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Martyrdöd ‘Paranoia’ CD/LP 2012

11th June 20123rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2012, Anarcho Punk, Blackened Crust, CD, Crust, D-Beat, LP, Martyrdöd, Paranoia, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Southern Lord

When I was last in Sweden I was given the amazing news that Southern Lord had recalibrated their punk radar

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Mike Scheidt ‘Stay Awake’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

7th June 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Acoustic, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, LP, Mike Scheidt, Review, Solo, Stay Awake, Thrill Jockey Records, Tom McKibbin, Yob

In recent years YOB have become one of the most popular bands in the doom metal canon, taking the essence

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Melvins ‘Freak Puke’ CD/LP/DD 2012

31st May 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin (the) Melvins, 2012, CD, DD, Digital Download, Freak Puke, Heavy, Ipecac Recordings, LP, Melvins, Melvins Lite, Noise-Rock, Review, Tom McKibbin

The Mevlins, or Melvins-Lite as their press release is dubbing them, are back with their second record of 2012 (easy

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Melvins ‘Scion A/V Presents: The Bulls And The Bees’ Digital EP 2012

9th May 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin (the) Melvins, 2012, Digital EP, Free Download, Grunge, Heavy Rock, Melvins, Review, Scion A/V Metal, The Bulls And The Bees, Tom McKibbin

What do Melvins records and buses have in common? Wait for one and two show up at the same time.

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Mother Corona ‘Out Of The Dust’ CD 2012

5th May 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Heavy Rock, Mother Corona, Out Of The Dust, Pete Green, Review, Self Released

Reviewing records with a healthy regularity means that you get to hear a suitable amount of doom/sludge/stoner/metal industry gold, but

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Mares of Thrace ‘The Pilgrimage’ CD/LP/DD 2012

26th April 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, CD, DD, Digital Download, Heavy, LP, Mares Of Thrace, Metal, Noise-Rock, Review, Sludge, Sonic Unyon Metal, Tom McKibbin

Calgary, Alberta sludge duo Mares of Thrace have only been going for around three years but they’ve already made one

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Mellow Bravo – S/T – CD/DD 2012

31st March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues, CD, Country, Digital Download, Hard Rock, Mellow Bravo, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Self Titled, Small Stone Records

Goddamn!!! Us music journos don’t like being confused!!! We don’t like it when bands make us think about what we’re

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Mangoo ‘Neverland’ CD 2012

29th March 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Fuzz, Mangoo, Neverland, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Small Stone Records, Space Rock

Mangoo from Finland, despite having a name that sounds like something you’d find on the floor of a porno cinema,

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Mehata Sentimental Legend ‘Noum Zeccyou’ DD 2011

13th February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, DD, Digital Download, Experimental, Instrumental, Mehata Sentimental Legend, Noum Zeccyou, Paul Robertson, Review

A little something slightly off the beaten track for The Shaman here as Mehata Sentimental Legend from, where else, Japan

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Monarch ‘Omens’ CD 2012

3rd February 20123rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2012, At A Loss Recordings, CD, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Monarch, Omens, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review

Monarch have carved such a tight niche for themselves, it would be difficult to imagine them doing anything other than

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Misty Morning ‘Saint Shroom’ 12″ 2011

18th December 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", 2011, Doom, Doomanoid Records, Gothic, Misty Morning, Occult, Ollie Stygall, Review, Saint Shroom, Stoner Doom

When Misty Morning’s “Martian Pope” EP was released it proved itself to be a charming slice of Cathedral worship that

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