James Bullock, Author at The Sleeping Shaman

Review: Somnus Throne ‘Nemesis Lately’

Often you need a riff that just hits the spot. A bit like Pantera’s ethos of just hitting the money

The conventions of goth or death rock can sometimes be a little repetitive. The available tool kit is well developed

This is a surprisingly punishing album. For a band this young, there is an undeniable ‘Bog Body’ sound that hits

Let’s just understand what Telluric Effluvium means roughly. ‘Telluric’, broadly means related to Earth/the Earth’s crust. And ‘effluvium’ are the

One thing worth clarifying is Konvent, translated from Danish to English means ‘convention’ rather than ‘convent’, as in a community

Something continues to go down in Denver. If this is your first time with Astral Tomb; they’re a cavernous, three-piece,