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Review: Howling Giant ‘Crucible & Ruin’

26th November 202526th November 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Howling Giant, Magnetic Eye Records

The passage of time has fared very strangely this year. Whilst the news has been an exhausting deluge of relentless,

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Review: GAUPA ‘Fyr’

24th September 202524th September 2025 Lee Beamish Alternative, GAUPA, Magnetic Eye Records, Prog, Psych

Back in November of 2022, I was having a conversation with one of my Instagram friends, and the topic of

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Review: Various Artists ‘Marc Urselli’s Best Of Ramones Redux’

14th August 202514th August 2025 Martin Williams Magnetic Eye Records, Marc Urselli, Punk, Ramones, Various Artists

Hot on the heels of Magnetic Eye Record’s latest release in their fabled Redux series, Marc Urselli’s Ramones Redux, comes

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Review: Various Artists ‘Marc Urselli’s Ramones Redux’

13th August 202513th August 2025 Martin Williams Magnetic Eye Records, Marc Urselli, Punk, Ramones, Various Artists

Magnetic Eye Records famed Redux series returns, this time featuring a band that I would argue is as important as

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Review: Lo-Pan ‘Get Well Soon’

15th April 202515th April 2025 El Jefe Heavy Rock, Lo-Pan, Magnetic Eye Records

I have to say, I really dig bands who just don’t fit into any particular genre. Sounds and styles that

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Review: Bronco ‘Bronco’

1st April 20251st April 2025 Sandy Williamson Bronco, Doom, Magnetic Eye Records, Sludge

The dirging, grinding doomy sludge of North Carolinians Bronco and their debut self-titled record seems to be birthed from the

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Review: Various Artists ‘Aqualung Redux’

17th December 202417th December 2024 Tom Hanno Alain Johannes, Chris Goss, Domkraft, Huntsmen, Jethro Tull, Magnetic Eye Records, Motorpsycho, Osi And The Jupiter, The Sword, The Well, Various Artists

I was born in 1974, so as I was growing up, my parents played a lot of the hard rock

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Review: Various Artists ‘The Very Best Of Jethro Tull Redux’

16th December 202416th December 2024 David J McLaren Doom, Elephant Tree, Hashtronaut, Heavy Rock, Jethro Tull, Lowrider, Magnetic Eye Records, Mr Bison, Oceanlord, Prog, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Sweat, The Golden Grass, Various Artists

Internal David-monologue, approx. 1994: Everything must be heavier than everything else! Metallica are for girls (NB I was sexist as

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Review: Psychlona ‘Warped Vision’

7th October 20247th October 2024 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records, Psychlona, Stoner

Bradford, UK’s Psychlona released one of my favorite albums in 2022, with Palo Verde. I was a newcomer to the

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Review: Elephant Tree ‘Handful Of Ten’

4th September 20244th September 2024 Rob Walsh Elephant Tree, Magnetic Eye Records

So much of what we love in this dense primordial soup of stoner rock and doom metal revolves around the

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Review: Worshipper ‘One Way Trip’

19th August 202419th August 2024 Liam Blanc Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Magnetic Eye Records, Worshipper

I’m annoyed with myself for how long this review has taken to write. Normally I only get struck by this

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Premiere: The Cosmic Dead ‘Furthur’ – New Album ‘Beyond The Beyond’ Drops 17th April

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Today at The Shaman, we’re beyond chuffed to be premiering Furthur, a heavy, head-warping dive into The Cosmic Dead’s expansive

Video Premiere: Oreyeon ‘I’m Your Mistake’ – New Album ‘The Grotesque Within’ Drops 13th Feb
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Video Premiere: Oreyeon ‘I’m Your Mistake’ – New Album ‘The Grotesque Within’ Drops 13th Feb

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

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