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Pelican @ ArcTanGent 2025 - Photo by Abbi Draper
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ArcTanGent Festival 2025 – Thursday

27th January 202628th January 2026 Tim C Arab Strap, ArcTanGent Festival, Codespeaker, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Kylesa, Lemondaze, Melvins, Pelican, Pothamus, REZN, The Grey, We Lost The Sea

Situated at Fernhill Farm, where cattle and sheep roam the lush grassland of the Mendip Hills, attendees at ArcTanGent Festival

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Review: Locusts ‘Lapsus Ab Inferno’ EP

27th January 202627th January 2026 Lee Beamish Hardcore, Independent, Locusts, Thrash Metal

In my escapades as a writer for The Sleeping Shaman, occasionally I will be asked if I can do a

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Slift @ ArcTanGent 2025 - Photo by Derek Bremner
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ArcTanGent Festival 2025 – Wednesday

26th January 202626th January 2026 Tim C ArcTanGent Festival, Colossal Squid, God Alone, Hundred Year Old Man, Slift, Teeth Of The Sea, Year Of No Light

Since pre-historic times, people of varied cultures, creeds and religions have travelled to sites of particular significance to gather, worship

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Review: The Mon ‘Songs Of Abandon’

26th January 202626th January 2026 Martin Williams Acoustic, Folk, Psych, Supernatural Cat, The Mon

The Mon, the acoustic, psych-folk, solo project from Urlo, the primary architect behind Italian heavy, portal-openers Ufomammut, had been floating

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Review: Ritual Arcana ‘Ritual Arcana’

23rd January 202623rd January 2026 Matthew Williams Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Ritual Arcana

When you see the legendary name of Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich attached to any band, you pretty much know that it’s

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Review: Coleman Williams ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

23rd January 202623rd January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Coleman Williams, Country, Folk, 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: Zu ‘Ferrum Sidereum’

22nd January 202622nd January 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Doom, House Of Mythology, Jazz, Zu

Imagine a soundscape, a vast and echoing chamber filled with rumbling bass, screeching saxophone, and the unpredictable crash of drums.

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Review: Coltaine ‘Brandung’

22nd January 202622nd January 2026 Matthew Williams Coltaine, Lay Bare Recordings, Post-Metal

There are many bands that gain inspiration from their surroundings, some of which spawn a whole scene, I’m thinking of

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Review: Kæry Ann ‘Moonstone’

21st January 202621st January 2026 Lee Beamish Doomgaze, Kæry Ann, Subsound Records

Here we are, it’s 2026, and it’s my first review for a brand-new year! Better make sure this one sets

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Review: Homegrown ‘Homegrown’

20th January 202620th January 2026 Rob Walsh Homegrown, Instrumental, Majestic Mountain Records, Psych

Homegrown… in our circle, it generally means two things. One is a local act, the other is local devil’s lettuce.

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Faetooth @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, 18th June 2025 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Faetooth & Cwfen @ The Star & Garter, Manchester, 18th June 2025

19th January 202619th January 2026 Lee Edwards Cwfen, Faetooth, Manchester, Star & Garter, The Beauty Witch, Through The Lens

On a sweltering summer night in Manchester back on the 18th June last year, The Star & Garter, affectionately dubbed

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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

17th February 202617th February 2026 Lee Edwards

Oxford’s very own heavy hitters, Desert Storm, are revving up the engine once again with the premiere of their latest

Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March

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Premiere: Electric Hydra ‘From The Fallen’ – New Album Drops This Friday, 13th February
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Premiere: Electric Hydra ‘From The Fallen’ – New Album Drops This Friday, 13th February

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Premiere: The Cosmic Dead ‘Furthur’ – New Album ‘Beyond The Beyond’ Drops 17th April
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Premiere: The Cosmic Dead ‘Furthur’ – New Album ‘Beyond The Beyond’ Drops 17th April

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