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Review: Wet Cactus ‘Magma Tres’

24th November 202324th November 2023 Matthew Williams Electric Valley Records, Heavy Rock, Wet Cactus

After the first of several instrumental tracks called I. The Long Escape that gently eases you in, Wet Cactus open

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Review: Ritual King ‘The Infinite Mirror’

14th November 202314th November 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Ritual King

Right after grunge broke, a slew of bands started topics and debates of experimental indifferences. This resulted in doorway after

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Review: Hermano ‘…Only A Suggestion’ [Reissue]

10th November 20234th October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Hermano, Ripple Music

Whilst the scene rightly still mourns for the loss of the legendary Kyuss, the fallout of that breakup has given

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Premiere: Saturna ‘The Never Ending Star’ – From New Album ‘The Reset’ That Drops 1st December

9th November 202310th November 2023 Lee Edwards Discos Macarras Records, Heavy Rock, Saturna, Spinda Records

As Barcelona’s alternative heavy rock and psychedelic four-piece Saturna prepare to release their new ten-track album The Reset through a

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Mutoid Man @ The Bread Shed, Manchester, 9th September 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Mutoid Man / Haggard Cat @ The Bread Shed, Manchester, 9th September 2023

8th November 20238th November 2023 Lee Edwards Haggard Cat, Heavy Rock, Metal, Mutoid Man, Sargent House, The Beauty Witch, The Bread Shed, Through The Lens

As the UK went through a heatwave, temperatures certainly soared at The Bread Shed in Manchester’s city centre as The

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Review: Various Artist ‘Brown Acid – The Seventeenth Trip’

8th November 20238th May 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

It’s now the time of year when there’s a chill in the air, the leaves are changing, horror movie marathons

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Review: Massive Hassle ‘Number One’

3rd November 20233rd November 2023 Matthew Williams Blues Rock, Garage, Heavy Rock, Massive Hassle, Septaphonic Records

The opening bars of the opening track called Lane, are so soft and smooth, they are like a fine single

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Review: Green Lung ‘This Heathen Land’

31st October 202331st October 2023 Matthew Williams Doom, Green Lung, Heavy Rock, Nuclear Blast Records

After releasing one of the best albums of 2021, with the immense Black Harvest London based doomsters Green Lung have

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Review: Hippie Death Cult ‘Helichrysum’

20th October 202320th October 2023 Liam Blanc Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Hippie Death Cult

Let’s start with the important stuff: what or who is a Helichrysum? I love Wikipedia, and that informs me that

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Review: 20 Watt Tombstone ‘The Chosen Few’

20th October 202320th October 2023 Matthew Williams 20 Watt Tombstone, Blues, Heavy Rock, Independent

There are not many artists I will write this about at the start of an album review, but 20 Watt

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Review: Deathchant ‘Thrones’

18th October 202318th October 2023 Martin Williams Deathchant, Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

I’ve been feeling some déjà vu lately at The Sleeping Shaman, as some bands I reviewed when I first started

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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

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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

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