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Noothgrush / Suppression – Split 5″ 2012

27th July 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Doom, Fuck Yoga Records, Grindcore, Noothgrush, Power Violence, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Sludge, Split 5", Suppression

With the multitude of labels and bands sprouting up around the world, it’s easy to forget that slow was once

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The Disease Concept ‘Liquor Bottles and Broken Steel’ CDEP/DD 2012

22nd July 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Blood Farmers, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Fistula, Hardcore, Heavy, Liquor Bottles And Broken Steel, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Sludge, Solace, Sollubi, The Disease Concept

I’ve put myself in an unusual position with this review – that of giving my opinion of a sludge record.

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Dead In The Woods ‘The Sign Of The Son Of Man’ LP 2012

16th July 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Crust, Dead In The Woods, Dirty Appaaratus, Hardcore, Heavy, LP, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Sludge, The Sign Of The Son Of Man, Viral Age Records

Dead In The Woods are not pining. They have passed on. This band is no more. They have ceased to

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Old Man Gloom ‘No’ CD/LP/CS/Digital 2012

13th July 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2012, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Hydra Head Records, James Parker, LP, No, Old Man Gloom, Post-Hardcore, Review, Sludge

Old Man Gloom must be a labour of love, these four as you probably know, having been or still being

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Process Of Guilt ‘Fæmin’ CD/Digital 2012

12th July 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Bleak Recordings, CD, Digital, Division Records, Doom, Fæmin, Post-Hardcore, Process Of Guilt, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

As I write this the United Kingdom is in the process of flooding; in my home town of Oxford we’ve

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Slabdragger / Meadows – Split 12” 2012

6th July 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Crust, Hardcore, Head Of Crom Records, Meadows, Pete Green, Review, Slabdragger, Sludge, Split 12"

Tired, unshaven, hungover and with my ears a-bleeding, I surveyed the ground at my feet at Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, April

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Knife Crimes ‘Demo MMXII’ CD/CS/Digital 2012

29th June 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Cassette, CD, Demo MMXII, Digital, Hardcore, Knife Crimes, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Thrash Metal, Witch Hunter Records

Knife Crimes. Like the names of their influences in the metallic hardcore scene (Brutality Will Prevail, Hang The Bastard and

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Black Shape Of Nexus ‘Negative Black’ CD/Digital 2012

28th June 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, CD, Doom, Drone, Exile On Mainstream Records, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Negative Black, Review, Sludge

Sometimes you can just feel an album from the very first chords. Described as incorporating aspects of drone and crust

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SardoniS ‘II’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

27th June 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2012, Alex Varley, CD, Digital, Doom, Guitar & Drums, Hammerheart Records, Heavy, II, Instrumental, LP, Review, SardoniS, Sludge, Two Piece

Good instrumental metal is hard to come by and so the arrival of the second SardoniS album is a welcome

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Inverloch ‘Dusk…Subside’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

17th June 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, CD, d.USK, Death Metal, Digital, diSEMBOWELMENT, Dusk...Subside, Funeral Doom, Grindcore, Inverloch, LP, Paul Robertson, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

Proto-Funeral Doom/Drone grinders diSEMBOWELMENT were, in many ways, the definition of ‘kvlt’, having played zero live shows, recorded one EP,

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Spancer ‘Greater Than The Sun’ CD/LP 2011

9th June 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Church Within Records, Doom, Greater Than The Sun, Heavy, LP, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Spancer

“We don’t give a shit what you, your mother or our rehearsal room neighbours and landlords think” reads a poignant

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