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Moghul ‘Dead Empires’ LP/DD 2013

12th February 20133rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2013, Dead Empires, Devizes Records, Digital, Doom, Heavy, LP, Moghul, Review, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Good old Scruffy Murphys. Anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting the inconspicuous Birmingham venue in the last few

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Primitive Man ‘Scorn’ LP/DD 2013

11th February 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2013, Crust, Digital, Doom, Jamie Grimes, LP, Mordgrimm Records, Primitive Man, Review, Scorn, Sludge, Throatruiner Records

Woah… We’re not even that far in and yet here already is a contender for 2013’s heaviest album from a

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Mirbeau ‘Silence And Blue Notes’ CS/DD 2012

7th February 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, Americana, Atmospheric, Cassette, Digital, Eidetic Seeing, Folk, Improv, Mirbeau, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Self Released, Silence And Blue Notes

It would be remiss of us at The Shaman to only regale you with tales of the good and bad

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Bongripper ‘Live At Roadburn 2012’ CD/LP/DD 2013

4th February 20132nd September 2019 Pete Green 2013, Bongripper, Burning World Records, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Instrumental, Live At Roadburn 2012, LP, Pete Green, Review, Roadburn Records

Screaming and running through the dark and drizzled night, from the Het Patronaat venue they came. “Behold!” many cried, “We

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Kongh ‘Sole Creation’ CD/LP/DD 2013

1st February 20132nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2013, Agonia Records, CD, Digital, Funeral Doom, Heavy, Kongh, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Sole Creation

Clearly growing in confidence having produced two excellent albums with 2007’s ‘Counting Heartbeats’ and 2009’s ‘Shadows of the Shapeless’ the

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Humanfly ‘Awesome Science’ CD/LP/DD 2013

31st January 20133rd September 2019 Sam Orr 2013, Atmospheric, Awesome Science, Brew Records, CD, Digital, Heavy, Humanfly, LP, Post-Rock, Prog Rock, Review, Sam Orr

Weird Science is one thing but ‘Awesome Science’ is another matter all together, explosions and chemical reactions are badass and

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Bad Guys – S/T – LP/DD 2013

30th January 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Bad Guys, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Noise-Rock, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Review, Riot Season, Self Titled

bel•lig•er•ent (b -l j r- nt) – adj. 1. Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive. 2. Of, pertaining

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Diagonal ‘The Second Mechanism’ CD/LP/DD 2012

29th January 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Diagonal, Digital, Experimental, Jazz, LP, Ollie Stygall, Prog Rock, Review, Rise Above Records, The Second Mechanism

Diagonal consist of seven guys from Brighton in their 20’s. Now, many guys of this age would be interested in

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Skarab – S/T – CD/DD 2012

27th January 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, Avant-Garde, CD, Dark, Digital, Heavy, Metal, Paul Robertson, Prog Rock, Review, Self Titled, Skarab, Zeitgeister Music

Does anyone else remember the days when you could always rely on certain record labels to consistently release music that

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Human Cull / Homolka – Split CS/DD 2012

26th January 20133rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2012, Cassette, Crust, Digital, Goatprayer Records, Grindcore, Jamie Grimes, Review, Sludge

Considering they started under the name Gran Toucher, it’s a relief to see how Human Cull have developed into a

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The Earls Of Mars ‘The Skies Are Falling!’ CDEP/DD 2012

25th January 20133rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012, CDEP, Digital, Experimental, Heavy, Paul Robertson, Prog Rock, Review, Self Released, The Earls Of Mars, The Skies Are Falling!

The twisted brain-wrong of one-off man-mental Harry Armstrong (ex-Decomposed, ex-Hangnail and current End Of Level Boss mainman), aided and abetted

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