Low
Double Negative (Sub Pop). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Tag: Sunn O)))
Monarch
Mer Morte (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Goatsnake
Flower of Disease (Southern Lord). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Blacklist
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Mt. Eerie
Wind’s Poem (PW Elverum and Son). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness (Important). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Skullflower
IIIrd Gatekeeper (Crucial Blast). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Locust
New Erections (Anti-). Review by Jen Cray.
Sunn O)))
White1 (Southern Lord). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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