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Tom McKibbin Reflects On The Year That Was 2011

22nd December 20113rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 40 Watt Sun, All Pigs Must Die, Alunah, Article, Atlas Moth, Banda De La Muerte, Bastard Of The Skies, Boris, Cave In, Chelsea Wolfe, Conan, Cultura Tres, Damnation, Dead Existence, Desert Storm, Dopefight, Dopethrone, Earth, Electric Wizard, Five Will Die, Grifter, Gurt, Hank Williams III, Meadows, Orange Goblin, Paul Catten, Pombagira, Premonition 13, Ramesses, Roadburn, Rwake, Serpent Venom, Sigiriya, Slabdragger, Sourvein, Supersonic, Thou, Tom McKibbin, Tree Of Sores, Undersmile, Weedeater, Wiht, Windhand, Wizard's Beard, Wolves In The Throne Room, Yob

It’s kind of preposterous that of all of the dedicated writers here at the Sleeping Shaman that I should be

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The Shaman’s Top 10 Albums of 2011

21st December 2011 Lee Edwards Across Tundras, Amebix, Article, Black Cobra, Bong, Conan, Grifter, Lee Edwards, Paul Catten, Pombagira, Premonition 13, Serpent Venom, Sigiriya, Sleestak, Slomatics, The Body & Braveyoung, Top 10 Albums Of 2011, Undersmile, Uzala, White Hills, Windham

I recently submitted this to the Roadburn Top 10 albums of the year, if you haven’t submitted yours yet, you

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Pete Green Takes A Look Back At 2011

7th December 20112nd September 2019 Pete Green Article, Astrohenge, Atomic Bitchwax, Black Cobra, Black Tusk, Colour Haze, Crumbling Ghost, Dark Castle, Dead Existence, Death From Above 1979, Desertfest, Desertscene.co.uk, Dixie Witch, Elder, Howl, Kongh, Olde Growth, Pete Green, Queens of the Stone Age, Rotor, Slabdragger, Sungrazer, Toad In The Tree, WITTR, Wolves In The Throne Room, Yob

In the fertile vineyards of heaviness, 2011 has been a good year and good, filthy rock music really is in

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Saul Takes An Objective Look At The Madness That Is UFO Gestapo

9th November 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão Article, Saúl Do Caixão, UFO Gestapo

Buzz Osbourne once stated, that in the general public and music press’s scramble to pigeonhole the Melvins as the godfathers

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A Look Back At 2009

17th December 2009 Lee Edwards A Look Back At 2009, Ancestors, Article, Astra, Black Pyramid, Church Of Misery, Drian Nash, Fleshgod, Immortal, Kreator, Kylesa, La Coka Nostra, Shrinebuilder

It seems I’m having trouble remembering what happened in 2009, all I can assess is there was an onslaught of

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Adam’s Five Greatest Moments In Film Ever

5th February 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Adam's Five Greatest Moments In Film Ever, Article, Dead Man's Shoes, Don't Look Now, Film, Goodfellas, Jaws, Martin Scorsese, Nicolas Roeg, Shane Meadows, Steven Spielberg

Q. What defines a great moment in film? A. When you can’t look away – when your eyes are fixed

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Sitting In The Woods On Acid Listening To Gong

29th January 20093rd September 2019 Adam Stone Acid, Adam Stone, Article, Butthole Surfers, Drugs, Gong, LSD, Mushrooms, Music, Sitting In The Woods On Acid Listening To Gong, Slayer, Stoned, Weed, Woods

I am now approaching the middle of my life and I often find myself reminiscing about my drug experiences. Not

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2008 Album Review

11th January 20093rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008 Album Review, A Storm Of Light, Andrew Sloan, Article, Black Mountain, Coffins, Cult Of Luna, Cursed, Darkthrone, Disfear, Earth, Enslaved, Grails, Mogwai, Moss, Nachtmystium, Scott Kelly, Unearthly Trance

So dear readers of The Shaman it has come to that time of the year, when we reflect on the

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Roots Of Sludge

16th August 20083rd September 2019 Adam Stone Adam Stone, Amebix, Article, Black Sabbath, Burning Witch, Charger, Crust, Discharge, Doom, EyeHateGod, Godflesh, Grief, Hardcore, Iron Monkey, Melvins, Metal, Napalm Death, Neurosis, Punk, Roots Of Sludge, Sludge, Weedeater

Sludge is a thick mud or sediment, greasy, foul and noxious. Sounds good already. But when it comes to music,

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Hunter S Thompson (1938 – 2005)

5th March 20053rd September 2019 Mark Burns Article, Hunter S Thompson, Mark Burns

For good or ill, Hunter S Thompson took his own life on the 20th February 2005 at 5.30pm in his

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