Author: Sandy Williamson

Album & EP Reviews P 

Pilgrim ‘II: Void Worship’ CD/LP/DD 2014

27th March 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, II: Void Worship, LP, Metal, Metal Blade Records, Pilgrim, Review, Sandy Williamson

To truly understand a band like Pilgrim, I truly believe you need to be stoned. Like, Cheech and Chong stoned.

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Album & EP Reviews S 

Sapien ‘Toad Handler’ CD/DD 2013

18th March 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2013, CD, Digital, Doom, Heavy, Review, Sandy Williamson, Sapien, Self Released, Sludge, Toad Handler

Sapien are a four piece sludge bands from Edinburgh, and are in possession of some class-A riffs. Seriously, listen to

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Album & EP Reviews M 

Mount Salem ‘Endless’ CD/DD 2014

15th March 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Digital, Doom, Endless, Heavy, Metal Blade Records, Mount Salem, Review, Sandy Williamson, Stoner Doom

Mount Salem have what we like to call in the reviewing business ‘swagger’. That’s not the same as ‘swag’, that’s

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Biche – S/T – CD/DD 2013

2nd March 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2013, Biche, CD, Digital, Hardcore, Heavy, Review, Sandy Williamson, Self Released, Self Titled, Sludge

Biche are a French duo that play filthy, bleak sludge doom. This sentence alone excites me because I find that

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Album & EP Reviews P 

Poobah ‘U.S. Rock’ CD/LP/DD Reissue 2014

28th February 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Classic Rock, Digital, Heavy Rock, LP, Poobah, Psych, Reissue, Review, Ripple Music, Sandy Williamson, U.S. Rock

‘U.S. Rock’ is a reissue of Poobah’s seminal psych rock second album. It was originally released in 1976 and hasn’t

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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

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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