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Author: Jochem Visser

Ramesses
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Jochem Reminisces About Horror Doomers Ramesses And Their Imminent Resurrection

14th February 201611th September 2019 Jochem Visser Adam Richardson, Article, Jochem Visser, Mark Greening, Ramesses, Tim Bagshaw

After Ramesses’ recent announcement of a gig at the upcoming Temples Festival, I felt I had to finally write the

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Pyramidal / Domo 'Jams From The Sun'
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Pyramidal / Domo ‘Jams From The Sun’ LP/DD 2015

23rd December 20151st November 2019 Jochem Visser 2015, Digital, Domo, Jam, Jams From The Sun, Jochem Visser, Lay Bare Recordings, LP, Psychedelic, Pyramidal, Review, Space Rock

How many lush records do you own? Do you need another Air? Another Zero7, fit for sparking romantic interests and

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Funerary / Ooze - Split
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Funerary / Ooze – Split LP/DD 2015

18th November 20154th November 2019 Jochem Visser 2015, Digital, Doom, Funerary, Heavy, Jochem Visser, LP, Midnite Collective, Ooze, Review, Sludge, Split

FUNERARY OOZE! A fine name for a band, but there’s two going on here. It’s called a split, and it

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Bong ‘We Are, We Were And We Will Have Been’ CD/LP/DD 2015

14th July 20153rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2015, Bong, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Jochem Visser, LP, Psych, Review, Ritual Productions, We Are We Were And We Will Have Been

Because I’m lazy and I live in Amsterdam, writing this review took a little longer than planned. That’s absolutely no

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Review
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Legion Of Andromeda ‘Iron Scorn’ LP/DD 2015

13th May 20153rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2015, At War With False Noise, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Industrial, Iron Scorn, Jochem Visser, Legion Of Andromeda, LP, Review, Unholy Anarchy

So I got into this Japanese band called Legion Of Andromeda. That’s not a seventies space opera name. They really

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# Album & EP Reviews 

11Paranoias ‘Stealing Fire From Heaven’ CD/DD 2014

15th December 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 11Paranoias, 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Jochem Visser, Psych, Review, Ritual Productions, Stealing Fire From Heaven

Me and my colleagues soar in the development department, but not so much in research. We’re great at making up

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Review
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Today Is The Day ‘Animal Mother’ CD/LP/DD 2014

20th November 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2014, Animal Mother, CD, Digital, Hardcore, Heavy, Industrial, Jochem Visser, LP, Review, Sludge, Southern Lord, Today Is The Day

I’ve been up for a few days. An Italian lady had to do with the second night; molecules with the

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Review
Album & EP Reviews B 

Blown Out ‘Drifting Way Out Between Suns’ CD/LP/DD 2014

16th November 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2014, Blown Out, CD, Digital, Drifting Way Out Between Suns, Experimental, Heavy, Jochem Visser, LP, Psych, Review, Riot Season

Ah… Mike Vest. How many bands can an axe slinger take on in any given amount of time? How many

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Review
Album & EP Reviews S 

Snailking ‘Storm’ CD/LP/DD 2014

22nd October 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2014, CD, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jochem Visser, LP, Review, Sludge, Snailking, Storm

Am I allowed to review music? Let me rephrase that slightly differently. Am I, as reviewer, just a fan, or

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Review
Album & EP Reviews E 

Electric Wizard ‘Time To Die’ CD/LP/DD 2014

2nd October 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Electric Wizard, Heavy, Jochem Visser, LP, Review, Spinefarm Records, Time To Die, Witchfinder Records

I don’t give a shit if every single reviewer talks you to the mouth, press agent. They are all retyping

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Review
Album & EP Reviews H 

Haikai No Ku ‘Ultra High Dimensionality’ LP/DD 2014

1st September 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2014, Box Records, Digital, Drone, Haikai No Ku, Heavy, Jochem Visser, LP, Psych, Review, Ultra High Dimensionality

Finally, Haikai No Ku’s latest! Mike Vest and accomplices Jerome Smith and Sam Booth strike again. Hailing from Newcastle’s noisey

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