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Iggor Cavalera/Shane Embury 'Neon Gods/Own Your Darkness' Artwork
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Review: Iggor Cavalera/Shane Embury ‘Neon Gods/Own Your Darkness’

27th March 202527th March 2025 Reza Mills Ambient, Cold Spring Records, Electronic, Iggor Cavalera, Industrial, Shane Embury

Even someone like me, who isn’t predominantly a ‘metalhead’, recognises the legendary names on this split release. On the off

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Review: Tacet Tacet Tacet ‘Fickle’

22nd January 202522nd January 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Ambient, Attenuation Circuit, Bloody Sound, Electronic, Gross Diskos, Light Item, Slowth Records, Tacet Tacet Tacet

Francesco Zedde, better known by his evocative moniker Tacet Tacet Tacet (from the Latin Silent Silent Silent) is an elektro

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Leila Abdul-Rauf: An Interview With The Captivating Multi-Instrumentalist

27th November 202427th November 2024 Will J Ambient, Cyclic Law, Drone, Folk, Leila Abdul-Rauf, Syrup Moose Records

With most artists who span multiple projects, you can often find strong similarities between their different forms. There are some

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Review: Gridfailure ‘When The Lights Go Out Vol. IV’

14th November 202414th November 2024 Reza Mills Ambient, Experimental, Gridfailure, Independent

Gridfailure‘s latest as you might have guessed, is the fourth instalment in the When The Lights Go Out Series, following

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Review: Harvestman ‘Triptych: Part Three’

11th November 202411th November 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Dub, Harvestman, Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till

Given that this review is covering the final release of Steve Von Till‘s epic Harvestman three-part saga Triptych, the main

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i Häxa 'i Häxa' Artwork
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Review: i Häxa ‘i Häxa’

31st October 202431st October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Electronic, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

This has truly felt like Schrödinger’s year, simultaneously dragging on forever in the moment yet somehow here we are with

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Leila Abdul-Rauf 'Calls From A Seething Edge' Artwork
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Review: Leila Abdul-Rauf ‘Calls From A Seething Edge’

22nd October 202422nd October 2024 Will J Ambient, Cyclic Law, Drone, Folk, Leila Abdul-Rauf, Syrup Moose Records

Although perhaps best known for her work in the death metal sphere, Leila Abdul-Rauf has actually been crafting a sonically

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i Häxa ‘Part Three’ Artwork
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Review: i Häxa ‘Part Three’ EP

6th September 20246th September 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Electronic, i Häxa, Neo Folk, Pelagic Records

Personally, this year has passed with a surreal sense of time; on the one hand, it seems like an age

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Ivan The Tolerable Quintet 'Water Music' Artwork
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Review: Ivan The Tolerable Quintet ‘Water Music’

4th September 20244th September 2024 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Ambient, Ivan The Tolerable Quintet, Jazz, Riot Season

The experimental, free-jazz-oriented album Vertigo from Middlesbrough’s eclectic multi-instrumentalist Oli Heffernan, released under the moniker of Ivan The Tolerable Quintet,

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Review: Uboa ‘Impossible Light’

13th August 202413th August 2024 Reza Mills Ambient, Experimental, Noise, The Flenser, Uboa

I have a soft spot for San Francisco based label The Flenser; Midwife, Mamaleek, Agriculture, Ragana and the recent Your

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Review: Harvestman ‘Triptych: Part Two’

7th August 20247th August 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Dub, Harvestman, Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till

July’s Buck Moon saw the release of the second part of Harvestman’s ambitious Triptych (a work of art divided into

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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Today, The Shaman is pleased to premiere La Pucelle, the new video from Birmingham heavy rockers Alunah. Taken from their

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’

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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’

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