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Spider Kitten ‘Acidgoatweedwitchbongspacewizardwhore’
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Review: Spider Kitten ‘Acidgoatweedwitchbongspacewizardwhore’

27th April 202022nd May 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Acidgoatweedwitchbongspacewizardwhore, Punk, Self Released, Sludge, Spider Kitten

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of enigmatic Welsh musical anomaly Spider Kitten. I’ve reviewed them several

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Hand Of Omega ‘Left Hand Wrath‘
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Review: Hand Of Omega ‘Left Hand Wrath’

13th April 20201st May 2020 Sandy Williamson Doom, Hand Of Omega, Left Hand Wrath, Self Released, Sludge

Left Hand Wrath is the debut demo from Stoke-on-Trent’s Hand Of Omega and this sludge doom quartet are looking like

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Gorilla ‘Maximum Riff Mania’
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Review: Gorilla ‘Maximum Riff Mania’ Reissue

21st February 202012th April 2020 Josuph Price Gorilla, Maximum Riff Mania, Psych Rock, Reissue, Self Released

Some 20 years ago, Gorilla released Maximum Riff Mania. One of those bands which formed in the 90s and stuck

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Horseneck ‘Fever Dream’
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Review: Horseneck ‘Fever Dream’

14th February 202020th March 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Fever Dream, Hardcore, Horseneck, Noise-Rock, Self Released, Sludge

It sometimes does a band a disservice to talk about the other projects/bands that its members are involved in but,

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An Angry Auroch ‘War Weary World’
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Review: An Angry Auroch ‘War Weary World’

6th February 20204th March 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden An Angry Auroch, Andrew James Reid, Folk Doom, Self Released, War Weary World

Fun fact bovine fans, an Auroch was a species of massive black wild oxen, originally from the wilds of Asia,

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Arrakis ‘Technontology Vol. 1’
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Review: Arrakis ‘Technontology Vol. 1’

30th December 201922nd January 2020 Reza Mills Arrakis, Instrumental, Self Released, Technontology Vol. 1

Ah, Greece. One of the world’s oldest civilisations that gave us literature, mathematics, philosophy and democracy. It also has a

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The Osedax 'Meridians'
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Review: The Osedax ‘Meridians’

27th December 201914th January 2020 Chris Wood Doom, Meridians, Self Released, Sludge, The Osedax

When an album clocks in at a hefty 50 minutes for four tracks you know it’s going to require a…

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Review: Year Of The Cobra ‘Ash And Dust’

18th December 201914th January 2020 Jon Weatherill Ash And Dust, Doom, Prophecy Productions, Self Released, Sludge, Year Of The Cobra

A dusty road snakes across a vast expanse of gravel and boulders. A pair of unkempt, windswept figures approach the

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Canyon Of The Skull ‘Sins Of The Past’
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Review: Canyon Of The Skull ‘Sins Of The Past’

6th December 201912th December 2019 Fossil Blackened Doom, Canyon Of The Skull, Self Released, Sins Of The Past

From the band name, track lengths (two tracks…60 minute release…) and the starry desertscape on the cover art, an unwary

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Thicko 'The Beginning Is Nigh'
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Review: Thicko ‘The Beginning Is Nigh’

1st November 201914th November 2019 Reza Mills Crust, Hardcore, Punk, Self Released, The Beginning Is Nigh, Thicko

Thicko are a two-piece formed in August 2019 and are comprised of Paul Catten on Vocals (and lyrics) and Paul

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Woodhawk ‘Violent Nature’
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Review: Woodhawk ‘Violent Nature’

18th October 201929th October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Review, Self Released, Violent Nature, Woodhawk

I have been reviewing albums in an Olympic like capacity (i.e. lots of hard work and no pay) since writing

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