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SERPENT VENOM Stream New Track ‘Sorrow’s Bastard’; Second Album ‘Of Things Seen & Unseen’ To Be Unleashed In Early 2014

18th December 2013 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Church Within Records, New Album Details, News, Of Things Seen & Unseen, Serpent Venom, Sorrow's Bastard

After playing out ‘Carnal Altar‘ for a couple of years, SERPENT VENOM thought it was about time they got stuck

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Spancer ‘Greater Than The Sun’ CD/LP 2011

9th June 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Church Within Records, Doom, Greater Than The Sun, Heavy, LP, Pete Green, Review, Sludge, Spancer

“We don’t give a shit what you, your mother or our rehearsal room neighbours and landlords think” reads a poignant

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Lord Vicar ‘Signs Of Osiris’ CD/2xLP 2011

30th May 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2011, CD, Church Within Records, Doom, Heavy, Lord Chritus, Lord Vicar, LP, Pete Green, Peter Vicar, Review, Signs Of Osiris, Traditional Doom

I’m going to level with you from the start. I haven’t, to my knowledge, heard a single note of any

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Sigiriya & the imminent release of ‘Return To Earth’

26th August 2011 Lee Edwards Acrimony, Church Within Records, Debut Album, Doom Dealer, News, Return To Earth, Sigiriya

Beneath the soil of a Welsh valley a heavy metal life-force regains strength: rising from the ashes of stoner doom

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Sigiriya ‘Return To Earth’ CD/LP 2011

11th July 20113rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2011, Acrimony, Adam Stone, CD, Church Within Records, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, LP, Return To Earth, Review, Sigiriya, Stoner Doom

This is the sound of a young man’s hair growing past his shoulders and spilling onto his greasy denim jerkin.

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Serpent Venom ‘Carnal Altar’ CD/LP 2011

15th April 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles 2011, Carnal Altar, CD, Church Within Records, Doom, Heavy, LP, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Review, Serpent Venom, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Serpent Venom have been touting their formidable version of seventies rock mixed with St.Vitus style doom for a while now

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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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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

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