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Celeste ‘Animale(s)’ CD/LP/DD 2013

22nd December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Animale(s), Black Metal, CD, Celeste, Denovali Records, Digital, Johannes van der Meer, LP, Review, Sludge

To play black metal in today’s environment with so many subgenres, not even the dark one himself can keep up

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Lizzard Wizzard – S/T – DD 2013

20th December 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Johannes van der Meer, Lizzard Wizzard, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

I like this. I liked this the second it came on and the first tunes hit my ears. For most

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Mantar – S/T – 7″ 2013

19th December 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, 7", Doom, Heavy, Mantar, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

Mantar. There’s a name that conjures up images, mostly unwholesome if I’m honest. Sounds like a mythical beast, or possibly

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Seven Hundredth Unicorn ‘Death Of Glory In The Serpent’s Eye’ Digital EP 2013

16th December 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Death Of Glory In The Serpent's Eye, Digital EP, Heavy, Pete Green, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Seven Hundredth Unicorn, Sludge

It’s a great feeling standing in a tiny pub on a cold November night with a small but dedicated bunch

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Indian ‘From All Purity’ CD/LP/DD 2014

12th December 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, From All Purity, Heavy, Indian, LP, Pete Green, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

It’s cold; almost zero degrees with an icy Western breeze. It’s dark; nearly black, but the pale dawn sun is

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Carne ‘Ville Morgue’ LP/DD 2013

5th December 20133rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2013, Carne, Digital, Kevin Kentie, LP, Noise, Post-Hardcore, Review, Sludge, Solar Flare Records, Ville Morgue

French duo Carne describes their music as sludge/hardcore/noise. Being a lover of all things sludge, they caught my interest, so

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Bismuth / Undersmile – Split 12″/CS/DD 2013

2nd December 20133rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2013, At War With False Noise, Bismuth, Cassette, De Graanrepubliek Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, John Reppion, Review, Sludge, Split, Tartarus Records, Undersmile

Earlier this month, Nottingham’s Bismuth and Oxford’s Undersmile – “two of the UK’s heavyweights in female fronted doom and sludge”

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Coltsblood / Crypt Lurker – Split CS 2013

2nd December 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2013, Cassette, Coltsblood, Crypt Lurker, Doom, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Split

Filth, filth, filth. Late seventies NWOBHM ruffians Tank may have recorded a song and album named Filth Hounds Of Hades,

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Pyramido ‘Saga’ CD/LP 2013

30th November 20133rd September 2019 Johannes van der Meer 2013, Black Sabbath And The Birth of Heavy Metal, CD, Crust, Doom, Ecocentric Records, Farewell Records, Heart & Crossbone Records, Johannes van der Meer, La Familia Records, LP, Pyramido, Review, Saga, Sludge

So this is the third full length album from Swedish Malmö based Pyramido and this time they’ve decided to write

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Noothgrush / Coffins – Split 12″ 2013

28th November 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 12", 2013, Coffins, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Noothgrush, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Southern Lord

I’ll just go right on ahead and state the goddamn obvious up front: That’s right, legendary San Jose DIY sludge

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Servants Of The Mist ‘Suicide Sex Pact’ Digital EP 2013

27th November 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, Digital EP, Doom, Heavy, Review, Ross McKendrick, Self Released, Servants Of The Mist, Sludge, Suicide Sex Pact

With ‘Suicide Sex Pact’, Tampa’s Servants Of The Mist have released a half hour of devastating doom that’s just as

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