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Ommadon 'Empathy For The Wicked'
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Ommadon ‘Empathy For The Wicked’ LP/DD 2015

17th November 20154th November 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Digital, Doom, Drone, Empathy For The Wicked, Golden Mantra, Heavy, Jeremy Moore, LP, Ommadon, Review

I wish I could say it was due to some unheralded gift for clairvoyance that I could predict what Ommadon’s

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Album & EP Reviews B 

BIG|BRAVE ‘Au De La’ CD/LP/DD 2015

9th October 20152nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2015, Au De La, BIG|BRAVE, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, LP, Review, Soundscapes, Southern Lord, Will Beattie

If a band can sound both abrasive and introspective in equal measure, then that is the sound of Montreal’s BIG|BRAVE.

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Locrian ‘Infinite Dissolution’ CD/LP/DD 2015

23rd September 20153rd September 2019 Todd Robinson 2015, Avant-Garde, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Industrial, Infinite Dissolution, Locrian, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Todd Robinson

I have made no bones over the years about the fact that I adore Locrian, from their earlier noise infused

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Dark Buddha Rising ‘Inversum’ CD/LP/DD 2015

20th September 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Ambient, Angela Davey, CD, Dark Buddha Rising, Digital, Doom, Drone, Inversum, LP, Neurot Recordings, Review

Despite housing members from the likes of Hexvessel, Atomikylä, Darkempire and Mother Susurrus and having an output of six albums

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Bong ‘We Are, We Were And We Will Have Been’ CD/LP/DD 2015

14th July 20153rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 2015, Bong, CD, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Jochem Visser, LP, Psych, Review, Ritual Productions, We Are We Were And We Will Have Been

Because I’m lazy and I live in Amsterdam, writing this review took a little longer than planned. That’s absolutely no

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Album & EP Reviews E 

Evil Acidhead ‘In The Name Of All That Is Unholy’ CD/LP Reissue 2015

6th July 20153rd September 2019 Jeremy Moore 2015, Agitated Records, CD, Drone, Evil Acidhead, Experimental, In The Name Of All That Is Unholy, Jeremy Moore, John McBain, LP, Psych, Reissue, Review

When you think of the name John McBain, the terms ‘nihilism’ and ‘anarchy’ aren’t the first words to come to

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Author & Punisher ‘Melk En Honing’ CD/LP/DD 2015

19th June 20152nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2015, Author & Punisher, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Dub, Housecore Records, Industrial, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Melk en Honing, Review, Tristan Shone

With 2010’s Drone Machines album, San Diego’s Author & Punisher, aka Tristan Shone, challenged the landscape of Industrial, Doom and

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Hate & Merda ‘L’Anno Dell’Odio’ LP/CS/DD 2014

15th February 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2014, Cassette, Digital, Dio Drone, Doom, Drone, Experimental, Hate & Merda, Jay Hampshire, L'Anno Dell'Odio, LP, Review

Hate & Merda are a mysterious Italian duo specialising in an interesting blend of sludge, psychadelia and atmospherics. Their debut

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Album & EP Reviews N 

Nelson P. Ferreira & Rui P. Andrade ‘Miklós’ DD 2014

15th February 20153rd September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2014, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Jorge Miguel, Miklós, Nelson P. Ferreira, Noise, Review, Rui P. Andrade

When I became a music writer for the Sleeping Shaman, my goal was to dig deeper into the underground scene

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11Paranoias ‘Stealing Fire From Heaven’ CD/DD 2014

15th December 20143rd September 2019 Jochem Visser 11Paranoias, 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Drone, Jochem Visser, Psych, Review, Ritual Productions, Stealing Fire From Heaven

Me and my colleagues soar in the development department, but not so much in research. We’re great at making up

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Anatomy Of Habit ‘Ciphers + Axioms’ CD/LP/DD 2014

13th November 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Anatomy Of Habit, CD, Ciphers + Axioms, Digital, Drone, Heavy, LP, Mark Solotoroff, Post-Rock, Relapse Records, Review, Sandy Williamson

Anatomy Of Habit is the brainchild of noise icon Mark Solotoroff, and Ciphers + Axioms marks their Relapse Records debut.

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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