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Author: Guy Nolan

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Gog ‘Ironworks’ CD/DD 2013

10th November 20133rd September 2019 Guy Nolan 2013, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Gog, Guy Nolan, Ironworks, Mike Bjella, Noise, Review, Season Of Mist

Headphones on, sit back and let me begin. Gog ‘Ironworks’ opening track ‘1870 – 1906’ is a gristled drone; it

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The Oscillation ‘From Tomorrow’ CD/LP/DD 2013

1st October 20133rd September 2019 Guy Nolan 2013, All Time Low Productions, From Tomorrow, Guy Nolan, Hands In The Dark Records, Kraut, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock, The Oscillation

I have been looking forward to this, the third album by The Oscillation and can I start by simply saying

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Carlton Melton ‘Always Even’ CD/LP/DD 2013

30th September 20133rd September 2019 Guy Nolan 2013, Agitated Records, Always Even, Carlton Melton, CD, Digital, Guy Nolan, Kraut, LP, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Review

Warmth has covered me; it is a lullaby to a lost age that Carlton Melton’s ‘Always Even’ displays here. We

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Unmothered – S/T – 12″ 2013

20th September 20133rd September 2019 Guy Nolan 12", 2013, Guy Nolan, Heavy, Noise-Rock, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge, Toxic Assets Records, Unmothered

Unmothered has surprised me, I was expecting a maelstrom of doom laden guitars and other such nonsense, but what I

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Mind Mountain – S/T – Digital EP 2013

11th September 20133rd September 2019 Guy Nolan 2013, Digital EP, Guy Nolan, Kraut, Mind Mountain, Prog Rock, Psych, Review, Self Released, Self Titled, Space Rock

I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen Mind Mountain a couple of times, and I have always enjoyed their brand

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All Pigs Must Die ‘Nothing Violates This Nature’ CD/LP 2013

8th September 20133rd September 2019 Guy Nolan 2013, All Pigs Must Die, CD, Crust, Death Metal, Grindcore, Guy Nolan, LP, Nothing Violates This Nature, Review, Southern Lord

All Pigs Must Die have a history for a band that is as good as it gets and on previous

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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

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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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