Blackened Sludge Archives - The Sleeping Shaman

This is a surprisingly punishing album. For a band this young, there is an undeniable ‘Bog Body’ sound that hits

Premiere: Nothing Is Real ‘At First Chaos Came To Be’ & ‘A State Of Undeath’ – New Double Album Drops 31st October

Improvised chaotic and blackened sludge doom, wrapped up with progressive sensibilities, is the order of the day as multi-instrumentalist Nicholas

Hailing from Boston Massachusetts, Lunar Ark make music that is as hard hitting as the city’s reputation. From Martin Scorsese

The litany of German sludge/doom crushers Eremit has been something of beauty to behold. Their debut, Carrier Of Weight was

I’m not sure what it is about Tampere in Finland right now, maybe it’s something in the water, who knows.Maybe

Viking inspired blackened sludge metal? You betcha as that’s exactly what Finland’s Black Royal deliver, and in spades. After a

Last year at The Sleeping Shaman we covered quite extensively the history of Chicago’s filthiest sons Lord Mantis, from the

Yesterday I attempted a career retrospective on Lord Mantis detailing events that helped both fuel and undermine a band that,