Review: Neon Heart ‘Gå på tå’
When I reviewed Soderut, the fourth full-length album from Stockholm, Sweden’s experimental prog kraut rock collective Neon Heart, back in
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Review: Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin ‘Stygian Bough: Volume II’
After five years, the Pacific Northwest doom ensemble Stygian Bough has returned with the follow-up to their 2020 debut, Volume
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Review: EF ‘Give Me Beauty… Or Give Me Death!’ [20th Anniversary Reissue]
Hailing from Gothenburg in Sweden, EF have spent the last twenty years building a name for themselves, which has seen
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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: Primitive Man ‘Observance’
When Primitive Man enter a stage, everyone in the room takes notice. I know this from experience. Back in 2012
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Review: Lavisher ‘Aligned & Vital’
Chicago, Illinois’ Lavisher were formed in 2017 by guitarist Gavin Cushman III and Idin Alexander (later of Something Is Waiting),
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Review: Smote ‘Songs From The Free House’
There is something about Smote that captivates you, almost like a spell has been cast upon your soul from the
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Review: Blue Heron ‘Emulations’
Sometimes all you need in life is to kick back, put on some dirty scuzzy tunes, and forget about everything
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Review: Slomatics ‘Atomicult’
Belfast’s Slomatics are an institution at this point in the UK underground doom and sludge scenes, but their sound has
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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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Top Ten Of 2025: Reza Mills
Has another year really passed? It doesn’t feel like five minutes since we were seeing in 2024. Much has happened
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