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Andrew DR Abbott ‘Dead In Chellow Dean’
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Review: Andrew DR Abbott ‘Dead In Chellow Dean’

7th October 201922nd October 2019 Josuph Price Acoustic, Andrew DR Abbott, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Dead In Chellow Dean, Experimental, Feeding Tube Records, Review

Andrew DR Abbott is an artist, musician, and writer based in the UK. You may know him from weird rhythmic

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Lindy-Fay Hella ‘Seafarer’
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Review: Lindy-Fay Hella ‘Seafarer’

24th September 20198th October 2019 Dave Bowes Dark Pop, Experimental, Lindy-Fay Hella, Review, Seafarer, Ván Records

Originally born out of a desire to explore her own musical desires as well as the power of voice, Lindy-Fay

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Circle 'Terminal'
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Review: Circle ‘Terminal’ 2017

16th September 20193rd October 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2017, Circle, Experimental, Review, Southern Lord, Terminal

The Finnish collective that makes up Circle are one of those bands that have gathered a small dictionary of words

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Barrabus – S/T
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Barrabus – S/T – 2017

5th July 20172nd September 2019 Will Beattie 2017, Barrabus, Experimental, Hardcore, Metal, Paul Catten, Review, Undergroove Records, Will Beattie

Gather round, children, and I’ll tell you a tale. The year was 2007, the weather was British and there were

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Emptiness ‘Not For Music’ 2017
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Emptiness ‘Not For Music’ 2017

13th June 20173rd September 2019 Will Beattie 2017, Black Metal, Emptiness, Experimental, Industrial, Not For Music, Review, Season Of Mist, Will Beattie

For some strange reason, everyone keeps calling Emptiness a black/death metal band. I might be quite late to the party

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Dälek 'Asphalt For Eden'
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Dälek ‘Asphalt For Eden’ CD/LP/DD 2016

18th May 20167th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, Asphalt For Eden, CD, Dälek, Digital, Experimental, Guido Segers, Hip-Hop, LP, Profound Lore Records, Rap, Review

Congratulations, you might be reading the very first review of a hip-hop album on The Sleeping Shaman. We can’t help

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Ghold 'PYR'
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Ghold ‘PYR’ CD/LP/DD 2016

9th May 201611th September 2019 Guido Segers 2016, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Ghold, Guido Segers, Heavy, LP, PYR, Review, Ritual Productions

A progressive noise trio from London they call themselves and they make music that definitely fits the description. Either that

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Mirrors For Psychic Warfare - S/T
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Mirrors For Psychic Warfare – S/T – CD/LP/DD 2016

3rd May 201611th September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2016, Drone, Experimental, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mirrors For Psychic Warfare, Neurot Recordings, Review, Sandford Parker, Scott Kelly, Self Titled, Soundscapes

Scott Kelly (he of Neurosis fame) and Sandford Parker (Buried At Sea) have clearly enjoyed working together on the Corrections

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Wolvserpent 'Aporia:Kāla:Ananta'
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Wolvserpent ‘Aporia:Kāla:Ananta’ CD/LP/DD 2016

3rd May 201611th September 2019 Daniel Pietersen 2016, Ambient, Aporia:Kāla:Ananta, CD, Daniel Pietersen, Digital, Doom, Experimental, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Wolvserpent

Idaho duo Wolvserpent have been slowly developing their brand of tar-black doom over a number of years, always standing out

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Boris With Merzbow ‘Gensho’
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Boris With Merzbow ‘Gensho’ CD/LP/DD 2016

25th April 201611th September 2019 John Reppion 2016, Boris, Boris With Merzbow, CD, Collaboration, Digital, Drone, Experimental, Gensho, John Reppion, LP, Masami Akita, Merzbow, Noise, Relapse Records, Review

Gensho is a collaboration album, or rather it is two separate albums which the auditor is advised “are intended to

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Black Shape Of Nexus 'Carrier'
Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Shape Of Nexus ‘Carrier’ CD/LP/DD 2016

21st April 201611th September 2019 Will Beattie 2016, B.SON, Black Shape Of Nexus, Carrier, CD, Digital, Doom, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, Heavy, LP, Review, Will Beattie

If you’re the sort of sensitive, cheery chappy who enjoys nothing more than a light and delightful ditty to keep

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