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Review: Year Of The Cobra ‘Ash And Dust’

18th December 201914th January 2020 Jon Weatherill Ash And Dust, Doom, Prophecy Productions, Self Released, Sludge, Year Of The Cobra

A dusty road snakes across a vast expanse of gravel and boulders. A pair of unkempt, windswept figures approach the

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Year Of The Goat ‘The Unspeakable’ CD/LP/DD 2015

22nd July 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Guido Segers, Heavy Rock, LP, Napalm Records, Review, Rock, The Unspeakable, Year Of The Goat

Officially, the year of the goat starts in 2016, but with the new release from these Swedes, they hope to

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Yawning Sons ‘Ceremony To The Sunset’ LP Reissue 2014

12th December 201423rd February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2014, Alone Records, Ceremony To The Sunset, Desert Rock, Experimental, Gary Arce, LP, Mario Lalli, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Reissue, Review, Scott Reeder, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Stoner Rock, Wendy Rae Fowler, Yawning Sons

Originally set free into the world on 26th September 2009, Ceremony To The Sunset was a unique hybrid collaboration between

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Yob ‘Clearing The Path To Ascend’ CD/LP/DD 2014

3rd September 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, CD, Clearing The Path To Ascend, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Neurot Recordings, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Relapse Records, Review, Yob

It’s been a long, hard road for Yob, an uphill journey beset with obstacles – the first lineup of the

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Yanomamo ‘Minions’ DD 2014

30th August 20143rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2014, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Minions, Self Released, Sludge, Yanomamö

Existing in that narrow vacuum where the only bands in existence seem to be EyeHateGod, Sleep and Electric Wizard, Australian

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Yuri Gagarin – S/T – LP/DD 2013

15th January 20143rd September 2019 Ross Horton 2013, Digital, Heavy, Levande Begravd Records, LP, Psychedelic, Review, Ross Horton, Self Titled, Space Rock, Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin, according to all non-Biblical, non-religious sources, was the first human to enter space. He died in 1968. Now

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Year Of No Light ‘Tocsin’ CD/LP/DD 2013

13th November 20133rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2013, Atmospheric, CD, Dave Bowes, Debemur Morti Productions, Digital, Heavy, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Tocsin, Year Of No Light

As the post-metal tag slinks ignominiously back to the hole from whence it came, the bands who found themselves lumped

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Yidhra ‘Hexed’ CD/DD 2013

21st September 20133rd September 2019 John McNulty 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Hexed, John McNulty, Metal, Review, Self Released, Yidhra

Name your band after a deity from the Cthulu mythos and people take notice. Follow that by allowing your songs

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Year Of The Goat ‘Angels’ Necropolis’ CD/LP 2012

25th November 20123rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2012, 60's Garage, Angel’s Necropolis, CD, Classic Rock, LP, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Psych, Review, Ván Records, Year Of The Goat

Sweden’s Year Of The Goat have created for themselves an aura of wonder regarding their incredibly well scribed songs as

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Year Of The Goat ‘Lucem Ferre’ MCD 2011

22nd February 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Classic Rock, Heavy Rock, Lucem Ferre, MCD, Paul Robertson, Review, Ván Records, Year Of The Goat

By now I think it must be obvious to all and sundry that there is something in the water in

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Yob ‘Live At Roadburn 2010’ CD/DVD 2011

14th October 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Burning World Records, CD, Doom, DVD, Heavy, Live, Live At Roadburn 2010, Metal, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Roadburn, Roadburn Records, Yob

“We’re gonna play four songs and that will be one hour” says Yob mainman Mike Scheidt at the beginning of

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