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Review: Various Artists ‘Yeah Man, It’s Bloody Heavy!! Volume 2’

5th October 20265th October 2026 Reza Mills Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, Rise Above Records, Various Artists, Yeah Man It's Bloody Heavy!!

I’ve not reviewed anything from Rise Above Records for a fair while, the last time being way back in 2020

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Twenty-First Trip’

5th December 20255th December 2025 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

If I’m being honest, I was curious to see if LA’s always‑awesome RidingEasy Records was going to continue its iconic,

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Review: Various Artists ‘Marc Urselli’s Best Of Ramones Redux’

14th August 202514th August 2025 Martin Williams Magnetic Eye Records, Marc Urselli, Punk, Ramones, Various Artists

Hot on the heels of Magnetic Eye Record’s latest release in their fabled Redux series, Marc Urselli’s Ramones Redux, comes

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Review: Various Artists ‘Marc Urselli’s Ramones Redux’

13th August 202513th August 2025 Martin Williams Magnetic Eye Records, Marc Urselli, Punk, Ramones, Various Artists

Magnetic Eye Records famed Redux series returns, this time featuring a band that I would argue is as important as

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Twentieth Trip’

14th May 202514th May 2025 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is here, and all that comes with it, warmer weather, zombie Jesus, the universal stoner holiday and another installment,

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Review: Various Artists ‘Yeah Man, It’s Bloody Heavy!!’

12th May 20255th October 2026 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, Rise Above Records, Various Artists, Yeah Man It's Bloody Heavy!!

Now, here is an interesting compilation. In the spirit of Riding Easy Records fabled Brown Acid series, Rise Above Records

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Various Artists ‘Brown Acid The Nineteenth Trip’

18th December 202418th December 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

At this point, stoner rockers, doom-metal mavens, garage rock collectors, heavy psych-heads and proto-metal worshipers around the globe can practically

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Review: Various Artists ‘Aqualung Redux’

17th December 202417th December 2024 Tom Hanno Alain Johannes, Chris Goss, Domkraft, Huntsmen, Jethro Tull, Magnetic Eye Records, Motorpsycho, Osi And The Jupiter, The Sword, The Well, Various Artists

I was born in 1974, so as I was growing up, my parents played a lot of the hard rock

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Review: Various Artists ‘The Very Best Of Jethro Tull Redux’

16th December 202416th December 2024 David J McLaren Doom, Elephant Tree, Hashtronaut, Heavy Rock, Jethro Tull, Lowrider, Magnetic Eye Records, Mr Bison, Oceanlord, Prog, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Sweat, The Golden Grass, Various Artists

Internal David-monologue, approx. 1994: Everything must be heavier than everything else! Metallica are for girls (NB I was sexist as

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Review: Various Artists ‘Day Old Donuts’

8th August 20248th August 2024 Reza Mills Balm, Berton Averre, Bovine Nightmares, Chaser, Chip Whitson, Dead Senses, Genre Is Death, Heckel & Jeckel, Love Ethic, Matte Martin, Night Goat, Noise-Rock, Old Coffins, Post-Punk, Skeletonized, The Triceratops, Various Artists, Wax Donut Records

Wax Donuts Records latest release Day Old Donuts is a collection of covers of early rock and roll classics which,

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid The Eighteenth Trip’

9th May 202418th December 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is in the air, and with that we can count on warmer weather, everyone’s favorite, annual stoner holiday, and

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