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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Doom
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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Review: Camel Of Doom ‘Splinters Of Time And Other Cosmic Fables’
A decade after Terrestrial, years filled with work on various projects like Self Hypnosis, Lychgate, and occasional contributions to doom
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Review: Warning ‘Rituals Of Shame’
Don’t ya just hate it when some thirty-year-old in a battle jacket says their first Metallica album was Kill ‘Em
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Review: Kilter ‘Ten Billion Years’
Kilter are an incredible trio of musicians based out of New York City and Paris. They play an amazing style
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Review: Monolord ‘Neverending’
At this point, it’s not hyperbole to say that Sweden’s Monolord are among the most revered bands not only in
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