Pelagic Records Archives - The Sleeping Shaman

Belgian mathcore heavyweights BEAR align more with tech-heavy acts like Hippotraktor on the post-metal roster of Pelagic Records than the

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Review: VLMV ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’

27th May 202627th May 2026 Lee Beamish Ambient, Pelagic Records, VLMV

As is the case with a lot of my favourite music, I can pretty much pinpoint where I was when

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Review: Amulets ‘Rem(a)inders’

26th May 202626th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Ambient, Amulets, Electronic, Pelagic Records, Soundscapes

The keen-eared talent scouts at Pelagic Records seem to have an endless resource of artists they unearth and try to

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Review: Legbiter / Norna ‘Legbiter / Norna’

20th May 202620th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Legbiter, Norna, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

Pelagic Records continue their mission to bring the finest in underground music through their diverse, curated roster. Having stretched their

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Review: HIRAKI & Meejah ‘Interwoven’

8th May 20268th May 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden HIRAKI, Meejah, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal

In one of the more ambitious releases of the year from Berlin-based Pelagic Records comes a split EP from a

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Review: JeGong ‘Gomi Kuzu Can’

27th February 202627th February 2026 Matthew Williams Electronic, JeGong, Kraut, Pelagic Records

One of the many pleasures of reviewing albums is that you get exposed to all sorts of different bands you

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Review: Predatory Void ‘Atoned In Metamorphosis’

24th February 202624th February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Black Metal, Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Predatory Void

Nestling in Western Europe, bordering France and Germany, when I think of Belgium, it is mostly medieval and Renaissance architecture,

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Review: Jagged City ‘There Are More of Us, Always’

19th February 202619th February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Instrumental, Jagged City, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Taking inspiration for their name from Hanif Adburraquib’s memoir There’s Always This Year, Jagged City began as a collaborative, cross-continental

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Review: PREYRS ‘The Wounded Healer’

16th January 202616th January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Pelagic Records, PREYRS

‘Inspired by highly influential Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s writings on ‘the wounded healer’ which explore the concept of an entity,

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Review: EF ‘Give Me Beauty… Or Give Me Death!’ [20th Anniversary Reissue]

13th January 202613th January 2026 Lee Beamish EF, Pelagic Records, Post-Rock

Hailing from Gothenburg in Sweden, EF have spent the last twenty years building a name for themselves, which has seen

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Review: The Devil’s Trade ‘Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép’

2nd December 20252nd December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Folk, Folk Doom, Pelagic Records, The Devil’s Trade

The Devil’s Trade has undoubtably been one of my favourite musical discoveries in recent years. Hungarian singer/songwriter Dávid Makó (formerly

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