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Premiere: Johnny The Boy ‘Black Aspirin’ – A Tribute To The Gone But Never Forgotten Iron Monkey

10th January 202410th January 2024 Lee Edwards Crippled Black Phoenix, Crust, Iron Monkey, Johnny The Boy, Sludge

What more can be said about Iron Monkey? The purveyors of UK sludge and a band I’ve had a long

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Shaman Lee’s End Of Year Rant & Top 10 Albums Of 2014

1st January 2015 Lee Edwards 2014 Year Review, Ancient Altar, Årabrot, Article, Butthole Surfers, Forn, Godflesh, Iron Monkey, Lee Edwards, Music Blues, Necro Deathmort, Pallbearer, Roadburn, Serpent Venom, Serpentine Path, Stephen Tanner, Weirdo Canyon Dispatch, Yob

Well 2014 has been a strange year to say the least, on a personal level, it’s probably been my worst

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Soggy Bog 114 – Sludge Special – New Tracks From Fister, Slomatics, Entire New Pus EP & More

20th February 2013 Lee Edwards Beast In The Field, Fister, Grief, Iron Monkey, Leechmilk, Meth Drinker, Moloch, Mose, News, Podcast, Pus, Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Slomatics, Soggy Bog, Soggy Bog 114, The Disease Concept, Warhorse

The latest Soggy Bog Podcast, episode 114, is now available and this week it’s a sludge special which includes new

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Justin Greaves: Interview With The Infamous Musician

11th October 201215th September 2019 Tom McKibbin Crippled Black Phoenix, Interview, Iron Monkey, Justin Greaves, Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine, Tom McKibbin

Few people in the sludge and doom scene have lived a life quite like Justin Greaves, having played in such

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Soggy Bog 82 – Sludge Worms

4th July 2012 Lee Edwards Bongzilla, Buzzoven, dot(.), Dystopia, EyeHateGod, Fister, Gods Iron Tooth, Grief, In the Company Of Serpents, Iron Monkey, Iron Witch, Ishmael, Moloch, News, Podcast, Pus, Soggy Bog, Soggy Bog 82, Sourvein, The Lions Daughter, UFO Gestapo, Wizard's Beard

This week’s Soggy Bog, Number 82, is a Sludge Special and features new tracks from Ishmael, The Lions Daughter, Wizard’s

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MORROWFEST 2012: 13th May 2012, Nottingham Rock City

10th December 2011 Lee Edwards 13th May 2012, Charger, Doom (band), Dukes Of Nothing, Iron Monkey, Johnny Morrow, Morrowfest 2012, News, Nottingham, Orange Goblin, Raven's Creed, Rock City

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! The day 13th May 2012, from 12pm onwards will celebrate the life of John Paul Morrow. MorrowFest will

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Capricorns ‘River, Bear Your Bones’ CD 2008

29th December 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Capricorns, CD, Doom, Instrumental, Iron Monkey, Orange Goblin, Review, Rise Above Records, River Bear Your Bones, Stoner Doom

Hands up who thought ‘Ruder Forms Survive’ was one of the better releases of 2005? Well, I got my arm

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Roots Of Sludge

16th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Amebix, Article, Black Sabbath, Burning Witch, Charger, Crust, Discharge, Doom, EyeHateGod, Godflesh, Grief, Hardcore, Iron Monkey, Melvins, Metal, Napalm Death, Neurosis, Punk, Roots Of Sludge, Sludge, Weedeater

Sludge is a thick mud or sediment, greasy, foul and noxious. Sounds good already. But when it comes to music,

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Capricorns – S/T – CDEP 2005

6th April 20056th September 2019 Lee Edwards 2005, Capricorns, CDEP, Doom, Instrumental, Iron Monkey, Lee Edwards, Orange Goblin, Review, Rise Above Records, Stoner Doom

When I first heard about Capricorns I was instantly intrigued, I guess you could say they’re a bit of a

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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

23rd April 202623rd April 2026 Lee Edwards

Today, The Shaman is pleased to premiere La Pucelle, the new video from Birmingham heavy rockers Alunah. Taken from their

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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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March
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Video Premiere: Desert Storm ‘Law Unto Myself’ – Taken From New Album That Drops 6th March

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