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Review: Coleman Williams ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

23rd January 202623rd January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Coleman Williams, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

When he created The Magnolia Sessions back in 2020 to showcase real country, bluegrass and folk music, Anti-Corp Music main

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Review: PREYRS ‘The Wounded Healer’

16th January 202616th January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, Pelagic Records, PREYRS

‘Inspired by highly influential Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung’s writings on ‘the wounded healer’ which explore the concept of an entity,

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Review: The Hyena Kill ‘Collapse’

12th January 202612th January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Alternative, APF Records, The Hyena Kill

Manchester’s The Hyena Kill are a band I have long admired but haven’t until now had the chance to write

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Review: Vulture God ‘No Easy Answer’ EP

31st December 202531st December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Independent, Vulture God

In my long journey to end up as the old dog of The Sleeping Shaman writing staff, one thing has

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Review: Wolftooth ‘Wizard’s Light’

24th December 202524th December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Metal, Ripple Music, Wolftooth

Having gotten into heavy music at the tail-end of the ‘eighties ’80s, my tastes have walked a tightrope between what

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Top Ten Of 2025: Mark Hunt-Bryden

22nd December 202526th December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Author & Punisher, Howling Giant, Kal-El, Lorquin's Admiral, Maha Sohona, SoftSun, The Devil’s Trade, The Hyena Kill, Top Ten 2025, TORSO, Woodhawk

2025… Well, that came and went in a blur. Personally, this year was filled with many moments of joy and

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Review: Maha Sohona ‘A Dark Place’

16th December 202516th December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Bonebag Records, Maha Sohona, Prog, Stoner

According to Sinhalese folklore, the name Maha Sohona means ‘great graveyard demon’ and is one of the most feared in

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Review: Yawning Man ‘Pavement Ends’

10th December 202510th December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Desert Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds, Yawning Man

Forgive the idiom, but like the proverbial buses, November brings a double instalment of one of my favourite guitarists. Recently,

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Review: The Devil’s Trade ‘Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép’

2nd December 20252nd December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Folk, Folk Doom, Pelagic Records, The Devil’s Trade

The Devil’s Trade has undoubtably been one of my favourite musical discoveries in recent years. Hungarian singer/songwriter Dávid Makó (formerly

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Review: Howling Giant ‘Crucible & Ruin’

26th November 202526th November 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Howling Giant, Magnetic Eye Records

The passage of time has fared very strangely this year. Whilst the news has been an exhausting deluge of relentless,

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Review: Psychonaut ‘World Maker’

24th November 202524th November 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Pelagic Records, Post-Metal, Prog Metal, Psychonaut

Life comes at you thick and fast these days. I’ve frequently talked about the volume of music that is made

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