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Walking Bombs 'Spiritual Dreams Above Empty Promises'
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Review: Walking Bombs ‘Spiritual Dreams Above Empty Promises’

4th April 202317th January 2026 Reza Mills Alternative, Independent, Walking Bombs

Since reviewing 2021’s excellent Tears We Should Have Shed, Walking Bombs aka Morgan Y Evans have put out a few

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WyndRider 'WyndRider'
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Review: WyndRider ‘WyndRider’

31st March 202317th January 2026 Martin Williams Doom, Independent, WyndRider

I’ve always enjoyed female vocalists in stoner and doom. The dichotomy of heavy riffs, plodding tempos, and female voices across

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Mean Green 'Mean Green'
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Review: Mean Green ‘Mean Green’

24th March 202317th January 2026 Tom Hanno Independent, Mean Green, Sludge

I was recently introduced to a band named Mean Green when we here at The Shaman premiered the track Crow

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Mean Green
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Premiere: Mean Green ‘Crow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Debut That Drops 24th March

15th March 202317th January 2026 Lee Edwards Doom, Independent, Mean Green, Sludge

Although a new band on the ‘scene’, North Carolina’s Mean Green have been making a hell of a lot of

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REZN 'Solace'
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Review: REZN ‘Solace’

14th March 202317th January 2026 Josh Schneider Heavy Rock, Independent, Psych, REZN

What!?! Did I read that correctly? ‘The first half of a two part series!’. REZN never disappoints and I thought

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Smoke
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Premiere: Smoke ‘Scavenger’ – New Single Of Fuzzy, Doomy Stoner Rock Drops This Friday

8th March 202317th January 2026 Lee Edwards Doom, Independent, Smoke

Lynchburg, Virginia’s Smoke has been making a bit of a name for themselves with their fuzzy doom and stoner rock

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Suckling 'Suckling'
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Review: Suckling ‘Suckling’

23rd February 202329th March 2023 Martin Williams Alternative, Garage, Independent, Psych, Suckling

As someone who’s lived next door to Texas for most of his life, I can unequivocally say there’s not a

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Desert Wave 'Deafening Silence'
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Review: Desert Wave ‘Deafening Silence’

21st February 202324th March 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Desert Wave, Independent, Psych

‘We are mainly an instrumental band because none of us can sing well, but we wanted to give an attempt

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The Freqs 'Poachers'
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Review: The Freqs ‘Poachers’ EP

30th January 20238th March 2023 Lee Beamish Heavy Rock, Independent, The Freqs

Formed in 2019, pre-global pandemics, and hailing from Salem in Massachusetts, The Freqs have, in the last four years, smashed

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Godless Suns 'Godless Suns'
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Review: Godless Suns ‘Godless Suns’

16th January 20238th March 2023 Josh Schneider Doom, Godless Suns, Independent

For a long time, deep growls were essential in my heavy music choices. While that is still true, bands like

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Premiere: The Freqs ‘Poacher Gets The Tusk’ – From ‘Poachers’ EP That Drops 3rd February

11th January 202329th September 2023 Lee Edwards Heavy Rock, Independent, Noise-Rock, The Freqs

The Freqs, a Salem, Massachusetts-based rock and roll power-trio are a new band to us at Shaman HQ and hell,

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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 – 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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