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Author: Sean Filkins

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Mammoth Storm – Demo 2013

10th October 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Demo, Doom, Heavy, Mammoth Storm, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Released

If you laughed at Jim Carrey’s ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ for attempting to slow dance through the hordes of people

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Multicult ‘Jaws / Luxury’ 7″/DD 2013

6th October 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, 7", Alternative, Digital, Heavy Rock, Jaws, Luxury, Multicult, Noise-Rock, Reptilian Records, Review, Sean Filkins

I wanted to do a review for We Insist’s 2009 release, but Multicult served as a fine replacement. Isn’t it

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Rainbows ‘Holy Moon’ LP/CD/DD 2013

3rd October 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Black Rainbows, CD, Digital, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Holy Moon, LP, Psychedelic, Review, Sean Filkins

Remember when rock music was cool to listen to? Remember when it was played on MTV? Remember when MTV played

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Sophie’s Earthquake – S/T – Digital EP 2013

27th September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Digital EP, Heavy Rock, Prog Rock, Psych, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Released, Self Titled, Sophie's Earthquake

I’m going to get the negative out of the way straight away with this one (there is only one I’ve

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Ak’chamel ‘Pus Ch’en’ DD 2013

26th September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Ak'chamel, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Noise, Pus Ch'en, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Released

If the jungle was given voice, Ak’chamel has successfully channelled it through their music. Suddenly and irreversibly, it is one

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Tentudia – S/T – CD/DD 2013

23rd September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Ambient, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Knockturne Records, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Titled, Tentudia

Slow rolling like fossilized tumbleweed across the surface of a planet which has long-since been laid to uninhabitable waste, Tentudia’s

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Maeth ‘Oceans Into Ashes’ DD 2013

22nd September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Digital, Heavy, Maeth, Oceans Into Ashes, Post-Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Released, Sludge

Maeth…well…they came in off the oceanic, untold distances of soundspace (is that even a word?) with the calling of seabirds

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bridesmaid ‘Breakfast At Riffany’s’ LP/DD 2013

12th September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Breakfast At Riffany's, Bridesmaid, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Instrumental, LP, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Released, Sludge

As if three dusty-kilted dwarves were time transported to the present, Bridesmaid comes thundering out of the speakers with the

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Beehoover ‘The Devil And His Footmen’ CD/LP/DD

9th September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Beehoover, CD, Digital, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Prog Rock, Review, Sean Filkins, The Devil And His Footmen

The almighty Beehoover’s music and I go way back. Well, time moves quite slowly for me, so even five years

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American Sharks – S/T – CD/LP 2013

6th September 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, American Sharks, CD, Heavy Rock, LP, Punk Rock, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Sean Filkins, Self Titled, The End Records

American Sharks came blasting out of my speakers for the first time with an unexpected reckless fury that I welcomed

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Album & EP Reviews D 

DoctoR DooM ‘DoomO’ Digital EP 2013

31st August 20133rd September 2019 Sean Filkins 2013, Classic Rock, Digital EP, DoctoR DooM, Heavy Rock, Review, Sean Filkins, Self Released

DoctoR DooM‘s DoomO immediately tossed my mind back into the transition of bodily chemicals from boyhood into manhood. It immediately

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