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Video Premiere: Gangrened ‘Imbernon VS Qstaw’– New Album ‘Ambient Doom Dream’ Drops Today

5th May 20235th May 2023 Lee Edwards Clouded Mind Records, Doom, Drone, Gangrened

Ambient Doom Dream, an apt title for the new Gangrened long player, which sees the band reimagine themselves for a

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Disciplinary 'Porkwind'
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Review: Disciplinary ‘Porkwind’

5th May 20235th May 2023 Reza Mills Cruel Nature Records, Disciplinary, Hardcore, Punk

There’s something about trios that make them so appealing, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr, Venom, The Manic Street Preachers… (OK, probably

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Khan 'Creatures'
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Review: Khan ‘Creatures’

5th May 20235th May 2023 David J McLaren Full Contact Safari Records, Khan, Post-Rock, Prog, Psych

YouTube is a wonderful place. Granted, it is also a dangerous echo chamber which, based on the video recommendations it

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Danava 'Nothing But Nothing'
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Review: Danava ‘Nothing But Nothing’

4th May 20234th May 2023 Martin Williams Danava, Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Tee Pee Records

Man, talk about pushing air. Nothing But Nothing, the first album from Portland Oregon’s retro-metal purists Danava since 2011’s Hemisphere

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Chrome Waves 'Earth Will Shed Its Skin'
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Review: Chrome Waves ‘Earth Will Shed Its Skin’

4th May 20234th May 2023 Reza Mills Chrome Waves, M-Theory Audio, Post-Black Metal

By now Shaman regulars should be more than familiar with Chrome Waves, the quartet led by Jeff Wilson (Deeper Graves,

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Loud As Giants 'Empty Homes'
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Review: Loud As Giants ‘Empty Homes’

3rd May 20233rd May 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Consouling Sounds, Dirk Serries, Justin K Broadrick, Loud As Giants

‘Homes fascinate me; the rooms we dwell in and spend our existences in, I can’t quite compute it nor articulate

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The Stone Eye 'Fata Morgana'
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Review: The Stone Eye ‘Fata Morgana’

3rd May 20233rd May 2023 Rob Walsh Electric Talon Records, Grunge, Prog, The Stone Eye

I make no bones about it, I bore the shit out of kids these days with tales of how awesome

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Review: Giöbia ‘Acid Disorder’

2nd May 20232nd May 2023 Reza Mills Giöbia, Heavy Psych Sounds, Kraut, Psych, Space Rock

2009’s debut full-length Hard Stories and 2010’s Come And Get Me EP saw Giöbia adopt a ‘60s Nuggets garage rock

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Fires In The Distance 'Air Not Meant For Us'
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Review: Fires In The Distance ‘Air Not Meant For Us’

2nd May 202317th December 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Death Doom, Death Metal, Fires In The Distance, Prosthetic Records

Two years ago I picked up the debut album from Connecticut melodic death metal band Fires In The Distance on

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Hirax 'Raging Violence'
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Review: Hirax ‘Raging Violence’ Reissue

28th April 202328th April 2023 Martin Williams Armageddon Label, Hirax, Thrash Metal

To any thrasher of a certain age, Hirax needs no introduction. The southern California pioneers were at the vanguard of

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Old Mayor 'Shelter Ceremony Collapse'
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Review: Old Mayor ‘Shelter Ceremony Collapse’ EP

28th April 202328th April 2023 Josh Schneider Doom, Human Worth, Old Mayor, Sludge

Less is more… A strange saying but meaningful nonetheless. Especially when it comes to music. As a guitarist, I’ve tried

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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress
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Video Premiere: Froglord ‘Croak’ – Swamp-Soaked Sludge From ‘The Mystic Toad’ Repress

1st June 20262nd June 2026 Lee Edwards

Emerging once again from the Bristolian mire, the amphibious overlords known as Froglord return to deliver another dose of thick,

Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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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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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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