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Author: Andrew Sloan

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Orchid ‘The Mouths Of Madness’ CD/LP/DD 2013

7th July 20133rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2013, Andrew Sloan, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Nuclear Blast Records, Orchid, Retro, Review, The Mouths Of Madness

I’m too young to remember the seventies, to have had my world and mind blown apart by this immense new

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Head Of Crom Prepare To Unleash LAZARUS BLACKSTAR / HEADLESS KROSS Split 12″; Artwork Revealed

27th March 20133rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan Andrew Sloan, Head Of Crom Records, Headless Kross, James Plotkin, Lazarus Blackstar, New Vinyl Details, News

Head Of Crom Records presents a new head-splitting split album bringing together UK crust-doom legends LAZARUS BLACKSTAR and Glasgow’s rising

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Corpselogic – Artwork For Bands Collective Featuring The Talents Of Tas, Jondix, Andrew Sloan & More!

13th February 20133rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan Andrew Lebanaris, Andrew Sloan, Corpselogic, Jane Lives, Jondix, Joseph Diaz, News, Tas, Thomas Hooper, Tim Lehi

Corpselogic is a group of eight international artists with extensive experience designing artwork and merchandising for metal bands. This group

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Nether Regions ‘Into The Breach’ LP/DD 2012

18th August 20123rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2012, Abnormal Gait Records, Andrew Sloan, Digital, Heavy, Into The Breach, LP, Metal, Nether Regions, Review, Sludge

It plummeted out of the sky, a screech like grinding metal with a thousand teeth to write their name into

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Jondix Interview

25th July 201215th September 2019 Andrew Sloan Aeonsgate, Andrew Sloan, Atman-Acron, Interview, Jondix

Jondix, world revered tattoo artist and channel of otherworldly patterns and visual construction, this is his trade and one that

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Enabler ‘All Hail The Void’ CD 2012

23rd June 20123rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2012, All Hail The Void, Andrew Sloan, CD, Crossover, Death Metal, Enabler, Hardcore, Review, Southern Lord, Thrash Metal

The slow acoustic strum of a simple chord progression plays through a handful of times as delay echoes in the

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BLACK MAGICIAN: Debut Album ‘Nature Is The Devils Church’ To Be Released By Shaman Recordings This Summer

11th May 20123rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan Andrew Sloan, Black Magician, Four Thieves Vinegar, Full Stack Studio, Matt Richardson, Nature Is The Devil's Church, New Album Details, News, Shaman Recordings, Tony Reed

Shaman Recordings are ecstatic to announce that their first release will be the debut album by Prog Doomers BLACK MAGICIAN,

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Surtr ‘World Of Doom’ CD 2011

5th March 20123rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2011, Album, Altsphere Productions, Andrew Sloan, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Reverend Bizarre, Review, Surtr, Traditional Doom, World Of Doom

It is with a frantic clash of steel and the scream of battle that these French Doom traditionalists kick off

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Funeral Hag Interview

8th October 20103rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan Andrew Sloan, Funeral Hag, Interview

On the south coast of Blighty there is a stink brewing, a wretched slow-motion decay ready to rot your innards

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Dead Existence

24th April 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan Andrew Sloan, Dead Existence, Interview

It is from the twisting alleys and darkened Dickensian filth of our capital that the subjects of our most recent

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Aidan Baker + Tim Hecker ‘Fantasma Parastasie’ CD 2008

3rd April 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Aidan Baker, Alien8 Recordings, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Collaboration, Drone, Electronic, Experimental, Fantasma Parastasie, Nadja, Noise, Review, Tim Hecker

Here is a collaborative endeavour from drone specialist Aidan Baker (better known as one half of duo Nadja) and experimental

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