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Review: Various Artists ‘Döminance And Submissiön: A Tribute to Blue Öyster Cult’

12th January 202212th January 2022 Simon Brotherton Blue Öyster Cult, Heavy Rock, Various Artists

Tribute albums are often hit-and-miss affairs and usually at their best when there’s some real heart involved. That’s certainly the

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Review: VHS ‘I Heard They Suck…Blood’

10th December 202111th January 2022 Martin Williams Death Metal, VHS, Wise Blood Records

Thunder Bay Ontario’s VHS (perhaps standing for Violent Homicidal Slasher, or even the track on the album Vampiric Hemoglobin Suckers)

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Review: Various Artists ‘The Best Of AC/DC [Redux]’

3rd December 202111th January 2022 Maxx AC/DC, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records, Redux, Various Artists

AC/DC is the very definition of timeless. Since 1975 they’ve released 17 albums of pure rock and roll by rarely

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Review: Various Artists ‘Back In Black [Redux]’

2nd December 202111th January 2022 Martin Williams AC/DC, Back In Black, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records, Redux, Various Artists

Tribute albums have always been dubious propositions to me. They can be fun, depending on who’s being paid tribute to,

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Review: Various Artists ‘From The Mountains To The Sea Volume 1′

18th November 202124th December 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Heavy Rock, Lavender Sweep Records, Sludge, Stoner, Various Artists

Reviewing a compilation can be a thankless task, especially when it’s a strong showcase that brings together many great artists

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Review: Vaticinal Rites ‘Vaticinal Rites’ EP

16th November 202124th December 2021 Matt Alexander Caligari Records, Death Metal, Dry Cough Records, Redefining Darkness Records, Vaticinal Rites

Man, the UK death metal scene is crazy exciting right now with 2021 being a year of back-to-back fantastic releases

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid: The Thirteenth Trip’

9th November 202115th December 2021 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

The RidingEasy Records Brown Acid series have proven to be one of the best, and most anticipated releases of the

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Review: Vetrar Draugurinn ‘The Night Sky’

7th October 20218th November 2021 Richard Murray Dark Skies Coming, Doom, Gothic, Vetrar Draugurinn

My older sister would listen to The Gathering, read Anne Rice, and watch The Craft repeatedly. This album brought back

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Review: Wallowing/Vixen Maw/Slabdragger/Thin – 4 Way Split

30th September 20218th November 2021 Richard Murray Black Voodoo Records, Doom, Grindcore, Slabdragger, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Vixen Maw, Wallowing

I can’t focus. And I don’t think I want to either. Everything is a let-down. Everything is canceled. So let’s

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Review: Voidgazer ‘Dance of the Undesirables’

27th August 202127th September 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Independent, Metal, Sludge, Voidgazer

Hailing from St Louis, Missouri brutal sludge metal act Voidgazer have the statement on their Facebook page that reads, ‘We

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Review: Vandampire ‘The Last Good Thing Has Happened’ EP

17th December 202022nd January 2021 Josh Schneider Post-Metal, The Last Good Thing Has Happened, Trepanation Recordings, Vandampire

Never judge a book by its cover. I remember hearing that over and over again growing up. When it comes

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