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Ahab @ ArcTanGent 2025 - Photo by Abbi Draper
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ArcTanGent Festival 2025 – Saturday

29th January 202629th January 2026 Tim C Ahab, ArcTanGent Festival, Between The Buried And Me, Bipolar Architecture, Clown Core, DVNE, God Is An Astronaut, Inter Arma, Lo!, Rolo Tomassi, Sugar Horse, Swamp Coffin, The Callous Daoboys, Wren

King Offa of Mercia ruled his Anglo-Saxon kingdom between 757 and 796. Around the middle of his reign, he ordered

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David J McLaren - 2023
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Top Ten Of 2023: David J McLaren

3rd January 20243rd January 2024 David J McLaren Ahab, Godthrymm, Khan, Narrow Head, Oceanlord, Paradise Lost, Peter Gabriel, Prong, Svalbard, Top Ten 2023, Wodorost

Life continues to get busier and busier, which means that inevitably more and more new music passes me by as

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Ahab 'The Coral Tombs'
A Album & EP Reviews 

Review: Ahab ‘The Coral Tombs’

17th January 20238th March 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ahab, Doom, Napalm Records

Herman Melville’s epic classic Moby Dick is an often terrifying story that takes the backdrop of the nineteenth-century Nantucket whaling

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Top 10 Albums Of 2015 By Guido Segers

23rd December 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015 Year Review, Ahab, Article, Enslaved, Guido Segers, King Dude, Kontinuum, Mgla, My Sleeping Karma, Panopticon, Tau Cross, Terzij De Horde, The Fifth Alliance

What a year, some amazing editions of great festivals, good releases and overall an intriguing time to live and enjoy

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AHAB
A-F Interviews 

AHAB: Guido Segers Interviews Drummer Cornelius Althammer From The Funeral Doom Instigators

17th October 20157th September 2019 Guido Segers Ahab, Cornelius Althammer, Guido Segers, Interview, Napalm Records, The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

We at the Sleeping Shaman like ourselves a nice slice of doom now and then and who better to provide

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AHAB ‘The Boats Of The Glen Carrig’ CD/LP/DD 2015

6th September 20152nd September 2019 Guido Segers 2015, Ahab, Atmospheric, CD, Digital, Funeral Doom, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, Napalm Records, Review, The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

The nautical lords of doom have returned with another aquatic album filled with masterful music. Taking the time to let

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News 

Damnation Festival 2014: 5 New Acts Confirmed Including AHAB, HARK & BAST

26th June 2014 Lee Edwards Ahab, Atlantis, Bast, Damnation Festival, Damnation Festival 2014, HARK, Leeds University, News, Sólstafir

German doom titans, AHAB, and Icelandic progressive metal outfit, SÓLSTAFIR, are the latest names to be added to the tenth

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

3rd April 20263rd April 2026 Lee Edwards

Following Wednesday’s premiere of an excerpt built around INTERVAL 1, TESA return with a second glimpse into TESA MAN, this

Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

1st April 20261st April 2026 Lee Edwards
Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

17th February 202617th February 2026 Lee Edwards
Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March

13th February 202613th February 2026 Lee Edwards

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