Review: Green Lung ‘Necropolitan’
It has been a satisfying journey to watch the rise of British occult metal band Green Lung. From the youthful
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Doom
Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October
Ahead of its official release this Friday, 2nd October, through APF Records, today The Shaman is thrilled to host the
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Review: Oath ‘Unteach’
It is hard to make a doom record and try to sound different or new. But this is largely because
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Review: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’
Spider Kitten. A puzzle wrapped in a conundrum. A contradictory battle with experimentation, mental health, and a refusal to sit
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Review: Sleep ‘Hempispheres’
Since their much-demanded reunion in the late 2000s, California stoner rock stalwarts Sleep have had quite a few surprises up
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Review: Godthrymm ‘Projections’
I’m not quite ready to induct Godthrymm fully into the Yorkshire Doom Hall of Fame (which is not a thing
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Premiere: Witchthroat Serpent ‘Silver Bell Of Satanic Ritual’ – New Album Lands 9th October
French occult stoner doom purveyors Witchthroat Serpent are back to cast another dark spell across the underground metal landscape. Emerging
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Premiere: Goat Major ‘Under The Moonlight’ – New Album ‘Death Comes Twice’ Lands 23rd October
Welsh doom trio Goat Major are making their return, and The Shaman is thrilled to bring you the lyric video
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Review: REZN ‘Cycles In The Infinite Dream’
REZN might just be one of Chicago’s best-kept heavy musical secrets. While they may not immediately ring as many bells
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Review: Sleepbomb ‘Songs In The Key Of Conan’
San Franciscans Sleepbomb are favourites here at The Shaman, with myself especially having reviewed 2025’s The Sleeping Dead and 2023’s
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Review: Froglord ‘The Mystic Toad’ [Reissue]
If you are a gig-going member of the UK public, I have no doubt that sometime in the last few
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