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Review: Nytt Land ‘Aba Khan’

23rd February 202623rd February 2026 Sandy Williamson Neo Folk, Nytt Land, Prophecy Productions

The tenth full-length record from Siberian folk duo Nytt Land, Aba Khan, sees them back to picking at the threads

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Review: Novembers Doom ‘Major Arcana’

3rd November 20253rd November 2025 Sandy Williamson Death Doom, Novembers Doom, Prophecy Productions

Chicago’s Novembers Doom have been giving us albums of melodic death/doom for nigh on thirty years at this point, and

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Review: Hexvessel ‘Nocturne’

7th August 20257th August 2025 Reza Mills Black Metal, Folk, Hexvessel, Prophecy Productions

Mat ‘Kvohst’ McNerney has been a constant since the early days of my Shaman writing career when I covered Hexvessel‘s

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Review: Nytt Land ‘Songs Of The Shaman’

19th May 202519th May 2025 Sandy Williamson Neo Folk, Nytt Land, Prophecy Productions

Nytt Land‘s work has slowly moved from their Nordic folk beginnings into a deeper representation of their Siberian heritage, beginning

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Year Of The Cobra
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Year Of The Cobra: An Interview With Bassist & Vocalist Amy Tung Barrysmith

7th May 20257th May 2025 Martin Williams Doom, Prophecy Productions, Year Of The Cobra

Perhaps it’s no coincidence that Seattle’s crushing, yet ethereal, doom metal, power duo Year Of The Cobra returned in 2025

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Review: Year Of The Cobra ‘Year Of The Cobra’

21st March 202521st March 2025 Martin Williams Doom, Prophecy Productions, Year Of The Cobra

Seattle’s much-heralded doom, power-duo Year Of The Cobra return with their first release since 2019’s Ash And Dust, the tremendous

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Review: Amber Asylum ‘Ruby Red’

20th March 202520th March 2025 Lee Beamish Amber Asylum, Folk, Folk Doom, Prophecy Productions

For today’s review I am going to try my best to help you envisage the world of long-time musical project

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Review: Botanist ‘Paleobotany’

11th June 202411th June 2024 Will J Black Metal, Blackgaze, Botanist, Prophecy Productions

Of all the words used to describe Botanist, the one that might do it best is ‘unconventional’. Their early offerings

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Tar Pond
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Tar Pond: Interview With Vocalist Thomas Ott & Guitarist Daniele Merico

27th October 202327th October 2023 Lee Beamish Doom, Prophecy Productions, Tar Pond

Hot off the back of reviewing the latest release, Petrol, I was given the opportunity to throw some questions at

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Review: Tar Pond ‘Petrol’

13th September 202313th September 2023 Lee Beamish Doom, Prophecy Productions, Tar Pond

Having formed initially in 2015, the self-pronounced anti-supergroup Tar Pond first spawned into life featuring members of Coroner and Celtic

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Review: Dool ‘Summerland’

7th May 20205th June 2020 Jamie Grimes Dool, Heavy Rock, Prophecy Productions, Summerland

Stadium rock filtered through vaguely underground aesthetics seems like such a fucking weird thing to do, but hey, here are

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