Album & EP Reviews H 

Hotel Wrecking City Traders ‘Black Yolk’ CD 2008

13th October 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, Black Yolk, Bro Fidelity Records, CD, Guitar & Drums, Heavy Rock, Hotel Wrecking City Traders, HWCT, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner, Stoner Doom, Stoner Rock, Two Piece

The name Hotel Wrecking City Traders (or HWCT to make life a lot easier) has been bandied around for a

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Morkobot ‘Morto’ CD/LP 2008

11th October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Avant-Garde, CD, Doom, Experimental, LP, Morkobot, Morto, Noise-Rock, Review, Supernatural Cat

Lin, Lan and Len have been at the mushrooms again. This is a sonically stout and viciously noxious offering from

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Hearse – S/T – CD 2007

26th September 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2007, CD, Doom, Heavy, Iron Hearse, Ollie Stygall, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Swindon based power three piece Iron Hearse have achieved a fair amount over the last few years whilst maintaining a

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Slomatics ‘Kalceanna’ CD 2007

19th September 20084th November 2019 Adam Stone 2007, Adam Stone, CD, Doom, Heavy, Kalceanna, Review, Slomatics, Sludge, Spirit Of Division, Stoner Doom

This is a year late review: as you all know we like it slow at TSS. Slomatics are a canny

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Berserkowitz ‘Gritfarm’ CDEP 2008

18th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Berserkowitz, CDEP, Doom, Heavy, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Let’s face it sludge fans, if these lot were from the States there’d be far more of a buzz about

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Ehnahre ‘The Man Closing Up’ CD 2008

15th September 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Atmospheric, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Ehnahre, Jazz Fusion, Post-Rock, Review, Sound Devastation Records, The Man Closing Up

Here we have a new collective from Boston’s musical underbelly (formed from ex-members of Kayo Dot and Forefedglass amongst others)

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffins ‘Buried Death’ CD 2008

13th September 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 20 Buck Spin, 2008, Andrew Sloan, Buried Death, CD, Coffins, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Review

Oh sweet jesus this is the fucking shit! I have here in my rotting puds the new Coffins CD, a

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Torche ‘Meanderthal’ CD 2008

12th September 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CD, Heavy Rock, Hydra Head Records, Meanderthal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Pop, Stoner Rock, Torche

It would be fair to say that Torche are confusing buggers. As a reviewer it’s always nice when a band

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Album & EP Reviews Q 

Queen Elephantine ‘Surya’ CD 2008

7th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Surya

It is dusk upon the river Ganges. Your gap year has prematurely come to an end because you are sooooooo

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Sun ‘Paralyser’ LP 2008

6th September 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, At War With False Noise, Black Sun, Doom, Drone, Heavy, LP, Paralyser, Review

I press the play button: a second of silence and then…a red faced and demented man is screaming “restless, my

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lento ‘Earthen’ CD/LP 2008

5th September 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Earthen, Heavy, Lento, LP, Ollie Stygall, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Supernatural Cat

It’s so easy to have preconceptions about Italy. As I sit here in a decidedly damp and grey Britain I

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