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H.P. Lovecraft ‘Hallowe’en In A Suburb And Others’ 7″ 2016
24th April 2016 at 2:31 pm

Once again spoken arts label Caddabra Records bring us a new Lovecraftian release, this time a 7 inch EP entitled Hallowe’en In A Suburb And Others. As with their The Hound & The Music Of Erich Zann LP, Andrew Lemon is the reader, this…
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H.P. Lovecraft ‘The Hound & The Music Of Erich Zann’ LP 2016
16th January 2016 at 2:44 pm

It could be argued that H. P. Lovecraft‘s connection with heavy and weird music was cemented with the inclusion of Behind The Wall Of Sleep – a track inspired by HPL‘s 1919 short story Beyond The Wall Of Sleep – on Sabbath’s 1970 debut….
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HAG ‘Fear Of Man’ DD 2016
23rd January 2016 at 5:27 pm

As far as any of us can remember, there’s been a two-tier hierarchy in progressive sludge metal: Tier 1 – High On Fire, Tier 2 – everyone else. Underrated heroes Teeth Of The Hydra tried to scale that never-ending beanstalk to Tier 1 heaven…
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Haikai No Ku ‘Sick On My Journey’ LP/CD/DD 2013
15th August 2013 at 9:49 am

There are artists whose whole reputation hangs on one stupendous work – a painting, song or film that stands out as a singular achievement within the context of their output; case in point, Chubby Checker’s (deserved) reputation hinges on him having sung the most…
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Haikai No Ku ‘Ultra High Dimensionality’ LP/DD 2014
1st September 2014 at 9:17 am

Finally, Haikai No Ku’s latest! Mike Vest and accomplices Jerome Smith and Sam Booth strike again. Hailing from Newcastle’s noisey space environments and first originating as one of Mike Vest’s many ‘side’ bands (or is it even truly his? auteur theory usually sucks), Haikai…
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Hair Of The Dog – S/T – DD 2014
26th March 2014 at 9:09 am

So they may or may not be named after the Nazareth song…let’s just assume they are…and they’re from Edinburgh, which is in Scotland, home of Nazareth! So now we’ve set up a direct link to Scotland’s greatest ever band, this has to bode well…
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Hammerhands ‘Glaciers’ CD/DD 2013
7th August 2013 at 8:50 am

OOF. With one opening chord, Hammerhands have won my over by approximating the sound of a landslide of boulders. Always a good sign. That huge chord that opens this album by the Canadian gang leads into the further 10 minutes of pummeling low end…
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Hang The Bastard ‘Sex In The Seventh Circle’ CD/LP/DD 2014
29th October 2014 at 10:46 am

“We are called Hang The Bastard I have no delusions of grandeur.” That’s what vocalist Tomas Hubbard told me in 2013, almost exactly a year ago about his band that just released a new 7″. One year further, Hang The Bastard is still the…
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Haoma – Demo 2013
5th October 2013 at 10:21 am

Haoma are a Swedish two piece consisting of Hozomeen on Interstellar Thunderstorms and Obelisk (nope, not Asterix’s fat ginger mate) on Bass Quakes and Drones. Thankfully they have the chops to back up the description. Hopefully this wont stay stuck at the demo stage…
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Hark ‘Crystalline’ CD/LP/DD 2014
28th March 2014 at 10:49 am

Personally I felt it was a sad day for underground British rock music when Taint split up. Having been turned on to them by accident when a friend recommended their fabulous debut, ‘The Ruin Of Nova Roma‘ back in 2007 and to be honest…
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