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Ggu:ll ‘Dwaling’
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Ggu:ll ‘Dwaling’ CD/LP/DD 2016

24th May 20167th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Dwaling, Ggu:ll, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, Review, Ván Records

Ggu:ll have finally released that long awaited full length, titled Dwaling. Its title would translate as ‘error’, but it feels

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Sourvein ‘Aquatic Occult’
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Sourvein ‘Aquatic Occult’ CD/LP/DD 2016

23rd May 20167th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, Aquatic Occult, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Metal Blade Records, Review, Sludge, Sourvein, T-Roy, Troy “T-Roy” Medlin

Cape Fear River, NC natives Sourvein shouldn’t need an introduction, having pioneered an American southern doom scene with enough history

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Ghold 'PYR'
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Ghold ‘PYR’ CD/LP/DD 2016

9th May 201611th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Ghold, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, PYR, Review, Ritual Productions

A progressive noise trio from London they call themselves and they make music that definitely fits the description. Either that

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Ommadon - S/T
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Ommadon – S/T – LP/DD 2016

6th May 201611th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2016, Burning World Records, Daniel Pietersen, Doom, Drone, Dry Cough Records, Heavy, Medusa Crush Recordings, Ommadon, Review

Ommadon break with their numerical nomenclature in this, their sixth full-length album, but it’s no surprise that they continue the

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Graves At Sea ‘The Curse That Is’
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Graves At Sea ‘The Curse That Is’ CD/LP/DD 2016

27th April 201611th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Graves At Sea, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge, The Curse That Is

With its eclectic, eco-friendly vibe, Portland, OR’s earth-centered urbania meets hipster-hippie chic has made it ripe for satirical comedo-drama (check

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Beastmaker 'Lusus Naturae'
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Beastmaker ‘Lusus Naturae’ CD/LP/DD 2016

26th April 201611th September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2016, Beastmaker, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Lusus Naturae, Metal, Review, Rise Above Records

The Sabbath tree of life extends its familiar branches yet again, and somehow our undying love for the arguable originators

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Horse Latitudes 'Primal Gnosis'
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Horse Latitudes ‘Primal Gnosis’ CD/LP/DD 2016

26th April 201611th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Guido Segers, Heavy, Horse Latitudes, LP, Primal Gnosis, Review, Ritual Productions

The band may have taken their name from a Doors song as there are little psychedelic elements to the nerve

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Black Shape Of Nexus 'Carrier'
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Black Shape Of Nexus ‘Carrier’ CD/LP/DD 2016

21st April 201611th September 2019 Will Beattie 2016, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Carrier, CD, Digital, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Review, Will Beattie

If you’re the sort of sensitive, cheery chappy who enjoys nothing more than a light and delightful ditty to keep

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Primitive Man / Northless – Split
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Primitive Man / Northless – Split LP/DD 2016

9th April 201611th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2016, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Doom, Halo Of Flies, Heavy, LP, Northless, Primitive Man, Review, Sludge, Split

If there’s a band out there with a name more appropriate to their music than Primitive Man then I don’t

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Old Man Gloom ‘Mickey Rookey Live At London’
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Old Man Gloom ‘Mickey Rookey Live At London’ CD/LP 2016

6th April 201611th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen CD, Daniel Pietersen, Doom, Ektro Records, Full Contact Records, Heavy, LP, Mickey Rookey Live At London, Old Man Gloom, Post-Hardcore, Review

Live albums are a curious beast. Stick too closely to the hits and you risk giving the audience a not-quite-as-good

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Sumac 'What One Becomes'
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Sumac ‘What One Becomes’ CD/LP/DD 2016

4th April 201611th September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, Jay Hampshire, LP, Post-Rock, Review, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records, What One Becomes

Promotional snippets for Sumac’s latest full-length What One Becomes summarise the records’ tone and content more succinctly than should be

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