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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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Review: Lavisher ‘Aligned & Vital’

8th January 20268th January 2026 Reza Mills Alternative, Lavisher, Nefarious Industries, Post-Hardcore

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: Litania ‘Litania’

10th October 202510th October 2025 Matthew Williams Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Litania, Psych, Subsound Records

What do you get when you cross members from Elli De Mon, The Great Northern X, Collars and The Black

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Review: Lowrider ‘Ode To Io’ [25th Anniversary Reissue]

8th October 20258th October 2025 Lee Beamish Blues Funeral Recordings, Lowrider, Stoner

In all my time of loving heavy music, if ever there was a band I wished I had known about

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Review: Leonov ‘Shape Of Ash’ EP

10th September 202510th September 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doomgaze, Leonov, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

As the UK basked in the summer heat (or cowered indoors depending on your affinity with the fiery ball in

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Review: Lorquin’s Admiral ‘Lorquin’s Admiral’

4th August 20254th August 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Argonauta Records, Desert Rock, Hermano, Lorquin's Admiral, Sons Of Alpha Centauri

Speaking to Nick Hannon, one half of the creative drive behind Kent’s acclaimed, (mostly) instrumental post-rock maestros Sons Of Alpha

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Review: Lo-Pan ‘Get Well Soon’

15th April 202515th April 2025 El Jefe Heavy Rock, Lo-Pan, Magnetic Eye Records

I have to say, I really dig bands who just don’t fit into any particular genre. Sounds and styles that

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Review: Love Your Witch ‘Witches Burn Alive’

21st January 202521st January 2025 Lee Beamish Heavy Metal, Independent, Love Your Witch, Stoner

Whenever I get handed a live album, I’m always a bit sceptical. While on paper they sound like a good

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Review: Elephant Tree & Lowrider ‘The Long Forever’

30th October 20242nd June 2025 Matthew Williams Blues Funeral Recordings, Elephant Tree, Lowrider, Post-Rock, Stoner

A thundering, pounding bass line kicks off the seven-song split album from Elephant Tree and Lowrider, and I must admit,

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Review: Louse ‘Creep Call’

28th October 202428th October 2024 Martin Williams Louse, Noise-Rock, Riot Season, Scum Rock

In the single-note riff-bludgeon department comes Creep Call, the debut album from Newcastle upon Tyne’s Louse, who share both members,

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Review: Leila Abdul-Rauf ‘Calls From A Seething Edge’

22nd October 202422nd October 2024 Will J Ambient, Cyclic Law, Drone, Folk, Leila Abdul-Rauf, Syrup Moose Records

Although perhaps best known for her work in the death metal sphere, Leila Abdul-Rauf has actually been crafting a sonically

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