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Author: David J McLaren

Trouble 'Plastic Green Head' & 'Simple Mind Condition'
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Review: Trouble ‘Plastic Green Head’ & ‘Simple Mind Condition’ Reissues

31st May 202231st May 2022 David J McLaren Doom, Hammerheart Records, Metal, Trouble

Trouble is a band that I grew up with – one of the few constants that have never fallen into

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Sator 'Cleansing Ritual'
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Review: Sator ‘Cleansing Ritual’

18th May 202218th May 2022 David J McLaren Doom, rgonauta Records, Sator, Sludge

Sator hail from Genoa, Italy, and with this their third album they are clearly making confident strides towards being spoken

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Messa 'Close'
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Review: Messa ‘Close’

14th March 20224th May 2022 David J McLaren Doom Rock, Messa, Svart Records

At the time of the release of their debut album Belfry, it was easy to describe Messa as an Italian

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Eaters Of The Soil 'II'
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Review: Eaters Of The Soil ‘II’ EP

8th March 20224th May 2022 David J McLaren Doom, Eaters Of The Soil, Forbidden Place Records, Jazz

Eaters Of The Soil from Utrecht, Netherlands, play music as dirty and earthy as you might expect from their image-inspiring

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David J McLaren
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Top Ten Of 2021: David J McLaren

30th December 20218th February 2022 David J McLaren Bokassa, Carcass, Gojira, Iron Maiden, LLNN, Sheev, Shun, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Top Ten 2021, Wall, Warning

2021 has been a strange fish hasn’t it? Not quite so dramatic as all of the doom n gloom of

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Sheev ‘Mind Conductor’
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Review: Sheev ‘Mind Conductor’

13th December 202112th January 2022 David J McLaren Independent, Sheev

Festive greetings to you my Shaman-Metal-Worshiping brothers, sisters, and solo-offspring alike. What we have here is a gift. A truly

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A Pale Horse Named Death ‘Infernum In Terra’
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Review: A Pale Horse Named Death ‘Infernum In Terra’

4th October 20218th November 2021 David J McLaren A Pale Horse Named Death, Heavy Metal, Long Branch Records

When I first saw reference to A Pale Horse Named Death I was immediately interested. Upon hearing that the project

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Warning ‘Watching From A Distance – Live At Roadburn’
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Review: Warning ‘Watching From A Distance – Live At Roadburn’

28th September 20218th November 2021 David J McLaren Cappio Records, Doom, Roadburn, Warning

I’m sat here in my Watching From A Distance t-shirt wondering how to do an objective review of this album.

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LLNN 'Unmaker'
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Review: LLNN ‘Unmaker’

23rd September 202128th October 2021 David J McLaren LLNN, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

There was a moment in the early to mid-noughties, where post-metal (or whatever you choose to call it) grabbed the

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Paradise Lost ‘At The Mill’
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Review: Paradise Lost ‘At The Mill’

4th August 20219th September 2021 David J McLaren Death Doom, Gothic, Nuclear Blast Records, Paradise Lost

Dear readers: my best guess is that I’ve seen Paradise Lost live somewhere in the region of a dozen times.

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Shun 'Shun'
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Review: Shun ‘Shun’

4th June 20217th July 2021 David J McLaren Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, Noise-Rock, Shun, Small Stone Records

As I type, one of the great and elusive joys of life is happening…the sun is shining in the UK!

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