Author: Ollie Stygall

Album & EP Reviews B 

Baklavaa ‘Dane On’ CD/CS/DD 2016

12th May 201611th September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2016, Baklavaa, Cassette, CD, Dane On, Digital, Grimoire Records, Grunge, Noise, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review

I’m a sucker for a good bit of noise rock. There’s something so appealing about the juxtaposition of the ugly

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Suns Of Thunder ‘Start As You Mean To Get Down’ CD/DD 2015

9th April 201611th September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Released, Start As You Mean To Get Down, Suns Of Thunder

Let’s start this review with a little geography lesson. Wales is the largest county in England. It is owned by

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A Album & EP Reviews 

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ‘Isobelle’ 7” 2016

14th February 20161st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 2016, 7", Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Isobelle, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rise Above Records

It’s impossible not to love Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. It doesn’t matter that these two tracks sound like a lost

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Album & EP Reviews G 

General ‘Goji’ CD/DD 2015

14th February 20161st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015, General, Goji, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

General’s first album Where Are Your Gods Now, released in 2012 on Catacomb Records was a bit of a belter…big

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Peace Killers – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2016

2nd February 20161st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 2016, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Peace Killers, Review, Self Titled, Svart Records

When a band’s bio claims that a band have a combined 40 years in the Sacramento punk and hardcore scene

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Articles 

LEMMY!

9th January 20163rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall Article, Hawkwind, Head Cat, Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister, Lemmy, Motörhead, Ollie Stygall, RIP

Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister – 24/12/1945 To 28/12/2015 At the time I’m writing this Lemmy has been gone for a

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Articles 

Ollie Stygall’s Top 10 Albums Of 2015

22nd December 20153rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015 Year Review, Article, Bad Guys, Gentlemans Pistols, Iron Maiden, Lifer, Michael Monroe, Motörhead, Ollie Stygall, Slayer, Suns Of Thunder, Ten Foot Wizard, The Atomic Bitchwax

I wasn’t sure what to do when asked to come up with my top ten for this year…I wasn’t even

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wizards Of Firetop Mountain – S/T – 12″/DD 2015

21st December 20151st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", 2015, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Wizards Of Firetop Mountain

Esteemed Shaman Editor: “Hey Ollie, would you like to review the new one from Wizards Of Firetop Mountain?” Me: “Who?”

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Album & EP Reviews D 

DoctoR DooM ‘This Seed We Have Sown’ CD/LP/DD 2015

4th October 20153rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, DoctoR DooM, LP, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review, Ripple Music, STB Records, This Seed We Have Sown

Initial impressions just looking at this album, with a name like DoctoR DooM and the shadowy figures on the cover,

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Carousel ‘2113’ CD/LP/DD 2015

17th September 20153rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015, 2113, Carousel, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Retro Rock, Review, Tee Pee Records

There’s no denying that retro rock is very de rigueur right now. There is no shortage of bands who looking

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Cathedral ‘In Memoriam’ CD/DVD/LP Reissue 2015

14th September 20153rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2015, Cathedral, CD, Doom, DVD, Heavy, In Memoriam, LP, Ollie Stygall, Reissue, Review, Rise Above Records

To properly appreciate this reissue of doom legends Cathedral’s In Memoriam demo, it’s important to put this release into some

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