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Cathedral have always experimented, from the downbeat, sludgy doom metal of the debut full-length Forest Of Equilibrium to the stoner-oriented

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Review: SEK ‘Wallensteins Garage’

27th October 202627th October 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Exile On Mainstream Records, Prog, Psych, SEK

Sometimes, three musicians, a wall of sound, and the freedom to improvise are all you need, and Berlin’s instrumental power

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Premiere: SEK ‘Amore Mio’ – Debut Album ‘Wallensteins Garage’ Lands 30th October

14th October 202627th October 2026 Lee Edwards Exile On Mainstream Records, Prog, Psych, SEK

Berlin-based heavy psych and prog rock trio SEK – featuring members of Elder, Gavial, and Gaffa Ghandi – are gearing

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Review: Kavus Torabi ‘October By Name’

13th October 202613th October 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Believers Roast, Folk, Kavus Torabi, Prog, Psych

There are few musicians whose careers make the idea of musical boundaries seem quite so irrelevant as Kavus Torabi‘s. To

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Review: The Fierce And The Dead ‘Regional Theatre’

6th October 20266th October 2026 Lee Beamish Alternative, Post-Rock, Prog, Spencer Park Music, The Fierce And The Dead

Way back in May 2024, while attending the last of the annual Portals Festival, one of the bands I came

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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’ – New Album Lands This Friday, 2nd October

30th September 202630th September 2026 Lee Edwards APF Records, Doom, Grunge, Prog, Spider Kitten

Ahead of its official release this Friday, 2nd October, through APF Records, today The Shaman is thrilled to host the

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Review: Spider Kitten ‘God Don’t Sleep’

29th September 202629th September 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Doom, Grunge, Prog, Spider Kitten

Spider Kitten. A puzzle wrapped in a conundrum. A contradictory battle with experimentation, mental health, and a refusal to sit

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Review: REZN ‘Cycles In The Infinite Dream’

20th August 202620th August 2026 Rob Walsh Doom, Prog, REZN, Sargent House

REZN might just be one of Chicago’s best-kept heavy musical secrets. While they may not immediately ring as many bells

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Review: Tranquonauts ‘III’

24th June 202624th June 2026 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Blown Music, Echodelick Records, Heavy Rock, Kozmik ArtIfactz, Prog, Psych, Tranquonauts

When Paul Crick – better known to the faithful as Paul Lumber, the thunderous bass anchor of Melbourne, Australia’s much-celebrated

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Review: Øresund Space Collective ‘Progably you’re Wrong’

24th June 202624th June 2026 Rob Walsh Kraut, Øresund Space Collective, Prog, Space Rock, Space Rock Productions

I am no stranger to either instrumental music or long-form improvisation. I’ve delved into the depths of ‘60s and ‘70s

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Review: Elder ‘Through Zero’

5th June 20265th June 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bird’s Robe, Blues Funeral Recordings, Prog, Psych, Stickman Records

One of the highlights of Desertfest London 2025 was not only finally getting to see the Massachusetts-formed, now Berlin-based, stoner,

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