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Torpor / Sonance – Split
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Torpor / Sonance – Split 12”/DD 2016

7th March 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 12", 2016, Angela Davey, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Post-Rock, Review, Sonance, Split, Torpor, Truthseeker Music

Torpor and Sonance have shared a stage so many times that a split between the two was inevitable and, given

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Cult Of Luna / The Old Wind 'Råångest'
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Cult Of Luna / The Old Wind ‘Råångest’ 12”/DD 2016

28th February 20161st November 2019 Tal Fineman 12", 2016, Amebix, Cult Of Luna, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Last Will And Testament, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Råångest, Tal Fineman, The Old Wind

Råångest opens with Cult Of Luna’s cover of seminal 1980s proto-thrash metal band Amebix’s Last Will And Testament. Cult Of

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Wizards Of Firetop Mountain - S/T
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Wizards Of Firetop Mountain – S/T – 12″/DD 2015

21st December 20151st November 2019 Ollie Stygall 12", 2015, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Wizards Of Firetop Mountain

Esteemed Shaman Editor: “Hey Ollie, would you like to review the new one from Wizards Of Firetop Mountain?” Me: “Who?”

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Mansion 'Altar Sermon'
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Mansion ‘Altar Sermon’ 12″/DD 2015

17th December 20151st November 2019 John Reppion 12", 2015, Altar Sermon, Classic Rock, Digital, Doom Rock, John Reppion, Mansion, Occult Rock, Review, Svart Records

I’ve been a fan of Finland’s creepy Kartonistic Christian cult pop doomers Mansion since 2013’s debut We Shall Live EP.

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Pelican ‘The Cliff’ 12″/DD 2015

20th April 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 12", 2015, Digital, Experimental, Jay Hampshire, Justin K Broadrick, Palms, Pelican, Post-Rock, Review, Southern Lord, The Cliff

Illinois post-rock veterans Pelican may not have reached the same level of popularity as a number of their peers (but

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The Body & Thou ‘You, Whom I Have Always Hated’ 12″/CD/DD 2015

8th February 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 12", 2014, CD, Collaboration, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Released From Love, Review, Sludge, The Body, Thou, Thrill Jockey Records, You Whom I Have Always Hated

Portland based sludgers The Body are certainly no strangers to mixing it up with other bands; in fact last year

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Mansion ‘Uncreation’ 12″ 2014

18th November 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2014, Doom, Doom Rock, Heavy Rock, John Reppion, Mansion, Occult Rock, Review, Self Released, Uncreation

Turku, Finland’s Mansion have been consistently impressing listeners with their highly polished, Kartanoism themed, doom rock since their début single

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Inter Arma ‘The Cavern’ 12″/CD/DD 2014

27th August 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 12", 2014, CD, Digital, Heavy, Inter Arma, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge, The Cavern

Inter Arma produced one of last year’s most stunning metal releases in Sky Burial. Its artful mixing of sludge and

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Throne ‘Where Tharsis Sleeps’ 12″/DD 2014

30th July 20143rd September 2019 Angela Davey 12", 2014, Angela Davey, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Indian Face, Review, Stoner, Throne, Where Tharsis Sleeps

Throne are a band I was first introduced to shortly before the release of their first EP Heavy Lies The

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Funeral Horse ‘Sinister Rites Of The Master’ 12″/DD 2014

22nd July 20142nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 12", 2014, Artificial Head Records, Digital, Doom, Funeral Horse, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Punk, Review, Sinister Rites Of The Master

I first heard of Funeral Horse last year through an intriguing biography and the novelty of a retro tape format.

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The Thing With Five Eyes ‘Glory’ 12″/Digital EP 2014

7th July 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 12", 2014, Ambient, Dark, Dave Bowes, Digital EP, Experimental, Glory, Jason Köhnen, Jazz, Review, Svart Lava, The Thing With Five Eyes, نور

Calling your project The Thing With Five Eyes conjures images of drive-in ‘creature features’ and, consequently, MST3K. What it doesn’t

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