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Sons Of Otis 'Isolation'
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Review: Sons Of Otis ‘Isolation’

13th October 202014th November 2020 Ian M Doom, Isolation, Psychedelic, Sons Of Otis, Totem Cat Records

Sons Of Otis return with another slab of heavy psychedelic doom with their eleventh release Isolation. It’s not clear whether

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Hexvessel ‘Kindred’
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Review: Hexvessel ‘Kindred’

18th March 202021st January 2021 Reza Mills Folk, Hexvessel, Kindred, Psychedelic, Svart Records

I’m not the world’s biggest folk music fan, I always found it a genre that was a little weightless and

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Waterless Hills ‘The Great Mountain’
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Review: Waterless Hills ‘The Great Mountain’

20th February 202020th March 2020 Reza Mills Cardinal Fuzz Records, Feeding Tube Records, Instrumental, Psychedelic, The Great Mountain, Waterless Hills

Waterless Hills are predominantly Andrew Cheetham and feature dbh on violin, augmented by Gavin Clarke (DSDV) on bass and Cambridge-based

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The Cult of Dom Keller ‘Ascend!’
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Review: The Cult Of Dom Keller ‘Ascend!’

20th January 202014th May 2020 Liam Blanc Ascend!, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Little Cloud Records, Psychedelic, The Cult Of Dom Keller

Seeing as nobody wants to use the term stoner rock, it seems that these days any band who have managed

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Giöbia ‘Plasmatic Idol’
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Review: Giöbia ‘Plasmatic Idol’

16th January 20205th February 2020 Reza Mills Giöbia, Heavy Psych Sounds, Plasmatic Idol, Psychedelic

The Giöbia is a popular traditional celebration originating in the north of Italy (the band are from Milan) whereby during

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Album Premiere: Ryte Self-Titled Debut Album – Out This Friday On Heavy Psych Sounds

15th January 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Album Stream, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psychedelic, Ryte, Self Titled

Heavy Psych Sounds don’t seem to be slowing down with the supersonic rate at which they’re bringing new music to

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Vircator 'Arcano'
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Review: Vircator ‘Arcano’

13th November 201922nd November 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Arcano, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Raging Planet Records, Vircator

Portugal’s experimental rockers Vircator have been evolving for the last seven years after their initial formation in 2012. The band

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Cain - S/T
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Review: Cain – S/T

30th September 201914th October 2019 Jeremy Moore Cain, Doom, Psychedelic, Review, Rise Above Records, Self Titled

Innovation in artistic expression is often under appreciated, especially in a music industry with sensibilities unaccustomed to dramatic change—the early

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Space Witch ‘Arcanum’ 2017
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Space Witch ‘Arcanum’ 2017

17th May 20173rd September 2019 John Reppion 2017, Arcanum, Doom, Heavy, HeviSike Records, John Reppion, Psychedelic, Review, Space Witch

Just under three years ago Stoke on Trent’s Space Witch released their Self-Titled debut LP consisting of two thirty-plus minute

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Oranssi Pazuzu 'Värähtelijä'
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Oranssi Pazuzu ‘Värähtelijä’ CD/LP/DD 2016

9th February 20161st November 2019 Angela Davey 20 Buck Spin, 2016, Angela Davey, CD, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Oranssi Pazuzu, Psychedelic, Review, Svart Records, Värähtelijä

If credence is given to accounts of the mystic experience, we are forced to recognise that certain mystics have succeeded

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Hexvessel 'When We Are Death'
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Hexvessel ‘When We Are Death’ CD/LP/DD 2016

2nd January 20161st November 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2016, CD, Century Media, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Experimental, Folk Rock, Hexvessel, LP, Mat McNerney, Psychedelic, Review, When We Are Death

Hexvessel have always been capricious spirits, dwelling in a particularly darkling glade of the psych-folk forest. Yet it is with

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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday
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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday

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Step into a kaleidoscopic fever dream with the premiere of Up On A Hill, the latest mind-warping transmission from London’s

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Premiere: The Long Hunt ‘Spine Of Dusk’ – New Album ‘Natural Order’ Drops 18th July

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