2008

Album & EP Reviews G 

Gonga ‘Transmigration’ CD 2008

21st August 20083rd September 2019 Mark Burns 2008, CD, Gonga, Heavy, Heavy Rock, Invada Records, Mark Burns, Review, Transmigration

After being plagued with line up changes, this Bristol four piece Gonga have now unleashed their long awaited second album.

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Pyramid – 7″ 2008

20th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, 7", Black Pyramid, Doom, Electric Earth, Ollie Stygall, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Holy shit!!! Or should that be Holy Mountain!!! Where did this little beauty come from? These 7 inches of doom

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Withered ‘Folie Circulaire’ CD 2008

19th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, CD, Death Metal, Doom, Folie Circulaire, Prosthetic Records, Review, Sludge, Withered

All I ever hear about this band is Mastodon. So they come from Atlanta and happen to know Mastodon, but

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Album & EP Reviews Q 

Queen Elephantine ‘Yatra’ CD 2008 & ‘Tartarus’ CDEP 2008

18th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Ambient, Avant-Garde, CD, CDEP, Concrete Lo Fi Records, Drone, Experimental, Queen Elephantine, Review, Tartarus, Yatra

Imagine the eldritch and arcane sound of a cultish band of blind, hooded, albino acolytes, engrossed within their eerie sonic

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Esoteric ‘The Maniacal Vale’ CD 2008

18th August 20083rd September 2019 Lewis Hunter 2008, Atmospheric, CD, Doom, Esoteric, Funeral Doom, Lewis Hunter, Review, Season Of Mist, The Maniacal Vale

Well, it’s long overdue, I’ll give you that. No, not my return to reviewing albums… Esoteric’s new album, The Maniacal

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A Album & EP Reviews 

Aluna ‘Fall To Earth’ CDEP 2008

15th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, Aluna, Alunah, Catacomb Records, CDEP, Doom, Fall To Earth, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Space Rock

If the only musical legacy the West Midlands ever left us was Black Sabbath they’d be doing pretty well in

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sonic Lord ‘Trawling Through Sludge’ 7″ 2008

12th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, 7", Catacomb Records, Doom, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Sludge, Sonic Lord, Stoner Doom, Trawling Through Sludge

I take it you’re all familiar with Black Sabbath. Just take a moment to reflect and think back to some

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lair Of The Minotaur ‘War Metal Battle Masters’ CD 2008

11th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Brutal, CD, Heavy, Lair Of The Minotaur, Metal, Review, Southern Lord, War Metal Battle Masters

They’re back, everyone’s favourite mythological beast slaying, old-school death metal worshipping purveyors of brutal metal barbarianism. And it’s a desolate

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A Album & EP Reviews 

Analysis Of Bison Kills ‘Vantage’ CD 2008

9th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Analysis Of Bison Kills, Atmospheric, CD, Post-Rock, Review, Sound Devastation Records, Vantage

Analysis Of Bison Kills formed in 2001 and have released two demos plus this new four track ep/mini-album, which clocks

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Album & EP Reviews T 

This Will Destroy You – S/T – CD 2008

8th August 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Ambient, Andrew Sloan, CD, Heavy, Magic Bullet Records, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, This Will Destroy You

They play elegiac post-rock, deeply cinematic in its presentation, they veer towards the more ambient end of the spectrum and

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Album & EP Reviews R 

Rachmanite – S/T – CDEP 2008

7th August 20083rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CDEP, Doom, Guitar & Drums, Heavy, Instrumental, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Rachmanite, Review, Self Released, Two Piece

I have to admit on paper when I first heard about this band I was pretty wary. A two piece

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