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2012

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Corephallism / Gnaw Their Tongues – Split 10″ 2012

28th February 20133rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2012, Atmospheric, Corephallism, Drone, Gnaw Their Tongues, Lascivious Aesthetics, Mories, Noise, Power Electronics, Review, Split 10", Todd Robinson

What a disturbing little 10” this turned out to be, split between Corephallism (featuring a member of Boston based noise/grind

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Smoke Pilot – Live Demo 2012

21st February 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Demo, Digital, Heavy Rock, Ollie Stygall, Review, Self Released, Smoke Pilot

Some bands just have “it”. Whatever “it” is, that indefinable something that sets them apart as having something special. Now

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Blaak Heat Shujaa ‘The Storm Generation’ CD/LP/DD 2012

15th February 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, Blaak Heat Shujaa, CD, Digital, Jam, LP, Ollie Stygall, Psychedelic, Review, Tee Pee Records, The Storm Generation

Blaak Heat Shujaa is one of those names that you hear a lot but not one I’ve actively sought out

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mirbeau ‘Silence And Blue Notes’ CS/DD 2012

7th February 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Americana, Atmospheric, Cassette, Digital, Eidetic Seeing, Folk, Improv, Mirbeau, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Released, Silence And Blue Notes

It would be remiss of us at The Shaman to only regale you with tales of the good and bad

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Diagonal ‘The Second Mechanism’ CD/LP/DD 2012

29th January 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Diagonal, Digital, Experimental, Jazz, LP, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, The Second Mechanism

Diagonal consist of seven guys from Brighton in their 20’s. Now, many guys of this age would be interested in

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Skarab – S/T – CD/DD 2012

27th January 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Digital, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Prog Rock, Review, Self Titled, Skarab, Zeitgeister Music

Does anyone else remember the days when you could always rely on certain record labels to consistently release music that

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Human Cull / Homolka – Split CS/DD 2012

26th January 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Cassette, Crust, Digital, Goatprayer Records, Grindcore, Jamie Grimes, Review, Sludge

Considering they started under the name Gran Toucher, it’s a relief to see how Human Cull have developed into a

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Earls Of Mars ‘The Skies Are Falling!’ CDEP/DD 2012

25th January 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CDEP, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Prog Rock, Review, Self Released, The Earls Of Mars, The Skies Are Falling!

The twisted brain-wrong of one-off man-mental Harry Armstrong (ex-Decomposed, ex-Hangnail and current End Of Level Boss mainman), aided and abetted

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats ‘Blood Lust’ Reissue CD 2012

22nd January 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, Blood Lust, Blues Rock, CD, Pete Green, Reissue, Retro, Review, Rise Above Records, Sleaze Rock, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats

CD reissues usually come about for a small number of clear reasons: labels cashing in on niche and cult bands

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bitter Resolve ‘The Early Interstellar Medium’ DD 2012

18th January 20133rd September 2019 James Parker 2012, Bitter Resolve, Digital, Doom, Heavy, James Parker, Prog Rock, Review, Self Released, The Early Interstellar Medium

Chapel Hill, North Carolina’s Bitter Resolve have been ploughing their furrow of dynamic doom for a little while, releasing their

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Spider Goat Canyon / Hotel Wrecking City Traders – Split CD/DD 2012

17th January 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Bro Fidelity Records, Digital, Heavy Rock, Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Instrumental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Psychedelic, Review, Space Rock, Spider Goat Canyon, Split CD

Hotel Wrecking City Traders came to my attention through a split 12″ with fellow label mates Waterways and Sons Of

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