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Agriculture & Machukha UK & Euro Tour 2025 Poster
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Agriculture / Machukha / Healing Wound @ Dust, Brighton, 4th September 2025

4th February 20264th February 2026 Nessie Spencer Agriculture, Brighton, Dust, Healing Wound, Machukha

Now that the festival season is coming to an end, and (hopefully) so are the heatwaves and mosquito bites, the

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La Bestia de Gevaudan @ The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, 13th August 2023 – Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Through The Lens: La Bestia de Gevaudan / Mindframe / Milk White Throat / @ The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, 13th August 2023

6th September 202329th September 2023 Nessie Spencer Brighton, La Bestia de Gevaudan, Milk White Throat, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, The Hope & Ruin, Through The Lens

Post-metallers La Bestia de Gevaudan embarked on a European tour last August, which started at The Hope & Ruin, in

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USA Nails @ The Prince Albert, Brighton, 20th January 2023 – Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Through The Lens: USA Nails / The Eurosuite / Staff Party @ The Prince Albert, Brighton, 20th Jan 2023

20th February 202324th March 2023 Nessie Spencer Brighton, Staff Party, The Eurosuite, The Prince Albert, Through The Lens, USA Nails

Our snapper in residence Nessie Spencer of Freaks & Gigs had a stroll down to The Prince Albert, Brighton on

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Brutus - UK Tour 2022
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Brutus / Ghost Woman @ Patterns, Brighton, 21st November 2022

28th November 20223rd January 2023 Nessie Spencer Brighton, Brutus, Ghost Woman, Patterns

It’s Monday night, it’s disgusting outside, and many of us are either dealing with a terrible cold or some sort

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Grave Lines @ The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, 3rd November 2022 - Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Grave Lines / Pascagoula / Ensemble 1 @ The Hope & Ruin, Brighton, 3rd November 2022

18th November 202213th March 2023 Nessie Spencer Brighton, Ensemble 1, Grave Lines, Pascagoula, The Hope & Ruin

To anyone who loves to mosh in Brighton, having this show at the Hope & Ruin was to say the

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Elder @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022 - Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Elder / Pallbearer / Irist @ Chalk, Brighton, 2nd November 2022

15th November 202226th December 2022 Nessie Spencer Brighton, Chalk, Doom, Elder, Heavy Rock, Irist, Pallbearer, Post-Metal

The bitterly windy cold weather did not dissuade me to go to Chalk because Elder playing in my town is

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Conjurer @ The Green Door Store, Brighton, 30th October 2022 - Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Conjurer / Tuskar / Sugar Horse @ The Green Door Store, Brighton, 30th October 2022

11th November 202225th December 2022 Nessie Spencer Brighton, Conjurer, Sugar Horse, The Green Door Store, Tuskar

Brighton’s finest venue, The Green Door Store, was packed like rarely before on that Halloween’s Eve, especially for a metal

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Acid Mothers Temple @ Komedia, Brighton, 20th October 2022 - Photo by Nessie Spencer
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Through The Lens: Acid Mothers Temple @ Komedia, Brighton, 20th October 2022

9th November 202226th December 2022 Nessie Spencer Acid Mothers Temple, Brighton, Komedia, Kraut, Psych, Through The Lens

Welcome new contributor to The Shaman, Nessie Spencer, who some of you might know under her alter ego Freaks &

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Morkobot @ The Green Door Store, Brighton 10/08/2014
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Morkobot / Ithaca / Divorcee / Neuroharp / Moodhoover @ The Green Door Store, Brighton 10/08/2014

30th September 201413th September 2019 Lee Edwards Art Failure, Brighton, Daniel Mackenzie, Divorcee, Ithaca, Live Review, Moodhover, Morkobot, Neuroharp, The Green Door Store

Before going into the details of the five bands that made up this diverse bill, it’s worth mentioning my respect

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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

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Video Premiere: The Mon ‘Ritual Of Night Violence’ – From ‘Songs Of Embrace’ That Drops 6th March
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