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Saros Interview
31st December 2008

Saros were spawned in 2004 in San Francisco. They might be a new one on some of you but seeing as they have an album pending on Canadas Profound Lore Records they might make their way to your ears. Their…
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Tags: Interview, Jas Murray, Saros
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A Storm of Light ‘And We Wept The Black Ocean Within’ CD 2008
30th December 2008

And here we have a band formed by Josh Graham (also Neurosis’s Visual Director and ex-Red Sparowes member) that explores the vast ocean floor of Doom and his former bands respective aural vective. This certainly sits at the higher browed…
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Tags: 2008, A Storm of Light, And We Wept The Black Ocean Within, Andrew Sloan, CD, Josh Graham, Neurot Recordings, Post-Rock, Review
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Capricorns ‘River, Bear Your Bones’ CD 2008
29th December 2008

Hands up who thought ‘Ruder Forms Survive’ was one of the better releases of 2005? Well, I got my arm up and I assume a fair few of you lot have yours up too, so arms down now as it’s…
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Tags: 2008, Andrew Sloan, Capricorns, CD, Doom, Instrumental, Iron Monkey, Orange Goblin, Review, Rise Above Records, River Bear Your Bones, Stoner Doom
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Coffins Interview
28th December 2008

“Fuck your hyper blast machine aided triggered drums, fuck your pro-tools guitar Malmsteen-wank-off and fuck your meaningless multi-word band name because Coffins represent what Death Metal is and always was. A dirty, messy, noisy expression of negativity, a true outsider’s…
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Tags: Coffins, Interview, Jas Murray
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Space Probe Tarus – S/T – 2008
27th December 2008

Way back in the mists of time before Dave Wyndorf discovered biker chic, arena rock and, more recently, the key to the pie cupboard, Monster Magnet released “Spine of God”. This was a proto stoner classic that blended the avant…
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Tags: 2008, Buzzville Records, CD, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Punk Rock, Review, Space Probe Tarus, Stoner, Stoner Rock
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Deadbird ‘Twilight Ritual’ CD 2008
26th December 2008

The power-up of the slow warming amp valves and an immediate wail of feedback, then, the sudden drop as the guitars strike an open chord, total fucking bottom-end. This is the very first thing you’ll hear when you put on…
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Tags: 2008, Andrew Sloan, At A Loss Recordings, CD, Deadbird, Doom, Hardcore, Review, Sludge, Southern Rock, Twilight Ritual
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Cortez ‘Thunder In A Forgotten Town’ CD 2007
20th December 2008

Ever since “Blues For the Red Sun” came riding out of the Californian desert in a dusty Cadillac in 1992 it seems a million bands have dusted off their fuzz boxes, fired up a big assed bowl of weed and…
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Tags: 2007, Buzzville Records, CD, Classic Rock, Cortez, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Rock, Thunder In A Forgotten Town
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Chickenhawk – S/T – CD 2008
18th December 2008

Shit, some bands really don’t have any respect for reviewers!!! They don’t make it easy for us at all. We want something we can categorise, some easy reference points to pick up on so we don’t have to use or…
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Tags: 2008, CD, Chickenhawk, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Noise Rock, Ollie Stygall, Sound Devastation Records
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Outlaw Order ‘Dragging Down The Enforcer’ CD 2008
17th December 2008

This is a hard punch in the face that drops you like a sack of shit and makes you wise up to the ugliness of being poor in a big stinking American city. Outlaw Order kick out bristling fugitive punk…
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Tags: 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Dragging Down The Enforcer, Eyehategod, Hardcore, Outlaw Order, Review, Season Of Mist, Sludge
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Salome – S/T – CD/LP 2008
16th December 2008

AAAArrrrghhh. This is ace. Salome are a thrilling three piece from Virginia, USA that sound like a super evil psychotic cataclysm amplified by black magic and blasted out the yawning anus of Hastur the Unspeakable. Fans of Khanate in particular…
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Tags: 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Crust, Doom, Heavy, LP, Nasty, Review, Salome, Sludge, Vendetta Records
