Review: Jagged City ‘There Are More of Us, Always’
Taking inspiration for their name from Hanif Adburraquib’s memoir There’s Always This Year, Jagged City began as a collaborative, cross-continental
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Review: Disgraceland ‘Penguins Can Fly’ EP
So, it’s February; the million days of January have finally passed, dragging on almost as long as the endless rain
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Review: Under ‘What Happened In Roundwood’
Under… how do you begin to describe a band like the Stockport trio…? Described as everything from doom, sludge, avant-garde,
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Review: Dome Runner ‘World Panopticon’
I last checked in with Finish industrial metal juggernaut Dome Runner back in 2021 to review their debut album Conflict
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Review: Joe’s Truck Stop ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
For the first two years of its existence, Anti-Corp/Black Matter Mastering’s fantastic The Magnolia Sessions ran at a blistering pace,
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Review: Coleman Williams ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
When he created The Magnolia Sessions back in 2020 to showcase real country, bluegrass and folk music, Anti-Corp Music main
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Review: PREYRS ‘The Wounded Healer’
‘Inspired by highly influential Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s writings on ‘the wounded healer’ which explore the concept of an entity,
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Review: The Hyena Kill ‘Collapse’
Manchester’s The Hyena Kill are a band I have long admired but haven’t until now had the chance to write
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Review: Vulture God ‘No Easy Answer’ EP
In my long journey to end up as the old dog of The Sleeping Shaman writing staff, one thing has
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Review: Wolftooth ‘Wizard’s Light’
Having gotten into heavy music at the tail-end of the ‘eighties ’80s, my tastes have walked a tightrope between what
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Top Ten Of 2025: Mark Hunt-Bryden
2025… Well, that came and went in a blur. Personally, this year was filled with many moments of joy and
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