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Spider Kitten ‘Ark Of Octofelis’
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Spider Kitten ‘Ark Of Octofelis’ CD/LP/DD/CS 2016

28th March 201611th September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, Ark Of Octofelis, Cassette, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Rock, Review, Spider Kitten, Undergroove Records

Another month and seemingly another release from prolific Newport collective Spider Kitten. Having made critical waves following the release of

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The Body & Full Of Hell 'One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache'
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The Body & Full Of Hell ‘One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache’ CD/DD 2016

26th March 201613th September 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Experimental, Full Of Hell, Hardcore, Heavy, Neurot Recordings, One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache, Review, The Body

Traditionally, The Body’s collaborations (to date they’ve paired up with The Haxan Cloak, Krieg, Thou and Vampilla) have allowed them

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Elephant Tree – S/T
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Elephant Tree – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2016

17th March 201613th September 2019 Seán O’Connor 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Elephant Tree, Heavy, LP, Magnetic Eye Records, Psych, Review, Seán O’Connor, Self Titled

Ladies and gentlemen, here we have the debut album from the London-based band; Elephant Tree. Believe me, when I say

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Vodun ‘Possession’
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Vodun ‘Possession’ CD/LP/DD 2016

13th March 201613th September 2019 Tal Fineman 2016, CD, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Possession, Review, Riff Rock Records, Soul, Tal Fineman, Vodun

There’s no point in beating around the bush in a review of Vodun’s first full-length album, Possession; the band have

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Agoraphobic Nosebleed ‘Arc’
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Agoraphobic Nosebleed ‘Arc’ CD/LP/DD 2016

10th March 201613th September 2019 Jon Weatherill 2016, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Arc, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Jon Weatherill, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

Whatever you made of a certain Mr Phil Anselmo’s recent on-stage outburst, we should be proud of the fact that

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Torpor / Sonance – Split
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Torpor / Sonance – Split 12”/DD 2016

7th March 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 12", 2016, Angela Davey, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Post-Rock, Review, Sonance, Split, Torpor, Truthseeker Music

Torpor and Sonance have shared a stage so many times that a split between the two was inevitable and, given

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Church Of Misery 'And Then There Were None…'
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Church Of Misery ‘And Then There Were None…’ CD/LP/DD 2016

29th February 20161st November 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, And Then There Were None…, CD, Church Of Misery, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Heavy Rock, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Rise Above Records

For the past two decades Tokyo’s Church Of Misery have melded classic Black Sabbath influenced doom with psychedelic rock under

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Slabdragger 'Rise Of The Dawncrusher'
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Slabdragger ‘Rise Of The Dawncrusher’ CD/LP/DD 2016

28th February 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Holy Roar Records, LP, Review, Rise Of The Dawncrusher, Slabdragger, Sludge

It’s been five long years since the release of London trio Slabdragger’s debut Regress. Aside from a split with Meadows,

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Beastmaker 'You Must Sin'
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Beastmaker ‘You Must Sin’ 7″ 2016

28th February 20161st November 2019 Pete Green 2016, 7", Beastmaker, Doom, Heavy, Pete Green, Review, Rise Above Records, Traditional Doom, You Must Sin

Everyone loves a cheeky seven incher or two, right? We know our favourite vinyl-junkie friends at Rise Above certainly do,

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Cult Of Luna / The Old Wind 'Råångest'
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Cult Of Luna / The Old Wind ‘Råångest’ 12”/DD 2016

28th February 20161st November 2019 Tal Fineman 12", 2016, Amebix, Cult Of Luna, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Last Will And Testament, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock, Råångest, Tal Fineman, The Old Wind

Råångest opens with Cult Of Luna’s cover of seminal 1980s proto-thrash metal band Amebix’s Last Will And Testament. Cult Of

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The Body 'No One Deserves Happiness'
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The Body ‘No One Deserves Happiness’ CD/LP/DD 2016

23rd February 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 2016, Angela Davey, Avant-Garde, Heavy, Industrial, No One Deserves Happiness, Review, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

With an ever growing list of side projects and collaborations, it was beginning to look like The Body were never

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