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Surtr ‘World Of Doom’ CD 2011

5th March 20123rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2011, Album, Altsphere Productions, Andrew Sloan, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Reverend Bizarre, Review, Surtr, Traditional Doom, World Of Doom

It is with a frantic clash of steel and the scream of battle that these French Doom traditionalists kick off

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Acephalix ‘Interminable Night’ CD 2011

20th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Acephalix, Album, CD, Crust, D-Beat, Death Crust, Interminable Night, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord

Looks like Greg Anderson has stopped washing and is hanging out in the park with a bottle of ‘Wild ‘n’

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Seven Sisters Of Sleep – S/T – CD 2011

17th June 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Album, Crust, Death Crust, Hardcore, Review, Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Southern Lord

Eight solid tracks like eight thrashing octopoid tentacles. Twenty minutes. That is all it takes to make a hardcore album.

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The Haxan Cloak – S/T – CD 2011

13th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Album, Aurora Borealis, Avant-Garde, Bobby Krlic, CD, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Review, The Haxan Cloak

The overarching sense of menace, of encroaching dread is palpable throughout the entirety of this, the self-titled debut full-length recording

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Locrian / Horseback ‘New Dominions’ 12″ 2011

6th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 12", 2011, Album, Avant-Garde, Drone, Experimental, Horseback, Jenks Miller, Locrian, LP, New Dominions, Paul Robertson, Review, Split, Split 12", Utech Records

I’m always personally excited to hear anything new from Locrian OR Horseback, so you can imagine how much I was

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Ramesses ‘Possessed By The Rise Of Magik’ CD 2011

1st June 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Adam Stone, Album, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Doom, Possessed By The Rise Of Magik, Ramesses, Review, Ritual Productions

Controversy in a goat skull. This has been one tough motherfucker of an album to review. I’m all dried up

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Master Musicians Of Bukakke ‘Totem 3’ CD/LP 2011

31st May 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Album, CD, Experimental, Important Records, LP, Master Musicians Of Bukkake, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Totem 3

The Master Musicians have always enthusiastically injected theatre into their music. With identities obscured by Tuareg clothes and Kali mask

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Triggerman ‘Brand New Day’ CD 2011

29th May 20113rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, Album, Brand New Day, CD, Groove, Hard Rock, Metal, Ollie Stygall, Review, Triggerman

Have you ever seen the film Deliverance? The tale of backwoods torment and rape of a group of tourists by

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