Album & EP Reviews S 

Slow Season – S/T – CD/DD 2012

3rd October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Slow Season

Holy Led Zep Batman!!! Slow Season are an utterly unknown band from across the water Stateside but have more than

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Howlin’ Widow – S/T – 7” 2012

2nd October 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, 7", Blues Rock, Freak Flag Recordings, Heavy Rock, Howlin' Widow, Ollie Stygall, Retro, Review

Is anyone familiar with the story behind The Who’s “Pictures Of Lily”? Basically the protagonist of the song is having

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Chelsea Wolfe ‘Live At Roadburn 2012’ LP 2012

1st October 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, Atmospheric, Burning World Records, Chelsea Wolfe, Doom, Folk, Live, Live At Roadburn 2012, LP, Review, Roadburn Records, Tom McKibbin

When Wovenhand took to the stage at Roadburn 2011 the general consensus was that they brought down one of the

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lords Of Bastard ‘Cuddles’ CD 2012

30th September 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Alternative, Bang Mountain Records, CD, Cuddles, Grunge, Heavy, Lords Of Bastard, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review

When Lords Of Bastard’s self titled debut landed a couple of years ago I was immediately taken with its random,

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Rites – S/T – 12″ 2012

29th September 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 12", 2012, Doom, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Review, Rites, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

I don’t know exactly what ‘rites’ this Galway-based four-piece are involved in but judging by their music, they’re of the

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Orchid ‘Heretic’ CDEP/10″/DD 2012

28th September 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 10", 2012, Alex Varley, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Heretic, Nuclear Blast Records, Orchid, Review, Stoner Doom

If you’re looking for a band that encapsulates that warm, bluesy feel of 70s hard rock whilst avoiding being an

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Ufomammut ‘Oro: Opus Alter’ CD/LP 2012

27th September 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, Doom, Heavy, LP, Malleus, Neurot Recordings, Opus Alter, Oro: Opus Alter, Pete Green, Psychedelic, Review, Supernatural Cat, Ufomammut

Previously on the Oro Opus series… Italian psyche-drone-doom-sludge shit-kickers Ufomammut battle through the galaxy upon a haze of steel-tinged fairy

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wheelfall ‘Interzone’ CD/DD 2012

26th September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CD, Digital, Doom, Fuzz, Interzone, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sunruin Records, Wheelfall

Wearing their hearts on their sleeves, French Stoner/Doom band Wheelfall openly acknowledge their Sabbathy debt and aspirations for Stoner heritage

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bastard Of The Skies ‘Tarnation’ CD 2012

25th September 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Bastard Of The Skies, CD, Future Noise, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Tarnation

What’s that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No….it’s Blackburn’s finest musical export, Bastard Of

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sylvester Anfang II – S/T – (Latitudes Session) CD/LP 2012

24th September 20123rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Experimental, Jam, Kraut, Latitudes Session, LP, Review, Southern Records, Sylvester Anfang II, Todd Robinson

Well here we are with another release in the fantastic series from Southern’s Latitude imprint. Championing the more experimental and

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mudbath ‘Red Desert Orgy’ Digital EP 2012

22nd September 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Digital EP, Doom, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mudbath, Red Desert Orgy, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Mud Baths date back thousands of years and can commonly be found in areas where hot natural springs can combine

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