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Xibalba ‘Años En Infierno’
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Review: Xibalba ‘Años En Infierno’

4th June 202023rd June 2020 Matt Alexander Años En Infierno, Death Doom, Hardcore, Southern Lord, Xibalba

Xibalba, or The Place Of Fear, is the underworld from Maya mythology, home to the Maya death gods who have

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Xibalba ‘Tierra Y Libertad’ CD/LP/DD 2015

22nd February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Southern Lord, Tierra Y Libertad, Xibalba

Xibalba are a death metal/hardcore band from Pomona, California and Tierra Y Libertad is their third album. Signed to Southern

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XII Boar ‘Truck Stop Baby’ 7″ 2014

7th April 20142nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, 7", Heavy Rock, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Stoner Rock, Train Wreck, Truck Stop Baby, XII Boar

Breaker 1/9, Breaker 1/9! Those filthy-riffing, sludge-swilling swine XII Boar (read: Twelve Boar) are back and slopping at the groove-infested

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Xibalba ‘Hasta La Muerte’ CD/LP 2012

29th August 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, Adam Stone, Brutal, CD, Death Metal, Hardcore, Hasta La Muerte, LP, Review, Southern Lord, Xibalba

The adjective ‘brutal’, like many others (such as ‘monolithic’ and ‘crushing’), has been bandied around far too much for its

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XII Boar ‘Split Tongue, Cloven Hoof’ CDEP/Digital 2012

10th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CDEP, Digital, Groove, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Split Tongue Cloven Hoof, Stoner Rock, XII Boar

You’ve all heard the theory that if you give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and

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Xaddax ‘Counterclockwork’ CD/LP 2012

29th May 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CD, Counterclockwork, Experimental, LP, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Review, Skin Graft, Xaddax

Bonding over a shared love of “palindromes and pointy letters”, and, uh, each other, No-Wave sci-fi skronk duo Xaddax are

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Xibalba ‘Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias’ CD 2011

4th July 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Death Crust, Hardcore, Heavy, Madre Mia Gracias Por Los Dias, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Southern Lord, Xibalba

MADRE DE DIOS!! Xibalba aren’t fuckin’ around, they take NO prisoners. Combining the glutinous guitar tone of prime Obituary with

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