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Year: 2009

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Unearthly Trance Interview

28th December 20092nd September 2019 Lee Edwards Interview, Lee Edwards, Unearthly Trance

Unearthly Trance need little in the way of an introduction to the readers of The Sleeping Shaman, or if they

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Review
Album & EP Reviews I 

Into The Storm ‘Amidst A Sea Of Chaos’ CD 2009

18th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Amidst A Sea Of Chaos, CD, Hardcore, Heavy, Into The Storm, Metal, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Imagine, if you can, that legendary metal/hardcore band Botch were in fact a jigsaw. Now imagine that jigsaw tossed in

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A Look Back At 2009

17th December 2009 Lee Edwards A Look Back At 2009, Ancestors, Article, Astra, Black Pyramid, Church Of Misery, Drian Nash, Fleshgod, Immortal, Kreator, Kylesa, La Coka Nostra, Shrinebuilder

It seems I’m having trouble remembering what happened in 2009, all I can assess is there was an onslaught of

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Obliteration Interview

16th December 20092nd September 2019 Lee Edwards Interview, Lee Edwards, Obliteration

If Old School Death Metal which harks back to the days of Autopsy and early Death gets your blood rushing,

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Review
Album & EP Reviews O 

Obliteration ‘Nekropsalms’ CD 2009

15th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, Brutal, CD, Death Metal, Fysisk Format, Heavy, Nekropsalms, Obliteration, Paul Robertson, Review

Old-school Death Metal of the highest order here from Norwegian maniacs Obliteration. This is Death Metal from back in the

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Review
Album & EP Reviews S 

Shroud Eater – S/T – CDEP 2009

14th December 20093rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2009, CDEP, Doom, Fuzz, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Paul Robertson, Post-Hardcore, Review, Self Released, Shroud Eater

HEY YOU! Yeah, you with the Melvins t-shirt and the High On Fire LP under your arm…wanna hear somethin’ new

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Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight Interview

13th December 20092nd September 2019 Lee Edwards Interview, Lee Edwards, Trippy Wicked, Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight

Originally a two piece (which they occasionally revert back to), Trippy Wicked & the Cosmic Children of the Knight, to

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Domes Of Silence ‘Temple Of The Wasp’ CDEP 2009

12th December 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2009, CDEP, Domes Of Silence, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Temple Of The Wasp

Tenacity, determination, bloody mindedness and talent…Domes of Silence have it all by the truckload. Since their debut album “Mescaline” emerged

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Album & EP Reviews I 

IRA ‘Visions Of A Landscape’ CD 2009

10th December 20092nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2009, Ambient, CD, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, IRA, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Review, Visions Of A Landscape

Hailing from the university town of Konstanz in Germany, IRA are clearly deep thinkers and I don’t mean that in

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Charger ‘Disgust At The Status Quo’ CDEP 2009

3rd December 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2009, Adam Stone, CDEP, Charger, Crust, Disgust At The Status Quo, Doom, Future Noise, Fuzz, Fuzz Bastards, Hardcore, Review, Sludge

Set the controls, for the arse of a nun…four grizzled pottery heads with a pulsating predilection for the barbaric beauty

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lords Of Bastard – S/T – CD 2008

22nd November 20093rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2008, CD, Crust, Doom, Heavy, Lords Of Bastard, Ollie Stygall, Review, SL Records, Sludge

As the title of track three on this album so succinctly puts it…Fucking Hell!!! After being blown away recently by

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