Album & EP Reviews N 

Nortt ‘Galgenfrist’ CD 2008

14th June 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Ambient, Avant-Garde, Avantgarde Music, Black Metal, Dark, Experimental, Galgenfrist, Mark Burns, Mournful, Nortt, Review

When I first got this CD I was abit under-whelmed with it compared to their other releases, but I’m glad

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Crawe ‘Doomed To Fail’ Demo 2008

12th June 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Crawe, Demo, Doom, Doomed To Fail, Drone, Heavy, Mark Burns, Review, Self Released

The doom/sludge/heavy shit scene appears to be going through an unprecedented time at the moment with the amount of bands

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Album & EP Reviews J 

Jarboe / Justin K Broadrick ‘J2’ CDEP 2008

12th June 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Atmospheric, CDEP, Collaboration, Experimental, J2, Jarboe, Jesu, Justin K Broadrick, Mark Burns, Review, Shoegaze, The End Records

I played this for a friend of mine recently and his main reaction was “I would not fancy this on

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Paganus – S/T – CD 2008

7th April 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Mark Burns, Mournful, Paganus, Review, Totalrust Music

The first thing I’ll say about this release is it’s certainly a grower, with more going on than first meets

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Highgate – S/T – CD 2008

7th April 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Highgate, Mark Burns, Review, Totalrust Music

It becomes apparent within the first 5 minute’s of this CD that the listener is in for a treat. An

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A Album & EP Reviews 

Acrimony ‘Bong On – Live Long’ CD 2007

17th March 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2007, Acrimony, Bong On - Live Long, CD, Doom, Leaf Hound Records, Mark Burns, Psych Rock, Review, Space Rock

A lovely little Acrimony collection on offer here from Japan’s Leafhound Recs. Kicking off with ‘The Acid Elephant EP’, originally

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mary Bell – S/T – CD 2007

17th March 20086th September 2019 Mark Burns 2007, CD, Crust, Doom, Mark Burns, Mary Bell, Review, Sludge, Trabuc Records

After being really impressed with their ‘Derek Sessions’ recording i was well up for checking this out when I became

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Album & EP Reviews F 

Fatty Chan ‘Tunguska’ CDEP 2008

15th March 20086th September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CDEP, Fatty Chan, Heavy Rock, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Southern Rock, Tunguska

I’m guessing the name Fatty Chan won’t mean too much to anyone at the moment as, although the band have

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight ‘Imaginarianism’ CDEP 2008

15th March 20086th September 2019 Ollie Stygall Blues Rock, CDEP, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Imaginarianism, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Stoner Doom, Trippy Wicked, Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight, Two Piece

Where do I start? Trippy Wicked, or to give them their full name Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Stuntcock vs The Sontaran Experiment ‘When I Heard You Were Dying…’ CD 2007

20th January 200814th September 2019 Pete Worth 2007, CD, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Future Noise, Industrial, Noise, Paul Catten, Pete Worth, Review, Stuntcock, The Sontaran Experiment

This release is a collaborative split between two of Paul Catten’s (Lazarus Blackstar/Medulla Nocte) latest projects and the first in

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Album & EP Reviews V 

Volition – S/T – CD 2008

19th January 20086th September 2019 Pete Worth 2008, Blackened Doom, CD, Doom, Heavy, Pete Worth, Review, Sludge, Totalrust Music, Volition

Hailing from the bleak ship building town of Barrow-in-Furness, it’s no surprise that Volition specialize in penning cold, pessimistic doom.

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