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Premiere: Cortége ‘Chasing Daylight (Part 1)’ – New EP Out Now Via Desert Records

8th March 20219th April 2021 Lee Edwards Chasing Daylight, Cortége, Desert Records, Doom, Drone

When the latest Cortége EP Chasing Daylight landed courtesy of Desert Records, they were yet another new name here at

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Premiere: Jeff Loops ‘Give It All Away’ – ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Releases Today

5th March 20218th April 2021 Lee Edwards Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Give It All Away, Jeff Loops, The Magnolia Sessions

Maybe it’s just me, but when the first Friday of the month is on the horizon, I get a tingle

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Premiere: 72% ‘Drowning In A Sea Of Bastards’ – Taken From New Split w/ Modern Technology

3rd March 20217th April 2021 Lee Edwards 72%, Drowning In A Sea Of Bastards, Human Worth, Modern Technology, Noise-Rock

We’ve become huge fans of Human Worth as not only do they release the most mesmerising music, that’s firmly planted

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Premiere: The Bottle Doom Lazy Band ‘Blood For The Bloodking’ – Live Album Drops 19th March

2nd March 20217th April 2021 Lee Edwards 2005-2020 Doom Over The Years, Doom, Sleeping Church Records, The Bottle Doom Lazy Band

Considering The Shaman started from a doom, stoner and sludge landscape, and although France’s The Bottle Doom Lazy Band have

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Premiere: Betty Benedeadly ‘Mescaline Prayer Song’ – Debut EP Releases 12th March

23rd February 202124th March 2021 Lee Edwards Betty Benedeadly, Desert Records, From The Mesa, Mescaline Prayer Song, Surf Rock

At Shaman HQ, we have a real soft spot for solo singer songwriters, so when Brad Frye, head honcho over

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Premiere: Yawning Sons ‘Cigarette Footsteps’ – New Album ‘Sky Island’ Drops Next Month

17th February 202123rd February 2024 Lee Edwards Cigarette Footsteps, Desert Rock, Ripple Music, Sky Island, Sons Of Alpha Centauri, Stoner Rock, Yawning Man, Yawning Sons

Wooah, have we got a treat in store for you. When I heard a whisper there was a new Yawning

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Premiere: Indica Blues ‘We Are Doomed’ – New Album Drops This Friday

10th February 202111th March 2021 Lee Edwards APF Records, Doom, Indica Blues, We Are Doomed

Indica – A pheno of cannabis with a couch lock effect. Blues – Originating in the deep south of the

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Premiere: WitchTit ‘Traveler’ – Debut Album ‘Intoxicating Lethargy’ Drops 12th March

5th February 20219th March 2021 Lee Edwards Doom, Independent, Intoxicating Lethargy, Traveler, WitchTit

OK, let’s get the elephant out of the room first. In this modern era, society would probably pigeon hole me

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Premiere: Casper Allen ‘Hollywood TX’ – ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Releases Today

5th February 20219th March 2021 Lee Edwards Anti-Corporate Music, Casper Allen, Country, Folk, Hollywood TX, The Magnolia Sessions

It’s the first Friday of the month again, and we all know what that means, as yes, it’s time for

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Premiere: Splendidula ‘Somnus’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow

28th January 20211st March 2021 Lee Edwards Argonauta Records, Doom, Sludge, Somnus, Splendidula

Although they released their self-titled debut back in 2013, Splendidula are a new name at Shaman HQ as for some

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Video Premiere: Alltar ‘Spoils’ – Taken From Debut Album ‘Hallowed’

25th January 202126th February 2021 Lee Edwards Alltar, Hallowed, Independent, Live At Ceremony Of Sludge, Sludge

Portland’s sludge deviants Alltar (also stylised as A//TAR) have been busy promoting their lastest album Live At Ceremony Of Sludge,

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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