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Horse Latitudes / Atomic Cries – Split 12″/DD 2014

28th May 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 2014, Atomic Cries, Digital, Doom, Doomentia Records, Drone, Glen Westall, Heavy, Horse Latitudes, Review, Split 12"

The record begins with a slow lurching out of the shadows, with plucked bass strings and sustained synth, that kicks

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Moloch / Ensorcelor – Split 12″ 2013

8th August 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Doom, Ensorcelor, Feast Of Tentacles, Heavy, Moloch, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Split 12"

Splits come in all shapes and sizes these days. They remain the rarest and most collectible productive efforts of two,

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Lazarus Blackstar / Headless Kross – Split 12″ 2013

7th May 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Alicia Morgan, Amon Düül II, Doom, Head Of Crom Records, Headless Kross, Heavy, Lazarus Blackstar, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Review, Sludge, Split 12"

This latest Head of Crom release featuring Lazarus Blackstar and Headless Kross is a clash of style that provides light

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coma Wall / Undersmile ‘Wood & Wire’ Split 12″/DD 2013

27th February 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2013, Acoustic, Americana, Avant-Garde, Chris Moore, Coma Wall, Doom, Folk Doom, Heavy, Review, Shaman Recordings, Split 12", Undersmile, Wood & Wire

Following on from last year’s debut full length ‘Narwhal’ comes ‘Wood & Wire’ which sees Undersmile cover increasingly ambitious ground

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Boris / Joe Volk – Split 12″ 2012

14th January 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Acoustic, Atmospheric, Boris, Experimental, Heavy, Invada Records, Joe Volk, Pete Green, Review, Split 12"

Trying to even remotely predict what Japanese psych/drone/doom/pop mentalists Boris will do next is a task akin to fire-toasting marshmallows

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WaterWays / Sons Of Alpha Centauri / Hotel Wrecking City Traders – Split 12″ 2012

10th January 201323rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Ambient, Bro Fidelity Records, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Review, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Split 12", Stoner Rock, WaterWays

I was at school and beginning my forays into music collecting when people proclaimed vinyl was dead. Following the rise

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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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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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Album & EP Reviews L 

Locrian / Horseback ‘New Dominions’ 12″ 2011

6th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 12", 2011, Album, Avant-Garde, Drone, Experimental, Horseback, Jenks Miller, Locrian, LP, New Dominions, Paul Robertson, Review, Split, Split 12", Utech Records

I’m always personally excited to hear anything new from Locrian OR Horseback, so you can imagine how much I was

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Conan vs Slomatics
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Conan vs Slomatics – Split CD/12″ 2011

12th April 20114th November 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 12", 2011, Aurora Borealis, CD, Conan, Conan vs Slomatics, Doom, Head Of Crom Records, Heavy, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Slomatics, Sludge, Split, Split 12", Split CD

Two giants lock horns on this new split release by Head of Crom Records. Conan and Slomatics are a formidable

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Pyramid / Old One ‘Split In Half’ 12″ 2010

7th July 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", Black Pyramid, Doom, Heavy, Old One, Ollie Stygall, Review, Serpent Records, Split, Split 12", Split In Half

12″ vinyl, two bands, over thirty minutes of doom, awesome artwork…how can it really go wrong!!! Now Black Pyramid are

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