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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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Margarita Witch Cult 'Margarita Witch Cult'
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Review: Margarita Witch Cult ‘Margarita Witch Cult’

26th April 202326th April 2023 Martin Williams Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Margarita Witch Cult

In the ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ department, here we have the debut release from Birmingham, UK’s Margarita

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Eric Angelo Bessel 'Visitation'
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Review: Eric Angelo Bessel ‘Visitation’

26th April 202326th April 2023 Lee Beamish Ambient, Eric Angelo Bessel, Lore City Music, Soundscapes

Over the last couple of years, on my adventures with The Sleeping Shaman, one of the entities I have had

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Wolfnaut 'Return Of The Asteroid'
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Review: Wolfnaut ‘Return Of The Asteroid’

18th April 202318th April 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Wolfnaut

For more years than I can count now, Ripple Music has proven to be the standard bearer for the stoner

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Orsak:Oslo 'In Irons'
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Review: Orsak:Oslo ‘In Irons’

18th April 202318th April 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Orsak:Oslo, Post-Rock, Psych, Vinter Records

Swedish/Norwegian four-piece experimental post-rockers Orsak:Oslo (a band that I always admired since I bumped into them on a blogspot), came

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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records
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Premiere: Ensemble Tikoro ‘Tortoise’ – New Album Lands 23rd October via Jangjang Records

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Enter the hypnotic, boundary-pushing world of Ensemble Tikoro as The Shaman premieres their formidable new full-length work, Tortoise, ahead of

Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October
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Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October

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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October
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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October

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Premiere: SALVATION ‘Depression’ – New Album ‘The Haunted’ Lands On 16th October
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Premiere: SALVATION ‘Depression’ – New Album ‘The Haunted’ Lands On 16th October

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