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Review: HÖG ‘BLACKHOLE’

16th September 202516th September 2025 Martin Williams HÖG, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

Now, HERE is a sound that I can completely get behind. HÖG, hailing from Portland, via Central Valley, California, have

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Review: Hebi Katana ‘Imperfection’

9th September 20259th September 2025 Matthew Williams Doom, Heavy Rock, Hebi Katana, Proto-Metal, Ripple Music

Since joining the roster of writers for The Sleeping Shaman, I’ve had my musical mind opened to a wide range

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Twentieth Trip’

14th May 202514th May 2025 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is here, and all that comes with it, warmer weather, zombie Jesus, the universal stoner holiday and another installment,

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Review: Various Artists ‘Yeah Man, It’s Bloody Heavy!!’

12th May 202512th May 2025 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, Rise Above Records, Various Artists, Yeah Man It's Bloody Heavy!!

Now, here is an interesting compilation. In the spirit of Riding Easy Records fabled Brown Acid series, Rise Above Records

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Review: Rainbows Are Free ‘Silver And Gold’

11th April 202511th April 2025 Renzo Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, Rainbows Are Free, Ripple Music

The Unlimited Colours Of The Rainbow… There are countless stoner-doom and heavy-psych bands these days, both classic and emerging, but

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Review: Granicus ‘Granicus’ [Reissue]

10th April 202510th April 2025 Rob Walsh Granicus, Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

YouTube might not be the site it was twenty years ago, but if there is one silver lining aspect, it

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Various Artists ‘Brown Acid The Nineteenth Trip’

18th December 202418th December 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

At this point, stoner rockers, doom-metal mavens, garage rock collectors, heavy psych-heads and proto-metal worshipers around the globe can practically

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid The Eighteenth Trip’

9th May 202418th December 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is in the air, and with that we can count on warmer weather, everyone’s favorite, annual stoner holiday, and

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Review: Sonny Vincent ‘Primitive 1969-1976’

7th December 20237th December 2023 Reza Mills Proto-Metal, Punk, Ripple Music, Sonny Vincent

Born in 1952 in New York, Sonny Vincent has an extensive music career which stretches right back to the late

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Review: Various Artist ‘Brown Acid – The Seventeenth Trip’

8th November 20238th May 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

It’s now the time of year when there’s a chill in the air, the leaves are changing, horror movie marathons

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Review: Deathchant ‘Thrones’

18th October 202318th October 2023 Martin Williams Deathchant, Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

I’ve been feeling some déjà vu lately at The Sleeping Shaman, as some bands I reviewed when I first started

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