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Premiere: Kadabra ‘Ultra’ – Releases Tomorrow Via Heavy Psych Sounds

16th September 202128th October 2021 Lee Edwards Heavy Psych Sounds, Kadabra, Psych

Heavy Psych Sounds have a firm place in our hearts at Shaman HQ, which Martin best describes as a label

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Premiere: Goatfather ‘Monster Truck’ – New Album Releases Friday Via Argonauta Records

15th September 202118th October 2021 Lee Edwards Argonauta Records, Goatfather, Metal

A blitzkrieg of stoner rock and metal is the order of the day this Wednesday as Goatfather, a four-piece outta

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Premiere: Lost Dog Street Band ‘Carmelita’ – ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Returns & Drops Today

3rd September 202119th October 2021 Lee Edwards Ashley Mae, Benjamin Tod, Country, Folk, Lost Dog Street Band, The Magnolia Sessions

The critically acclaimed The Magnolia Sessions returns for a second season of intimate, stripped backed and raw outdoor live recordings

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Premiere: Black TarPoon ‘Moth Song’ – New Single Drops Tomorrow 27th August

26th August 202127th September 2021 Lee Edwards Black TarPoon, Country, Independent, Punk

Since we heard, and Reza reviewed The Thad EP from Corpus Christi, Texas, based Black TarPoon we became instant fans

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Premiere: Karellen ‘Mersum’ – Debut Album Drops Friday 27th August Via Trepanation Recordings

25th August 202127th September 2021 Lee Edwards Karellen, Post-Metal, Trepanation Recordings

There seems to be a pattern occurring of late as although I’m Manchester based (well Salford if you really want

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Video Premiere: The Grasshopper Lies Heavy ‘Bullet Curtain’ – New Album ‘A Cult That Worships A God Of Death’ Out Now

20th August 202127th September 2021 Lee Edwards Learning Curve Records, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy

Although initially formed in 2006 as an instrumental project by James Woodard, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy are yet another new

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Video Premiere: The Osiris Club ‘Moscow’ – New ‘The Green Chapel’ Drops 12th November

19th August 20215th November 2021 Lee Edwards Bad Elephant Music, No Profit Recordings, Prog, The Osiris Club

I don’t know if its just me, but the older I get, the bigger appreciation I have for a heavy

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Premiere: Wallowing ‘Orbital Detritus’ – Taken From 4-Way Split With Vixen Maw, Slabdragger & Thin

12th August 202121st September 2021 Lee Edwards Black Voodoo Records, Doom, Grindcore, Slabdragger, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Thin, Vixen Maw, Wallowing

The UK’s Sci-Fi obsessed doom, grind and sludge metal maniacs Wallowing who, after the release of their truly awesome long

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Video Premiere: Gloop ‘Pressure’ – New Album ‘Crayon Sun’ Drops 20th August

11th August 202116th September 2021 Lee Edwards Gloop, Grimoire Records, Noise-Rock

Gloop is another new band to Shaman HQ that’s hit our airwaves this year, but what can we expect from

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Video Premiere: X’ed Out ‘Bathe In It’ – Debut ‘We All Do Wrong’ To Be Released Via Human Worth

29th July 20219th September 2021 Lee Edwards Human Worth, Noise-Rock, X’ed Out

As regular readers of these hallowed pages will know, we’ve become big fans of the label Human Worth with their

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Premiere: Wall ‘Vol. 2’ EP – New EP Drops Friday, 30th July, Via APF Records

28th July 20219th September 2021 Lee Edwards APF Records, Doom, Instrumental, Wall

We should now all know the story about brothers Elliot & Ryan Cole and their instrumental stoner metal and rock

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