Back at the beginning of the year I met with Grifter frontman and guitarist Ollie Stygall to discuss the recent success of their eponymous debut album, the progression of the band and their recently announced tour with Orange Goblin. Over…
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UK Doomers Serpent Venom and have around for a couple of years now, but 2011 certainly saw them turn the dial up to 11 with the release of their debut album ‘Carnal Altar’, a string of live dates throughout the…
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I found Horse Latitudes through the Doom Forever, Forever Doomed forum. The name just jumped out at me as something different and I was compelled to listen. What I found was stripped down pummelling twin bass occult doom with a…
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Those of you with long memories may remember a rather spiffy 7” single released by Southern Lord back in 2003 entitled ‘Church Burntings/New Jersey’ by a band named Loincloth. Said band was the project of Confessor bassist and drummer, respectively,…
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Conan, a band who seem to be riding on the crest of a doom wave of late and since the last time I interviewed them back in 2010, they now need little in the way of an introduction, unless of…
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Dopefight, Brighton’s sludge-laden connoisseurs of thee mighty riff, are one of the UK metal scene’s brightest underground talents. Playing shows across the land with everyone from Hang The Bastard, Astrohenge and Desert Storm to US doom titans Eyehategod, their power…
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Sleestak, not the humanoid lizard creature from The Land Of The Lost, nor a particular potent strain of dank, they are in fact a Wisconsin based 4 piece of dynamic proportions, laying down heavy doom atmospherics coupled with a science…
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White Hills are a heavy, spaced out psychedelic outfit from New York City and a band that should be witnessed live as anyone who experienced their blistering performances at this year’s Supersonic & Roadburn Festivals will testify! With a live…
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Whether you’ve just stumbled upon The Sleeping Shaman or are a regular visitor it’s a pretty fair assumption that you love stoner/doom/sludge or some combination of all three. If you’ve been following the scene for any length of time you…
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When a band can list such stalwarts like Acid King, Cavity and -16- as previous involvements you will immediately sit up and take note, and that’s before mentioning the name Black Cobra, who to readers of The Shaman will need…
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