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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Twentieth Trip’

14th May 202514th May 2025 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is here, and all that comes with it, warmer weather, zombie Jesus, the universal stoner holiday and another installment,

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Review: Various Artists ‘Yeah Man, It’s Bloody Heavy!!’

12th May 202512th May 2025 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, Rise Above Records, Various Artists, Yeah Man It's Bloody Heavy!!

Now, here is an interesting compilation. In the spirit of Riding Easy Records fabled Brown Acid series, Rise Above Records

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Review: Vitskär Süden ‘Vitskär Süden’ [Reissue]

4th April 20254th April 2025 Renzo Doom, Prog, Psych, Ripple Music, Vitskär Süden

Vitskär Süden’s name makes me think this is another great Nordic band, but it’s actually the name of a band

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Review: Venamoris ‘To Cross Or To Burn’

27th February 202527th February 2025 Reza Mills Dave Lombardo, Dream Pop, Ipecac Recordings, Paula Lombardo, Venamoris

Venamoris debut Drown In Emotion made the number one spot of my Top Ten of 2023, so when I learnt

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Various Artists ‘Brown Acid The Nineteenth Trip’

18th December 202418th December 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

At this point, stoner rockers, doom-metal mavens, garage rock collectors, heavy psych-heads and proto-metal worshipers around the globe can practically

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Review: Various Artists ‘Aqualung Redux’

17th December 202417th December 2024 Tom Hanno Alain Johannes, Chris Goss, Domkraft, Huntsmen, Jethro Tull, Magnetic Eye Records, Motorpsycho, Osi And The Jupiter, The Sword, The Well, Various Artists

I was born in 1974, so as I was growing up, my parents played a lot of the hard rock

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Review: Various Artists ‘The Very Best Of Jethro Tull Redux’

16th December 202416th December 2024 David J McLaren Doom, Elephant Tree, Hashtronaut, Heavy Rock, Jethro Tull, Lowrider, Magnetic Eye Records, Mr Bison, Oceanlord, Prog, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Sweat, The Golden Grass, Various Artists

Internal David-monologue, approx. 1994: Everything must be heavier than everything else! Metallica are for girls (NB I was sexist as

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Review: Venus Twins ‘/\/\/\/\/’ EP

7th November 20247th November 2024 Reza Mills Hardcore, Noise-Rock, Three One G, Venus Twins

Denton, Texas has a history of producing pretty killer punk rock, what with the likes of The Marked Men, The

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Review: Various Artists ‘Day Old Donuts’

8th August 20248th August 2024 Reza Mills Balm, Berton Averre, Bovine Nightmares, Chaser, Chip Whitson, Dead Senses, Genre Is Death, Heckel & Jeckel, Love Ethic, Matte Martin, Night Goat, Noise-Rock, Old Coffins, Post-Punk, Skeletonized, The Triceratops, Various Artists, Wax Donut Records

Wax Donuts Records latest release Day Old Donuts is a collection of covers of early rock and roll classics which,

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid The Eighteenth Trip’

9th May 202418th December 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is in the air, and with that we can count on warmer weather, everyone’s favorite, annual stoner holiday, and

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Review: Vnder A Crvmbling Moon ‘II: Aging & Formless’

2nd May 20242nd May 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Post-Metal, Ripcord Records, Vnder A Crvmbling Moon

Vnder A Crumbling Moon, the post-metal five-piece from Devon, UK may be a relatively new entity, but their dark, abrasive

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