The Sleeping Shaman

September 2011

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Bongripper To Play Two Sets At Roadburn 2012 & Fleshpress Added To Roadburn 2012 Afterburner!

30th September 2011

Roadburn 2012 - Bongripper

Roadburn are excited to announce that Bongripper and Fleshpress have joined the lineup for Roadburn Festival 2012. Chicago’s Bongripper invade Europe for the first time through the Roadburn 2012 Festival. The instrumental doom entity coalesced in 2005 and built a cult…
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SUPERFI RECORDS: Pig Heart Transplant / The Endless Blockade – Split 7″ Out Now!

30th September 2011

Pig Heart Transplant / The Endless Blockade - Split 7"

Sludged-out noise meets noised-out powerviolence. Pig Heart Transplant is Jon Iron Lung plus chums. The Endless Blockade are ex-Shank and this is their swansong. 545 copies all on black with 3-panel sleeve. Art by Feeding – www.feedfeeding.blogspot.com Screened by Heavyrock…
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Supersonic Announce More Exhibitions, Talks and Films

30th September 2011

Supersonic-2011

To make your weekend whole, Supersonic have got an excellent programme of films, exhibitions, talks and workshops. Particularly exciting is the news that Whitehouse/Cut Hands front man William Bennett will be talking about his new project, his West African musical…
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Kerretta ‘Saansilo’ CD/LP 2011

30th September 2011

Kerretta

‘Difficult Second Album’ syndrome can be a real bitch – Do you follow the same formula? Is this the right time to make a stylistic departure? Does anyone care? – but New Zealand-based space cadet instrumental trio Kerretta have navigated…
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Necros Christos To Play Roadburn Festival 2012

29th September 2011

Roadburn 2012 - Necros Christos

In yet more Roadburn 2012 news, today they were excited to announce that Necros Christos will be bringing their atmospheric doom / death metal to the Roadburn  Festival on Saturday, April 14th, 2012. Germany’s Necros Christos invoke ancient necromantic death metal…
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Siskiyou Announce UK Tour Dates & Release Brand New Video Footage

29th September 2011

Siskiyou

TOUR DATES: 06.11.11 London, UK – The Lexington 07.11.11 Oxford, UK – The Jericho 08.11.11 Liverpool, UK – Shipping Forecast 09.11.11 Manchester, UK – Night & Day 10.11.11 Glasgow, UK – Captains Rest 11.11.11 Middlesbrough, UK – Westgarth SC 12.11.11…
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ROADBURN 2012: Anekdoten, Gnod, Spiders & Necro Deathmort Now Confirmed!

29th September 2011

Roadburn 2012 - Anekdoten

Voivod named their curated event at Roadburn Festival 2012, Au-delà du Réel, after the band’s favorite sci-fi show, The Outer Limits, when it was broadcast in french during the 70s. As curator, Voivod will personally select the bands that will…
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Groan / Vinum Sabbatum – Split CD 2011

29th September 2011

Groan / Vinum Sabbatum – Split CD 2011

For a label barely 2 years into their existence, Doomanoid Records have grown at a rate far beyond their tender age from their inauspicious beginnings to a label putting out some very fine, not to mention imaginative packages…just check out…
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Yob / Dark Castle / Kongh / Pine Barrens – 13th Oct, Star & Garter, Manchester

28th September 2011

Yob Dark Castle Kongh Tour Poster

Off the back of their recent ‘Live At Roadburn 2010′ CD/DVD release, riff-mongers Yob are set to hit the UK in October with Dark Castle and Kongh in tow, they will swing by to The Star & Garter in Manchester…
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Agnosis ‘Hecate’ DL EP Reissue 2011

28th September 2011

Agnosis

Agnosis were a fiercely renowned sludge, doom band from upstate New York, formed in 2002 by Austin Lunn, Andrew Jude and Robin Koytcheff. The band released three EPs and one LP before going on hiatus in the beginning of 2007….
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