Ah New Zealand, the temptation to form an opinion based on stereotypes of sheep worrying, Lord Of The Rings and the infinitely superior rugby team, might lead the outsider to scoff at the suggestion of Stoner Rock finding an unlikely…
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And so as I face my final reckoning and stand before the blackened gates of Hades ready to take my faltering first steps into the fiery eternity of Pandemonium a rumble of thunder shakes the ground and a jagged shard…
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Being of Gallic blood myself I’m always keen to check out French bands and try to spread the love a little bit. Let’s face it, France has given the world so much…amazing food, astounding wine, fashion, beautiful women (Catherine Deneuve,…
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Miami, Florida, bruisers Shroud Eater impressed and pummelled the bejesus out of me with their self-released, self-titled, 3-track EP late last year, so in the interests of bigging them up and telling you people exactly what you should be listening…
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1000 Mods…I was expecting some sharp suited, feather cut wide boys with a fearsome pill habit, a Lambretta and some spiky Who influenced pop but I guess in their Greek homeland the name has an entirely different meaning. The fact…
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I’m going to set out my stall from the off here – I LOVE HIGH ON FIRE, and I’ve been living with this record for a couple of weeks now and let me tell you, it’s a HELL of a…
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Quake with mortal dread, you puny mortal fuck. Ramesses crush the jugular with this, their second full-length studio album: a potent fifty-four minute ten-track pleasure cruise through some of the most seductive ‘scimitar and fangs’ doom-filth that you will hear…
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Moho Live, Manchester 06/04/10 The ceiling sweated. It dripped onto the heaving flesh mass below – a living organism made out of a hundred rabid NOLA sludge fans. Eyehategod were playing and the people couldn’t handle the euphoria. Fists pummelled…
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How do you approach 38 minutes of mind bending Doom? Quite simply shut yourself away, roll a fat one and surrender to the complete process of immersing in the music. Listening to the soundscapes on offer here is a delicate…
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Two bands fronted by righteous, rawkin’ chicks sharing one wee silver disc here – two-headed sludge rawk behemoth Jucifer bring four new tracks to the table, and avant-doom new kids on the block Show Of Bedlam hit us up with…
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