John Reppion

Album & EP Reviews M 

Mansion ‘Altar Sermon’ 12″/DD 2015

17th December 20151st November 2019 John Reppion 12", 2015, Altar Sermon, Classic Rock, Digital, Doom Rock, John Reppion, Mansion, Occult Rock, Review, Svart Records

I’ve been a fan of Finland’s creepy Kartonistic Christian cult pop doomers Mansion since 2013’s debut We Shall Live EP.

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Temple Of Void ‘Of Terror And The Supernatural’ CD/CS/DD Reissue 2015

11th September 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2015, Cassette, CD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, John Reppion, Of Terror And The Supernatural, Reissue, Review, Shadow Kingdom Records, Temple of Void

Temple Of Void are a death/doom five piece from Detroit, Michigan, USA. Together since 2013, Of Terror And The Supernaturalis

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Carlton Melton ‘Out To Sea’ CD/LP

11th June 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2015, Agitated Records, Carlton Melton, CD, Experimental, Jam, John Reppion, LP, Out To Sea, Psych, Review, Space Rock

They call it Dome Rock. Improvised, experimental, instrumental, psychedelic movements built out of drums, guitar, bass, and (in the case

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lasers From Atlantis – S/T – CS/DD Reissue 2015

14th May 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2015, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Experimental, John Reppion, Lasers From Atlantis, Reissue, Review, Self Titled, Space Rock

Lasers From Atlantis comprise of two synthesiser players (playing more than two synthesisers) Volkan Kiziltug and Aubrey Jackson Blake, drummer

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Northumbia ‘Bring Down The Sky’ CD/DD 2014

5th April 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Ambient, Bring Down The Sky, CD, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Experimental, John Reppion, Northumbia, Soundscapes

Northumbia are an ambient metal duo based in Toronto, Canada. Jim Field plays guitar, Dorian Williamson plays bass and between

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Articles 

John Reppion Reflects On The Year That Was 2014

31st December 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion (the) Melvins, 2014 Year Review, Article, Beth Gibbons, Dune, Earth, Entombed A.D., Fossils, Gonga, John Reppion, Khuda, Mansion, Melvins

2014 has been my first full year of writing for The Sleeping Shaman. I say “full year” when really I’ve

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mansion ‘Uncreation’ 12″ 2014

18th November 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 12", 2014, Doom, Doom Rock, Heavy Rock, John Reppion, Mansion, Occult Rock, Review, Self Released, Uncreation

Turku, Finland’s Mansion have been consistently impressing listeners with their highly polished, Kartanoism themed, doom rock since their début single

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Live Reviews 

Entombed A. D. / The Gravitators / S.S.S. / Foetal Juice @ The Roadhouse, Manchester 11/11/2014

14th November 201413th September 2019 John Reppion Entombed A.D., Foetal Juice, John Reppion, Live Review, Manchester, S.S.S., The Gravitators, The Roadhouse

I don’t normally do gig reviews for two reasons: 1. I don’t go to very many gigs any more, and

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Necro Deathmort ‘EP2’ LP/DD 2014

29th October 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Dark, Digital, Distraction Records, Dub, EP2, Heavy, Industrial, John Reppion, LP, Necro Deathmort, Review

Necro Deathmort are Londoners AJ Cookson and Matthew Rozeik. Together they create electronic music which defies pigeon-holing; it’s heavy, it’s

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Album & EP Reviews I 

Itchy-O ‘Burn The Navigator’ CD/LP/DD 2014

17th October 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Alternative Tentacles, Burn The Navigator, CD, Digital, Experimental, Itchy-O, Itchy-O Marching Band, John Reppion, LP, Marching Band, Review

Itchy-O are a thirty-two piece (yes, you read that correctly; thirty-two) Denver-based, percussion-centred electronic marching-band. Their faces hidden behind black,

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bitter Tree ‘Promethean Cloud’ DD 2014

24th August 20143rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Ambient, Bitter Tree, Digital, Drone, Drowning, Experimental, John Reppion, Promethean Cloud, Review, William C. Patton

Promethean Cloud is the debut album of the self-described one-man post-doom metal project Bitter Tree. William C. Patton of Ottawa,

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