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The All New The Sleeping Shaman Spotify Playlist

8th February 202321st March 2023 Lee Edwards Death Metal, Doom, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Sludge, Spotify

We’ve had a Spotify Playlist for the last eighteen months or so to run alongside the site and features select

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Remote Viewing 'Modern Addictions'
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Review: Remote Viewing ‘Modern Addictions’

1st February 20238th March 2023 Harry Holmes Hardcore, Human Worth, Remote Viewing, Sludge

‘Is it serious?’ – in the sense of ‘not humorous’, perhaps not entirely. In the sense of ‘grievous’, ‘will I

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Raum Kingdom 'Monarch'
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Review: Raum Kingdom ‘Monarch’

19th January 20238th March 2023 Rob Walsh Argonauta Records, Post-Metal, Raum Kingdom, Sludge

There was a time when I was pretty fixated on so-called ‘post-metal’ and many of the analogous scenes and genres.

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KOLLAPS\E 'Phantom Centre'
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Review: KOLLAPS\E ‘Phantom Centre’

12th January 20238th March 2023 Reza Mills Kollapse, Post-Metal, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

The backslash in KOLLAPS\E signifies a typographical mark used in computer programming, rather than English punctuation. Are the band computer

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Cerbère - Photo by Arthur Couette
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Video Premiere: Cerb​è​re ‘Cendre’ – From Their Debut Album, Releases 27th Jan via Chien Noir

10th January 20238th March 2023 Lee Edwards Cerb​è​re, Chien Noir, Doom, Sludge

Three mammoth tracks in forty-three minutes is what you’ll be tormented with on the debut album of despondent blackened sludge

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Private Prisons 'Extrication'
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Review: Private Prisons ‘Extrication’

28th December 20226th February 2023 Reza Mills Death Metal, Doom, Private Prisons, Sludge, Trepanation Recordings

Private Prisons are an Anaheim, California quartet who consist of Ryan Beitler – guitars, vocals, loops and synth, Federico Pennacchini

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-(16)- 'Into Dust'
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Review: -(16)- ‘Into Dust’

23rd December 20226th February 2023 Harry Holmes -(16)-, Metal, Relapse Records, Sludge

The band -(16)- have never quite landed squarely in my field of interest, on the face of it, they are

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Onhou 'Monument'
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Review: Onhou ‘Monument’

13th December 20226th February 2023 Lee Beamish Doom, Lay Bare Recordings, Onhou, Sludge, Tartarus Records

Heading out of Groningen, Dutch bruisers Onhou are coming for you, and it would appear the aim is aural destruction,

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Grava ‘Weight Of A God’
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Review: Grava ‘Weight Of A God’

1st December 20221st February 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Aesthetic Death, Doom, Grava, Sludge

Personally, I have always found some connection with unpleasant, slow, grinding heavy music. There is something extremely cathartic when you

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Remote Viewing
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Video Premiere: Remote Viewing ‘Your Opinion Is Wrong’ – From New Album ‘Modern Addictions’

29th November 20223rd January 2023 Lee Edwards Hardcore, Human Worth, Remote Viewing, Sludge

Although Remote Viewing have been around for a handful of years, they’re a new name to us here at Shaman

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Buzzherd/Pale Horseman - Split
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Review: Buzzherd/Pale Horseman – Split

21st November 202226th December 2022 Goro Riffs Buzzherd, Death Metal, Doom, Pale Horseman, Sludge, Thrash Metal

The art of the split release is a beast all its own. Putting together two, or more, bands on a

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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

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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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