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Sludgelord Records

Junior Bruce 'Pray For Death'
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Review: Junior Bruce ‘Pray For Death’

28th October 202027th November 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Junior Bruce, Metal, Pray For Death, Sludge, Sludgelord Records

Junior Bruce have seemingly flown under the radar for quite some time. Despite forming in the swamps of DeLand, Florida

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Naisian ‘Metal’
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Review: Naisian ‘Metal’

30th September 202030th October 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Metal, Naisian, Sludge, Sludgelord Records

Sheffield’s hard hitting progressive sludge metal foursome Naisian have been bothering the ear drums on and off since 2003. Unleashing

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Junior Bruce
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Track Premiere: Junior Bruce ‘Terror Mounts’ – New Album ‘Pray For Death’ Out Next Month

24th September 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Junior Bruce, Metal, Pray For Death, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Terror Mounts

Sludge metal deviants Junior Bruce have certainly been through turmoil since their formation back in 2007, but as one chapter

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Bible Basher 'Loud Wailing'
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Review: Bible Basher ‘Loud Wailing’ EP

30th July 202014th September 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bible Basher, Death Doom, Loud Wailing, Sludge, Sludgelord Records

Bible Basher are a ‘supergroup’ compromised of members from various respected underground UK heavyweights, Temple of Coke, Kurokuma, Archelon and

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Unruly ‘Unruly’
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Review: Unruly ‘Unruly’

22nd July 202028th August 2020 Liam Blanc Doom, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Unruly

It’s been a long time since I really listened to any sludge, so long in fact that I almost certainly

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Heron ‘Time Immemorial’
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Review: Heron ‘Time Immemorial’

12th May 20209th June 2020 Chris Wood Heron, Post-Metal, Sludgelord Records, Time Immemorial

Coming out on the well-respected Sludgelord Records, Vancouver’s Heron’s third LP is described in the accompanying press release as ‘sludge’.

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Goblinsmoker 'A Throne In Haze, A World Ablaze'
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Review: Goblinsmoker ‘A Throne In Haze, A World Ablaze’

29th January 202012th February 2020 Chris Wood A Throne In Haze A World Ablaze, Doom, Goblinsmoker, Sludgelord Records

As the UK Doom scene became less shrouded in mystery, (some would say elitism,) there was a surge of new

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Torpor 'Rhetoric Of The Image'
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Review: Torpor ‘Rhetoric Of The Image’

26th November 201911th December 2019 Keeran Williams Doom, Medusa Crush Recordings, Moment Of Collapse Records, Rhetoric Of The Image, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Smithsfoodgroup DIY, Torpor, Truthseeker Music

Torpor are from London. They are not from the dark corners of your mind…although I have a feeling this is

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Opium Lord ‘Vore’
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Review: Opium Lord ‘Vore’

15th November 201928th November 2019 Gordon Cameron Doom, Opium Lord, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Vore

Hailing from Birmingham, Opium Lord have recently released their latest LP Vore on Sludgelord Records and it seems suitably off-kilter

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Wallowing ‘Planet Loss’
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Review: Wallowing ‘Planet Loss’

19th September 20198th October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Voodoo Records, Doom, Planet Loss, Review, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Wallowing

The dictionary definition of ‘wallowing’ that does not imply a hippo at a watering hole is the unrestrained indulgence of

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Video Premiere: Omnibadger ‘F I X’ – From The Duo’s New Album ‘Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III’
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Video Premiere: Omnibadger ‘F I X’ – From The Duo’s New Album ‘Famous Guitar Licks Vol. III’

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Following on from yesterday’s coverage of the latest aural assault from Stoke-on-Trent’s experimental duo Omnibadger and their new album Famous

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Premiere: Pire ‘The Sanctuary’ – From The Bands New Album ‘Grief World’ That Drops 15th June

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Premiere: Mud Spencer ‘Kliwon’ – New Album Of Instrumental Psych Jams Drops This Friday

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Video Premiere: The Far Outs ‘Last Night’ – Debut Album Releases 7th July via Rebel Waves Records
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