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Review: Twenty Four Hours ‘At The Edge Of Faith’

9th February 20269th February 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Andromeda Relix, Prog, Psych, Twenty Four Hours

When I embark on the sonic journey of a new album, I constantly search for that elusive signal that reveals

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Review: Scattered Purgatory ‘Post Purgatory’

6th February 20266th February 2026 Lee Beamish Electronic, Experimental, Guruguru Brain, Scattered Purgatory

One of the things that I love the most about music is that it is always evolving, adapting, and reforming,

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Review: Enduser ‘Unquiet’

5th February 20265th February 2026 Reza Mills Decay Recordings, Electronic, Enduser

It’s been a good ten years since Enduser, aka Lynn Standafer (originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, now based in Stockholm, Sweden),

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Review: Backengrillen ‘Backengrillen’

4th February 20264th February 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Backengrillen, Doom, Jazz, Svart Records

Sweden’s most famous hardcore punk band, Refused, consistently demonstrated an unquenchable thirst for destruction and distraction, a spirit that seemed

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Review: New Mexican Doom Cult ‘Ziggurat’

3rd February 20263rd February 2026 Matthew Williams Majestic Mountain Records, New Mexican Doom Cult

When I grabbed hold of this to review, I perhaps rather naively assumed it would be a band from New

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Review: Dark Sky Burial ‘The Sacred Neurotic’

3rd February 20263rd February 2026 Martin Williams Consouling Sounds, Dark Sky Burial, Extrinsic Recordings

Dark Sky Burial, the prolific, one-man, dark, ambient and experimental project of extreme metal legend Shane Embury. The longtime bassist

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Review: Joe’s Truck Stop ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

2nd February 20262nd February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Joe's Truck Stop, The Magnolia Sessions

For the first two years of its existence, Anti-Corp/Black Matter Mastering’s fantastic The Magnolia Sessions ran at a blistering pace,

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Review: Invictus ‘Nocturnal Visions’

30th January 202630th January 2026 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Invictus, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Memento Mori

In case you hadn’t noticed, the world of death metal is probably at its strongest place since the early 2010s,

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Review: Scott McCloud ‘Make It To Forever’

29th January 202629th January 2026 Reza Mills Acoustic, God Unknown Records, Scott McCloud

Scott McCloud will be a familiar name to those with a love for post-hardcore and hardcore punk (such as myself),

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Review: Temptress ‘hear’

28th January 202628th January 2026 Matthew Williams Blues Funeral Recordings, Temptress

One of the few regrets I have when I once worked in Texas was that I didn’t go to any

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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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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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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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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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