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March 2009

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Unearthly Trance / Ramesses – Split 10″ 2009

28th March 2009

Unearthly Trance / Ramesses - Split 10" 2009

Raise your fucking fist aloft and make the Devil sign, you down-trodden dog – show your love for the dark metal sludge of Beelzebub and his stinking screaming minions – this is your only salvation – blaze up a broad…
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Sons Of Otis ‘Exiled’ CD 2009

25th March 2009

Sons Of Otis

Fucking wow. My cerebral cortex is melting in a cranial orgasm of riff-based space sludge. Stoners everywhere – buy this. Toronto based trio Sons Of Otis have been jamming around since 1992, and in that time have put out a…
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Locrian ‘Drenched Lands’ CD 2009

24th March 2009

Locrian

Dark dark noise that emanates slowly and rises like a black fog from the decaying anus of the mummified corpse of your cheating ex-lover. Locrian are among a growing scene of artists (Oakeater, Wolves in the Throne Room, Velnias and…
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Iron Hearse Interview

11th March 2009

Iron Hearse

I first heard Iron Hearse about 3 years ago and was very impressed with their no nonsense, heads down doom and roll sound. Since then they’ve been through various ups and downs but keep plugging away with steely determination. I…
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Trap Them ‘Seizures In Barren Praise’ CD/LP 2008

10th March 2009

Trap Them

Jesus-fuck-Mary-and-Joseph…this is fucking dirty, dirty grind, punk, metal! Take Nasum’s high velocity head spinning grind, that very same grind that breathed new life into the whole genre and made it seriously bloody exciting again after it’s mid-nineties stint in the…
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Diagonal – S/T – CD/LP 2008

9th March 2009

Diagonal - S/T - CD/LP 2008

It was the first time you took LSD, during your second year at university at some art course party in a cramped little terrace house. All you remember of your trip was the heavily patterned carpet snaking up your leg…
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Evisorax ‘Enclave’ CDEP 2008

8th March 2009

Evisorax

Is it just me or does anyone else break out in an anxious sweat when the subject of modern day death/grind core is vomited up? It’s an irritation that gets right under my skin, and when I agreed to review…
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Queen Elephantine ‘Kailash’ CD 2008

7th March 2009

Queen Elephantine ‘Kailash’ CD 2008

Stoner droner mystics Queen Elephantine, the oft travelling Lords of (sonic) Lethargy, have produced yet another striking opus of snaking whirring trip rock (that isn’t actually ‘rock’) that hums and glides through your addled brain like the dawning realisation that…
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