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Having his American acoustic tour alongside Bob Wayne and Jay Munly in December, and just recently a trek through Australia and New Zealand alongside John Baizely, SCOTT KELLY‘s newest U.S. solo tour with support from EUGENE S. ROBINSON (Oxbow) is...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/scott-kellys-us-solo-tour-underway-new-album-nears-release/ In anticipation of their forthcoming release, Oro: Opus Primum and the follow-up Oro: Opus Alter, UFOMAMMUT have released a video trailer as an early indicator of what to expect from these monolithic new recordings. The footage was filmed during the...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/ufomammut-unleash-video-teaser-from-oro-recording-sessions/ By now I think it must be obvious to all and sundry that there is something in the water in Sweden, something that twists musicians there and pushes them toward the darker side of rock. Witness this latest bunch of...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/album-reviews/y/year-of-the-goat-lucem-ferre-mcd-2011/ ATOMIC CRIES is Saúl Do Caixão and Andy Lippoldt (of Persistence In Mourning), who play primitive doom metal exclusively. They have a new demo out now, the cassette is due out very soon (next week or so, they hope), the...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/introducing-primitive-doomers-atomic-cries/ AOL Spinner is streaming CORROSION OF CONFORMITY‘s self-titled new studio offering in its entirety. Set for European release on February 27th 2012 and a day later in North America via Candlelight Records, Corrosion Of Conformity was recorded at Dave Grohl’s...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/corrosion-of-conformity-full-album-stream-at-aol-music/ Ever since stoner rock bands started climbing out of the primordial Sabbath slime in the mid 90’s there have been a lot of bands following in the footsteps of Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Monster Magnet…etc, an AWFUL lot. And there have...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/album-reviews/t/the-company-corvette-end-of-the-summers-cd-2011/ Baby Woodrose is proud to premiere the new track Nothing Is Real off of their 6th studio album entitled Third Eye Surgery, which will see a European release on April 16th via Bad Afro Records. All Baby Woodrose albums have a...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/baby-woodrose-premiere-new-video-on-youtube/ On March 17th, NO ANCHOR are releasing an EP of new material titled ‘Rope / Pussyfootin’. Late in 2011, fresh from playing seven consecutive nights in Brisbane, the band entered the studio and banged out four songs in as many...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/no-anchor-rope-pussyfootin-7-inch-digital-ep-out-march-17th/ Killtown Bookings is extremely proud and honored to present the very first European tour ever of Oakland sludge masters NOOTHGRUSH and Portlands heaviest and most crushing outfit, ALDEBARAN!!! This tour will be the first time that both these bands have...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/noothgrush-aldebaran-procession-to-extinction-euro-tour-may-2012/ If you open an album with a riff that instantly puts me in mind of ‘In The Grip Of Winter’ by Autopsy, you’ve pretty much won me over. If you then proceed to knock out an album’s worth of tracks...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/album-reviews/h/hazzards-cure-st-cd-cassette-2011/ This Saturday, 18th Feb 2012, WIZARD’S BEARD will be launching their new album ‘Four Tired Undertakers‘, released via Altsphere Productions, by playing it in it’s entirety from beginning to end in their home town of Leeds at the Royal Park...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/wizards-beard-album-launch-gig-royal-park-cellars-in-leeds-tomorrow/ IDES OF GEMINI is a collusion of musical forces precipitated by the haunting and inimitable vocal prowess of singer/bassist Sera Timms, also of Los Angeles dark-psych alchemists Black Math Horseman. The compositions are the long-simmering mental fallout of veteran music...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/ides-of-gemini-to-release-new-full-length-via-neurot-recordings-this-spring-artwork-tracklisting-revealed/ Finally the time has come! After myriad setbacks and issues beyond their control. the mighty WINDHAND have set the release date for their debut LP in stone. On March 21, 2012, their critically acclaimed eponymous album will be available for...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/windhand-announce-march-us-tour-dates-updated-release-info-for-forcefield-debut/ “It’s bows and arrows against the lightning, anyhow,” said the artilleryman. “They ‘aven’t seen that fire-beam yet.” The title of this debut release from Chapel Hill, North Carolina doom crew Bitter Resolve always makes me think of HG Well’s book...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/album-reviews/b/bitter-resolve-bows-and-arrows-against-the-lightning-lp-dd-2011/ With the brand new album winging its way to eager ears across land and sea, BLACK BREATH now announce eagerly anticipated live dates. If that was not newsworthy enough they will be touring with Victims and Tormented for most of...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/black-breath-unveil-live-shows-in-support-of-new-album-sentenced-to-life/ With the release of MONARCH’s sixth full-length, Omens, set for release in just two weeks via At A Loss Recordings, the band are set to embark on their first full tour in support of the crushing album. The chaos shall...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/monarchs-full-album-streaming-via-brooklynvegan-european-tour-dates/ Axl Rose is a dickhead. I know it, you know it, hell, I imagine even he knows it. 15 years to release a record (2008′s ‘Chinese Democracy’) is a ridiculous length of time, especially when you have all the songs...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/stubb-st-cd-lp-dd-2012/ Hold onto your asses cos this March Conan, Serpent Venom, Undersmile and Grimpen Mire will be heading out on a three-day tour. This cavalcade of cavernous doom and sludge will be a showcase of some of the finest underground bands...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/conan-serpent-venom-undersmile-grimpen-mire-uk-tour-march-2012/ The latest Soggy Bog Podcast, number 63 – Doom Of Antiquity, is now available for your listening pleasure, and this week is a Classic Doom inspired special with a playlist centering around tracks from the 70′s and 80′s, although the...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/soggy-bog-63-doom-of-antiquity-now-available/ If you enjoy massive riffs that sound like the end of the world, France’s LOVE SEX MACHINE is for you. This three-piece plays one of the most crushing and apocalyptic sludgecore out there these days, in the vein of ADMIRAL...
Read More... »]]> http://www.thesleepingshaman.com/news/love-sex-machine-free-download-12-vinyl-out-in-march-via-throatruiner-records/