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Author: David J McLaren

Crawl Below ‘9 Mile Square’
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Review: Crawl Below ‘9 Mile Square’

24th March 202128th April 2021 David J McLaren 9 Mile Square, Crawl Below, Lawnmowerjetpack Records, Shoegaze

It’s a peculiarly British trait that musicians generally don’t write and perform songs about where they’re from. There are of course

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Indica Blues ‘We Are Doomed’
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Review: Indica Blues ‘We Are Doomed’

17th February 202117th March 2021 David J McLaren APF Records, Doom, Indica Blues, Stoner, We Are Doomed

Has anyone noticed that over the last year or so there has been a definite whiff of Seattle about quite

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Battle Hag ‘Celestial Tyrant’
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Review: Battle Hag ‘Celestial Tyrant’

10th February 202111th March 2021 David J McLaren Battle Hag, Celestial Tyrant, Doom, Sludge, Transylvanian Recordings

Celestial Tyrant is California-based Battle Hag’s second full length album. I should be clear straight away that Battle Hag are

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Barbarian Hermit 'One' Reissue
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Review: Barbarian Hermit ‘One’ Reissue

1st February 20212nd March 2021 David J McLaren APF Records, Barbarian Hermit, Metal, One, Stoner

I ’m as partial as the next man/woman/person/lifeform to listening to music that makes me think about the world we

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Wall 'Wall' EP
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Review: Wall ‘Wall’ EP

13th January 202117th July 2021 David J McLaren APF Records, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Wall

There is a wonderful sense of excitement attached to listening to an obscure record that you’ve dug up from the

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Top Ten Of 2020: David J McLaren

28th December 202027th January 2021 David J McLaren Deftones, Elder, Emma Ruth Rundle, ILS, Kirk Windstein, Pallbearer, Sepultura, Sound Of Origin, Thin Lizzy, Thou, Top Ten 2020, Yatra

2020. Unprecedented times. Made us realise what’s really important.  Our modern lives really do exist on a knife-edge. Bill Gates now controls

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Paradise Lost ‘Draconian Times’
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Review: Paradise Lost ‘Draconian Times’ 25th Anniversary Edition

10th December 202012th January 2021 David J McLaren Draconian Times, Gothic, Metal, Music For Nations, Paradise Lost

I had intended to start this review with a throwaway phrase, something like ‘is there anyone in Sleeping Shamanland that

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Bethmoora 'Thresholds'
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Review: Bethmoora ‘Thresholds’

1st December 202010th January 2021 David J McLaren Bethmoora, Black Voodoo Records, Doom, minoRobscuR, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Thresholds

Bethmoora hail from the land of Peter Schmeichel and Carlsberg. No, not Manchester…Denmark. Thresholds is Bethmoora’s debut full length release,

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Yatra ‘All Is Lost’
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Review: Yatra ‘All Is Lost’

13th October 202014th November 2020 David J McLaren All Is Lost, Doom, Grimoire Records, Sludge, Yatra

Some of the best albums ever are firmly rooted in the time and place they were made. Whether that be

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Various Artists ‘Dirt [Redux]’
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Review: Various Artists ‘Dirt [Redux]’

22nd September 20201st December 2021 David J McLaren Alice In Chains, Dirt, Doom, Grunge, Hardcore, Magnetic Eye Records, Redux, Stoner

Just a couple of weeks ago I had one of those ‘how the hell am I that old?!’ moments when

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Dead Quiet ‘Truth And Ruin’
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Review: Dead Quiet ‘Truth And Ruin’

21st September 202026th October 2020 David J McLaren Artoffact Records, Dead Quiet, Heavy Rock, Prog, Truth And Ruin

Dead Quiet released their third album, Truth And Ruin, on 11th September via Artoffact Records. In some ways this is

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Video Premiere: Omnibadger ‘F I X’ – From The Duo’s New Album ‘Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III’
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