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  • ZESS (Et In Arcadia Ego) LP/CD

    The Italian occult Metal underground is famous for bands like Death SS and the omnipotent Paul Chain, and both have released some real milestones in...

  • ZEBULON (Volume One) LP/CD

    I think, that these four guys put a lot of work into their songs and you can hear that they know how to handle their instruments, but sometimes it...

  • YOB (Catharsis) CD

    Since their demo, "Elaborations Of Carbon" that was later released as debut with additional cuts, I fell in love with the mighty YOB. But it has...

  • YOB (The Illusion Of Motion) CD

    Hailing from Portland, YOB have developed a unique style of doom that is extremely conducive to mind expansion. If you think the band create just a...

  • YOB (Elaborations Of Carbon) CD

    I've read a lot of positive words about Portland's YOB and now it was time to make up my own mind. This is the first full length release, that...

  • YAWNING MAN (Rock Formations) LP/CD

    I'm very careful with superlatives like 'perfect', but in the case of "Rock Formations" I have the deep urge to use this word. Yes, this is a perfect...

  • ZORRO (First Race) 10"/MCD

    I didn't expect much when I put the disc of this Swiss trio into my player. The drummer played formerly in Hell Mute, a band which leaves me cold,...

  • ZEBULON PIKE (s/t) MCD-R

    When I think, there's no new band around, which can surprise me, I found this demo CD-R in my mailbox. I was a bit disappointed about a missing cover,...

  • YAWNING MAN (Pot Head) 10"/MCD

    Alone Records opens the next chapter of the historic YAWNING MAN-files in form of a 10"/MCD, which contains  four new songs. Once again, the band is...

  • ZONDERHOOF (s/t) MCD

    Hailing from the UK, ZONDERHOOF are here to beat your brain into submission with their relentless brand of bone crunching instrumental rock. It's...

  • XARHANGA (Bota Fora) CD

    XARHANGA was a Portuguese 70's progressive rock band, who recorded two 7"'s and one concept album named 'Bota Fora' during their short-term existence....

  • ZED (Feed The Lie) CD

    Basically, I'm certainly bored with bands who feel closely connected to later Neurosis or Isis. As is so often the case, what was once new and...

  • ZONDERHOOF (Hakken) CD

    ZONDERHOOF's self-titled MCD (review here), released in 2007 thru Sound Devastation Records, was an absolutely refreshing debut for me. My enthusiasm...

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