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Roll Of Honour

Category: Doom

Not Wagging But Drowning
Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, High On Fire, Music, Vinyl

Not Wagging But Drowning

He wasn’t the electric messiah, he was a very naughty boy Continue reading Not Wagging But Drowning

Let Him In
Culture, Doom, Green Lung, Heavy Metal, Music, Vinyl

Let Him In

In which our young hero gets wood Continue reading Let Him In

Program Disc 5: Manual
Brit rock, Culture, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, Record collecting, Uncle Acid, Vinyl

Program Disc 5: Manual

In which our young hero resists reprogramming. Continue reading Program Disc 5: Manual

Blasters Of Reality
Black Sabbath, Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Sleep, Vinyl

Blasters Of Reality

It started with a sniff … Continue reading Blasters Of Reality

Fester, Uncle
Culture, Doom, Hard Rock, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Record collecting, Uncle Acid, Vinyl

Fester, Uncle

Blood Lust: [mass noun]
Uncontrollable desire to kill or maim others.
Continue reading Fester, Uncle

Liebling Home Ain’t Easy
Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, Music, Pentagram, Record collecting, Vinyl

Liebling Home Ain’t Easy

All hail the power of the sleevenote, especially when used to right wrongs and settle scores. Continue reading Liebling Home Ain’t Easy

The Goddess Shrugs Green
Culture, Doom, Green Druid, Heavy Metal, Music, Record collecting, Stoner rock, Vinyl

The Goddess Shrugs Green

Carrion birds feasting on the smeared remains of the dead? yikes! Continue reading The Goddess Shrugs Green

Glitter Sweet Symphony
Mark Lanegan, Music, Record collecting, Rock, Self-indulgent nonsense, Vinyl, Witch

Glitter Sweet Symphony

Tunes! Tunes!! Tunes!!! Continue reading Glitter Sweet Symphony

Fun Fun Fun Funeralopolis
Culture, Doom, Electric Wizard, Heavy Metal, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Fun Fun Fun Funeralopolis

A startling tale of Cliff Richard, H.P Lovecraft and a throne of most unusual construction. Continue reading Fun Fun Fun Funeralopolis

What We Have Become
Culture, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, Obsessive behaviour, Prog, Record collecting, Transmaniacon, Vinyl

What We Have Become

Transmaniacon Plays The Darkening Plain – a sci-fi prog proto-metal stomper about a future war. With added Shakespeare. Dig it! Continue reading What We Have Become

Oro: Opus Mucho Heavinessosity
Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, Music, Record collecting, Ufomammut, Vinyl

Oro: Opus Mucho Heavinessosity

In 2012 Ufomammut* released a great, great LP Oro: Opus Primum, an atmospheric monolith of a space rocker that sounded … Continue reading Oro: Opus Mucho Heavinessosity

All That Festers, Is Not Mould
Culture, Doom, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Kadavar, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

All That Festers, Is Not Mould

Welcome to 1971 folks! Look at the dudes on the cover.  With their far-out lady fabrics and their strung-out 1000 … Continue reading All That Festers, Is Not Mould

1537 vs. 2015
African Music, Biters, Culture, Locrian, Music, Record collecting, Self-indulgent nonsense, Ufomammut, Vinyl, White Hills

1537 vs. 2015

Welcome folks, welcome to the third annual 1537 awards.  These awards are often eagerly anticipated by the artists, industry and … Continue reading 1537 vs. 2015

Locrian Relapse
Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, Locrian, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Locrian Relapse

I think rarely if ever has the contents of an LP been better represented by its cover than Locrian Infinite … Continue reading Locrian Relapse

Martian Industrial Accident
Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, Music, Record collecting, Space Rock, Ufomammut, Vinyl

Martian Industrial Accident

Okay so we had space 1972-style yesterday, let’s give it some space in a 2015-stylee right now* with my all-time … Continue reading Martian Industrial Accident

Hail To The Haze
Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, Iron Man, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Hail To The Haze

Iron Man South Of The Earth (2013).  Here’s another little beauty that turned my head one lunchtime in Probe Records … Continue reading Hail To The Haze

Bones Of My Enemies
Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, High On Fire, Music, Record collecting, Sleep, Vinyl

Bones Of My Enemies

High On Fire De Vermis Mysteriis. A review in two words? Skull cracking. There you go job done, see you … Continue reading Bones Of My Enemies

Black Ritual Acid Drug Rock Potato Printing
Culture, Doom, Heavy Metal, Record collecting, Santa Cruz, Vinyl

Black Ritual Acid Drug Rock Potato Printing

There’s something I find genuinely a bit foreboding about Santa Cruz Down On My Knees.  Is it the three scraggle … Continue reading Black Ritual Acid Drug Rock Potato Printing

Drowning Drowning
Doom, ISIS, Music, Record collecting, Vinyl

Drowning Drowning

Let’s have some heavy tonight. In fact I don’t own anything else as heavy as ISIS Oceanic*, it’s one of … Continue reading Drowning Drowning

Witchy-Woo
Doom, Heavy Metal, Record collecting, Vinyl, Witch

Witchy-Woo

I find some LPs give you a lot to write about and some don’t so I won’t overstay my welcome … Continue reading Witchy-Woo

Heavy as Ship
Doom, Heavy Metal, Music, Space Rock, Stoner rock, Ufomammut

Heavy as Ship

Ufomammut Oro: Opus Primum was by far my favourite LP of 2012.  In fact I’m going to go for broke … Continue reading Heavy as Ship

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