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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Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden
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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Review: Maha Sohona ‘A Dark Place’
According to Sinhalese folklore, the name Maha Sohona means ‘great graveyard demon’ and is one of the most feared in
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Review: Yawning Man ‘Pavement Ends’
Forgive the idiom, but like the proverbial buses, November brings a double instalment of one of my favourite guitarists. Recently,
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Review: The Devil’s Trade ‘Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép’
The Devil’s Trade has undoubtably been one of my favourite musical discoveries in recent years. Hungarian singer/songwriter Dávid Makó (formerly
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Review: Howling Giant ‘Crucible & Ruin’
The passage of time has fared very strangely this year. Whilst the news has been an exhausting deluge of relentless,
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Review: Psychonaut ‘World Maker’
Life comes at you thick and fast these days. I’ve frequently talked about the volume of music that is made
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Review: Today Is The Day ‘Never Give In’
’It’s a way of life and one that is necessary in these dystopian and dark days we live in. I
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Review: Abraham ‘Idsungwüssä’
Idsungwüssä, the fifth album from abrasive Swiss post-metal powerhouse Abraham, slithered out of my speakers like a mudslide washing away
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Review: SoftSun ‘Eternal Sunrise’
SoftSun are wasting little time in trying to stamp their mark on the scene. For a band that only came
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