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Sourvein / Blood Island Raiders – Split 7″ 2009

5th August 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, 7", Blood Island Raiders, Calculon Records, Doom, Heavy, Metal, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Sourvein, Split 7"

Well bugger me sideways if Calculon Records haven’t gone and done it again with this release. This heavyweight lump of

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Queen Beast – S/T – CD 2009

28th July 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, CD, Doom, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Queen Beast, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Switchblade Records

In an age of plagiarists and clones it is often difficult to find something truly original. Queen Beast are here

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Ramesses ‘Baptism Of The Walking Dead’ 3″ CDEP 2009

2nd July 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, 3", Adam Stone, Baptism Of The Walking Dead, CDEP, Dark, Doom, Heavy, Ramesses, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Ah…tattooed arms, dirty beards, top grade weed, cult horror films, Egyptology, painfully loud Ashdown amps and the beautiful Dorset countryside

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Yellowtooth – S/T – CDEP 2008

10th June 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, CDEP, Doom, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Southern Rock, Yellowtooth

Yellowtooth come growling and gurning out of Michigan City, Indiana, ripping out down-tuned metal-doom with a real spicy Southern flavour

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Sollubi ‘At War With Decency’ CD 2009

20th May 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, At War With Decency, CD, Choking Hazard Records, Crust, Doom, Hardcore, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Sollubi

Holy Hellfire!!! I’m willing to bet when Mister Iommi first spewed forth the Devil’s riff some 40 years ago he

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Unearthly Trance / Ramesses – Split 10″ 2009

28th March 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 10", 2009, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Ramesses, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 10", Unearthly Trance

Raise your fucking fist aloft and make the Devil sign, you down-trodden dog – show your love for the dark

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Rise Of The Simians ‘The Cursed Law Of Thelema’ CDEP 2009

22nd February 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rise of the Simians, Self Released, Sludge, The Cursed Law Of Thelema

I was always taught that using a cliché showed a lack of original thought and an example of an over

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Grimpen Mire ‘Death On The Moor’ CDEP 2008

2nd February 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, CDEP, Crust, Death On The Moor, Doom, Grimpen Mire, Heavy, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Shaman fact 1: Grimpen Mire was the fictional death bog featured in Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novel ‘Hound Of The

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SerpentCult ‘Weight Of Light’ CD/LP 2008

22nd January 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2008, CD, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rise Above Records, SerpentCult, Sludge, Stoner Doom, Weight Of Light

Doom or Sludge? The band favour Doom where as most reviewers put them under Sludge. Whatever genre you put them

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Mills Of God ‘Call Of The Eastern Moon’ CD/LP 2008

10th January 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Call Of The Eastern Moon, CD, Crust, Doom, LP, Mills Of God, Modus Operandi Records, Review, Sludge

Krautdoom herbmongers Mills Of God are three men who love their heavy riffs like William Burroughs loved junk and not

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Deadbird ‘Twilight Ritual’ CD 2008

26th December 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, At A Loss Recordings, CD, Deadbird, Doom, Hardcore, Review, Sludge, Southern Rock, Twilight Ritual

The power-up of the slow warming amp valves and an immediate wail of feedback, then, the sudden drop as the

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