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Sacred Son 'The Foul Deth Of Engelond'
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Review: Sacred Son ‘The Foul Deth Of Engelond’

17th June 202227th July 2022 Fossil Black Metal, Sacred Son, True Cult Records

Flames lick the walls of the Tower beneath a dishwater sky, as fork-wielding peasants disembowel a bishop. Heads flail on

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Buried 'Oculus Rot'
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Review: Buried ‘Oculus Rot’

5th March 20217th April 2021 Fossil Brutal Mind, Buried, Death Metal, Oculus Rot

Architecturally, an ‘oculus’ is the opening on top of a dome – not something you’d especially want rotting. It’s also

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Cirith Ungol ‘Forever Black’
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Review: Cirith Ungol ‘Forever Black’

11th June 20208th July 2020 Fossil Cirith Ungol, Forever Black, Heavy Metal, Metal Blade Records

Who in their wildest dreams would have predicted such a distinguished return from the Ventura metal giants? This is their

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Grave Bathers ‘Feathered Serpent'
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Review: Grave Bathers ‘Feathered Serpent/Death Hand’

24th February 202020th March 2020 Fossil Death Hand, Feathered Serpent, Grave Bathers, Proto-Metal, Seeing Red Records

As if to justify their already-badass name, North Philly psych-doom quintet Grave Bathers have acquired an actual funeral parlour as

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Canyon Of The Skull ‘Sins Of The Past’
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Review: Canyon Of The Skull ‘Sins Of The Past’

6th December 201912th December 2019 Fossil Blackened Doom, Canyon Of The Skull, Self Released, Sins Of The Past

From the band name, track lengths (two tracks…60 minute release…) and the starry desertscape on the cover art, an unwary

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Cloud Rat ‘Pollinator’
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Review: Cloud Rat ‘Pollinator’

22nd October 201929th October 2019 Fossil Artoffact Records, Cloud Rat, Grindcore, Pollinator, Review

The words ‘savage’ and ‘brutal’ are so over-used when referring to grind (and all its variants) that, however much they

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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Today, The Shaman is pleased to premiere La Pucelle, the new video from Birmingham heavy rockers Alunah. Taken from their

Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

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