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Enablers ‘The Rightful Pivot’ CD/LP/DD 2015

2nd June 20153rd September 2019 Chris Moore 2015, CD, Chris Moore, Digital, Enablers, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, LP, Review, Spoken Word, The Rightful Pivot

When you’re a band like Enablers, a band that nobody else really sounds like, it doesn’t matter that you’re not

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Lasers From Atlantis – S/T – CS/DD Reissue 2015

14th May 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2015, Cassette, Digital, Doom, Experimental, John Reppion, Lasers From Atlantis, Reissue, Review, Self Titled, Space Rock

Lasers From Atlantis comprise of two synthesiser players (playing more than two synthesisers) Volkan Kiziltug and Aubrey Jackson Blake, drummer

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Jungfrau ‘Nacht’ LP/DD 2015

4th May 20153rd September 2019 Jamie Grimes 2015, Digital, Experimental, Head Of Crom Records, Jamie Grimes, Jungfrau, Kraut, LP, Nacht, Psych, Review

Given both their band name, Jungfrau, and album title, Nacht, are in German, and they’re self describes as “Psych-Kraut”, you’d

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Pelican ‘The Cliff’ 12″/DD 2015

20th April 20153rd September 2019 Jay Hampshire 12", 2015, Digital, Experimental, Jay Hampshire, Justin K Broadrick, Palms, Pelican, Post-Rock, Review, Southern Lord, The Cliff

Illinois post-rock veterans Pelican may not have reached the same level of popularity as a number of their peers (but

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Northumbia ‘Bring Down The Sky’ CD/DD 2014

5th April 20153rd September 2019 John Reppion 2014, Ambient, Bring Down The Sky, CD, Consouling Sounds, Digital, Experimental, John Reppion, Northumbia, Soundscapes

Northumbia are an ambient metal duo based in Toronto, Canada. Jim Field plays guitar, Dorian Williamson plays bass and between

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Garden Of Worm ‘Idle Stones’ CD/LP/DD 2015

4th April 20153rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Garden Of Worm, Heavy Rock, Idle Stones, LP, Paul Robertson, Psychedelic, Review, Svart Records

Doom metal, by its very nature and definition, moves slowly – that’s a given – but when you have a

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Rwake ‘Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage Of Awareness’ CD/LP/DD Reissue 2015

22nd February 20153rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2015, CD, Digital, Doom, Experimental, LP, Reissue, Relapse Records, Review, Rwake, Sandy Williamson, Sludge, Xenoglossalgia: The Last Stage of Awareness

Rwake, Little Rock Arkansas’s sludgeyest sons, have got the good folks over at Relapse to re-release their original demo, Xenoglossalgia:

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STEVE VON TILL Reveals Details Of An Astonishing New Solo Album, ‘A Life Unto Itself’, Upcoming On Neurot Recordings In May

16th February 2015 Lee Edwards Experimental, Folk, Harvestman, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, New Album Details, News, Steve Von Till

The title doesn’t quite say it all, but it says some of it: A Life Unto Itself is as much

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Kustodian ‘Methlehem Steel’ DD 2014

15th February 20152nd September 2019 Pete Green 2014, Digital, Doom, Experimental, Industrial, Kustodian, Methlehem Steel, Pete Green, Review, Self Released, Sludge

Back in 2012, The Sleeping Shaman discovered a dark spirit lurking below the streets of New York City. That spirit

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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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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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