Album & EP Reviews S 

Sigiriya ‘Return To Earth’ CD/LP 2011

11th July 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Acrimony, Adam Stone, CD, Church Within Records, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, LP, Return To Earth, Review, Sigiriya, Stoner Doom

This is the sound of a young man’s hair growing past his shoulders and spilling onto his greasy denim jerkin.

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Album & EP Reviews E 

End Of Level Boss ‘Eklectric’ CD 2011

10th July 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Eklectric, End Of Level Boss, Exile On Mainstream Records, Heavy Rock, Pete Green, Prog Rock, Review

In recent years, EOLB have gathered the kind of respect most underground bands would give up a grandma to have

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mountain Witch – S/T – 12″ 2011

9th July 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 12", 2011, Droehnhaus Records, Instrumental, Mountain Witch, Pete Green, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock, Stoner Jam

So, you like stoner rock, AND drone, AND instrumental psychedelia? Then you’ll love the latest EP by Hamburg, Germany’s three-piece

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Planks ‘The Darkest Of Grays / Solicit To Fall’ CD 2011

8th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Crust, Death Crust, Hardcore, Paul Robertson, Planks, Review, Southern Lord, The Darkest Of Grays / Solicit To Fall

You’ll be unsurprised to hear, given the Crust content of SL’s latest batch of releases, that the oddly-named Planks are

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Premonition 13 ’13’ CD/LP 2011

7th July 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 13, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Jim Karow, LP, Matthew Clark, Ollie Stygall, Premonition 13, Review, Stoner Doom, Volcom Entertainment, Wino

As he fast approaches his 50th birthday (September 28th if you want to send him a card), Wino shows little

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Album & EP Reviews Y 

Yawning Sons / WaterWays – Split 7″ 2011

5th July 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 7", Aqua Beat Surf Rock, Collaboration, Experimental, Fatso Jetson, Gary Arce, Mario Lalli, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Split, Split 7", Tony Torney, WaterWays, Yawning Man, Yawning Sons

Back in 2009 I had the awesome pleasure of reviewing the first Yawning Sons album. For those who don’t know,

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Album & EP Reviews X 

Xibalba ‘Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias’ CD 2011

4th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Death Crust, Hardcore, Heavy, Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Southern Lord, Xibalba

MADRE DE DIOS!! Xibalba aren’t fuckin’ around, they take NO prisoners. Combining the glutinous guitar tone of prime Obituary with

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wall Of Sleep ‘When Mountains Roar’ CD 2011

3rd July 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, NWOBHM, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Wall Of Sleep, When Mountains Roar

Doom music and a name like Wall Of Sleep… you are thinking Ozzy era Sabbath, those sludgey, crawling guitar sounds

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kings Destroy ‘And The Rest Will Surely Perish’ CD 2011

2nd July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, And The Rest Will Surely Perish, CD, Doom, Heavy, Kings Destroy, Maple Forum, Paul Robertson, Review

Those of you with functioning long-term memories may remember how wildly I enthused about Kings Destroy’s debut seven inch, ‘Old

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Stereochrist ‘III’ CD 2011

1st July 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy, III, Mark Hunt-Bryden, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stereochrist

I have reviewed a fair few of the recent releases from Austrian label Psychedoomelic and can state now that they

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Witch – Demo 2011

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

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

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