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DEAD 'The Laughing Shadow'
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Review: DEAD ‘The Laughing Shadow’

24th October 202217th December 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden DEAD, Forbidden Place Records, Wantage USA, We Empty Rooms

As we get into the weeds of 2022, attention turns to end-of-year reviews and how this one has stacked up.

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Premiere: DEAD ‘Riding Shadows’ – Taken From New Album ‘The Laughing Shadow’

7th October 20229th December 2022 Lee Edwards DEAD, Doom, Forbidden Place Records, Noise-Rock, Prog, Wantage USA, WeEmptyRooms

DEAD, the Australian doom and noise-rockers, who we first covered on The Shaman back in 2013 with a review of

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Top Ten Of 2020: Neddal Ayad

30th December 202028th January 2021 Neddal Ayad Aisha Orazbayeva, Anna von Hausswolff, Bruxa Maria, Couch Slut, DEAD, Einstürzende Neubauten, Human Impact, Luminous Bodies, Oranssi Pazuzu, Orgöne, Top Ten 2020

Summarizing a year’s listening is always a bit of a weird proposition for me because my listening habits tend to

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DEAD ‘Drooling Raving’
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Review: DEAD ‘Drooling Raving’

20th March 20201st May 2020 Jamie Grimes DEAD, Drooling Raving, Noise-Rock, Wantage USA, WeEmptyRooms

Not my first encounter on the Shaman with these Aussie bruisers by any means having reviewed the earlier Idiots album

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DEAD ‘Idiots’ LP/DD 2012

27th March 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, DEAD, Digital, Hardcore, Heavy, Idiots, Jamie Grimes, LP, Metal, Revelations, Review, Sludge, We Empty Rooms

The spirit of the late, great God Head Silo is apparently alive and well and living in in Australia, reincarnated

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DEAD: New Album ‘Idiots’ Out Now Via WeEmptyRooms

16th January 2013 Lee Edwards DEAD, Idiots, New Album Details, News, WeEmptyRooms

DEAD is the sound of two blokes with little man syndrome trying to punch above their weight and actually pulling

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Video Premiere: Oreyeon ‘I’m Your Mistake’ – New Album ‘The Grotesque Within’ Drops 13th Feb

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Today, The Sleeping Shaman is proud to host the exclusive video premiere for I’m Your Mistake by Northern Italian heavyweights,

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

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