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Enablers ‘The Rightful Pivot’ CD/LP/DD 2015

2nd June 20153rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2015, CD, Chris Moore, Digital, Enablers, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, LP, Review, Spoken Word, The Rightful Pivot

When you’re a band like Enablers, a band that nobody else really sounds like, it doesn’t matter that you’re not

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Art Of Burning Water ‘Living Is For Giving, Dying Is For Getting’ LP/DD 2014

17th December 20143rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2014, Art Of Burning Water, Chris Moore, Digital, Doom, Hardcore, Living Is For Giving Dying Is For Getting, LP, Noise, Review, Riot Season, Sludge, SuperFi Records

It’s strange to think that Art Of Burning Water formed over twelve years ago when you consider how much of

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Melvins ‘Hold It In’ CD/DD 2014

10th December 20143rd September 2019 Chris Moore (the) Melvins, 2014, CD, Chris Moore, Digital, Hold It In, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins, Noise-Rock, Pop Rock, Review, Rock

No one can deny that the Melvins are prolific, and newest offering Hold It In is in fact the 24th

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Pig Destroyer ‘Mass & Volume’ CD/LP/DD 2014

3rd October 20143rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2014, CD, Chris Moore, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Mass & Volume, Pig Destroyer, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

Another non-grind release from US grind titans Pig Destroyer. Released on physical format for the first time this autumn (October

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra ‘Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything’ CD/LP/DD 2014

27th February 20143rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2014, Ambient, CD, Chris Moore, Constellation Records, Digital, Experimental, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

“We live on an island called Montreal… and we make a lot of noise… because we love each other” That’s

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Wolves In The Throne Room ‘BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini’ LP/DD 2013

27th December 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2013, Ambient, Atmospheric, BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini, Black Metal, Chris Moore, Digital, LP, Review, Southern Lord, Wolves In The Throne Room

For many, Wolves In The Throne Room have been central to the surge of USBM and the broader black metal

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40 Watt Sun @ The Black Heart, London 11/10/2013
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40 Watt Sun / Coma Wall @ The Black Heart, London 11/10/2013

25th October 201314th September 2019 Chris Moore 40 Watt Sun, Chris Moore, Cláudia Andrade, Coma Wall, Live Review, London, The Black Heart

I’ve played 40 Watt Sun’s The Inside Room to death over the last year or so, and I’ve done the

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Dead Meadow @ Colchester Arts Centre 03/10/2013
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Dead Meadow / La Muerte / Old Man Lizard @ Colchester Arts Centre 03/10/2013

11th October 201314th September 2019 Chris Moore Chris Moore, Colchester Arts Centre, Dead Meadow, La Muerta, Live Review, Old Man Lizard, Richard Powley, Yvonne Schirmer

For those that don’t know, Colchester Arts Centre is a multi-arts venue housed in an old church and as such

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bismuth ‘The Eternal Marshes’ Digital EP 2012

24th August 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Bismuth, Chris Moore, Digital EP, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Review, Self Released, The Eternal Marshes

“It’s like Stonehenge… BUT MUSIC” is what the drunk, Italian pensioner said as he stood next to me watching Bismuth

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EyeHateGod UK Tour 2013
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EyeHateGod / Dead Existence / Diesel King @ The Garage, London, 03/08/2013

8th August 201314th September 2019 Chris Moore Chris Moore, Dead Existence, Desertscene, Diesel King, EyeHateGod, Live Review, London, The Garage

Opening the show was relatively new sludge bunch on the block Diesel King – a band who’ve only been around

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Three Thrones – S/T – CDEP/DD 2012

21st July 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, CDEP, Chris Moore, Digital, Doom, Instrumental, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Three Thrones

Three Thrones are a three-piece instrumental stoner-sludge band from Colchester. They formed back in 2011, and since then have gigged

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