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Review: Vrenth ‘Succumb To Chaos’

5th September 20225th September 2022 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Rotted Life Records, Vrenth

Spewed out of the hell-mouth and landing straight in Amboy, California, the death metal cenobites Vrenth return with their second

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Review: Veldune ‘Veldune’

5th September 20225th September 2022 Martin Williams Nightfloat Recordings, Veldune

With the sheer volume of heavy rock & roll I consume in all its myriad of forms, I’m routinely due

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Review: Valley Of The Sun ‘The Chariot’

16th June 202227th July 2022 Josh Schneider Fuzzorama Records, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Stoner, Valley Of The Sun

Valley Of The Sun is one of my all-time favorite bands and have been since I first heard the track

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Review: Various Artists ‘Ziggy Stardust: 50 Years Later’

14th June 202215th July 2022 Lee Beamish Bitter Kisses, David Bowie, Heavy Rock, Kong Social, Mother Vulture, Pale Wizard Records, Possessor, Raging Speedhorn, Sail, Sergeant Thunderhoof, The Lunar Effect, Tony Reed

June 16th, 2022 marks 50 years to the day since David Bowie released his iconic album Ziggy Stardust. Well, those

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Review: Various Artists ‘Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III’

8th June 202215th July 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden Amenra, Cave In, Country, Folk, Marissa Nadler, My Proud Mountain, Neurot Recordings, Townes Van Zandt, Various Artists

Time and circumstance have meant that it has been a long time since the last entry in the My Proud

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Review: Various Artist ‘Brown Acid – The Fourteenth Trip’

29th April 20223rd June 2022 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

It’s that time of the year again. Every stoner & weedian’s favorite holiday. 4/20. This also means another installment of

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Review: Veiled ‘Artefacts’

14th April 202226th May 2022 Tim Keppie Ambient, Soundscapes, Trepanation Recordings, Veiled

One of the dark, ambient electronic projects of Daniel James Dolby. Six tracks on this release demonstrate his ability to

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

12th January 202224th February 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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