Author: Lee Edwards

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Premiere: Witchthroat Serpent ‘Yellow Nacre’ – New Album Drops 3rd March via Heavy Psych Sounds

16th February 202324th March 2023 Lee Edwards Doom, Heavy Psych Sounds, Stoner, Witchthroat Serpent

As monstrously heavy French stoner doomers Witchthroat Serpent prepare themselves to release their new album Trove Of Oddities At The

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Premiere: Night Goat ‘Ghost Sickness’ – From New Album ‘Totem’ That Drops 17th March

14th February 202321st March 2023 Lee Edwards Black Donut Records, Death Rock, Night Goat

Ohio’s Night Goat are a difficult band to truly pigeonhole as words like ‘abrasive’, ‘death rock’, ‘goth’ ‘noise-rock’ and ‘post-punk’

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The All New The Sleeping Shaman Spotify Playlist

8th February 202321st March 2023 Lee Edwards Death Metal, Doom, Experimental, Heavy Rock, Noise-Rock, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Sludge, Spotify, Stoner

We’ve had a Spotify Playlist for the last eighteen months or so to run alongside the site and features select

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Video Premiere: Sarattma ‘Sciatic Haze’ – Taken From ‘Escape Velocity’ That’s Out Now

7th February 202316th March 2023 Lee Edwards Jazz, Nefarious Industries, Post-Metal, Prog, Sarattma

I think we could call this day of our dark lord Traumatic Tuesday. Why you ask? Well after watching the

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Premiere: Fatso Jetson ‘Angels Flight’ – Taken From ‘Legends Of The Desert’ Split With Dali’s Llama

3rd February 202316th March 2023 Lee Edwards Dali's Llama, Desert Records, Desert Rock, Fatso Jetson, Legends Of The Desert

Desert Records have been making quite a name for themselves over the last couple of years, partly due to their

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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March

2nd February 20238th March 2023 Lee Edwards Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Isaak, Stoner

Genoa’s hard-hitting heavy rock four-piece Isaak, a band that should be familiar having once been associated with long-running and highly

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Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March

1st February 20238th March 2023 Lee Edwards Dirge, Immersive Sounds, Post-Metal

Dirge, although they’ve been around since their formation in 2014, they might be a new name to some, so let’s

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Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records

25th January 20238th March 2023 Lee Edwards APF Records, Heavy Rock, Metal, Prog, TORSO

When your current band calls it a day, what’s a man supposed to do? Gather your instruments of torture and

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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month

18th January 20238th March 2023 Lee Edwards Fonoradar Records, Hands Up Who Wants To Die, Human Worth, Noise-Rock, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia

Hands Up Who Wants To Die, no that’s not a question, but the moniker of traumatising Irish noise-rockers who are

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Premiere: Betty Benedeadly & Braden Guess ‘Dust Storm Dance’ – New Album ‘At The Institute Of Mentalphysics’, Pre-Sales Start Today

13th January 20238th March 2023 Lee Edwards Betty Benedeadly, Braden Guess, Country, Desert Records, Instrumental

We’re big fans of Betty Benedeadly since being introduced to her foot-stomping instrumental country and surf rock stylings when Desert

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Premiere: The Freqs ‘Poacher Gets The Tusk’ – From ‘Poachers’ EP That Drops 3rd February

11th January 20238th March 2023 Lee Edwards Heavy Rock, Independent, Noise Rock, The Freqs

The Freqs, a Salem, Massachusetts-based rock and roll power-trio are a new band to us at Shaman HQ and hell,

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