Album & EP Reviews I 

Iron Hearse ‘Peddle The Metal’ CDEP 2005

7th January 200614th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, CDEP, Doom, Gallipoli Records, Heavy, Iron Hearse, Lee Edwards, Peddle The Metal, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Up and coming UK Melodic Doomsters Iron Hearse are a band I’ve been meaning to check out for a while

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Album & EP Reviews V 

V/A ‘Heaviosity’ CD 2005

6th January 20066th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, CD, Compilation, Crust, Doom, Gallipoli Records, Instrumental, Iron Hearse, Lee Edwards, Metal, Mothertrucker, Obiat, Outburst, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge, Suns Of Thunder, V/A, Various Artists

Heaviosity is a cracking release from newly formed UK label Gallipoli Records. Although not completely original in concept (who remembers

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Album & EP Reviews E 

EyeHateGod ‘Preaching The End-Time Message’ CD 2005

4th January 200614th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, CD, Crust, Doom, Emetic Records, EyeHateGod, Hardcore, Heavy, Lee Edwards, Nasty, Preaching The End-Time Message, Review, Sludge

‘Preaching The End-Time Message’ is a Sludge fuelled compilation from those Southern wasters Eyehategod, which features alternative takes, rare &

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Buried Inside ‘Chronoclast’ CD 2005

27th December 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Buried Inside, CD, Chronoclast, Doom, Lee Edwards, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

I was fortunate enough to witness Canada’s Buried Inside’s blistering live performance when they toured the UK a few weeks

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Album & EP Reviews V 

Vat Of Fat / …as the tide consumes ‘The Grimm Truth’ Split 12″ 2005

27th December 20056th September 2019 Lee Edwards ...as the tide consumes, 12", 2005, Doom, Drone, Lee Edwards, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 12", The Grimm Truth, Vat Of Fat

‘The Grimm Truth’ is the debut release from relatively unknown label Bay Area Thrash Records, it features 2 of the

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Blood Island Raiders / Among The Missing – Split 12″ 2005

24th December 20056th September 2019 Mark Burns 12", 2005, Among The Missing, Blood Island Raiders, Blood Island Raiders/Among The Missing, Doom, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Mark Burns, NWOBHM, Review, Sludge, Split, Split 12", Withered Hand Records

First release by promising new label Withered Hand Recs. The guy who runs the label is also in Among the

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Ocean ‘Here Where Nothing Grows’ CD 2005

24th December 200531st March 2023 Lee Edwards 2005, CD, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Here Where Nothing Grows, Important Records, Lee Edwards, Mournful, Ocean, Review

If devastatingly Heavy Droned out Doom is your kinda thing, then Portland’s Ocean are certainly a band you should be

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lazarus Blackstar ‘Revelations’ CD 2005

10th December 20056th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Blackened Doom, Crust, Doom, Heavy, Khang, Lazarus Blackstar, Lee Edwards, Nasty, Revelations, Review, Sludge, Undergroove Records

Lazarus Blackstar have made a dramatic impact on the underground doom circuit over the last few months & when you

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mothertrucker ‘The Last Ride Of Dr Sanchez’ CD 2005

21st October 200514th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Heavy, Instrumental, Lee Edwards, Mothertrucker, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, The Last Ride Of Dr Sanchez

When I first heard about this band, the name conjured up images of some long haired, bearded, redneck southern rock

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mournful Congregation ‘The Dawning of Mournful Hymns’ CD 2002

21st May 200514th September 2019 Mark Burns 2002, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Mark Burns, Mournful, Mournful Congregation, Review, The Dawning of Mournful Hymns

Enter the congregation of some seriously slow and mournful DOOM, then prepare for a sermon of misery and sorrow. Would

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Martyr AD ‘On Earth As It Is In Hell’ CD 2005

6th May 200514th September 2019 Jas Murray 2005, Brutal, CD, Hardcore, Jas Murray, Martyr AD, Metal, On Earth As It Is In Hell, Review, Victory Records

This is the second album from these US Hardcore stalwarts. Apparently the first album ‘The Human Condition in Twelve Fractions’

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