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Review: Weite ‘Oase’

6th December 20246th December 2024 Lee Beamish Instrumental, Prog, Stickman Records, Weite

Every now and then something will come along that you didn’t know you needed until you are caught up in

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Review: Crippled Black Phoenix ‘The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature’ + ‘Horrific Honorifics Number Two(2)’

6th December 20246th December 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Crippled Black Phoenix, Prog, Season Of Mist

In the twenty years since former Iron Monkey drummer Justin Greaves founded the dark rock band Crippled Black Phoenix, encouraged

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Review: Blood Incantation ‘Absolute Elsewhere’

16th October 202416th October 2024 Sandy Williamson Blood Incantation, Century Media, Death Metal, Prog

The new lords of cosmic progressive death metal have returned from whatever dimension they normally inhabit when not on our

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Review: Mammoth Volume ‘Raised Up By Witches’

27th August 202427th August 2024 Martin Williams Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock, Mammoth Volume, Prog

Sweden’s Mammoth Volume will forever induce flashbacks to the late ‘90s for me. When I was first getting into stoner

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Review: delving ‘All Paths Diverge’

23rd August 202423rd August 2024 Rob Walsh Blues Funeral Recordings, delving, Nick DiSalvo, Prog, Psych, Stickman Records

No one could ever fault Nick DiSalvo for not being busy. When the Elder frontman isn’t pushing as many complex

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Review: Sacri Monti ‘Retrieval’

7th August 20247th August 2024 Martin Williams Prog, Psych, Sacri Monti, Tee Pee Records

I like to think that I’m pretty in tune with the global stoner, doom, and psych rock scenes, but despite

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Review: The Swell Fellas ‘Residuum Unknown’

31st July 202431st July 2024 Matthew Williams Heavy Rock, Independent, Prog, Psych, The Swell Fellas

A strange forty seconds of noise begins the album, leading into the sombre beginning that is Chore to Bathe, almost

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Review: Louise Patricia Crane ‘Netherworld’

23rd July 202426th July 2024 Lee Beamish Folk, Louise Patricia Crane, Peculiar Doll Records, Prog

For all the albums I’ve covered since writing for The Sleeping Shaman, there have only really been a couple of

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Premiere: The Swell Fellas ‘Give Roses’ – New Album ‘Residuum Unknown’ Releases 19th July

12th July 202412th July 2024 Lee Edwards Independent, Prog, Psych, The Swell Fellas

As Nashville, Tennessee, by way of Ocean City, Maryland, heavy proggy and psych power trio The Swell Fellas prepare to

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Review: REZN ‘Burden’

28th June 202428th June 2024 Ben Brackin Doom, Prog, REZN, Sargent House

I listen to quite a bit of extreme metal, whether it is death, black, doom, sludge, or any of the

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Review: Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats ‘Nell’ Ora Blu’

24th May 202424th May 2024 Rob Walsh Prog, Psych, Rise Above Records, Soundtrack, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats

When it comes to occult-tinged rock, there are perhaps few finer purveyors in the modern era than Uncle Acid And

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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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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

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

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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 – 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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