Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Claw ‘A Different Game’ CD 2011

31st August 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, A Different Game, Blues Rock, CD, Heavy Rock, Iron Claw, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Ripple Music

There are not many bands who have remained as intact as Iron Claw have across 40 years. With the exception

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Iron Witch ‘Single Malt’ CDEP 2011

4th August 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CDEP, Doom, Iron Witch, Ollie Stygall, Review, Single Malt, Sludge, Stoner, Witch Hunter Records

Lock up your bitches…something stinking, sick and wicked this way comes!!!! Following in the filthy wake of two excellent rough

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Iron Witch – Demo 2011

29th June 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Demo, Doom, Heavy, Iron Witch, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Stoner Doom, Stoner Rock

When the first Iron Witch demo landed in 2010 it was immediately apparent that, under the filthy production, there was

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Ironweed ‘Your World Of Tomorrow’ CD 2011

16th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Ironweed, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Your World Of Tomorrow

I have to admit I never got round to checking out Ironweed’s debut offering “Indian Ladder” which landed in 2008,

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Iroha – ST – CD/LP 2011

10th March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Ambient, Andy Swan, CD, Denovali Records, Diarmuid Dalton, Drone, Experimental, Industrial, Iroha, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Shoegaze

I admit I am a sucker for packaging and when this dropped through my letter box to review it was

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Iron Witch – Demo 2010

13th November 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, Demo, Doom, Heavy, Iron Witch, Ollie Stygall, Review, Sludge, Stoner, Stoner Doom

Since Eyehategod came belching out of our speakers nearly 20 years with their thuggish take on Sabbath riffs, feedback and

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Album & EP Reviews I 

I Defy – S/T – CDEP 2010

8th July 20102nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CDEP, Heavy, I Defy, Industrial, Industrial Thrash, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mother Should Know Records, Review, Thrash Metal

My family have always been big on supporting local industry. Growing up a stone’s throw from I Defy’s home of

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Iroha & Fragment ‘Bittersweet’ CD/LP 2010

17th June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson Ambient, Andy Swan, Collaboration, Denovali Records, Diarmuid Dalton, Drone, Experimental, Fragment, Industrial, Iroha, Paul Robertson, Review, Shoegaze, Split, Split CD

An interesting CD, here, with a heavy Justin Broadrick connection. Iroha feature Andy Swan, ex-of Broadrick’s Final project AND current

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Iron Void ‘Spell Of Ruin’ CDEP 2010

14th May 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CDEP, Doom, Doomanoid Records, Iron Void, Metal, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Spell Of Ruin, Traditional Doom

OK hands up who remembers Hellhound records? To refresh your memories they existed from the late 80’s to the mid

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Into The Storm ‘Amidst A Sea Of Chaos’ CD 2009

18th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Amidst A Sea Of Chaos, CD, Hardcore, Heavy, Into The Storm, Metal, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Imagine, if you can, that legendary metal/hardcore band Botch were in fact a jigsaw. Now imagine that jigsaw tossed in

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IRA ‘Visions Of A Landscape’ CD 2009

10th December 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, IRA, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Visions Of A Landscape

Hailing from the university town of Konstanz in Germany, IRA are clearly deep thinkers and I don’t mean that in

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