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2011

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Lento ‘Icon’ CD/LP 2011

13th May 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Atmospheric, CD, Denovali Records, Doom, Heavy, Icon, Lento, LP, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review

Ohhhhh, Lento, you big hulking brute, where have you BEEN all my life? I cannot believe I let this band

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Thinning The Heard ‘Oceans Rise’ CD 2011

12th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, Oceans Rise, Ollie Stygall, Review, St Mark's Records, Thinning The Heard

It may sound superficial but I think you can always trust a band who sport beards…especially big straggly full face

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Gallow God ‘False Mystic Prose’ CD 2011

7th May 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, False Mystic Prose, Gallow God, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review

Sometimes these days you pick up a rock magazine and it’s like reading a different language; post-this, that-core and I’m

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45 Rats ‘First Gear’ CDEP 2011

5th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CDEP, Heavy Rock, NWOBHM, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released

With the high number of quality stoner acts emerging from Greece right now I wouldn’t be surprised if throwing a

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Album & EP Reviews O 

OvO ‘Cor Cordium’ CD/LP 2011

30th April 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, Avant-Garde, Bass & Drums, CD, Cor Cordium, Experimental, LP, OvO, Pete Green, Post-Hardcore, Review, Supernatural Cat, Two Piece

This is, by some distance, the strangest album I’ve ever listened to. For those unexposed to the Italian duo’s minimalist

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Olde Growth – S/T – CD 2011

25th April 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Heavy Rock, Meteor City, Olde Growth, Pete Green, Review, Sludge

You know the feeling, the “man, I’ve had enough doomy fuzz metal for the time-being” feeling. I was beginning to

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Serpent Venom ‘Carnal Altar’ CD/LP 2011

15th April 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Carnal Altar, CD, Church Within Records, Doom, Heavy, LP, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Serpent Venom, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Serpent Venom have been touting their formidable version of seventies rock mixed with St.Vitus style doom for a while now

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Tia Carrera ‘Cosmic Priestess’ CD 2011

14th April 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, Cosmic Priestess, Doom, Heavy Rock, Instrumental, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Small Stone Records, Stoner Jam, Tia Carrera

Yeah, I’ll admit I was hesitant entering into this album. Four tracks of stoner, psych instrumental rocking doesn’t immediately reach

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Conan vs Slomatics
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Conan vs Slomatics – Split CD/12″ 2011

12th April 20114th November 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 12", 2011, Aurora Borealis, CD, Conan, Conan vs Slomatics, Doom, Head Of Crom Records, Heavy, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Slomatics, Sludge, Split, Split 12", Split CD

Two giants lock horns on this new split release by Head of Crom Records. Conan and Slomatics are a formidable

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Terra Tenebrosa ‘The Tunnels’ CD 2011

8th April 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Breach, CD, Doom, Industrial, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Terra Tenebrosa, The Tunnels, Trust No One Recordings

I thought I knew what to expect with this first release by Terra Tenebrosa featuring members from Breach. I had

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Crass ‘Penis Envy’ Reissue CD 2011

7th April 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Anarcho Punk, CD, Crass, Crass Records, Crassical, Dial House, Eve Libertine, Joy De Vivre, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Reissue, Review, Southern Records, Steve Ignorant

Punk legends Crass continue with their programme of remastered reissues of the “Crassical” collection with this, their third, and some

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