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Premiere: DEAD ‘Riding Shadows’ – Taken From New Album ‘The Laughing Shadow’

7th October 20229th December 2022 Lee Edwards DEAD, Doom, Forbidden Place Records, Noise-Rock, Prog, Wantage USA, WeEmptyRooms

DEAD, the Australian doom and noise-rockers, who we first covered on The Shaman back in 2013 with a review of

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Caustic Casanova 'Glass Enclosed Nerve Center'
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Review: Caustic Casanova ‘Glass Enclosed Nerve Center’

5th October 20229th December 2022 Josh Schneider Alternative, Caustic Casanova, Magnetic Eye Records, Prog

I love when you randomly discover a band and it just clicks right away. Then you have to explore everything

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Mythic Sunship 'Light/Flux'
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Review: Mythic Sunship ‘Light/Flux’

3rd October 20229th December 2022 Martin Williams Jazz, Mythic Sunship, Prog, Psych, Tee Pee Records

As if overstating the idea of striking while the iron’s hot, prolific, Danish, psychedelic, free-jazz-explorers Mythic Sunship return from a

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Robot God 'Worlds Collide'
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Review: Robot God ‘Worlds Collide’

20th September 20229th December 2022 El Jefe Kozmik ArtIfactz, Prog, Robot God, Space Rock

Australian psych, prog, and space rock trio Robot God’s resume reads like a who’s who of Aussie stoner and heavy

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Crippled Black Phoenix @ Rebellion, Manchester, 9th Sept 2022 - Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Crippled Black Phoenix / MØL / Impure Wilhelmina @ Rebellion, Manchester, 9th September 2022

16th September 20229th December 2022 Lee Edwards Black Metal, Crippled Black Phoenix, Impure Wilhelmina, MØL, Post-Metal, Prog, Rebellion, Through The Lens

I took a trip to the Rebellion venue in Manchester last Friday to photograph the triple header of prog overlords

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Motorpsycho 'Ancient Astronauts'
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Review: Motorpsycho ‘Ancient Astronauts’

13th September 20229th December 2022 Harry Holmes Motorpsycho, Prog, Psych, Rune Grammofon, Stickman Records

Motorpsycho are back with another addition to their bewildering catalogue of releases, and another example of the kind of fruitful

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Crippled Black Phoenix 'Banefyre'
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Review: Crippled Black Phoenix ‘Banefyre’

6th September 20229th December 2022 James Bullock Crippled Black Phoenix, Prog, Season Of Mist

Crippled Black Phoenix (CPB) are brilliant at expressing profound anger and bitterness through their music. This latest release, Banefyre, is

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Anima Morte - Photo by Martin Gustafsson
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Video Premiere: Anima Morte ‘Blood Of The Iconoclast’ – Cinematic Prog From New Album ‘Serpents In The Fields’

1st September 20229th December 2022 Lee Edwards Anima Morte, Cadabra Records, Cinematic, Prog

Calling all horror soundtrack fans who must take note of Sweden’s truly awesome Anima Morte, a collective that meticulously follow

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King Buffalo 'Regenerator'
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Review: King Buffalo ‘Regenerator’

1st September 20229th December 2022 Josh Schneider Heavy Rock, King Buffalo, Prog, Psych, Stickman Records

I would be happy to just write a complete song one day, to come up with an original riff, and

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Garden Of Worm 'Endless Garden'
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Review: Garden Of Worm ‘Endless Garden’

26th August 202230th September 2022 Rob Bryant Doom, Folk, Garden Of Worm, Nasoni Records, Pariah Child Records, Prog

Garden Of Worm is a Finnish trio, apparently named after a King Crimson song. Endless Garden is their album number

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Mammoth Volume 'The Cursed Who Perform The Larvagod Rites'
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Review: Mammoth Volume ‘The Cursed Who Perform The Larvagod Rites’

18th August 202223rd September 2022 Josh Schneider Blues Funeral Recordings, Heavy Rock, Mammoth Volume, Prog

Weird. Unexpected. Fresh. Inspirational. There’s my review of Mammoth Volumes comeback album The Cursed Who Perform The Larvagod Rites. You

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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 – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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