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Margarita Witch Cult 'Margarita Witch Cult'
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Review: Margarita Witch Cult ‘Margarita Witch Cult’

26th April 202326th April 2023 Martin Williams Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Margarita Witch Cult

In the ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ department, here we have the debut release from Birmingham, UK’s Margarita

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Megalith Levitation 'Obscure Fire'
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Review: Megalith Levitation ‘Obscure Fire’

11th April 202317th January 2026 Sandy Williamson Addicted Label, Aesthetic Death, Doom, Megalith Levitation, Sounds Of Karachun

Russian acid doom lords Megalith Levitation first spouted forth from their home of Chelyabinsk (yup, apocalyptic meteor town) in 2016

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Mork 'Dypet'
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Review: Mork ‘Dypet’

4th April 202317th January 2026 Ralka Skjerseth Black Metal, Mork, Peaceville Records

Formed in 2004, the Halden-bound ever-prolific one-man act Mork, aka Thomas Eriksen, ventures back again into the misanthropic wilderness with

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Morass Of Molasses 'End All We Know'
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Review: Morass Of Molasses ‘End All We Know’

30th March 202317th January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Morass Of Molasses, Ripple Music

With releases from the likes of Dozer, Acid King, Yawning Man and fellow Ripple Music label mates Wolfnaut, 2023 looks

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Mean Green 'Mean Green'
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Review: Mean Green ‘Mean Green’

24th March 202317th January 2026 Tom Hanno Independent, Mean Green, Sludge

I was recently introduced to a band named Mean Green when we here at The Shaman premiered the track Crow

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Majesties 'Vast Reaches Unclaimed'
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Review: Majesties ‘Vast Reaches Unclaimed’

9th March 202317th January 2026 James Bullock 20 Buck Spin, Death Metal, Majesties

As a fairly focussed old school death metal fan, the Swedish melodic death metal scene is a genre that I

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Marlene Ribeiro 'Toquei No Sol'
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Review: Marlene Ribeiro ‘Toquei No Sol’

10th February 202321st March 2023 Lee Beamish Gnod, Lovers & Lollypops, Marlene Ribeiro, Rocket Recordings

The name Marlene Ribeiro may not mean anything to you, just like it didn’t to me until I took on

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Malleus 'The Fires Of Heaven'
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Review: Malleus ‘The Fires Of Heaven’

27th January 20238th March 2023 Martin Williams Armageddon Label, Black Metal, Malleus, Thrash Metal

I’m a sucker for some vicious, old-school, thrash and death metal. As an older dude, I was at ground zero

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Mithridatum 'Harrowing'
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Review: Mithridatum ‘Harrowing’

25th January 20238th March 2023 Matt Alexander Death Metal, Mithridatum, Willowtip Records

To my delight there has been a spate of excellent disso-death being released over the past few years, with great

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Mos Generator 'Time//Wounds'
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Review: Mos Generator ‘Time//Wounds’

26th December 20226th February 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Mos Generator, Music Abuse Records, Pale Wizard Records

Readers of this fine website will doubtless be familiar with the extensive output of veteran Tony Reed, producer, studio owner,

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Gosudar/Malignant Altar – Split
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Review: Gosudar/Malignant Altar – Split EP

21st December 20226th February 2023 James Bullock Death Metal, Gosudar, Malignant Altar, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Rotted Life Records

The guttural, sludgy death metal of Texas’s Malignant Altar meeting the gloomy majesty of Moscow’s Gosudar seems like a meeting

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