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2014

Bismuth 'Unavailing'
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Bismuth ‘Unavailing’ LP/CS/DD 2015

22nd December 20151st November 2019 Angela Davey 2014, Angela Davey, Bismuth, Box Records, Cassette, De Graanrepubliek Records, Digital, Doom, Drone, Dry Cough Records, Heavy, LP, Review, Tartarus Records, Unavailing

Dry Cough Records, De Graanrepubliek Records, Box Records, Viral Age Records and Tartarus have all come together to make this

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Album & EP Reviews T 

Traum ‘Erode’ DD 2014

5th May 20153rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2014, Digital, Erode, Heavy Rock, Instrumental, Jamie Grimes, Post-Rock, Review, Self Released, Traum

Instrumental metal is hard to pull off. In theory, a celebration of huge riffs and thundering drums unsullied by someone

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Album & EP Reviews W 

Witchrider ‘Unmountable Stairs’ CD/LP/DD 2014

21st April 201523rd February 2024 Jorge Miguel 2014, CD, Desert Rock, Digital, Fuzzorama Records, Heavy Rock, Jorge Miguel, LP, Review, Stoner Rock, Unmountable Stairs, Witchrider

Formed in 2012 and hailing from Austria, Witchrider clearly love bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Soundgarden, Kyuss,

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Northumbia ‘Bring Down The Sky’ CD/DD 2014

5th April 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Ambient, Bring Down The Sky, CD, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Experimental, John Reppion, Northumbia, Soundscapes

Northumbia are an ambient metal duo based in Toronto, Canada. Jim Field plays guitar, Dorian Williamson plays bass and between

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Corinth ‘Frontier’ DD 2014

22nd February 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Corinth, Digital, Doom, Frontier, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Sludge Metal. You all know the deal. The Melvins laid it down, Acid Bath oiled it up, Bongzilla and Electric

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Odota ‘Fever Marshall’ DD 2014

22nd February 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2014, Black Metal, Digital, Fever Marshall, Guido Segers, Industrial, Jarmo Nuutre, Odota, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Jarmo Nuutre is a peculiar figure. A graphic designer, car fanatic, tattoo artist and a lover of all things sludge

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kustodian ‘Methlehem Steel’ DD 2014

15th February 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Industrial, Kustodian, Methlehem Steel, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Back in 2012, The Sleeping Shaman discovered a dark spirit lurking below the streets of New York City. That spirit

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Album & EP Reviews H 

Hate & Merda ‘L’Anno Dell’Odio’ LP/CS/DD 2014

15th February 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2014, Cassette, Digital, Dio Drone, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Hate & Merda, Jay Hampshire, L'Anno Dell'Odio, LP, Review

Hate & Merda are a mysterious Italian duo specialising in an interesting blend of sludge, psychadelia and atmospherics. Their debut

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Nelson P. Ferreira & Rui P. Andrade ‘Miklós’ DD 2014

15th February 20153rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2014, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Jorge Miguel, Miklós, Nelson P. Ferreira, Noise, Review, Rui P. Andrade

When I became a music writer for the Sleeping Shaman, my goal was to dig deeper into the underground scene

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Body & Thou ‘You, Whom I Have Always Hated’ 12″/CD/DD 2015

8th February 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 12", 2014, CD, Collaboration, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Released From Love, Review, Sludge, The Body, Thou, Thrill Jockey Records, You Whom I Have Always Hated

Portland based sludgers The Body are certainly no strangers to mixing it up with other bands; in fact last year

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Album & EP Reviews U 

Unearthly Trance ‘Ouroboros’ CD 2014

1st February 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2014, CD, Compilation, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, Ouroboros, Review, Throne Records, Unearthly Trance

Ouroboros is a fitting title for the latest and final release by Brooklyn, NY’s Unearthly Trance – the term centers

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

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