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Oliver Longden is a hard man to please but 40 minutes of momumentally pretentious Belgian sludge with transcendent religious overtones could be exactly what the doctor ordered. AMENRA’s ‘Mass V’ is subjected to scrutiny within.
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Sludge/doom/death metallers Dragged Into Sunlight’s debut record managed the Herculean feat of earning Oliver Longden’s approval – can the follow-up repeat the trick? Find out within.
music REVIEW: Lazarus Blackstar – Hymns for the Cursed
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After disbanding in 2001, Californian sludge act Noothgrush are making a comeback and Southern Lord have just released a compilation of two radio sessions from the 90’s. It doesn’t feature their corking rendition of Star Wars’ ‘Imperial March’ (shame!), but read on to find out what Dani made of it anyway…
music REVIEW: Hull – Beyond The Lightless Sky
Having been mightily impressed by Brooklyn based progressive/sludge/post-metal quintet Hull’s 2009 debut ‘Sole Lord’, Phil Whitehouse was looking forward to a trip ‘Beyond The Lightless Sky’ for the group’s second full-length. Read on to see if the band continued to impress.
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Phil Whitehouse headed to Eddies in Birmingham to catch the last date of Louisiana grind/sludge merchants Soilent Green’s first UK tour in 11 years. Was it worth the wait?
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music REVIEW: Weedeater – Jason… The Dragon
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music REVIEW: Crowbar – Sever The Wicked Hand
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Dani takes a slug of Southern Discomfort and braves the latest offering from Atlanta sludge merchants Sons of Tonatiuh.
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Brooklyn-based Hull unleash their debut album Sole Lord – Phil tries to get his head around their blend of sludgy, psychedelic, proggy post-metal.
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