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Orange Goblin ‘A Eulogy For The Damned’ CD/LP 2012

6th January 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, A Eulogy For The Damned, Candlelight Records, CD, Heavy Rock, LP, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Orange Goblin, Review

“We have a new member joining us for our meeting tonight, would you care to introduce yourself?” “Ahem, yes…my name

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OBELYSKKH ‘Mount Nysa’ LP 2011

26th November 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Doom, Droehnhaus Records, Kraut, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mount Nysa, Obelyskkh, Review, Sludge, Stoner-Doom-Noise-Psych-Fukking-Raw

Having your debut album produced by the man who has commanded the desk for albums by the likes of Neurosis,

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Obake – ST – CD 2011

10th October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Ambient, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Obake, Paul Robertson, Rare Noise Records, Review, Sludge

An Obake, for the ignorant among you, is a form of shape-shifter or ghost in Japanese folklore – Indeed, the

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Omega Massif ‘Karpatia’ CD/LP 2011

17th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Heavy, Karpatia, LP, Omega Massif, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

Denser than a dumptruck full of dwarf-star matter and exerting more crushing gravity than a supermassive black hole, instrumentalists Omega

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Ommadon ‘Part II’ CD 2011

5th September 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Ommadon, Part II, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Snowblood

…and so the downtuned demonic dynamic duo known as Ommadon lurch forth from their slumber to lay waste to the

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Od Vratot Nadolu ‘Mercury’ CD/LP 2011

27th July 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Doom, Fuck Yoga Records, Hardcore, Insulin Addicted Records, LP, Mercury, Noise-Rock, Od Vratot Nadolu, Pete Green, Punk, Review, SuperFi Records

I must admit, my knowledge of Macedonia is about as extensive as the number questions I can vaguely guess the

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OvO ‘Cor Cordium’ CD/LP 2011

30th April 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Avant-Garde, Bass & Drums, CD, Cor Cordium, Experimental, LP, OvO, Pete Green, Post-Hardcore, Review, Supernatural Cat, Two Piece

This is, by some distance, the strangest album I’ve ever listened to. For those unexposed to the Italian duo’s minimalist

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Olde Growth – S/T – CD 2011

25th April 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Heavy Rock, Meteor City, Olde Growth, Pete Green, Review, Sludge

You know the feeling, the “man, I’ve had enough doomy fuzz metal for the time-being” feeling. I was beginning to

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o.68 ‘Elend’ CD 2010

28th February 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Elend, Funeral Doom, o.68, Ominous Silence Records, Paul Robertson, Review

Funeral doom with a decidedly progressive edge is what unusually monikered German one-man outfit O.68 purvey. All of the usual

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Opus ‘Autonomy’ CDEP 2010

19th February 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Autonomy, CDEP, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Opus, Review, Self Released

Honestly some days you can’t win as a band. No one wants to pay for music anymore, especially if your

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OJM ‘Volcano’ CD 2010

7th December 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, CD, Classic Rock, Go Down Records, Heavy Rock, OJM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Volcano

There is an awful lot of stoner rock out there…an awful lot!!! So why should we bother with yet another

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