Mark Hunt-Bryden, Author at The Sleeping Shaman

Keef ‘Stoned To Doom’ CD 2011

27th May 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review, Stoner Doom, Traditional Doom

Canadian’s often get a rough ride from their southern cousins – the South Park boys famously poked fun at this

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Gallow God ‘False Mystic Prose’ CD 2011

7th May 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, False Mystic Prose, Gallow God, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Review

Sometimes these days you pick up a rock magazine and it’s like reading a different language; post-this, that-core and I’m

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Wizard’s Beard ‘Pure Filth’ CD 2011

31st March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Mark Hunt-Bryden, PsycheDOOMelic Records, Pure Filth, Review, Sludge, Stoner Doom, Wizard's Beard

Hailing from the mighty Leeds, Wizard’s Beard are a vile blast of sludge/doom metal that makes being a fan of

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Neurosis ‘Souls At Zero’ Reissue CD 2011

30th March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden CD, Doom, Hardcore, Heavy, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Reissue, Review, Scott Kelly, Souls At Zero, Steve Von Till

Another year and another boundary breaking landmark to celebrate from Oakland’s darkest sons, this time it’s the almost 20 year

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Boss 302 ‘Time To Motor’ CD 2010

23rd March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Boss 302, CD, Fuzz, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Southern Rock, Stoner Rock, Time To Motor, Toil Records

Sometimes music does exactly what it says on the tin / CD / MySpace Blog: Boss 302, – you know

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Burger World – ST – CDEP 2011

19th March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Burger World, CDEP, Fuzz, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Review, Self Released, Southern Rock

There is a certain charm about truly underground music; Nothing captures the feel of rock and roll quite like watching

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Tephra ‘Temple’ CD/LP 2011

16th March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, CD, Doom, Golden Antenna Records, Heavy, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Post-Hardcore, Prog Rock, Review, Sludge, Temple, Tephra

When you think back over the history of heavy rock music, it is incredible how much it has diversified since

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Iroha – ST – CD/LP 2011

10th March 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Ambient, Andy Swan, CD, Denovali Records, Diarmuid Dalton, Drone, Experimental, Industrial, Iroha, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Shoegaze

I admit I am a sucker for packaging and when this dropped through my letter box to review it was

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Opus ‘Autonomy’ CDEP 2010

19th February 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, Autonomy, CDEP, Desert Rock, Heavy Rock, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Opus, Review, Self Released, Stoner Rock

Honestly some days you can’t win as a band. No one wants to pay for music anymore, especially if your

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Sons Of Tonatiuh – ST – CD/LP 2010

28th January 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2010, CD, Doom, Heavy, Hydro-Phonic Records, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Review, Sludge, Sons Of Tonatiuh, Southern Rock

Coming from the depths of Atlanta Georgia, a place known for it’s more multicultural take on Southern style it is

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Ghoul Poon ‘Bastard Sorcerer’ CD / ‘100 Psychic Dreams’ DVD 2010

14th January 20112nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 100 Psychic Dreams, 2010, Bastard Sorcerer, CD, DVD, Experimental, Ghoul Poon, Lofi Kabuki Records, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise, Review, Visual

More often than not when writing a review, I try to live with a release for a while and let