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 Post subject: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 5:27 am 
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Some, or many of these may be familiar to a lot of you...and they damn well should be but if they're not here's a handy list. I did this for another forum but thought I'd stick it up here.

Stubb - heavy, fuzzy retro jam rock. New album out now on Superhot Records www.facebook.com/Stubbrock

Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Knight (Trippy Wicked for short) - A fat mix of stoner, doom, grunge and blues. New album out now on Superhot Records www.trippywicked.com

Mother Corona - Stoner meets doom meets space rock...like Sabbath with more effects!!! Self released album out now www.facebook.com/pages/Mother-Corona/193059974653

Desert Storm - grooving heavy bluesy stoner rock. Self released album out now www.myspace.com/experiencethestorm

Domes Of Silence - dark gothic stoner pop...like Queens Of The Stone Age with the love child of Iggy Pop and Jim Morrison on vocals. Various self released EPs available www.facebook.com/pages/domes-of-silence/22760444896

Steak - unfussy classic stoner rock like Kyuss new self released EP out now www.facebook.com/pages/Steak/121559691241443

XII Boar - full throttle heavy stoner metal...a lot of fun various self released EPs available www.xiiboar.com/

Undersmile - Extremely heavy female fronted dark gothic doom meets Riot Grrrl grunge...can be hard work but truly unique. New album due for iminent release on Future Noise records www.facebook.com/Undersmile

Alunah - female fronted psychedelic blues based doom...excellent songs. Album out now on Catacomb Records and new album coming soon on Psychedoomelic www.alunah.co.uk/

Dopefight - Dirty sludge rock with a Sabbath fixation. self released album available www.facebook.com/DOPEFIGHT

Thorun - Excellent Welsh instrumental stoner rock...very Sabbath and they don't need vocals, the riffs say it all. Various EPs available for free download thorunband.com/

Sigiriya - Incredible Welsh band (ex members of Acrimony), epic metal with stoner, doom and classic rock indluences. New album available now on Church Within Records www.facebook.com/sigiriyaofficial

Iron Witch - Heavy Sabbath fixated sludge with evil vocals. EPs available on Witch Hunter Records www.facebook.com/ironwitch1977

Crumbling Ghost - A fascinating mix of metal, folk and prog rock. Album out now on Withered Hand Records crumblingghost.blogspot.com/

And last but by no means least there's my band Grifter. A mix of 70's and classic rock...like Sabbath jamming with ZZ Top...heavy with a dose of boogie. New album available now on Ripple Music
www.grifterrock.co.uk
www.facebook.com/grifterrock
EP's and demo available for free download at http://grifterrock.bandcamp.com

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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 7:17 am 
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Groan – Play a form of fuzzy music known as ‘Carry On Doom’.

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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
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What about Ratz Ass?

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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:06 am 
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Ratz Ass - Shit rock

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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 12:42 pm 
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Cherry Coke- 60's psych/garage style band from Leicester, featuring Mat from Josiah, Kings Of Frog Island

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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 3:08 pm 

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thank you!!! Some serious UK talent out there.....


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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2012 3:59 am 
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Mindzap wrote:
Cherry Coke- 60's psych/garage style band from Leicester, featuring Mat from Josiah, Kings Of Frog Island


I always forget them for some reason, great band.

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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2012 4:46 am 
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Thanks Ollie, some cool bands to check out.


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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2012 5:24 am 
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Good to see Thorun getting some love on The Obelisk now thanks to this.

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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:13 am 
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Chris just wrote a good thing about Dopefight and Gurt

http://www.superhotrecords.com/2012/05/british-underground-001-dopefight-gurt.html

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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:55 am 

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I've been digging Hang the Bastard, Slabdragger, and Brutality Will Prevail lately. Astrohenge is pretty damn good too.


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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2012 2:38 pm 

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Thanks for mentioning us on your list and for inspiring H.P. to post a bit about the EP. I noticed that our weblink above is broken so here it is for all the riff lovers. New music is on the way so keep your eyes and ears peeled.

http://www.thorunband.com/

and our Bandcamp page

http://thorun.bandcamp.com/


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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2012 10:36 am 

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Maths:
http://maths.bandcamp.com/
not a doom/stoner band. mostly punk/post-hardcore. Really good shit, also on Holy Roar records same as Slabdragger and hang the bastard which are great.


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 Post subject: Re: Up and coming UK bands to check out
PostPosted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:09 am 

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^^ Yup. Throats is in the same vein and also good.


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