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Review: Ten East & SoftSun ‘Turned To Stone Chapter 10’

13th April 202613th April 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Ripple Music, SoftSun, Ten East, Turned To Stone

Ripple Music’s split vinyl series Turned To Stone has become a benchmark for high-quality, heavy and thematic releases. Each chapter

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Review: Axe Dragger ‘Axe Dragger’

19th March 202619th March 2026 Tom Hanno Axe Dragger, Heavy Metal, Ripple Music

There’s a new band coming your way, one that I suppose you could call a super group, as the members

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Review: Hermano ‘Clisson, France’

17th March 202617th March 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Hermano, Ripple Music

As someone who names John Garcia amongst his top three vocalists, Hermano have always been a project of supreme cool.

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Review: Suplecs ‘Hymns Under A Blood Moon Sky’

10th March 202610th March 2026 Martin Williams Ripple Music, Stoner, Suplecs

When I first began really digging into stoner rock around the turn of the millennium, one of the first bands

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Review: Wolftooth ‘Wizard’s Light’

24th December 202524th December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Metal, Ripple Music, Wolftooth

Having gotten into heavy music at the tail-end of the ‘eighties ’80s, my tastes have walked a tightrope between what

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Review: Wino ‘Create Or Die’

1st December 20251st December 2025 Martin Williams Americana, Doom, Ripple Music, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino

Chances are if you’re reading this review, or The Sleeping Shaman in general, the man known as Wino needs no

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Review: Stonebirds ‘Perpetual Wasteland’

31st October 202531st October 2025 Matthew Williams Post-Metal, Ripple Music, Stonebirds

Perpetual Wasteland is the fourth and final episode from Breton trio Stonebirds, and it’s a collection of six songs that

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Review: Supernaughty ‘Apocalypso’

9th October 20259th October 2025 Martin Williams Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, Stoner, Supernaughty

Livorno, Italy’s Supernaughty return with their third full-length, and the four-piece’s first for Ripple Music, the much-anticipated Apocalypso. Supernaughty (undoubtedly

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Review: Borracho ‘Ouroboros’

11th September 202511th September 2025 Martin Williams Borracho, Ripple Music, Stoner Rock

Borracho, the veteran, Washington DC based, riff and fuzz power trio, return in prompt fashion with Ouroboros, their first output

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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: Crystal Spiders ‘Metanoia’

10th June 202510th June 2025 Lee Beamish Crystal Spiders, Doom, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music

Crystal Spiders are back baby!! And this time there’s more of them. One of North Carolina’s premier hard rocking monoliths

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