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Up until recently, Alexander von Wieding was the main supplier of cover designs for Small Stone Records. However, since last year, he joined the label...

When you look at the colourful album design of this split release, you could suppose that it's psychedelic rock. Well, China's ROUND EYE are somehow...

Here we have the second official re-release of the legendary 'Wino Daze' demo, originally recorded in 1988 after LOST BREED hooked up with Scott...

Hailing from Möchengladbach, Germany, LORD OF GIANT deliver bluesy, 1970s-tinged heavy rock on their self-titled debut album and I must say that this...

This album is something to look out for. Surely it will not be everybodys cup of tea or bottle of beer or whatever beverage you like most. Lords Of...

Without doubt, 'Green Vapour' is one of the heaviest albums I have heard in 2012. The second full-length of Switzerland's LORD OF THE GRAVE is...

Hailing from Italy, LES BONDAGE try desperately to be the new New York Dolls, but this undertaking results not to be completely smooth and successful....

Hailing from New Haven, Connecticut, LORD FOWL belong to the sort of bands which love the hard rock of the 1970's. That does not mean however that...

From the remains of hardcore punk band Annihilation Time, Oakland's LECHEROUS GAZE came into being in 2009 and released two years later a self-titled...

Even though I prefer Delta blues in its pure form, I must say that I really enjoy it when musicians alienate that sound with modern elements. One of...

Dear reader, did I ever actually tell you that I give a flying crap about techno and all its sub-genres? If not, then the time has come now to do...

Here, we have the vinyl-only reissue of the first LAMP OF THE UNIVERSE album, that has been originally released in 2001 on Cranium Records. You are...

There is no denial. I really love Leather Nun America. And if you would listen to the first few riffs after the introductional sample in 'Murderkkult'...

LARMAN CLAMOR are two guys from North Germany, hard as it to believe that only two people make this thick, rich audio gumbo. On their self-titled...

With their new record 'Salvador', LO-PAN getting closer to the perfect album; it's a big step up from the band's previous release 'Sasquanaut' and...

There have been times when my interest in sludge decreased rapidly resulting from the musical stagnation in that genre. I was bored by all the Grief,...

Here, we have the remastered and remixed version of LO-PAN's second album, which was originally released by Nice Life Records in 2009. Small Stone...

Consistent with the hundredth album release of Small Stone Records, label owner Scott Hamilton took advantage of the opportunity to release the debut...

California's LITANY FOR THE WHALE show with their debut EP what can happen if you mix the brute heaviness of later Neurosis with the vulnerability of...

This is the debut album from an almost unknown Scottish band which deserves greater attention. One reason for this is that LOW SONIC DRIFT (please...

LOS NATAS is like good vine: the older he gets, the better he is. I feel no affection at all for their early albums, when they called themselves...

Those who had hoped that LA IRA DE DIOS will return to the sound of their early records will probably experience another unpleasant surprise with the...

Hailing from Switzerland, LORD OF THE GRAVE started off in 2006 with a view to create ground shaking frequencies closely related to bands like Saint...

The long anticipated debut album from LORD VICAR is here at last what will be a cheerful incident for a lot of doom fans. In the meantime the band...

After the release of their debut 7", here we have their first full-length, that has been released in 2008 thru SL Records. At first, I wasn't very...

It's no secret that the entire sound of a band depends on the vocalist. If there's a miserable or average singer, than the band is damned to fail. For...

It's simply awe-inspiring, with which relentless power and energy the Peruvian band LA IRA DE DIOS march through the eight songs (plus one hidden...

Really great, that FJ of Blood & Iron Records re-released this lost masterpiece. LIFE BEYOND came from Maryland and unfortunately they existed only...

Once again Rock 'n' Roll Radio presents two bands on a nice 10", and   the first side kicks off with Argentine's heavy psych kings LOS NATAS. Every...

Maybe some of you will remember that LOST BREED did belong to the bands, who have released two albums on Hellhound Records in 1993 and 1994. In...

This album was recorded in a single day on October 2003, and exact this spontaneous energy and vibe is the strength of "Mänchen Sessions". Some of the...

Here we have one of the best doom underground demos I've heard since a long time. LAHAR unleash thunderous charges of brutal weighty riffing, focused...

"Carnage", released by Southern Lord, is one of those albums, that won't leave any trace in my musical files, but that doesn't mean that it's a bad...

A few years ago I've noticed this Italian band, due to the reason that their '99 release "Regeneration", released on Beard Of Stars Records, has been...

Maryland was and is still one of the main sources for honest and original doom-laden Heavyrock. Some of the best and inspiring bands are coming from...

I must admit, that I never liked NATAS that much. For me, their first recordings were a good example for a Kyuss-clone band. Ok, they've added more...

I really don't remember the forerunner "Equator" and I've never paid much attention to it. For me, it was only one of this average heavy rock releases...

This masterpiece was released in 1999 by BRAINTICKET Rec and is finally available in April 2000 in Europe. The german label GUTTER Rec. licensed...

Another release on SOUTHERN LORD, that proves Mr. Anderson's "open-mindedness" and good taste in music (how sad, that this is gone - The Editor...

This US trio play classic Hardrock, mainly influenced through the 70's and 80's. No downtuned guitars and no real use for a fuzz-bender! The album...