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Bast ‘Spectres’ CD/LP/CS/DD 2014

27th January 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, Bast, Black Bow Records, Black Metal, Burning World Records, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, LP, Review, Sludge, Spectres, Tom McKibbin

It’s been a long time coming for Kingston-based black metal/doom band Bast, but this year finally marks the arrival of

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Fleshpress ‘Tearing Skyholes’ DD 2013

20th January 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Digital, Doom, Drone, Fleshpress, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Tearing Skyholes

Finnish ambient Doom/Prog/Drone mongers Fleshpress have been making a hell of a noise for nearly a decade and a half

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Sea Of Bones ‘The Earth Wants Us Dead’ CD/DD 2013

18th January 20143rd September 2019 Gordon Cameron 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Gordon Cameron, Heavy, Review, Sea Of Bones, Self Released, Sludge, The Earth Wants Us Dead

Hailing from Connecticut, Sea Of Bones LP ‘The Earth Wants Us Dead’ should really have been picked up by a

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Buzzherd ‘On Sinking Ships…Rats Drown’ CD/DD 2013

16th January 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Buzzherd, CD, Digital, Doom, Dullest Records, Heavy, On Sinking Ships...Rats Drown, Review, Ross Horton, Sludge

It always amazes me the effort bands will go to when they’re trying to get you to hear their records.

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War Wolf ‘Crushing The Ways Of The Old’ LP/CS/DD 2013

16th January 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Atomsmasher Records, Cassette, Crushing The Ways Of The Old, Crust, Digital, Doom, Headless Guru Records, LP, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Tadpole Records, War Wolf

You could certainly never accuse Brighton-based Ant Cole (drums) and Paul Hale (bass/vocals) of being the sorts of guys to

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Album & EP Reviews B 

BongCauldron – S/T – CD/DD 2014

13th January 20143rd September 2019 Michael Collins 2014, BongCauldron, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Michael Collins, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Superhot Records

Over the recent years, it seems we in the UK can’t get enough of sucking on the fattened tits of

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Beast As God – S/T – CS/DD 2013

10th January 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Beast As God, Cassette, Crust, Digital, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Viral Age Records

Nottingham based Beast As God have a decent pedigree for plumbing the depths of the nastier side of the human

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Uboa ‘Jouissance’ DD 2013

3rd January 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Digital, Heavy, Industrial, Jouissance, Noise, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Sludge, Uboa

It took me some time to decide what to do about this record. I couldn’t review it straight away because

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Shape Of Nexus / Lazarus Blackstar – Split LP/DD 2014

1st January 20143rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2014, Alerta Antifascista, Black Shape Of Nexus, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Lazarus Blackstar, LP, Review, Ross McKendrick, Sludge

I’ve been a fan of Bradford’s bleakest, Lazarus Blackstar, ever since stumbling upon their debut album ‘Revelations’ many years back.

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Blackwitch Pudding ‘Taste The Pudding’ CD/LP/DD 2013

26th December 20133rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Blackened Doom, Blackwitch Pudding, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Review, Ross Horton, Self Released, Sludge, Taste The Pudding

Thank God for Blackwitch Pudding. Somebody once told me you can tell a lot from a name. Naming your spawn

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Mountain God ‘Experimentation On The Unwilling’ CS/DD 2013

23rd December 20133rd September 2019 Caspian Yurisich 2013, Caspian Yurisich, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Experimentation On The Unwilling, Heavy, Mountain God, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sludge

I love it when a band does something new within a template “innovating” shouldn’t necessarily mean adding a bunch of

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