, Primitive Violence, Psychedelic, Red Moth Inc, Review, Shroud Eater, Sludge, The Path Less Traveled Records

Man the ramparts and summon the militia, those heathen barbarians known as Shroud Eater have returned and no-one is safe!

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Thou ‘Heathen’ CD/LP 2014

5th April 20143rd September 2019 Mick Schrier 2014, CD, Crust, Doom, Gilead Media, Heathen, Heavy, Howling Mine, LP, Mick Schrier, Review, Sludge, Thou

Humanity as a whole seems to be asleep at the wheel, hurdling toward annihilation on a hideously destructive path. Thou’s

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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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