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Earthless 'Night Parade Of One Hundred Demon'
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Review: Earthless ‘Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons’

3rd February 202228th March 2022 Josh Schneider Earthless, Instrumental, Nuclear Blast Records, Psych

Mike Eginton, Mario Rubalcaba, and Isaiah Mitchell. Three flawless musicians on their own, but together tap into this otherworldly energy

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Escarnium 'Through The Depths Of The 12th Gate'
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Review: Escarnium ‘Through The Depths Of The 12th Gate’ EP

31st January 202228th March 2022 Tom Hanno Death Metal, Escarnium, Redefining Darkness Records

Do you like death metal as much as we do? That’s probably a resounding yes, and even if it’s not,

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Engine Kid 'Special Olympics' EP
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Review: Engine Kid ‘Special Olympics’ EP

9th December 202111th January 2022 Reza Mills Engine Kid, Post-Hardcore, Southern Lord

Engine Kid formed in 1991, quite a landmark year during which the first Gulf War took place, the Soviet Union

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Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Engine Of Hell’
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Engine Of Hell’

2nd November 202115th December 2021 Daniel Pietersen Acoustic, Emma Ruth Rundle, Folk, Sargent House

I often like to start these reviews with a little preamble, something to set the scene for what is coming.

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EMBR '1021'
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Review: EMBR ‘1021’ EP

3rd September 202111th October 2021 Lee Beamish Doom, EMBR, New Heavy Sounds

What can I say about EMBR that I haven’t said before? After a year of knowing this absolutely incredible four

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Elder Devil ‘Fragments Of Hell’ EP
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Review: Elder Devil ‘Fragments Of Hell’ EP

13th August 202122nd September 2021 Dani Bandolier Elder Devil, Grindcore, PlasticSkull Records, Sludgelord Records

Hear Ye, Hear Ye – o pilgrims of The Sleeping Shaman … California grindcore act Elder Devil has set loose

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Eeli Helin ‘The Lurks’
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Review: Eeli Helin ‘The Lurks’

6th July 202113th August 2021 George Green Drone, Eeli Helin, Experimental, Trepanation Recordings

When The Shaman sent over the most recent list of gems for review, my interest was immediately piqued by the

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Engine Kid ‘Everything Left Inside’
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Review: Engine Kid ‘Everything Left Inside’

3rd June 20217th July 2021 Reza Mills Engine Kid, Noise-Rock, Post-Hardcore, Southern Lord

Engine Kid formed in Seattle in 1991 and were a transitional band for Greg Anderson from intense hardcore punk/thrash to

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Eremit 'Bearer Of Many Names'
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Review: Eremit ‘Bearer Of Many Names’

1st June 20217th July 2021 Sandy Williamson Blackened Sludge, Doom, Eremit, Transcending Obscurity Records

The litany of German sludge/doom crushers Eremit has been something of beauty to behold. Their debut, Carrier Of Weight was

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Extinguish 'Extinguish'
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Review: Extinguish ‘Extinguish’ EP

23rd April 202124th May 2021 Reza Mills Creator-Destructor Records, Extinguish, Hardcore, Metal

Sacramento’s Extinguish are relatively new having only formed in 2017, so new in fact that their only prior releases have

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Earthless ‘Live In The Mojave Desert – Volume 1’
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Review: Earthless ‘Live In The Mojave Desert – Volume 1’

6th April 202113th May 2021 Harry Holmes Earthless, Heavy Psych Sounds, Live In The Mojave Desert, Psych, Stoned And Dusted

First of the Heavy Psych Sounds releases from the concert series and an outrageous set from the psychedelic power trio

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