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Alpinist ‘Lichtlærm/Minus.Mensch’ CD 2011

26th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Alpinist, CD, Crust, Hardcore, Lichtlærm, Minus.Mensch, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

German quartet Alpinist are the next blunt instrument to be wielded in Southern Lord’s campaign for crust domination, along with

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Hey Colossus ‘RRR’ CD/LP 2011

25th June 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Doom, Electronic, Experimental, Heavy, Hey Colossus, LP, Noise-Rock, Pete Green, Post-Hardcore, Review, Riot Season, RRR

Purely by taking the time to even stumble across this webpage, you will most probably be aware that “heavy” can

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Hittegods ‘Let It Burn’ CD 2011

24th June 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Heavy Rock, Hittegods, Let It Burn, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

Hmm…ah…um…ok…this is awkward!!!! When a band seem so in love with rock and roll and claim AC/DC as an influence

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Etherial Riffian ‘Shaman’s Visions’ CD 2011

22nd June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Doom, Download, Etherial Riffian, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Shaman's Visions

The influence of Sleep’s Holy Mountain still weighs heavy on the ‘Stoner/Doom’ community, even after nearly twenty years. Their weed-shrouded

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Acephalix ‘Interminable Night’ CD 2011

20th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Acephalix, Album, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Crust, Interminable Night, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

Looks like Greg Anderson has stopped washing and is hanging out in the park with a bottle of ‘Wild ‘n’

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Seven Sisters Of Sleep – S/T – CD 2011

17th June 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Album, Crust, Death Crust, Hardcore, Review, Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Southern Lord

Eight solid tracks like eight thrashing octopoid tentacles. Twenty minutes. That is all it takes to make a hardcore album.

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Hotel Wrecking City Traders & Gary Arce – LP 2011

16th June 201123rd February 2024 Paul Robertson 2011, Collaboration, Desert Rock, Fuzz, Gary Arce, Hotel Wrecking City Traders, HWCT, LP, Paul Robertson, Psych Rock, Review, Stoner Rock, Yawning Man

Cozmic jamz here, from two-man Aussie instru-noiserockers Hotel Wrecking City Traders and desert-rock lynchpin and all-around legend Gary Arce, of

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Magma Rise ‘Lazy Stream Of Steel’ CD 2011

14th June 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Kyle Thomas, Lazy Stream Of Steel, Magma Rise, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review

More Sabbath inspired doom metal from Austrian talent sorcerer’s PsycheDoomelic Records – This time hailing from Budapest in Hungary and

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The Haxan Cloak – S/T – CD 2011

13th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Album, Aurora Borealis, Avant-Garde, Bobby Krlic, CD, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Review, The Haxan Cloak

The overarching sense of menace, of encroaching dread is palpable throughout the entirety of this, the self-titled debut full-length recording

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Drainland ‘And So Our Troubles Began’ CD 2011 (Southern Lord)

9th June 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, And So Our Troubles Began, CD, Crust, Drainland, Hardcore, Review, Sludge, Southern Lord

Power and violence, but not power violence. Not quite. Southern Lord have made a canny move in signing this combustive

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Locrian / Horseback ‘New Dominions’ 12″ 2011

6th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 12", 2011, Album, Avant-Garde, Drone, Experimental, Horseback, Jenks Miller, Locrian, LP, New Dominions, Paul Robertson, Review, Split, Split 12", Utech Records

I’m always personally excited to hear anything new from Locrian OR Horseback, so you can imagine how much I was

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