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Review: 10,000 Years ‘All Quiet On The Final Frontier’

4th December 20244th December 2024 Josh Schneider 10000 Years, Doom, Heavy Metal, Ripple Music, Stoner

It’s been four years since 2020, aka ‘The Year Of The Plague’, and it’s been a whirlwind, especially for the

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Premiere: 10,000 Years ‘All Quiet On The Final Frontier’ – New Album Drops This Friday

21st November 202421st November 2024 Lee Edwards 10000 Years, Doom, Heavy Metal, Ripple Music, Stoner

The Swedish heavy-hitting stoner metal trio have been firm favourites here at Shaman HQ since the release of their self-titled

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Review: 1000mods ‘Cheat Death’

13th November 202413th November 2024 Matthew Williams 1000mods, Ouga Booga And The Mighty Oug Recordings, Ripple Music

I must start with a confession. Up until earlier this year, I hadn’t really heard much of Greek stoner rock

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Review: SoftSun ‘Daylight In The Dark’

5th November 20245th November 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doomgaze, Gary Arce, Pia Isa, Ripple Music, SoftSun

Regular readers of my writing on the site will know of my love for Yawning Man guitarist, the mesmerising and

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Review: Cortez ‘Thieves And Charlatans’

30th October 202430th October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Cortez, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music

Having spent a lot of time this year dallying around with post-metal, dreamy, ethereal music and some serious bludgeon, my

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Review: Hermano ‘When The Moon Was High’

4th October 20244th October 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Hermano, Ripple Music, Stoner Rock

Hermano, the revered cult stoner rock group featuring bassist Dandy Brown, Mike Callahan and David Angstrom on guitars, drummer Chris

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Review: The Ghost Next Door ‘Classic Songs Of Death And Dismemberment’

15th July 202415th July 2024 Matthew Williams Heavy Rock, Ripple Music, The Ghost Next Door

This has a slightly different feel to most albums that I tend to listen to from my favourite label, Ripple

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Review: Rifflord ’39 Serpent Power’

9th July 20249th July 2024 Matthew Williams Heavy Metal, Rifflord, Ripple Music

The build-up to opening track Serpent Power gives off an air of invincibility and of a band that know that

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Review: Haunted ‘Stare At Nothing’

8th May 20248th May 2024 Lee Beamish Doom, Haunted, Heavy Rock, Ripple Music

Formed in 2015, the Italian band Haunted have never been picked up on my radar. I’m not too sure why,

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Review: Temple Of The Fuzz Witch ‘Apotheosis’

2nd May 20246th May 2024 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Blackened Doom, Ripple Music, Sludge, Temple Of The Fuzz Witch

Sharpen your blades for this ripper! It severs into your neck causing a lacerating effect throughout the membranes of your

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Review: The Obsessed ‘Gilded Sorrow’

16th February 202416th February 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Ripple Music, The Obsessed

I’m going to gloss over the fact that living musical legend Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich formed the iconic and pioneering doom

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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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