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   1. Boris: Pink

   This Japanese sludge-metal trio have not only given us their best album but also their most focused, melodic and (dare we say this) accessible work, an album of such ferocious power and energy that...read more

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   2. Boris: Akuma No Uta

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   3. Boris: Amplifier Worship

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   4. Boris: Boris At Last - Feedbacker

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   5. Sunn: Flight of the Behemoth

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   6. Sunn: The Grimmrobe Demos

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   7. Sunn: White2

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   8. Sunn: White1

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   9. Sunn0))) and Boris: Altar

   Excess has always been a big part of heavy metal, and the pairing of Sunn 0))) and Boris seems to fit right into this tradition – an all-star, Godzilla-and-King-Kong collaboration between two...read more

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    10. Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions

    Monoliths & Dimensions is a fantastic display of that hugeness you’ve likely read about in stories on this band and the new avant-doom-metal scene that orbits it. What no amount of hype c...read more

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    11. Black Mountain: Wilderness Heart

    Sometimes it seems like Black Mountain is just toying with us -- such as within the first two minutes of "The Hair Song," the opening track on the Vancouver band's new album, Wilderness Heart. With...read more

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    12. Marnie Stern: s/t

    While exhilarating, Marnie Stern's first two albums felt at times like they were constantly reminding us of her guitar prowess -- which, it has to be said, is straight-up flabbergasting. Her third ...read more

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    13. Liturgy: Aesthetica

    What’s immediately gripping about Aesthetica, the second album from Brooklyn quasi-black-metal quartet Liturgy, are the contrasts: On one hand, the densely melodic guitars and relentless bass; on t...read more

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    14. Boris: Heavy Rocks

    Oh man, Boris is just doing whatever it pleases these days. For one of its two new releases (see also: Attention Please), the Japanese trio-plus (Ghost's Michio Kurihara frequently pitches in) has ...read more

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    15. Boris: Attention Please

    And for their second set (see also: Heavy Rocks), Boris will play it a little sultry. I mean, look at the cover; lead-guitarist Wata is all dolled up and she's playing it to the hilt, taking lead v...read more

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    16. Laddio Bolocko: The Life and Times of...

    Stormy weather approacheth. Though Laddio Bolocko will be a new name for most, this is in fact a reissue of the very first release on the No Quarter label (now the home of Endless Boogie, Doug Pais...read more

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    17. Sunn O))): ØØ Void

    Sunn O)))'s second album was its first great statement, and after going out of print a few times on a few different labels (and at least once with a bonus-disc of collabs with Nurse with Wound -- n...read more

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