Sat 04 Sep 10 07:16:17 Re: Vinyl Collection by Daz
Fri 03 Sep 10 18:25:37 Re: Black Sun by future-noise
Fri 03 Sep 10 08:10:13 Re: Vinyl Collection by JEZCHARGER
Fri 03 Sep 10 07:56:18 Review: Luder 'Sonoluminescence' CD 2010 by The Shaman
Thu 02 Sep 10 22:33:52 Re: Review: The Secret 'Solve et Coagula' CD 2010 by Riffola Mexicola
3rd September 2010
Review:
Luder 'Sonoluminescence' CD 2010
It's quite common for these days for a band or artist to form a label with a view to releasing their own product and, on occasion, the works of others. It's far less common, however, for someone to start a label and run it successfully for years before finding themselves in a band...
Author: Ollie
2nd September 2010
Review:
Stonebride 'Summon The Waves' CD 2010
Interesting, original stoner-inflected rock is the name of the game with Croatian quartet Stonebride. 'Summon The Waves', their second release, is aptly named as the music of Stonebride ebbs and flows like a great sea...
Author: Paul
1st September 2010
Review:
The Secret 'Solve et Coagula' CD 2010
The Sleeping Shaman gives a 'blackened' welcome to new scriber Pete G whose 1st offering is for 'Solve et Coagula' by The Secret...
It would be a tough task to review Southern Lord's latest sonic slab of filth without using the word 'blackened' at some stage. So please excuse me if it slips in a few times here and there!
Author: Pete G
28th August 2010
Review:
Electric Red 'In This Machine' CD 2010
When Electric Red came under my radar in early 2009 with a three track demo, "Ion" claiming to have recorded it themselves and to only have been a going concern as a band for 6 months I thought they were basically bullshitting to big themselves up...
Author: Ollie
27th August 2010
Review:
Omega Massif 'Geisterstadt' LP/CD 2010
Do you remember when you first heard the track 'Mammoth' by Pelican? You know, the first track on their first EP? The track that was so aptly named, because when you listened to it you could clearly imagine a herd of hoofing-great Wooly Mammoths lumbering toward you...
Author: Paul
26th August 2010
Review:
Beehoover 'Concrete Catalyst' CD 2010
Hailing from Germany, this Teutonic duo of Ingmar Petersen (bass and vocals) and Claus-Peter Hamisch (drums and vocals) deal in far out experimental drum and bass and by that I don't mean the repetitive washing machine on a spin cycle dance music variety...
Author: Mark
25th August 2010
Review:
All Time High 'Friends In High Places' CD 2010
So, with a name like All Time High and coming from the Small Stone stable I was expecting a bunch of pot-bellied, heavily bearded backwoods throwbacks raping the shit out of a bunch of Big Muff pedals...
Author: Ollie
24th August 2010
Review:
Cult Of Whores And Dogs 'Brass Knuckle Bondage And Morgue Rules' CDEP 2010
When the first recorded efforts from Cult Of Whores and Dogs landed last year it was a vicious and uncompromising slice of industrial hardcore meets thrash that showed a lot of promise under its grimy production...
Author: Ollie
23rd August 2010
Review:
Acid King 'The Early Years' CD 2010
From their humble origins way back in 1993 in San Francisco, Acid King have, over the course of three albums and numerous splits and EPs, grown into one of the lumbering leading lights of the stoner doom scene...
Author: Ollie
22nd August 2010
Photos:
Rise To Thunder & Atlas
Photos of Rise To Thunder & Atlas from last night at The Rigger, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Photos: Lee
21st August 2010
Review:
Neurosis 'Enemy Of The Sun' Reissue CD 2010
Reissues can often provide a sober pause to reflect on an album that may have been unnecessarily gushed over or scorned upon its release and gives a potentially fresh audience another chance to rediscover a back catalogue gem...
Author: Mark
20th August 2010
Review:
Black Sleep Of Kali 'Our Slow Decay' CD 2010
Small Stone Recordings are a bit like a good and trusted friend for the most part; you know you can rely on them to deliver some quality kick ass rock and roll that have you shaking your bootie and chugging back the beers with wild abandon...
Author: Ollie
19th August 2010
Review:
Lords Of Bukkake 'Desorden Y Rencor' CD 2010
Wilfully nasty sludge from genuine Spaniards, as opposed to strange Japanese men who sing in spanish, here on the unpleasantly-named Lords Of Bukkake's sophomore release, and their first for Israeli label of repute Totalrust Music...
Author: Paul
18th August 2010
Review:
Solace 'A.D.' CD/LP 2010
Solace must have wondered if this album would ever see the light of day. It's been 7 years since their last full length offering "13" with only a handful of split releases and EPs to remind us they still exist...
Author: Ollie
17th August 2010
Review:
Wino 'Adrift' CD 2010
Robert Scott "Wino" Weinrich has, over the past 30 years, through sheer grit, determination and above all outstanding talent forged a little corner for himself in the metal world that has become legendary...
Author: Ollie
16th August 2010
Review:
Ufomammut 'Eve' CD 2010
Low and heavy riffs repeated to meltdown and mad electronic space noises – a sure-fire recipe for sustained cranial orgasm. There is truly nothing out there in music land like this fabled Italian ensemble...
Author: Adam
9th August 2010
Review:
Highgate 'Shrines To The Warhead' CD 2010
Four tracks of doomed out pure filth for your delectation, here, on the sophomore release from Kentucky-based trio Highgate. This time out it's dirty, stinking DOOM all the way...
Author: Paul
8th August 2010
Review:
The Dead 'Ritual Executions' CD 2010
Australia seems to have been producing some very original Death Metal bands over the last few years, and The Dead are another name to add to that brutally burgeoning list...
Author: Paul
5th August 2010
Review:
Void Generator 'Phantom Hell And Soar Angelic'
CD 2010
Space, as Hawkwind once told us (but heavier on the umlauts), is VAST, clearly a fact that Italian astronauts Void Generator are WELL aware of. This, their second full-length release, is awash with the swirling, swooshing pulses of deep space...
Author: Paul
4th August 2010
Review:
Kuwahara 'HoneyCult' CD 2010
The sound-world of Kuwahara, a duo consisting of M.Peck and Mike Honeycutt, is one of grainy kaleidoscopic twilight murk shot through with fractured transmissions from some alien transmitter device...
Author: Paul
1st August 2010
Review:
Stone Axe 'II' CD 2010
Imagine the scenario; at one stage all the greatest bands of the late 60's and 70's were struggling to catch a break...Free, Bad Company, AC/DC, Led Zep, The Faces, Kiss, Thin Lizzy...etc...
Author: Ollie
31st July 2010
Review:
Mighty High 'Drops A Deuce' 7" 2009
OK time for a quick bit of self realisation. Hands up who, for the most part, leads a fairly mundane existence? You know the type of thing; get up in the morning way too early, spend the best part of the day working a shitty job that's a million miles away...
Author: Ollie
30th July 2010
Review:
Sasquatch 'III' CD 2010
Now, if the mythical Bigfoot, or Sasquatch with whom this band shares its name were to listen to music, you can bet your ass that the big hairy bastard would kick back with a few beers and listen to big hairy bastards like Sasquatch!!!
Author: Ollie
29th July 2010
Review:
Gozu 'Locust Season' CD 2010
Small Stone Recordings have one of the most enviable rosters in metal and a catalogue bursting with classic albums by classic bands so any new band entering the Small Stone world has big boots to fill and a strong legacy to preserve...
Author: Ollie
28th July 2010
Review:
The Brought Low 'Third Record' CD 2010
I am a fool, a complete bloody fool!!! That The Brought Low have been on the scene and have previously released two albums, their self titled debut on Tee Pee Records in 2001 and "Right On Time" on Small Stone in 2006 yet I have totally missed out on them until now...
Author: Ollie
27th July 2010
Review:
Jacknife Holiday 'Stinkin' 'n' Drinkin'' CDEP 2010
The name says it all doesn't it, Jacknife Holiday, the delight and recreational possibilities of pure mindless violence!!! These guys shit riffs and grooves in their sleep but deliver them with a maniacal gleam in the eye and foul, fetid breath!!!
Author: Ollie
20th July 2010
Review:
Boris & Ian Astbury 'BXI' CD 2010
I was 17 when The Cult's "Electric" album was released it kicked my arse from here to LA and 23 years on is still one of my favourite albums of all time with it's blend of AC/DC meets Led Zep rifferama and chest beating vocals....
Author: Ollie
18th July 2010
Interview:
Edgy 59
The following interview with Edgy 59, who most of the regular readership will know from his vocal duties in cult Doomers Burning Witch, was kindly submitted by Cyril aka missionair...
Author: Cyril
17th July 2010
Review:
Stone Axe/Sun Gods In Exile - Split 7" 2010
In the whole history of art there are certain eras that stand out as capturing a moment such as expressionism, the art nouveau movement, the works of Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters, silent movies...
Author: Ollie
16th July 2010
Review:
Year Of The Flood 'A Utopian View' CDEP 2010
NOISY BASTARDS!!!!! Year of the Flood, featuring former members of Jesus of Spazzereth, Bumsnogger, Blood Divided and Dead on Arrival are NOISY BASTARDS!!! Claiming influence from D-Beat and crust...
Author: Ollie
15th July 2010
Review:
Ommadon 'Part I' CDr 2010
Rising from the ashes of the dearly departed Snowblood, Ommadon strip back the post-metal finery of their previous band to give us only the ugly sludge-filled abyss that squatted at the heart of Scotland's most unsung band...
Author: Paul
11th July 2010
Review:
Fen 'Trails Out Of Gloom' CD 2010
Hmm, when something is described as prog in this day and age I immediately raise an eyebrow and suspicions are high. Don't get me wrong, I do love a bit of old school eccentric prog...a nice bit of King Crimson, a good blast of Genesis' "Foxtrot" album...
Author: Ollie
10th July 2010
Review:
JPT Scare Band 'Acid Blues Is The White Man's Burden' CD/LP 2010
I remember my dear old dad once telling me, knowing my devotion to old school rock, that I was born 20 years too late, that I'm a man out of time and I missed out on experiencing all the greats I venerate in their prime...Led Zep, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Budgie...
Author: Ollie
9th July 2010
Review:
Widows 'Raise The Monolith' CDEP 2010
Widows are DEFINITELY here to rock our faces off. The Nottingham-based hooligans play it like they mean it across all four tracks of this, their debut release, and rock out HARD...
Author: Paul
8th July 2010
Review:
I Defy S/T CDEP 2010
My family have always been big on supporting local industry. Growing up a stone's throw from I Defy's home of Swindon meant we got a Dyson, my Grandparents bought a Honda and I feel the pressure of my Wiltshire born solidarity wanting me to root for I Defy...
Author: Mark
7th July 2010
Review:
Black Pyramid/Old One 'Split In Half' 12" 2010
12" vinyl, two bands, over thirty minutes of doom, awesome artwork...how can it really go wrong!!!
Now Black Pyramid are some seriously industrious fuckers...in barely two years they've released a demo, an incredible 7", an album and now this split release with Old One...
Author: Ollie
6th July 2010
Review:
The Deadists 'Time Without Light' CDEP 2010
The Sleeping Shaman welcomes new contributor Neil with this, his first review for Sweden's The Deadists...
THIS IS THE SOUND! The Hordes of the Infernal crush the very bones of all humanity, to the sound of this slamming beast...
Author: Neil
4th July 2010
Photos:
Charger, Conan & Dog Kicked In Half
Photos of Charger, Conan & Dog Kicked In Half from The Star & Garter, Manchester on Thursday night.
Photos: Lee
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3rd July 2010
Interview:
Ramesses
I'd been promising to interview Dorset Doomers Ramesses for well over 2 years now and what with one thing and another, it just never seemed to happen! But with the recent release of their landmark album 'Take The Curse'...
Author: Lee
2nd July 2010
Review:
Harvestman/Minsk/US Christmas
'Hawkwind Triad' CD 2010
"I am the creator of this universe, the wind of time is blowing through me" incanted head pilot Brock in 1971. One hundred thousand young hippies' hairy heads melted and nothing mattered anymore. But Hawkwind have always mattered...
Author: Adam
29th June 2010
Review:
Black Breath 'Heavy Breathing' CD 2010
Smashing straight out of the speakers and grabbing the listener roughly by the throat, Black Breath show that they are NOT fucking around and they WILL bang that head that doesn't bang. HARD...
Author: Paul
28th June 2010
Review:
Melvins 'The Bride Screamed Murder' CD 2010
In 1994 some kind soul played me "Houdini". In the time it took for that album to spin I had become hooked by their churning spasmodic grind and thereupon set upon a course to track down any piece of Melvins music I could find...
Author: Ollie
23rd June 2010
Review:
Miss Lava 'Blues For The Dangerous Miles'
CD 2010
Hailing from Portugal, Miss Lava have previously issued one EP. Acclaimed by critics and having honed their craft through hard road work supporting the likes of Fu Manchu and Year Long Disaster, they unleash their full length debut on the world...
Author: Mark
22nd June 2010
Review:
Samsara Blues Experiment
'Long Distance Trip' CD 2010
For all their reputation for being meticulous, mechanical and, well, Teutonic, the Germans seem to be developing a nice little niche for themselves as leaders in the psychedelic stoner jam scene...
Author: Ollie
21st June 2010
Review:
Domes Of Silence 'Hunter ST' EP 2010
When I first encountered Domes Of Silence live a couple of years ago I was immediately struck by their marriage of fuzzy stoner guitars with some mesmeric, almost baggy like grooves...
Author: Ollie
20th June 2010
Review:
Aquilonian & Sollubi - Split CD 2010
Containing as it does the first recorded material from ex-Bongzilla duo Aquilonian, I guess you could call this release 'eagerly anticipated' by lovers of heavy-ass music. Throw in the added bonus of them sharing the disc with the monstrous Sollubi...
Author: Paul
19th June 2010
Photos:
Weedeater, Saviours & Black Cobra
Photos of Weedeater, Saviours & Black Cobra from The Well in Leeds on Tuesday night.
Photos: Lee
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17th June 2010
Review:
Iroha & Fragment 'Bittersweet' CD/LP 2010
An interesting CD, here, with a heavy Justin Broadrick connection. Iroha feature Andy Swan, ex-of Broadrick's Final project AND current Jesu bassist Diarmuid Dalton. Their sound is, well, more than a little reminiscent of Jesu...
Author: Paul
14th June 2010
Review:
Twilight 'Monument To Time End' CD 2010
Epic Black Metal on a cosmic scale here, from this veritable supergroup. Twilight's second album features an altered line-up from that of their debut – Wrest (Leviathan), N. Imperial (Krieg) and Blake Judd (Nachtmystium) are, as ever, the core...
Author: Paul
11th June 2010
Review:
War Coma/Jesus Bruiser – Split CD 2010
Punk is an attitude. I don't win any journalistic awards for pointing out that hackneyed nugget of insight. It's been stated a millions times before. It's just that these two young bands embody that ethos so acutely. War Coma (bloody good name)...
Author: Adam
10th June 2010
Review:
Lair Of The Minotaur 'Evil Power' CD 2010
The Sleeping Shaman welcomes new contributor Jon with this, his first review of the latest Lair Of The Minotaur disc...
I love Lair Of The Minotaur but as I write these words I actually question whether I do indeed 'love' them. I thought about other things that I love in my life, and asked myself a few questions...
Author: Jon
9th June 2010
Review:
Goatsnake 'Flower Of Disease' Reissue CD 2010
Originally released on the now dearly departed Man's Ruin Records and on vinyl by Southern Lord this long overdue (8 years out of print folks) CD format reissue is a timely reminder of a band who had too short a career...
Author: Mark
8th June 2010
Review:
Chrome Hoof 'Crush Depth' CD/2xLP 2010
I promised myself I'd try and get through this review without mentioning drugs. The effects of drugs, doing drugs, being impaired by drugs... hard drugs, soft drugs legal drugs...drugs, drugs, drugs...
Author: Mark
7th June 2010
Review:
Karma To Burn 'Appalachian Incantation'
CD/2xLP 2010
Okay, hands up everyone who thought Karma To Burn had vanished into the mists of time. Most of you? Right, now, hands up everyone who would be surprised but super-chuffed to see 'em come back again. All of you? That's what I thought...
Author: Paul
6th June 2010
Review:
Madder Mortem 'Where Dream and Day Collide'
CDEP 2010
Hmmmm.....bit of an odd one, this. A five-track EP from female-fronted Norwegian Alternative Metallers Madder Mortem containing four new tracks, one 'single' version of lead track 'Where Dream and Day Collide' and a video for that self-same track...
Author: Paul
5th June 2010
Review:
Kerretta 'Vilayer' CD/LP 2010
It seems that everywhere you go these days you trip over another instrumental 'post-rock' band, all 'quiet-LOUD-quiet' dynamics and brooding echo-laden chords. They're virtually lying around in the streets like mumbly/shouty old tramps...
Author: Paul
4th June 2010
Photos:
Drainland, Bong, Drunk In Hell & Gruel
At long last the photos of Drainland, Bong, Drunk In Hell & Gruel from the 1in12 Club, Bradford are now online...
Photos: Lee
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3rd June 2010
Review:
Celeste 'Morte(s) Nee(s)' CD/2xLP 2010
King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp once described attempting to play atop his early '70's rhythm section, John Wetton and Bill Bruford, as akin to "playing with a flying brick wall", and advised any player coming into contact with it to "go with it or duck!"...
Author: Paul
2nd June 2010
Interview:
Dead In The Woods
Born from the ashes of hardcore deviants Army Of Flying Robots, Nottingham's Dead In The Woods deliver a devastating blow of heavy sludge induced psychedelia, think crust legends His Hero Is Gone on an acid trip and you get the idea...
Author: Lee
1st June 2010
Review:
Bumsnogger '2002-2006'
A greatest hits from a band that were a wilfully uncommercial event? A gathering of their material from their debut 5 track EP '...And Destroy All That Come Before Us'...
Author: Mark
24th May 2010
Review:
Dead In The Woods/Diet Pills - Split 12"
They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Whilst the chest is the more geographically correct in the biological sense, for me a nice piece of vinyl and I'm instantly in love. In this case a limited edition translucent blue with accompanying well presented artwork...
Author: Mark
18th May 2010
Review:
Dog Kicked In Half - Demo 2010
Originality alert - there is more than a hint of sloppy and mischievous genius at work here. Manchester's DKIH spew out three weighty tracks of festering arse-end filth on this, their demo offering...
Author: Adam
16th May 2010
Photos:
Jesu @ Sound Control, Manchester
Photos of from last nights Jesu gig at Sound Control, Manchester.
Photos: Lee
15th May 2010
Review:
Sun Gods In Exile 'Black Light, White Lines' CD 09
Well God dam...put some Budweiser on ice, gun the throttle on the Mustang, wind down the windows and let's kick up some dust on Route 666!!!
Author: Ollie
14th May 2010
Review:
Iron Void 'Spell Of Ruin' CDEP 2010
OK hands up who remembers Hellhound records? To refresh your memories they existed from the late 80's to the mid 90's and, after initially releasing a slew of hardcore albums, became the premier doom label of the era releasing classics such as Saint Vitus "V" and The Obsessed "Lunar Womb"...
Author: Ollie
13th May 2010
Review:
The:Egocentrics 'Love Fear Choices And Astronauts' CD 2010
Music very much accompanies a mood. There are times when Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" will touch a nerve and then other times when Slayer's "Angel of Death" will induce a testosterone driven red mist
of fury...
Author: Ollie
12th May 2010
Review:
Grifter 'The Simplicity Of The Riff Is Key' CDEP 10
Ever since Grifter burst onto the scene back in 2004/2005 with a beer in hand, a roach in the ashtray and a handful of tunes designed to make girls boogie and dudes bang their heads, they have, at times unfairly, been pigeon-holed with the inevitable Stoner Rock tag...
Author: Mark
11th May 2010
Review:
Locrian 'Territories' LP 2010
In order to fully accommodate the full scope of their vision, the core duo of Locrian – Andre Foisy and Terence Hannum – have enlisted an ensemble of players from the various outer reaches of musical extremity and four, count 'em, FOUR separate labels...
Author: Paul
10th May 2010
Review:
Bastard Of The Skies 'Ichor! Ichor!' CD 2010
Tentacles. I love 'em. Big fan of betentacled things here, so I knew I was onto a winner when I saw the packaging for this CD was festooned with the wiggly things. Add to that the fact that I had the good fortune to see Bastard Of The Skies play here in sunny Manchester back in 2008...
Author: Paul
9th May 2010
Review:
Drainland 'And So Our Troubles Began' 12" 2010
If there's one thing that Dublin-based chaosmongers Drainland know, it's how to use the killing technology. In their case, they use it to smash your fucking face in. Channelling the likes of Cattlepress, Gasp, Playing Enemy and His Hero Is Gone...
Author: Paul
8th May 2010
Photos:
Deathfest 2010
Photos of Ramesses, Brujeria, Wormrot, Palehorse & Volition from Deathfest in Leeds last weekend.
Photos: Lee
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7th May 2010
Review:
Kings Destroy 7" EP 2010
Brooklyn NY based behemoths Kings Destroy do themselves a bit of a disservice when they refer to themselves as a hybrid of stoner-rock and doom – this, my friends, is DOOM all the way!
Author: Paul
6th May 2010
Review:
Suma 'Ashes' CD/LP 2010
Let me tell you, Suma do NOT fuck around – they mean BUSINESS, and their business is cracking your skull WIDE open with their sheer, unrelenting, massive HEAVINESS. Imagine The Melvins' 'Lysol' being played at you full-blast through a wind-tunnel full of Dark Matter;
THAT heavy...
Author: Paul
1st May 2010
Photos:
Cathedral, Church Of Misery &
The Gates Of Slumber
Photos of Cathedral, Church Of Misery & The Gates Of Slumber from Monday nights gig at the Academy 3 in Manchester.
Photos: Lee
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24th April 2010
Audio Interview:
Eyehategod
Well here it is, The Sleeping Shaman's first ever audio interview with sludge veterans Eyehategod which took place just before they played Moho Live in Manchester on the 6th April 2010, thanks go to both Eyehategod for taking time out to do this interview and of course Drian for making it happen!
Interviewer: Drian
23rd April 2010
Review:
Arc Of Ascent 'Circle Of The Sun' CD 2010
AAh New Zealand, the temptation to form an opinion based on stereotypes of sheep worrying, Lord Of The Rings and the infinitely superior rugby team, might lead the outsider to scoff at the suggestion of Stoner rock finding an unlikely champion...
Author: Mark
22nd April 2010
Photos:
Charger & Invasion
Photos of Charger & Invasion from Loud Howls in London, unfortunately I only caught 2 bands on the Sunday as we arrived late after getting lost in the big smoke! I'd also like to say thanks to Jack for putting on this extravaganza as from all accounts everyone had a top weekend & hopefully I'll see more bands next year!
Photos: Lee
20th April 2010
Review:
Serpent Venom - Demo 2010
And so as I face my final reckoning and stand before the blackened gates of Hades ready to take my faltering first steps into the fiery eternity of Pandemonium a rumble of thunder shakes the ground and a jagged shard of lightning rends the sky asunder...
Author: Ollie
18th April 2010
Photos:
Charger, Ramesses & Strength Of Will Is Mine
Photos of Charger, Ramesses & Strength Of Will Is Mine from last weekends Metal Massacre in Bolton and I'll just take this opportunity to say a quick thanks to Colin & his crew for putting on a great day and looking after all of the bands, thanks man!
Photos: Lee
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17th April 2010
Review:
Alcohsonic 'Songs From The Delirium Tremens World' CD 09
Being of Gallic blood myself I'm always keen to check out French bands and try to spread the love a little bit. Let's face it, France has given the world so much...amazing food, astounding wine, fashion, beautiful women (Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Adjani, Audrey Tatou...etc) but hasn't really made much of an impact on the world stage when it comes to rock and roll...
Author: Ollie
14th April 2010
Review:
1000 Mods 'Liquid Sleep' 7" 2010
1000 Mods...I was expecting some sharp suited, feather cut wide boys with a fearsome pill habit, a Lambretta and some spiky Who influenced pop but I guess in their Greek homeland the name has an entirely different meaning...
Author: Ollie
12th April 2010
Review:
High On Fire 'Snakes for the Divine' CD/LP 2010
I'm going to set out my stall from the off here – I LOVE HIGH ON FIRE, and I've been living with this record for a couple of weeks now and let me tell you, it's a HELL of a piece of work that just gets better over time...
Author: Paul
11th April 2010
Review:
Ramesses 'Take The Curse' CD 2010
Quake with mortal dread, you puny mortal fuck. Ramesses crush the jugular with this, their second full-length studio album: a potent fifty-four minute ten-track pleasure cruise through some of the most seductive 'scimitar and fangs' doom-filth that you will hear all year...
Author: Adam
10th April 2010
Live Review:
Eyehategod - Moho Live, Manchester 06/04/10
The ceiling sweated. It dripped onto the heaving flesh mass below – a living organism made out of a hundred rabid NOLA sludge fans. Eyehategod were playing and the people couldn't handle the euphoria. Fists pummelled the air and large men flew off the stage...
Author: Adam
9th April 2010
Review:
Black Shape Of Nexus/Kodiak - Split LP 2010
How do you approach 38 minutes of mind bending Doom?
Quite simply shut yourself away, roll a fat one and surrender to the complete process of immersing in the music....
Author: Mark
8th April 2010
Review:
Jucifer/Show of Bedlam - Split CD 09
Two bands fronted by righteous, rawkin' chicks sharing one wee silver disc here – two-headed sludge rawk behemoth Jucifer bring four new tracks to the table, and avant-doom new kids on the block Show Of Bedlam hit us up with five tracks of blistering dooooom riffola...
Author: Paul
7th April 2010
Photos:
Eyehategod
Photos of Eyehategod from last nights blistering gig at the hot and sweaty Moho Live in Manchester, roll on Leeds tonight!
Photos: Lee