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Grimpen Mire ‘A Plague Upon Your Houses’ CD 2012

2nd February 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, A Plague Upon Your Houses, Adam Stone, At War With False Noise, CD, Crust, Doom, Grimpen Mire, Review, Sludge

Could this be a case of ‘going through the motions’? I’m not talking about the review either. Right then, let’s

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Jucifer ‘Nadir’ Reissue CD/Digital EP 2011

19th January 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Digital Download, Doom, Grindcore Karaoke, Grunge, Jucifer, Nadir, Reissue, Review, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Whether or not the liner notes that accompany Nadir are just another case of self-mythologising from the nomadic Jucifer front-woman

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Weed Priest – S/T – CDEP 2011

11th January 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CDEP, Demo, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge, Stoner Doom, Weed Priest

With some bands the clue is just in the name. Whether you have ever inhaled or not it should be

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Tusk ‘Set The Dial’ CD/LP/DD 2011

10th January 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Black Tusk, CD, DD, Digital Download, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Punk, Relapse Records, Review, Set The Dial, Sludge

It is always a good sign for a reviewer when you start making notes on an album and you can’t

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Rwake ‘Rest’ CD/LP/DD 2011

9th January 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, DD, Digital Download, Doom, Heavy, LP, Metal, Relapse Records, Rest, Review, Rwake, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Little Rock, Arkansas’s Rwake rock more than a little; their songs are propelled by a primal force that may well

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Hull ‘Beyond The Lightless Sky’ CD 2011

29th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Beyond The Lightless Sky, CD, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Heavy, Hull, Paul Robertson, Post, Post-Hardcore, Review, Sludge, The End Records

The behemoth stirs. Having been somewhat out of our eye for a time, the mighty men of Hull hath returned,

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Negative Reaction ‘Frequencies From Montauk’ CD/LP 2011

17th December 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Frequencies From Montauk, Hardcore, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Negative Reaction, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Sludge

It seems that Psychedoomelic Records have a direct line to some of the coolest underground music around and with this

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Banda De La Muerte – S/T – CD 2010

7th December 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2010, Banda De La Muerte, CD, Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Argentina’s Banda De La Muerte are a testament to the strength of the growing and diverse metal scene in the

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Drainland & Trenches – Split LP 2011

6th December 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Crust, Doom, Drainland, Hardcore, LP, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Split LP, Trenches

Fresh from having their …And So Our Troubles Began CD unleashed upon the world at large, Dublin’s Drainland return in

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Noothgrush – S/T – Reissue CD/LP 2011

29th November 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2011, CD, Doom, Fuck Yoga Records, Heavy, LP, Noothgrush, Reissue, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

An interesting one, this; independent label Fuck Yoga have gotten their grubby mits on one of Noothgrush’s very first recordings

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OBELYSKKH ‘Mount Nysa’ LP 2011

26th November 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Doom, Droehnhaus Records, Kraut, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mount Nysa, Obelyskkh, Review, Sludge, Stoner-Doom-Noise-Psych-Fukking-Raw

Having your debut album produced by the man who has commanded the desk for albums by the likes of Neurosis,

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