Author: Lee Edwards

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New Merch Alert: White/Black Baseball T-Shirts Featuring Artwork By Mroc71

10th August 202310th August 2023 Lee Edwards Merch, Shaman Shop, T-Shirts

It’s been a few months so we at The Shaman thought it was time to drop some new merchandise. After

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Premiere: KIND ‘Close Encounters’ – New Album Releases This Friday, 11th July, via Ripple Music

9th August 20239th August 2023 Lee Edwards Grunge, Heavy Rock, KIND, Ripple Music, Stoner

Boston, MA based heavy rockers KIND are gearing up to release their new album Close Encounters, their third long-player (hence

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Video Premiere: Darsombra ‘Gibbet Lore’ – From New Double Album ‘Dumesday Book’

1st August 20231st August 2023 Lee Edwards Darsombra, Pnictogen Records, Prog, Psych

How would you describe a band like Darsombra? Psych, kraut, prog, post-rock, post-metal, doom, drone or even good old rock

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Featured Live Reviews 

Through The Lens: Bongzilla / Nxmad / Dwingle @ The Bread Shed, Manchester, 16th June 2023

25th July 202325th July 2023 Lee Edwards Bongzilla, Doom, Dwingle, Manchester, Nxmad, Sludge, The Bread Shed, Through The Lens

Back in June, which also turned out to be one of the hottest days of the year so far, we

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Premiere: Spider Kitten ‘A Pound For The Peacebringer’ – New Album Drops 1st September

13th July 202313th July 2023 Lee Edwards APF Records, Doom, Psych, Sludge, Spider Kitten

The eclectic Spider Kitten, who are long-standing fan favourites on these hallowed pages, recently signed to Salford’s very own APF

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Review: Wallowing ‘Earth Reaper’

13th July 202313th July 2023 Lee Edwards Blackened Doom, Church Road Records, Sludge, Wallowing

Is there some sort of evening adult-leaning class or maybe an online interactive course that I can do which will

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Video Premiere: Thedus ‘Regression’ – New Album ‘Hypnosis’ Drops 28th July via Argonauta Records

12th July 202312th July 2023 Lee Edwards Argonauta Records, Doom, Instrumental, Post-Metal, Thedus

As the Italian heavy instrumental doom and post-metal three-piece Thedus gear up to release their debut album Hypnosis, a seven-track,

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Video Premiere: Margarita Witch Cult ‘Annihilation’ – Debut Self-Titled Album Is Out Now

11th July 202311th July 2023 Lee Edwards Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Margarita Witch Cult, Stoner

Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Napalm Death, Godflesh, and now we can add Margarita Witch Cult to the list of formidable

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Featured Live Reviews 

Through The Lens: Jo Quail / Dead Space Chamber Music @ The White Hotel, Salford, 13th May 2023

23rd June 202311th July 2023 Lee Edwards Dead Space Chamber Music, Jo Quail, Neo Classical, Neo Folk, Salford, The Beauty Witch, The White Hotel, Through The Lens

Back in mid-May, I took another short trip down to The White Hotel in Salford when The Beauty Witch presented

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Featured Live Reviews 

Through The Lens: BIG|BRAVE @ Soup, Manchester, 9th May 2023

20th June 202320th June 2023 Lee Edwards Aicher, BIG|BRAVE, Grey Lantern, Manchester, Soup, Through The Lens

Another belated Through The Lens post when Grey Lantern hosted BIG|BRAVE in Manchester last month. I was lucky enough to

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Through The Lens: Ecstatic Vision / Tero Kulero / Tim Holehouse @ The Continental, Preston, 3rd May 2023

15th June 202320th June 2023 Lee Edwards Ecstatic Vision, Preston, Tero Kulero, The Continental, Through The Lens, Tim Holehouse

Another better late-than-never post when the awesome heavy psych rock of Philadelphia’s Ecstatic Vision hit The Continental in Preston at

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