November 2009
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Lords Of Bastard – S/T – CD 2008
22nd November 2009

As the title of track three on this album so succinctly puts it…Fucking Hell!!! After being blown away recently by the Low Sonic Drift EP, this full length debut from the charmingly but equally awesomely named Lords Of Bastard landed…
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Tags: 2008, CD, Crust, Doom, Heavy, Lords Of Bastard, Ollie Stygall, Review, SL Records, Sludge
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Poison Dwarf ‘Shit On A Stick’ CDEP 2009
19th November 2009

I don’t know about you, but when I hear the name ‘Poison Dwarf’, I immediately think of li’l Juicy Ewing – Charlene Tilton of eighties US mega-soap Dallas. Some of you may think of Tom Cruise, some of you may…
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Tags: 2009, CDEP, Doom, Drone, Paul Robertson, Poison Dwarf, Review, Self Released, Shit On A Stick, Sludge
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Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight ‘Moving On’ CD 2009
14th November 2009

“D.I.Y or Die”. That seems to be the mantra an increasing number of bands are subscribing to these days and with the increasing opportunities for bands to publish and disseminate their music themselves these days the question has to be…
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Tags: 2009, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Moving On, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Doom, Trippy Wicked, Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight
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Electrozombies / Hellborn Messiah – Split CD 2009
13th November 2009

Shock! Horror! Latin America quakes with the old-skool power of blackened CRUST. After seeing these foul and heavy skull fuckers maiming the crowd t’other night at the Star & Garter it was only proper that this new split ep I…
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Tags: 2009, Adam Stone, Blackened Crust, CD, Crust, Doom, Electrozombies, Electrozombies/Hellborn Messiah, Hardcore, Hellborn Messiah, Odio Sonoro, Review, Split, Split CD
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Airpeople ‘The Golden City’ CD 2009
12th November 2009

In all fairness the bio accompanying this release put me off slightly as it comes off more than a little pretentious and art house. Closing my eyes I saw a lot of student intellectuals with scarves and cardigans and too…
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Tags: 2009, Airpeople, Atmospheric, Avant-garde, CD, Experimental, Golden Antenna Records, Instrumental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, The Golden City
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V/A ‘Grind Madness At The BBC’ CD 2009
6th November 2009

Since John Peel’s tragic and untimely death in 2004 we have heard countless times how everyone and their dog used to sit listening to his show with their fingers poised on the record button of a tape deck to capture…
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Tags: 2009, Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Compilation, Earache Records, Extreme Noise Terror, Godflesh, Grind Madness At The BBC, Heresy, Intense Degree, John Peel, Napalm Death, Ollie Stygall, Peel Sessions, Review, Unseen Terror, V/A, Various Artists
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Black Cobra ‘Chronomega’ CD/LP 2009
4th November 2009

Two guys…guitar/vocals and drums. How much noise would you think it would be possible to make? Certainly not this much!!! Black Cobra comprises Jason Landrian, formerly of Cavity on guitar and vocals and Acid King bassist Rafael Martinez on drums….
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Tags: 2009, Acid King, Black Cobra, Cavity, CD, Chronomega, Doom, Guitar & Drums, Heavy, LP, Noise Rock, Ollie Stygall, Raw, Southern Lord, Two Piece
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Wolfmother ‘Cosmic Egg’ CD/LP 2009
3rd November 2009

I have to admit, when Wolfmother’s debut album dropped in 2005 I was pretty taken with their take on the proto metal sounds of the late 60′s/early 70′s as so many others seemed to be. After a while though I…
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Tags: 2009, Blues Rock, Classic Rock, Cosmic Egg, Heavy Rock, Modular Records, Ollie Stygall, Review, Wolfmother
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Part Chimp ‘Thriller’ CD 2009
2nd November 2009

So you think you know heavy!!! Electric Wizard, Slayer, Kyuss…forget about it, Part Chimp up the heavy stakes in no uncertain terms and, get this, they ain’t even a metal band!!!! Michael Jackson this certainly isn’t. Part Chimp peddle a…
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Tags: 2009, CD, Fuzz, Grunge, Heavy, Noise Rock, Ollie Stygall, Part Chimp, Review, Rock Action Records, Sludge, Thriller
