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Gurt ‘You Ain’t From Around These Parts?’ CDEP/DD 2012

26th November 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Gurt, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Sludge, You Ain’t From Around These Parts

Ever since Eyehategod came lurching from the Louisiana swamps in the early 90’s with their elephantine mix of grimy Sabbath

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From Beyond ‘One Year’ CDEP/DD 2012

10th October 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, CDEP, Digital, Doom, From Beyond, Mark Hunt-Bryden, One Year, Psychedelic, Review, Self Released, Space Rock

From Beyond are a power trio from Houston, Texas who are heavily influenced by the blues metal roots of the

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Helvellyn ‘Hordes Of White Light’ CDEP/DD 2012

7th October 20123rd September 2019 Calum Darroch 2012, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Calum Darroch, CDEP, Digital, Helvellyn, Hordes Of White Light, Review

Black metal has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance as of late. As Scandinavian genre founders began to experiment

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Orchid ‘Heretic’ CDEP/10″/DD 2012

28th September 20123rd September 2019 Alex Varley 10", 2012, Alex Varley, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Heretic, Nuclear Blast Records, Orchid, Review, Stoner Doom

If you’re looking for a band that encapsulates that warm, bluesy feel of 70s hard rock whilst avoiding being an

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Stinky Wizzleteat ‘Butterscotch Crucifixxx’ CDEP 2012

1st September 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Butterscotch Crucifixxx, Carnage Club, CDEP, Doom, Jazz, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Stinky Wizzleteat, Technical Metal

Supersonic Festival, October 2010. The first and only time I’ve made the acquaintance of Stinky Wizzleteat live, I was somewhat

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Coffins ‘March Of Despair’ 12”/CDEP 2012

24th August 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 12", 2012, CDEP, Coffins, Death Doom, Death Metal, Doom, Hammerheart Records, March Of Despair, Review, Saúl Do Caixão

“March of Despair” is Japanese death-doom stalwarts Coffins 57 millionth release. Or at least it feels like it. Hell, there

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XII Boar ‘Split Tongue, Cloven Hoof’ CDEP/Digital 2012

10th August 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CDEP, Digital, Groove, Heavy, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Split Tongue Cloven Hoof, XII Boar

You’ve all heard the theory that if you give an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters and

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The Disease Concept ‘Liquor Bottles and Broken Steel’ CDEP/DD 2012

22nd July 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Blood Farmers, CDEP, Digital, Doom, Fistula, Hardcore, Heavy, Liquor Bottles And Broken Steel, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Sludge, Solace, Sollubi, The Disease Concept

I’ve put myself in an unusual position with this review – that of giving my opinion of a sludge record.

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Steak ‘Disastronaught’ CDEP/DD 2012

28th May 201223rd February 2024 Pete Green 2012, CDEP, DD, Digital Download, Disastronaught, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Steak, Stoner Rock

If you think carefully about the giants of the stoner/desert rock scene – Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Karma to Burn,

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Druglord ‘Motherfucker Rising’ CDEP 2011

21st May 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CDEP, Doom, Druglord, Heavy, Motherfucker Rising, Paul Robertson, Review, Self Released, Stoner Doom

Generally I avoid bands with conspicuous drug-referencing names or images as, well, it’s tedious, played-out and quite frankly a little

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Pelican ‘Ataraxia/Taraxis’ CDEP/12″ 2012

6th May 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 12", 2012, Ataraxia/Taraxis, Atmospheric, CDEP, Heavy, Instrumental, James Parker, Pelican, Post-Rock, Review, Southern Lord

This EP from Pelican is a fairly tantalising glimpse of what we might be able to expect from the next

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