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Nails ‘Unsilent Death’ CD 2010

9th October 20103rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2010, CD, Crust, Death Crust, Death Grind, Grindcore, Nails, Nasty, Paul Robertson, Review, Southern Lord, Unsilent Death

OUCH. Nails are NOT screwin’ around here. ‘Unsilent Death’ is some seriously nasty grinding FILTH and no mistake. At slightly

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Gruel – S/T – 2xLP 2009

24th June 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, Crust, Doom, Drone, Feast Of Tentacles, Gruel, Heavy, LP, Nasty, Review

Once upon a time, when the vile Conservative government was in power and I was a young man, crust punk

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Salome – S/T – CD/LP 2008

16th December 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Crust, Doom, Heavy, LP, Nasty, Review, Salome, Sludge, Vendetta Records

AAAArrrrghhh. This is ace. Salome are a thrilling three piece from Virginia, USA that sound like a super evil psychotic

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Fistula ‘Burdened By Your Existence’ CD 2008

20th October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Burdened By Your Existence, CD, Crust, Doom, Fistula, Heavy, Nasty, Plague Island, Review, Sludge

Oh my fucking ears, this is a nuclear migraine. Just when I thought sludge had reached its artistic zenith (or

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Dystopia – ST – CD/LP 2008

15th October 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, CD, Crust, Doom, Dystopia, Hardcore, Life Is Abuse, LP, Nasty, Review, Sludge

Punk’s not dead, it merely crawled into a disused orifice of the dark underbelly of the capitalist economic system and

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Lazarus Blackstar ‘Tomb Of Internal Winter’ CDEP 2008

28th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2008, Adam Stone, Blackened Doom, CDEP, Crust, Doom, Future Noise, Heavy, Lazarus Blackstar, Nasty, Review, Tomb Of Internal Winter

Sweet Mary-Jane!! Life is pain – drown me in riffs!! Dust off the Amstrad music centre, kick yer Para-boots off,

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EyeHateGod 'Preaching The End-Time Message'
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EyeHateGod ‘Preaching The End-Time Message’ CD 2005

4th January 200614th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, CD, Crust, Doom, Emetic Records, EyeHateGod, Hardcore, Heavy, Lee Edwards, Nasty, Preaching The End-Time Message, Review, Sludge

‘Preaching The End-Time Message’ is a Sludge fuelled compilation from those Southern wasters Eyehategod, which features alternative takes, rare &

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Lazarus Blackstar ‘Revelations’ CD 2005

10th December 20056th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Blackened Doom, Crust, Doom, Heavy, Khang, Lazarus Blackstar, Lee Edwards, Nasty, Revelations, Review, Sludge, Undergroove Records

Lazarus Blackstar have made a dramatic impact on the underground doom circuit over the last few months & when you

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