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Xibalba ‘Años En Infierno’
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Review: Xibalba ‘Años En Infierno’

4th June 202023rd June 2020 Matt Alexander Años En Infierno, Death Doom, Hardcore, Southern Lord, Xibalba

Xibalba, or The Place Of Fear, is the underworld from Maya mythology, home to the Maya death gods who have

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Xibalba ‘Tierra Y Libertad’ CD/LP/DD 2015

22nd February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Death Metal, Digital, Hardcore, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Southern Lord, Tierra Y Libertad, Xibalba

Xibalba are a death metal/hardcore band from Pomona, California and Tierra Y Libertad is their third album. Signed to Southern

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XIBALBA Reveal First Single ‘Invierno’ From New Album ‘Tierra Y Libertad’; Due Jan 2015 Via Southern Lord

19th December 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Invierno, New Album Details, News, Noisey, Southern Lord, Tierra Y Libertad, Xibalba

Pomona, California’s XIBALBA have released the first single from their approaching Tierra Y Libertad LP with a stream of the

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XIBALBA Complete Their Third LP For Early 2015 Release Through Southern Lord

16th October 2014 Lee Edwards New Album Details, News, Southern Lord, Tierra Y Libertad, Xibalba

Pomona California’s unstoppable force, XIBALBA have completed tracking their third LP, and are wrapping up the final elements in order

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XIBALBA Releases Brutalizing Tour-Filmed Video; US Tour With Comeback Kid Confirmed

14th December 2013 Lee Edwards Hasta La Muerte, New Video, News, Soledad, Southern Lord, US Tour 2014, Xibalba

Southern Cali’s lethal XIBALBA has just unleashed a new video for “Soledad,” one of the most punishing tracks on their

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Xibalba @ Classic Grand, Glasgow 02/10/2013
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Xibalba / Hierophant / Frontline / Pay The Price @ Classic Grand, Glasgow 02/10/2013

18th October 201314th September 2019 Dave Bowes Classic Grand, Dave Bowes, Frontline, Glasgow, Hierophant, Live Review, Pay The Price, Xibalba

Those who follow British wrestling in recent years may well be familiar with The Classic Grand as, until recently, it

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Xibalba @ Wagon & Horses, Birmingham 30/09/2013
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Xibalba / Hierophant / Below / Scorned / Sentenced @ Wagon & Horses, Birmingham 30/09/2013

7th October 201314th September 2019 Pete Green Below, Birmingham, Hierophant, Live Review, Pete Green, Scorned, Sentenced, Wagon & Horses, Xibalba

Approaching Birmingham’s Wagon & Horses on a dark and desolate, yet muggy Monday night is no pleasant task. Meandering around

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XIBALBA To Embark On October European Tour With HEIROPHANT

30th July 2013 Lee Edwards Euro Tour 2013, Heirophant, News, Southern Lord, Xibalba

Southern California’s hardcore bruisers XIBALBA have warned in advance of a tour with Italians HEIROPHANT, due to descend upon the

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Todd Robinson’s Top 15 Albums Of 2012

27th December 20129th October 2020 Todd Robinson $hit & $hine, 2012 Year Review, Actress, Anaal Nathrakh, Article, Ben Salisbury, Blut Aus Nord, Death Grips, Geoff Barrow, Goat, Incantation, Meadows, Mega City One, Napalm Death, Raime, Slabdragger, Todd Robinson, Winterfylleth, X-TG, Xibalba

So here we are at the end of another year, the time of year in which an onslaught of ‘best

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Soggy Bog 89 Featuring New Tracks From Vinum Sabbatum, Demonaut, Ehnahre + More

29th August 2012 Lee Edwards Age Of Taurus, Blood Ceremony, Burning Witch, Charger, Demonaut, Ehnahre, EyeHateGod, Leechmilk, News, Podcast, Rose Kemp, Shrooms and Rooms, Soggy Bog, Soggy Bog 89, Toadliquor, Vinum Sabbatum, Warhorse, Witchfinder General, Xibalba

The Soggy Bog Podcast, number 89, is once again upon on us and this week features, new, although not exclusive

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Xibalba ‘Hasta La Muerte’ CD/LP 2012

29th August 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, Adam Stone, Brutal, CD, Death Metal, Hardcore, Hasta La Muerte, LP, Review, Southern Lord, Xibalba

The adjective ‘brutal’, like many others (such as ‘monolithic’ and ‘crushing’), has been bandied around far too much for its

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