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Review: Vaneno ‘Struggle Through Absurdity’

2nd December 20202nd December 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Metal, Raging Planet Records, Sludge, Struggle Through Absurdity, Vaneno

Bursting fresh onto the scene from Lisbon, Portugal, Vaneno have been together a relatively short period of time. Friends Miguel

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

23rd November 202023rd November 2020 Lee Beamish Brown Acid, RidingEasy Records, The Eleventh Trip, Various Artists

The Brown Acid series, something which started as a way of showcasing some unique, and all together incredible musical rarities,

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Review: Vetus Supulcrum ‘Windswept Canyons Of Thule’

28th October 202027th November 2020 Jeremy Moore Burning World Records, Dungeon Synth, Maurice De Jong, Vetus Supulcrum, Windswept Canyons Of Thule

Although originally gaining traction in the late 80s and early 1990s, ‘dungeon synth’ has had a resurgence over the past

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Review: Various Artists ‘Dirt [Redux]’

22nd September 202026th October 2020 David J McLaren Alice In Chains, Dirt [Redux], Doom, Grunge, Hardcore, Magnetic Eye Records, Stoner

Just a couple of weeks ago I had one of those ‘how the hell am I that old?!’ moments when

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Review: Various Artists ‘APF Records – The Sound Of Heavy 2020’

20th May 202023rd June 2020 Lee Beamish APF Records, Doom, Hardcore, Metal, Sludge, Stoner, The Sound Of Heavy 2020, Various Artists

APF Records newest compilation The Sound Of Heavy 2020 is a gargantuan twenty six track monster of quality bands, brought

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Review: Various Artists ‘Women Of Doom’

29th April 202022nd May 2020 Josuph Price Blues Funeral Recordings, Desert Records, Doom, Women Of Doom

Women Of Doom, released through Blues Funeral Recordings and Desert Records, is a collaborative project inspired by and celebrating the

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

20th April 202022nd May 2020 Reza Mills Brown Acid, RidingEasy Records, The Tenth Trip, Various Artists

It’s hard to believe that this is the 10th instalment of the Brown Acid series, which is a collaborative effort

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Review: Video Nasties ‘Dominion’

13th March 20209th April 2020 Josuph Price APF Records, Death Metal, Dominion, Thrash Metal, Video Nasties

There’s a niche of bands which embody the spirit of a very select catalogue of scuzzy and sleazy horror films

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Review: Voidlurker ‘Industrial Nightmare’

9th March 20209th April 2020 Sandy Williamson APF Records, Doom, Industrial Nightmare, Sludge, Voidlurker

Voidlurker call Birmingham, England home, and the grinding industrial weight of the city’s bleak history weighs heavily on Industrial Nightmare.

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Review: Vaisseau ‘Horrors Waiting In Line’

4th March 20209th April 2020 Francisco Javier Electronic, Horrors Waiting In Line, Synth, Totem Cat Records, Vaisseau

The resurgence of the 1980s in its multiple forms brings with it a plethora of ideas that were either amazing

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Review: V ‘Led Into Exile’

5th December 201911th December 2019 Sandy Williamson Led Into Exile, Post-Metal, Sludge, Suicide Records, V

Out earlier in the autumn, Sweden’s sludgey doom lords V‘s second record Led Into Exile is a forty minute journey

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