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Made Of Teeth
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Video Premiere: Made Of Teeth ‘What’s The Time’ – New Album ‘Sociopathogen’ Drops 24th June

13th June 202215th July 2022 Lee Edwards APF Records, Made Of Teeth, Noise-Rock, Punk, Sludge

As noiseniks Made Of Teeth, whose members are a veritable who’s who from the Welsh ‘heavy’ music scene, prepare to

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Liquid Shit 'Untold Horrors'
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Review: Liquid Shit ‘Untold Horrors’ EP

1st June 20226th July 2022 Harry Holmes Dry Cough Records, Liquid Shit, Sludge

Grebe… was squatting in his armchair, the dun decanter already aloft. ‘Shit “huuu”?’ The philosopher enquired. ‘I won’t, thanks,’ Busner

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Sator 'Cleansing Ritual'
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Review: Sator ‘Cleansing Ritual’

18th May 202224th December 2022 David J McLaren Argonauta Records, Doom, Sator, Sludge

Sator hail from Genoa, Italy, and with this their third album they are clearly making confident strides towards being spoken

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Review: Mano De Mono 'Chameleon Tongue'
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Review: Mano De Mono ‘Chameleon Tongue’

17th May 202217th June 2022 Goro Riffs Electric Valley Records, Mano De Mono, Sludge, Southern Rock

A tree comes down in the forest, and it’s definitely heard. Something massive this way comes, and sure enough, it’s

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Domkraft/Slomatics 'Ascend/Descend'
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Review: Domkraft/Slomatics ‘Ascend/Descend’

13th May 202217th June 2022 Harry Holmes Domkraft, Doom, Majestic Mountain Records, Slomatics, Sludge

Split releases come in a range of flavours – from new or smaller bands getting material out there cheaply, to

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Radian - Photo by Josh Fitzjarald
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Premiere: Radian ‘The Sun Spoils’ – Taken From Their New Album ‘Discordian’ That Drops In June

9th May 202215th June 2022 Lee Edwards Doom, Elburno Records, Radian, Sludge

It could be argued that Radian are a bit of a who’s who from the doom, sludge, and stoner genres

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Friend
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Video Premiere: Friend ‘International Top Bloke’ – Taken From Their Debut Album ‘Champion’

4th May 202215th June 2022 Lee Edwards Friend, Human Worth, Noise-Rock, Sludge

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we at Shaman HQ are big fans of Human Worth, both

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Sator - Photo by Sara Traverso
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Video Premiere: Sator ‘Ancient Disease’ – Taken From ‘Cleansing Ritual’ That Drops Next Month

31st March 202226th May 2022 Lee Edwards Argonauta Records, Doom, Sator, Sludge

If filthy despondent sludge and doom metal is what you have a craving for, you’ve landed in the right crypt

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Githyanki 'Rollin' The Dice'
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Review: Githyanki ‘Rollin’ The Dice’

31st March 202226th May 2022 Goro Riffs Githyanki, Grunge, Independent, Sludge

The Githyanki are a fascinating element found in the lore of Dungeons & Dragons, with a lot of interesting details

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Witchpit 'The Weight of Death'
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Review: Witchpit ‘The Weight of Death’

29th March 20224th May 2022 Martin Williams Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge, Witchpit

South Carolina’s Witchpit have been fine-tuning their brand of southern-fried-sludge going back to their formation in 2015, releasing a handful

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Shallow Black 'D2E0M2O | CHAPTERS'
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Review: Shallow Black ‘D2E0M2O [CHAPTERS]’ EP

24th March 20224th May 2022 Lee Beamish Doom, Shallow Black, Sludge

In the twenty-first century, considering how bombarded we are with information, and how accessible it would appear, the whole planet

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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

30th April 202630th April 2026 Lee Edwards

Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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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 – 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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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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