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2012

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bismuth ‘The Eternal Marshes’ Digital EP 2012

24th August 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, Bismuth, Chris Moore, Digital EP, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Review, Self Released, The Eternal Marshes

“It’s like Stonehenge… BUT MUSIC” is what the drunk, Italian pensioner said as he stood next to me watching Bismuth

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Three Thrones – S/T – CDEP/DD 2012

21st July 20133rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2012, CDEP, Chris Moore, Digital, Doom, Instrumental, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Sludge, Three Thrones

Three Thrones are a three-piece instrumental stoner-sludge band from Colchester. They formed back in 2011, and since then have gigged

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Album & EP Reviews O 

On Pain Of Death ‘Year Naught Doom’ CS/DD 2012

26th June 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2012, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Dry Cough Records, Handshake Inc, Heavy, On Pain Of Death, Review, Ross McKendrick, Sludge, Year Naught Doom

This album kills. I mean it literally sounds like it has the potential to warp listener’s minds and inspire them

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Album & EP Reviews K 

KLLU ‘UpsideDownCrossRoads’ DD 2012

19th June 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Digital, Drug Honkey, Dub, Electronic, Experimental, Heavy, KLLU, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, UpsideDownCrossRoads

Comprising one half of those terrible, awful, Drug Honkey bastards, KLLU have come to utterly harsh your mellow, piss on

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Graven ‘The Filth Will Cleanse’ DD 2012

15th June 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Digital, Graven, Hardcore, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Sludge, The Filth Will Cleanse

Once upon a time there was a band. They were named Swarm Of The Lotus and they were very good

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Boneworm – ST – Digital EP 2012

8th June 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Boneworm, Digital, Doom, EP, Heavy, Jamie Grimes, Noise-Rock, Review, Self Released

Urgh. This is a frustrating one. Boneworm are a great example of a band who have all the right parts

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Owl – S/T – LP/DD 2012

3rd June 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Metal, NWOBHM, Owl, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Self Titled

In Twin Peaks it was said that ‘The owls are not what they seem‘, well THESE Owls, however, are exactly

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sons Of Otis ‘Seismic’ CD/LP/DD 2012

27th May 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, CD, Digital, Doom, Fuzz, Heavy, LP, Psychedelic, Saúl Do Caixão, Seismic, Small Stone Records, Sons Of Otis

Sons of Otis have been bloody-mindedly practicing their heavy, uncompromising art for over twenty years now. Yes, it makes me

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bright Curse – S/T – Digital EP 2012

26th May 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Bright Curse, Classic Rock, EP, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Self Titled

London based Bright Curse came as a result of singer Row (ex-Soul Manifest) relocating from the North of France to

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Wölfbait – S/T – CS/DD 2012

14th May 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Art For Blind Records, Cassette, Digital, Drone, Hardcore, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Self Titled, Sludge, Wölfbait

It’s painfully, ear-rapingly, clear from listening to Gasp (Grey Earth), the opening track from this debut recording by Dublin-based bastards

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Camel Of Doom ‘Psychodramas: Breaking The Knots Of Twisted Synapse’ CD/DD 2012

15th April 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Atmospheric, Camel Of Doom, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Kris Clayton, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Psychodramas: Breaking the Knots of Twisted Synapse, Review, Self Released

Stop. I know what you’re thinking and you’re making a terrible mistake. You’re thinking that a band named Camel Of

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