Baklavaa ‘Dane On’ CD/CS/DD 2016
I’m a sucker for a good bit of noise rock. There’s something so appealing about the juxtaposition of the ugly
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Ollie Stygall
Suns Of Thunder ‘Start As You Mean To Get Down’ CD/DD 2015
Let’s start this review with a little geography lesson. Wales is the largest county in England. It is owned by
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Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ‘Isobelle’ 7” 2016
It’s impossible not to love Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell. It doesn’t matter that these two tracks sound like a lost
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General ‘Goji’ CD/DD 2015
General’s first album Where Are Your Gods Now, released in 2012 on Catacomb Records was a bit of a belter…big
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Peace Killers – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2016
When a band’s bio claims that a band have a combined 40 years in the Sacramento punk and hardcore scene
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LEMMY!
Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister – 24/12/1945 To 28/12/2015 At the time I’m writing this Lemmy has been gone for a
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Ollie Stygall’s Top 10 Albums Of 2015
I wasn’t sure what to do when asked to come up with my top ten for this year…I wasn’t even
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Wizards Of Firetop Mountain – S/T – 12″/DD 2015
Esteemed Shaman Editor: “Hey Ollie, would you like to review the new one from Wizards Of Firetop Mountain?” Me: “Who?”
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DoctoR DooM ‘This Seed We Have Sown’ CD/LP/DD 2015
Initial impressions just looking at this album, with a name like DoctoR DooM and the shadowy figures on the cover,
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Carousel ‘2113’ CD/LP/DD 2015
There’s no denying that retro rock is very de rigueur right now. There is no shortage of bands who looking
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Cathedral ‘In Memoriam’ CD/DVD/LP Reissue 2015
To properly appreciate this reissue of doom legends Cathedral’s In Memoriam demo, it’s important to put this release into some
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