Album & EP Reviews R 

Rachmanite – S/T – CDEP 2008

7th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CDEP, Doom, Guitar & Drums, Heavy, Instrumental, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Rachmanite, Review, Self Released, Two Piece

I have to admit on paper when I first heard about this band I was pretty wary. A two piece

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Misty Morning ‘Martian Pope’ CDEP 2008

7th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CDEP, Doom, Martian Pope, Misty Morning, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Stoner Doom

Ok quiz time, how many Italian rock bands can you name? Paul Chain, Death SS, Rawpower, Negazione, Ufomammut, El Thule,

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Gentlemans Pistols – S/T – CD/LP 2007

5th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2007, Blues Rock, CD, Classic Rock, Gentlemans Pistols, Heavy Rock, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rise Above Records

Whoa there, hold the phone have I missed something??? I seem to have fallen asleep and woken up in 1973

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Album & EP Reviews V 

V/A ‘The Sound Of The Catacombs’ CD 2008

5th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, Abdullah, Aluna, Alunah, Catacomb Records, CD, Compilation, Dirtyred, Doom, El Topo, Godsize, Grifter, I Am Colossus, Mos Generator, Obiat, Ollie Stygall, Outburst, Psychedelic, Review, Sludge, Sonic Lord, Spacecharge, Suns Of Thunder, V/A, Various Artists

This is the first release on Midlands based label Catacomb Records, a label run by lovers of stoner/doom/sludge/psychedelia who between

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Unearthly Trance ‘Electrocution’ CD/LP 2008

4th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Electrocution, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, Unearthly Trance

This is the fourth album from New York’s bleak occultists and its apparent from the off that the band have

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Witch ‘Paralyzed’ CD/LP 2008

4th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, CD, Doom, Fuzz, LP, Paralyzed, Review, Stoner Doom, Tee Pee Records, Witch

Anyone who has happened upon this band’s first album will remember THAT riff on ‘Seer’, and what a way to

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mountains Became Machines ‘Paths’ CDEP 2008

3rd August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CDEP, Heavy, Mountains Became Machines, Paths, Post-Rock, Review

A few years back a new form of rock music emerged, rather pretentiously coined Post –rock. It was cinematic graceful

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Album & EP Reviews J 

Jex Thoth – S/T – CD 2008

1st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, CD, Doom, Folk Doom, I Hate Records, Jex Thoth, Mark Burns, Metal, Review, Traditional Doom

The first thing I’ll say about this album is… Get yourself suitably sedated and let this fucker drag you back

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A Album & EP Reviews 

Asva ‘What You Don’t Know Is Frontier’ CD 2008

1st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Ambient, Asva, CD, Drone, Experimental, Mark Burns, Review, Southern Records, What You Don't Know Is Frontier

Not a record for passive consumption was something I read in a recent review for this the latest Asva album,

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Grifter ‘The High Unholy Mighty Rollin’ CDEP 2008

29th July 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Blues Rock, CDEP, Classic Rock, Fury 76 Records, Grifter, Heavy Rock, Review, Southern Rock, The High Unholy Mighty Rollin

Like that day old taste of sour mash, that tinnitus from blasting AC/DC and Clutch out of your car stereo

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Album & EP Reviews T 

They Are Cowards – S/T – CDEP 2008

14th July 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, CDEP, Doom, Drone, Future Noise, Review, Self Released, Sludge, They Are Cowards

I got a story for this one; Something foul keeps getting up your nose, the stench is coming from the

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