RED FANG have confirmed a string of European headlining dates to conincide with their tour of Europe with Mastodon. A complete list of tour dates is listed below. Tour Dates: 11/1 FIN, Tampere Pakkahuone 12/1 FIN, Helsinki Circus 14/1 SWE,…
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The behemoth stirs. Having been somewhat out of our eye for a time, the mighty men of Hull hath returned, laying waste to our ears once more. Barring a more readily-available re-release of their one-song ‘Viking Funeral’ EP last year…
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I first came across the name of Chelsea Wolfe upon its addition to the already jaw-dropping lineup for Roadburn Festival 2012. The Roadburn team have been a continuous source of great music when I go hunting for new stuff, and…
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The Wounded Kings return to Roadburn Festival on Saturday, April 14th, 2012 at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland (With the addition of The Wounded Kings to Roadburn 2012, the line-up for Saturday, April 14th is complete). A new era of…
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Brooklyn Vegan are now streaming stoner doom collective UZALA‘s self-titled debut in its entirety which you listen to HERE! In addition, The Obelisk recently hosted an exclusive premiere of a brand-new UZALA track, “Cataract” (a bonus cut from their upcoming…
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It’s kind of preposterous that of all of the dedicated writers here at the Sleeping Shaman that I should be one of the ones to attempt to round up the year in heavy music on its behalf. For starters, I…
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The latest Soggy Bog Podcast, number 55 – Burning Christmas, is now available for your listening pleasure and this week is a slight deviation from pervious casts with a more blackened death doom playlist, along with a selection of tracks…
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Roadburn have invited Romanian visual artist Costin Chioreanu to be the official artist for Roadburn 2012. Chioreanu will set the visual tone for the festival together with Voivod’s Michel Langevin and a new, as of yet unnamed, Dutch artist. More…
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I recently submitted this to the Roadburn Top 10 albums of the year, if you haven’t submitted yours yet, you can do so here, but I thought I’d post the list here as well. 2011 has been a seriously good…
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The first thing that strikes you about US grindcore veterans Brutal Truth’s scorching new album End Time is the departure in style and mood from their relatively cleaner (yet still refreshingly ‘organic’ sounding) Earache-template uber-grind of the past. They’ve clearly…
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