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Author: Tom McKibbin

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APF Records – Interview With Andrew Paul Field

3rd August 202014th September 2020 Tom McKibbin Andrew Paul Field, APF Records, Doom, Hardcore, Metal, Sludge, Stoner

In the UK we’re blessed with a huge variety of excellent underground bands, particularly on the heavier end of the

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Bull Elephant ‘Bull Elephant’
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Review Round Up: Bull Elephant, Pist, Queen Elephantine, Slow & Trippy Wicked

20th December 201914th January 2020 Tom McKibbin APF Records, Argonauta Records, Aural Music, Bull Elephant, Eat Lead And Die Music, Pist, Queen Elephantine, Slow, Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight

It’s been an odd year all things considered so it was strangely fitting that the Shaman dusted off his cloak

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Opium Lord ‘The Calendrical Cycle: Eye Of Earth’ CD/LP/DD 2015

16th September 20153rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2015, Candlelight Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Dry Cough Records, Heavy, LP, Opium Lord, Review, Sludge, The Calendrical Cycle: Eye Of Earth, Tom McKibbin

Birmingham’s Opium Lord have had a kind of fast-track experience since forming just a few years ago. Their first EP

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Ufomammut ‘Ecate’ CD/LP/DD 2015

30th July 20153rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Ecate, Heavy, LP, Neurot Recordings, Psychedelic, Review, Tom McKibbin, Ufomammut

As the sun returned to our isles and I sat in my back garden, with blue skies overhead, the sun’s

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Grizzlor ‘When You Die’ 7″/DD 2014

24th December 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, 7", Digital, Grizzlor, Grunge, Heavy, Money Fire Records, Noise-Rock, Review, Tom McKibbin, When You Die

Let me tell you a little secret about me; if you tell me you play grungey noise rock, you’ve got

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Fuzz Evil / Chiefs – Split 7”/DD 2014

6th December 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, 7", Battleground Records, Chiefs, Digital, Fuzz, Fuzz Evil, Heay Rock, Review, Stoner, Tom McKibbin

Battleground Records is a relatively new label operating out of Tucson, Arizona which supports a small roster of underground bands

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Windhand ‘Live At Roadburn 2014’ LP/DD 2014

16th October 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, Burning World Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Live At Roadburn 2014, LP, Review, Roadburn, Tom McKibbin, Windhand

If you’ve not heard of Richmond, Virginia’s Windhand then you’ve probably been living under a rock for the last three

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Pissed Jeans
G-Q Interviews 

Pissed Jeans: Tom McKibbin Interviews Frontman Matt Korvette

7th October 201411th September 2019 Tom McKibbin Interview, Matt Korvette, Pissed Jeans, Shallow, Sub Pop Records, Tom McKibbin

Pennsylvanian punks Pissed Jeans have been tearing us all a new a-hole for a decade now and so following the

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Noothgrush ‘Erode The Person – Anthology 1997-1998’ CD/DD Reissue 2014

26th September 20143rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Erode The Person, Heavy, Noothgrush, Reissue, Review, Sludge, Throne Records, Tom McKibbin

Noothgrush‘s discography reads a bit like a defragging hard drive – so many little pieces (demos, EPs, split releases, an

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Stephen Tanner
G-Q Interviews 

Music Blues: Stephen Tanner Answers Tom’s Questions About Depression, Going Solo & Cooking

19th September 201411th September 2019 Tom McKibbin Interview, Music Blues, Stephen Tanner, Things Haven't Gone Well, Thrill Jockey Records, Tom McKibbin

Alternative rock, doom, sludge-grinders Harvey Milk need no introduction here and neither does their bass-playing maverick Stephen Tanner who recently

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Space Witch
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Space Witch: Daz Rowlands Answers Tom McKibbin’s Thought Provoking Questions

15th September 201411th September 2019 Tom McKibbin Daz Rowlands, Interview, Space Witch, Tom McKibbin

Stoke-on-Trent’s veteran instrumental doom titans Space Witch have just released their excellent self-titled debut album on Orchestrated Dystopia Records and

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