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Premiere: Betty Benedeadly ‘The Voice Of The Fire’ – From New EP That Releases 18th February

28th January 202228th March 2022 Lee Edwards Betty Benedeadly, Desert Records, Sheverb, Surf Rock

When Sheverb guitarist Betty Benedeadly’s solo debut EP From The Mesa landed at Shaman HQ twelve months ago, we were

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Video Premiere: Tenebra ‘Primitive Man’ From Their ‘What We Do Is Sacred’ EP That’s Out Now

17th January 20222nd March 2022 Lee Edwards New Heavy Sounds, Proto-Metal, Tenebra

Italy’s heavy rock and proto-metallers Tenebra unleashed their three track EP What We Do Is Sacred back in November last

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Premiere: Cooper McBean ‘Only For Tonight’ – Latest ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Releases Today

7th January 202211th February 2022 Lee Edwards Anti-Corporate Music, Cooper McBean, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

It’s the first Friday of 2022 so it’s our pleasure to bring you the premiere for Cooper McBean with his

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Premiere: Fargue ‘Ruines, Irradiées’ – Releases Tomorrow, 17th December, Via Cavsas

16th December 20218th February 2022 Lee Edwards Cavsas, Cyclic Law, Drone, Experimental, Fargue

Experimental and expansive drone is the order of the day, or drone-rock as the duo of Samuel Vaney and Eeli

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Premiere: Sleepwulf ‘Sex Magic Manifestation’ – New Album ‘Sunbeams Curl’ Releases 18th Feb

15th December 20218th February 2022 Lee Edwards Doom Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds, Sleepwulf

Time for a bit of Sleepwulf and their 70s influenced stoner and doom rock that the Swedish always seem to

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Video Premiere: V ‘Pathogenisis’ Part Three Of ‘Led Into The Wild – Live At Svansberget’

15th December 20218th February 2022 Lee Edwards Post-Metal, Sludge, Suicide Records, V

As far as concepts go, you have to doff your cap to Sweden’s V who undertook the enormous task of

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Video Premiere: Fostermother ‘Sunday’ – New Album ‘The Ocean’ Releases 18th February

13th December 202116th February 2022 Lee Edwards Doom, Fostermother, Ripple Music

Texas based stoner and doom rock trio Fostermother recently signed their life away to the bounteous Ripple Music who are

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Premiere: Small Jackets ‘Midnight Town’ – New Album ‘Just Like This!’ Releases 17th December

10th December 202112th January 2022 Lee Edwards Go Down Records, Rock 'n' Roll, Small Jackets

Time for something a little different on The Shaman today with Small Jackets on their take on feel good sleazy

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Video Premiere: Doors To No Where ‘Lie, Lie, Lie’ – Taken From ‘Darkness Falls’ That’s Out Now

8th December 202111th January 2022 Lee Edwards Desert Records, Doors To No Where, Metal

Back on the 21st May this year, the Santa Cruz stoner metal and punk trio that is Doors To No

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Premiere: The Resonant Rogues ‘Misery Is My Company’ – ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Drops Today

3rd December 202111th January 2022 Lee Edwards Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions, The Resonant Rogues

It’s the first Friday of the month which means we can bring you a track from the next installment of

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Premiere: When The Deadbolt Breaks ‘As Hope Valley Burns’ – Releases Tomorrow, 26th Nov

25th November 202124th December 2021 Lee Edwards Argonauta Records, Doom, Sludge, When The Deadbolt Breaks

Late last month we premiered When The Deadbolt Breaks and the second chapter As Hope Valley Burns: Eulogy of their

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