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Blackened Crust

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Leppe ‘Origins’ CD/DD 2014

13th May 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Blackened Crust, CD, Digital, Heavy, Leppe, Origins, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Sludge

‘Origins’ is the debut EP from Bristol riff manglers Leppe. They take their name from an Irish castle that is

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Loath ‘Total Peace’ CD/DD 2013

29th March 20143rd September 2019 Gordon Cameron 2013, Blackened Crust, CD, Crust, Digital, Gordon Cameron, Inverse Records, Loath, Review, Sludge, Total Peace

‘Total Peace’ is the debut long player from Finland’s Loath. They hail from the crustier end of the grindcore spectrum.

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Coltsblood ‘Into The Unfathomable Abyss’ CD/DD 2014

11th March 20143rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2014, Adam Stone, Blackened Crust, Candlelight Records, CD, Coltsblood, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Into The Unfathomable Abyss, Review

This is the sound of three doomo-sapiens who have let a certain stylistic musical genre annex their existences; who have

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Martyrdöd ‘Paranoia’ CD/LP 2012

11th June 20123rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2012, Anarcho Punk, Blackened Crust, CD, Crust, D-Beat, LP, Martyrdöd, Paranoia, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Southern Lord

When I was last in Sweden I was given the amazing news that Southern Lord had recalibrated their punk radar

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The Secret ‘Solve Et Coagula’ CD/LP 2010

1st September 20102nd September 2019 Pete Green 2010, Blackened Crust, CD, Death Crust, Hardcore, LP, Pete Green, Review, Solve Et Coagula, Southern Lord, The Secret

It would be a tough task to review Southern Lord’s latest sonic slab of filth without using the word ‘blackened’

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Celeste ‘Morte(s) Nee(s)’ CD/2xLP 2010

3rd June 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, Blackened Crust, CD, Celeste, Denovali Records, Hardcore, LP, Paul Robertson, Review

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp once described attempting to play atop his early ’70’s rhythm section, John Wetton and Bill

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Electrozombies / Hellborn Messiah – Split CD 2009

13th November 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, Blackened Crust, CD, Crust, Doom, Electrozombies, Electrozombies/Hellborn Messiah, Hardcore, Hellborn Messiah, Odio Sonoro, Review, Split, Split CD

Shock! Horror! Latin America quakes with the old-skool power of blackened CRUST. After seeing these foul and heavy skull fuckers

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