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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Heavy Psych Sounds
Video Premiere: hijss ‘s.w.a.n.’ – New Album Drops 18th September Via Heavy Psych Sounds
Italian rock outfit hijss are gearing up to drop their self-titled record on 18th September via Heavy Psych Sounds, and
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Review: Yawning Balch ‘Volume Four’
In all honesty, improvisational music can be somewhat difficult to review. I’m fully convinced that supergroup/revival group/meditation collective Yawning Balch
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Review: The Cosmic Dead ‘Beyond The Beyond’
Glasgow’s long-running, prolific, psychedelic portal-openers, The Cosmic Dead, return with their tenth album, Beyond The Beyond. Admittedly, despite hearing the
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Review: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol. 1, 1972 – 1984’
A covers album can be one of two things: an easy cash-in record to fill time between studio releases or,
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Review: TONS ‘Stoned Villains’
A menacing laugh – most likely from the late great Vincent Price (think the end of Thriller) – opens TONS’
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
Today, The Shaman is pleased to premiere La Pucelle, the new video from Birmingham heavy rockers Alunah. Taken from their
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Review: Witchcraft ‘A Sinner’s Child’ EP
I keep having one of those recurring thoughts in my head about whether I’ve seen Witchcraft live, and if not,
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Review: Weedpecker ‘V’
Poland’s Weedpecker has been one of my favorites for a number of years. Their dare-I-say silly (intentionally?) band name might
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Review: Desert Storm ‘Buried Under The Weight Of Reason’
I’m not going to dedicate a large portion of this review to a sepia-tinged ‘…‘member when Desert Storm were just
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