Author: Sandy Williamson

Album & EP Reviews S 

Space God Ritual ‘Eldritch Tales’ DD 2013

25th February 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2013, Digital, Doom, Eldritch Tales, Heavy, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Space God Ritual, Stoner

Oregon doom duo Space God Ritual clearly has a huge boner for HP Lovecraft. There is, of course, absolutely nothing

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Album & EP Reviews T 

The Asound – S/T – CD/DD 2013

16th February 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy Rock, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Titled, Sludge, The Asound, Tsuguri Records

The best thing about writing for The Sleeping Shaman is I get to hear music by bands I’d never heard

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mist – Demo 2013 – CD/DD

14th February 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2013, CD, Demo, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Metal, Mist, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released

Mist are an all-female doom band from the beautiful city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. That caught my eye immediately, not only

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lurch – S/T – EP CS/DD 2013

13th February 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2013, Cassette, Digital, Grunge, Heavy, Lurch, Noise-Rock, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Self Titled

This is a very interesting proposition. Take two nasty Irish sludge/hardcore bands who shared a split back in 2011 (Drainland

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G-Q Interviews 

Godhunter: Sandy Interviews Guitarist Jake Brazelton

6th February 201415th September 2019 Sandy Williamson Battleground Records, City Of Dust, Godhunter, Interview, Jake Brazelton, Sandy Williamson, The Compound

Godhunter are Arizona’s scorched answer to sludge. A dark, malevolent beast that mixes equal parts raw hardcore with slow, lurching

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mammoth Storm ‘Rite Of Ascension’ Digital EP 2014

5th February 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Digital EP, Doom, Heavy, Mammoth Storm, Review, Rite Of Ascension, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Sludge

There’s something about the name Mammoth Storm that intrigues me. Is it referring to an enormous weather front, or a

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Doom ‘Corrupt Fucking System’ CD/LP/DD 2013

31st January 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2013, Anarcho Punk, Black Cloud Records, CD, Corrupt Fucking System, Crust, D-Beat, Digital, Doom (band), LP, Review, Sandy Williamson

With an album title like that, you can pretty much guess you’re in for some form of violent ride. How

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Album & EP Reviews G 

Godhunter ‘City Of Dust’ CD/LP/DD 2014

30th January 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, Battleground Records, CD, City Of Dust, Digital, Doom, Godhunter, Heavy, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sludge, The Compound

Godhunter are from Tucson, Arizona, yet the scorching sunshine of their home state seems to have left little trace on

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Album & EP Reviews K 

Kuolemanlaakso ‘Tulijoutsen’ CD/LP/DD 2014

28th January 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Death Doom, Digital, Doom, Gothic, Kuolemanlaakso, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Svart Records, Tulijoutsen

‘Kuolemanlaakso’ is Finnish for ‘Death Valley’. That’s pretty metal to start us off. Kuolemanlaakso are also only onto their second

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Album & EP Reviews O 

Orchid ‘The Zodiac Sessions’ CD/10″/LP 2013

24th January 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 10", 2013, Capricorn, CD, Doom, Heavy Rock, LP, Nuclear Blast Records, Orchid, Review, Sandy Williamson, The Zodiac Sessions, Through The Devil’s Doorway

Do you remember Black Sabbath? I don’t mean the new/old reunion that released one of 2013’s best metal records. I

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Album & EP Reviews D 

Doctor Cyclops ‘Oscuropasso’ CD/LP 2014

21st January 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Doctor Cyclops, Doom, Heavy Rock, LP, Oscuropasso, Review, Sandy Williamson, Stoner, World In Sound Records

Doctor Cyclops are another addition to the retro doom movement, one that counts such excellent bands as Blood Ceremony, Uncle

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