Review: Steve Austin ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
There has always been a connection between the underground music scene and country music. Often, the darker side of country
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Review: Spiral Galaxy ‘II’
This is not the first time I have crossed paths with Plastic Crimewave, aka Steven H. Krakow, having previously had
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Review: Semantron ‘Secrets Of A Krummholz Heart’
Dave French is best known for his work as the incredible drummer of the legendary stoner doom band Yob, but
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Review: Sleepbomb ‘Songs In The Key Of Conan’
San Franciscans Sleepbomb are favourites here at The Shaman, with myself especially having reviewed 2025’s The Sleeping Dead and 2023’s
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Review: Slift ‘Fantasia’
If you ask me which album I like best by the psych-heavy space-rock power trio from Toulouse, southern France, known
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Review: Steve Austin ‘Marked Cards And Loaded Dice’
For a seasoned ear constantly attuned to the ever-shifting landscape of rock, yet holding an innate affection for country-folk and
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Review: SUNN O))) ‘SUNN O)))’
It was a pleasant surprise to see drone doom icons SUNN O))) return to their grim, hypnotic roots on Eternity’s
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Review: Ten East & SoftSun ‘Turned To Stone Chapter 10’
Ripple Music’s split vinyl series Turned To Stone has become a benchmark for high-quality, heavy and thematic releases. Each chapter
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Review: Suplecs ‘Hymns Under A Blood Moon Sky’
When I first began really digging into stoner rock around the turn of the millennium, one of the first bands
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Review: Scattered Purgatory ‘Post 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: Scott McCloud ‘Make It To Forever’
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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