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Aidan Baker - Photo by JN Lightning Photography
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Nadja: Interview With One Half Of The Drone Duo Aidan Baker

28th October 202226th December 2022 Neddal Ayad Aidan Baker, Broken Spine Productions, Doom, Drone, Nadja

In his review of Nadja’s absolutely crushing Labyrinthine, fellow Shaman scribe Jamie Grimes described the album as feeling like ‘…four

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Smoke
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In Search Of Tone: Dalton And Ben Of Smoke

19th October 20228th January 2023 Josh Schneider Doom, In Search Of Tone, Smoke

Smoke is a band I discovered through the Doom Charts and instantly the music clicked with me. I’d listen to

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Gott
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Gott: Lee Beamish Interviews Founding Member Dave van Beek

12th October 202211th December 2022 Lee Beamish Doom, Gott, Heavy Rock, Independent

Having recently released their debut EP To Hell To Zion, Dutch ‘supergroup’ Gott‘s founding member Dave van Beek took some

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Intensive Care
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Intensive Care: Jamie Grimes Interviews Andrew Nolan Of The Industrial Noise Duo

6th October 20229th December 2022 Jamie Grimes Closed Casket Activities, Industrial, Intensive Care, Iron Lung Records, Noise

Andrew Nolan and Ryan Bloomer are lifers. The pair have been unleashing and developing their own particular form of industrialised

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Colossloth / Wooly Woolaston
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Colossloth Interview & ‘Promethean Meat’ Review

3rd October 20229th December 2022 George Green Ambient, Cold Spring Records, Colossloth, Industrial, Noise

We live in a small world. Wooly – the one-man noise behemoth known as Colossloth – is someone who I

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Paul Aloisio / Restless Spirit
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In Search Of Tone: Paul Aloisio Of Restless Spirit

30th September 20229th December 2022 Josh Schneider Heavy Rock, In Search Of Tone, Lifesblood Records, Magnetic Eye Records, Metal, Restless Spirit

Restless Spirit have created waves in the doom metal community and rightly so with their take on the heavy riff.

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The Swell Fellas
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The Swell Fellas: Rob Walsh Interviews The Psych & Heavy Rock Power Trio

28th September 20229th December 2022 Rob Walsh Heavy Rock, Independent, Psych, The Swell Fellas

The Swell Fellas are Maryland-born/Tennessee three-piece whose swirling blendy of heavy psych rock and alternative caught this interviewer’s ears with

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Jake Lindsay / Book Of Wyrms - Bass & Amp Rig
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In Search Of Tone: Jake Lindsey Of Book Of Wyrms

5th August 202223rd September 2022 Josh Schneider Book Of Wyrms, Desert Records, Doom, In Search Of Tone

There are always tangents in my interviews and in this case Jay ‘Jake’ Lindsey of Book Of Wyrms I started

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Mathew Bethancourt / Josiah - Photo by Joanne Marie
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In Search Of Tone: Mathew Bethancourt Of Josiah

29th July 20222nd September 2022 Josh Schneider Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock, In Search Of Tone, Josiah, PostWax, Psych

Josiah has made quite the comeback and one that rivals Lowrider’s from the first PostWax series of Blues Funeral Recordings.

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Besvärjelsen - Photo by Jerk Ronnols
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Besvärjelsen: Emil Interviews The Swedish Dark Doom Rock Quintet

30th June 20225th August 2022 Emil Damgaard Andersen Besvärjelsen, Doom Rock, Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records

Atlas by Besvärjelsen was released about a month ago, and after listening and reviewing it, I was given the opportunity

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Poia / Ufomammut - Photo by Anthalerero Majere
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In Search Of Tone: Poia Of Ufomammut

27th June 20225th August 2022 Josh Schneider Doom, In Search Of Tone, Neurot Recordings, Psych, Supernatural Cat, Ufomammut

Neurot Recordings has so many bands that are inspirational to my own playing and Ufomammut is high on that list.

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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’

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Lee Edwards

Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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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

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