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Author: Glen Westall

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Bog Oak ‘A Treatise On Resurrection And The Afterlife’ CD/LP/DD 2014

15th November 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 2014, A Treatise On Resurrection And The Afterlife, Black Metal, Bog Oak, CD, Digital, Doom, Glen Westall, Heavy, LP, Review, Sludge, Svart Records

A Treatise On Resurrection And The Afterlife. It’s a grand name for an EP. I can tell you off the

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sorxe ‘Surrounded By Shadows’ CD/DD 2014

31st August 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Glen Westall, Heavy, Post-Metal, Review, Self Released, Sorxe, Surrounded By Shadows

Some bands, for better or worse, fall into easily outlined genre definitions. They take the conventions of an established genre

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Megaton Leviathan ‘Past 21 Beyond The Arctic Cell’ CD/LP/DD 2014

29th August 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Glen Westall, Heavy, LP, Megaton Leviathan, Past 21: Beyond The Arctic Cell, Psychedelic, Review, Seventh Rule Recordings

The first and last time I heard Megaton Leviathan was soon after the release of their first self-titled demo in

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Body / Thou ‘Released From Love’ 12″ 2014

26th June 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 12", 2014, Collaboration, Doom, Glen Westall, Heavy, Released From Love, Review, Sludge, The Body, Thou, Vinyl Rites

This is not a split. It is a collaboration. ‘Released From Love’ is about as mean and noisy as you’d

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Sonance
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Sonance: Glen Westall Questions Guitarist Ben Chappell

12th June 201411th September 2019 Glen Westall Ben Chappell, Doognad Records, Glen Westall, Interview, Like Ghosts, Sonance

It seemed apt to talk with Sonance after their set at Temples Festival, one of the most memorable and certainly

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Review
Album & EP Reviews H 

Horse Latitudes / Atomic Cries – Split 12″/DD 2014

28th May 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 2014, Atomic Cries, Digital, Doom, Doomentia Records, Drone, Glen Westall, Heavy, Horse Latitudes, Review, Split 12"

The record begins with a slow lurching out of the shadows, with plucked bass strings and sustained synth, that kicks

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Amenra
A-F Interviews 

AMENRA: The Forefather Of The Church Of Ra Colin H Van Eeckhout Answers Glen Westall’s Intriguing Questions

9th May 201411th September 2019 Glen Westall Amenra, Church Of Ra, Colin H Van Eeckhout, Glen Westall, Interview

After a stunning performance at Temples Festival (I was there, it was stunning!) and with high billing at this weekends

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Moss
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Moss: Glen Westall Questions Vocalist Olly As The Bands Performance At Temples Fast Approaches

23rd April 201411th September 2019 Glen Westall Glen Westall, Interview, Moss, Olly Pearson, Temples Festival

Moss made a name for themselves in the early 2000’s doom metal subterranea with an unrelenting take on the genre

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Review
Album & EP Reviews T 

Telepathy ’12 Areas’ CD/LP/DD 2014

21st March 20143rd September 2019 Glen Westall 12 Areas, 2014, CD, Devouter Records, Digital, Glen Westall, Heavy, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge, Telepathy

‘12 Areas’ begins with a calm that belies what is to follow. The short intro, ‘{Hypnos}’, suggests a brooding futuristic

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