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Album & EP Reviews

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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Dawn Ray'd ‘To Know The Light’
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Review: Dawn Ray’d ‘To Know The Light’

24th March 202317th January 2026 Nessie Spencer Black Metal, Dawn Ray'd, Folk, Prosthetic Records

When you think about Liverpool, there are usually three things that come to mind: the football, the accent and the

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Forcefed Horsehead 'Monoceros'
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Review: Forcefed Horsehead ‘Monoceros’

23rd March 202317th January 2026 Reza Mills Crust, Death Metal, Forcefed Horsehead, Hardcore, Owlripper Recordings

Forcefed Horsehead (no, not a reference to the 2013 horsemeat scandal) described in the promo notes as ‘the sound of

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Cerbère 'Cendre'
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Review: Cerbère ‘Cendre’

23rd March 202317th January 2026 Nessie Spencer Cerb​è​re, Chien Noir, Doom, Sludge

These past few months have been quite the hassle, to say the least. I won’t go into personal details here

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Ohhms 'Rot'
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Review: OHHMS ‘Rot’

22nd March 202317th January 2026 Lee Beamish Church Road Records, Grunge, OHHMS, Sludge

Today is a special day. Today is a day I’ve known about for a while, and it is a day

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Nine Altars 'The Eternal Penance'
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Review: Nine Altars ‘The Eternal Penance’

22nd March 202317th January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Good Mourning Records, Journeys End Records, Nine Altars

Traditional epic doom band Nine Altars have arrived on the scene looking to make a big noise with their thirty-minute

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Ecstatic Vision 'Live At DunaJam'
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Review: Ecstatic Vision ‘Live At DunaJam’

21st March 202317th January 2026 Martin Williams Ecstatic Vision, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Psych

Of all the heavy, stoner, desert, psych bands I’ve been exposed to in the last decade, Philadelphia’s Ecstatic Vision have

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Black Helium 'Um'
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Review: Black Helium ‘Um’

21st March 202317th January 2026 Harry Holmes Black Helium, Psych, Riot Season

Back again on Riot Season, Black Helium assault our senses with another lurid slab of burned-out psych. Making a play

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Gnoomes 'Ax Ox'
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Review: Gnoomes ‘Ax Ox’

20th March 202317th January 2026 Reza Mills Electronic, Experimental, Gnoomes, Rocket Recordings

Seeing as I’ll be in attendance for the Gnoomes gig at Low Four in Manchester on the 24th March, it

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OAK 'Disintegrate'
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Review: OAK ‘Disintegrate’

20th March 202317th January 2026 Sandy Williamson Doom, Oak, Season Of Mist

Portugal’s OAK, one of many with the same name on the Encyclopaedia Metallum, are a band whose journey began on

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Legends Of The Desert: Volume 3 – Fatso Jetson & Dali's Llama
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Review: Legends Of The Desert: Volume 3 – Fatso Jetson & Dali’s Llama

17th March 202317th January 2026 Reza Mills Dali's Llama, Desert Records, Desert Rock, Fatso Jetson, Legends Of The Desert, Stoner Rock

I didn’t get the opportunity to review the first two volumes of Desert Records Legends Of The Desert series, so

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