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No Anchor ‘Rope/Pussyfootin’ 7″/Digital EP 2012

11th April 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, 7", Alternative, Digital EP, No Anchor, Noise-Rock, Punk, Pussyfootin, Review, Rope, Rope/Pussyfootin, Self Released, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Brisbane’s No Anchor, self proclaimed purveyors of “harshed-out sludge”, whose 2011 album Real Pain Supernova was a surprising amalgamation of

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Grip Of Delusion Radio Celebrates First Anniversary With The Release Of A Massive Free Music Compilation

3rd April 2012 Lee Edwards 11 Hours, 114 Bands, Compilation, Doom, Free Download, Grip Of Delusion Radio, News, Sludge

The Book Of Riff Elations: A G.O.D.r Compil-ex “As the seventh chord was strummed on the First of April, the

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Black Breath ‘Sentenced To Life’ CD/LP/DD 2012

23rd March 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Black Breath, CD, Crust, DD, Digital Download, LP, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Sentenced To Life, Sludge, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

Got your filthiest, most indecipherably nasty metal t-shirt on? Toe-cap clamped firmly on the monitor or stage front? Ear-protection duly

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Aguirre / Bad Luck Rides On Wheels ‘Tubes Gave Us Wings’ Split 12″ 2010

22nd March 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Aguirre, Bad Luck Rides On Wheels, Doom, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Sludge, Split 12", Tubes Gave Us Wings, W.I.F.A.G.E.N.A. Records

So soon after we covered their debut album, German bruisers Bad Luck Rides On Wheels have turned up again, like

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Bad Luck Rides On Wheels – S/T – LP/CD 2009

19th March 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Bad Luck Rides On Wheels, CD, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Sludge, W.I.F.A.G.E.N.A. Records

I don’t know about you, but when I first heard the name ‘Bad Luck Rides On Wheels’ I imagined a

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Headless Kross ‘Bear’ Digital CD 2011

7th March 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Bear, Digital CD, Doom, Headless Kross, Metal, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Bear with a fucking sore arse more like. This 40 minute album (download it from bandcamp) of six songs by

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Wizard Rifle ‘Speak Loud, Say Nothing’ CD 2012

6th March 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, CD, George Leeming, Noise, Progressive, Review, Seventh Rule Recordings, Sludge, Speak Loud Say Nothing, Wizard Rifle

What would you expect from a band with a name like Wizard Rifle? Bong-drenched stoner riffs? Crusty doom? Prog, even?

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Tort – S/T – CD 2012

27th February 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Doom, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Thrash Metal, Tort, Totalrust Music

Thrash metal. Doom metal. One an unrelenting and unforgivingly savage Minotaur trapped in the dungeon of its own manic psychosis;

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The Mire / Chronos – Split 10” 2012

12th February 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Chronos, Dog Knights Productions, Doom, George Leeming, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge, Split 10", The Mire

The Mire’s tendency towards teasingly short releases continues, as they further elaborate on the dynamic marriage of beauty, progressive histrionics

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Lurk – S/T – CD 2012

10th February 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Doom, Lurk, Metal, Pete Green, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Totalrust Music

With a front cover and inner sleeve featuring grisly images of the jaw lines of what look like mechanised, alien

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Wizard’s Beard ‘Four Tired Undertakers’ CD 2012

6th February 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Altsphere Productions, CD, Doom, Four Tired Undertakers, Heavy, Review, Sludge, Tom McKibbin, Wizard's Beard

Leeds sludge-kickers Wizard’s Beard have taken no time at all to release the follow up to last year’s Pure Filth

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