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Hats Off To 2012 By Pete Green

28th December 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012 Year Review, Article, Black Breath, Black Moth, Conan, Cult of Occult, Desertfest 2012, Dopethrone, Down, Gojira, Golden Void, High On Fire, Pete Green, Roadburn 2012, Ufomammut

Wow. Just wow. I remember sitting here this time last year, trying my feeble best to summarise 2011’s musical brilliances

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Todd Robinson’s Top 15 Albums Of 2012

27th December 20129th October 2020 Todd Robinson $hit & $hine, 2012 Year Review, Actress, Anaal Nathrakh, Article, Ben Salisbury, Blut Aus Nord, Death Grips, Geoff Barrow, Goat, Incantation, Meadows, Mega City One, Napalm Death, Raime, Slabdragger, Todd Robinson, Winterfylleth, X-TG, Xibalba

So here we are at the end of another year, the time of year in which an onslaught of ‘best

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2012: Year Of The Apocalypse…? Tom McKibbin’s End Of Year Round-Up

22nd December 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012 Year Review, Amenra, Article, Baroness, Bong, Caravan Of Whores, Conan, Damnation Festival, Desertfest 2012, Dopefight, Drcarlsonalbion, Eagle Twin, Earth, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Grimpen Mire, High On Fire, Ishmael, My Bloody Valentine, Neurosis, Noothgrush, Off!, OM, Roadburn 2012, Samothrace, Seabuckthorn, Sleep, Songs Of Townes Van Zandt, Swans, Tom McKibbin, Wiht, Wizard's Beard

A Round-up of the Year that Failed to Destroy Itself Those wacky Mayans, eh? Just like Nostradamus after them, they

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That Was Paul Robertson’s 2012 That Was

21st December 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2012 Year Review, Ab Imo Pectore, Antediluvian, Arktau Eos, Article, Author & Punisher, Behold The Arctopus, Black Magician, Botanist, Death Grips, Dodecahedron, Dr John, Expo '70, Gauchiste, Horseback, Indesinence, Jodis, Kowloon Walled City, Loincloth, Morbus Chron, Paul Robertson, Pig Destroyer, Roadburn 2012, Roomful Of Teeth, Scott Walker, Serpentine Path, Switchblade, Teitanblood, The Brothers Unconnected, The Eccentronic Research Council, Voivod, ZZ Top

I spend a lot of time online, trawling around for new music, information, photos of otters, amusing Adventure Time gifs

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Shaman Lee’s Top 10 Albums & 2012 Year Review

20th December 2012 Lee Edwards 2012 Year Review, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Article, Author & Punisher, Bastard Of The Skies, Black Magician, Conan, Conny Ochs, Dylan Carlson, Goat, Hawkwind, Horisont, JK Flesh, Justin K Broadrick, Lazarus Blackstar, Lee Edwards, Mike Scheidt, Mos Generator, Nate Hall, Neurosis, OM, Saint Vitus, Samothrace, Scott Kelly, Serpentine Path, Slomatics, Spectral Haze, Steve Von Till, Stone Axe, Swans, Tristan Shone, Ufomammut, Undersmile, White Hills, Wino, Witchcraft

Well what an amazing year 2012 has been for music and everything that’s been happening at Shaman HQ, the website

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2012…A Year In The Rock By Ollie Stygall

19th December 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012 Year Review, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Alunah, Article, Black Magician, Corrosion Of Conformity, Desertfest, Doctor Cyclops, Gurt, Hot Lunch, Imperial State Electric, Lecherous Gaze, Lord Fowl, Mos Generator, Mother Corona, Ollie Stygall, Orange Goblin, Sonic Titans, Steak, Stone Axe, Stubb, Sun Gods In Exile, Trippy Wicked, Turbonegro, XII Boar

Every year it seems that more and more bands bubble up from the ground and more and more labels decide

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Saúl Do Caixão’s Top 22 Albums In The Year That Was 2012

18th December 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012 Year Review, Anatomia, Article, Black Magician, Bong, Can, Dr John, Eidetic Seeing, Fellwoods, Fushitsusha, Hellwell, Ice Dragon, Konkoma, Lugubrum, Master, Nightstick, Proclamation, Rangda, Raven's Creed, Revelation, Saint Vitus, Santa Cruz, Satan, Satan’s Satyrs, Saúl Do Caixão, Seremonia, Serpentine Path, Spectral Haze, Teitanblood, Trippy Wicked, Uzala, Witch Mountain

And so, 2012 draws to a close, the world is as fucked and incomprehensible as ever – financial institutions continue

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Mark Hunt-Bryden Reflects On The Year That Was 2012

17th December 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012 Year Review, A Brief History Of Metal, Arc Of Ascent, Article, Author & Punisher, Bong, Dog Shredder, EyeHateGod, Gold, Grifter, HARK, Herder, JK Flesh, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Mos Generator, Nate Hall, Neurosis, Obelyskkh, Roadburn, Sandrider, Stone Axe

From a personal perspective 2012 has probably been one of the most rewarding years writing for The Sleeping Shaman; whilst

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Robbo’s Obligatory ‘End-Of-Year’ Summing Up Type Spiel

1st January 20123rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, Amebix, Article, Aseethe, Belong, David Lynch, Drainland, Emeralds, Emika, Exemption, Expo'70, Hot Graves, Leather Nun America, Locrian, Loincloth, Mark D, Paul Catten, Paul Robertson, Peter Gabriel, Pombagira, Roadburn, Sulaco, The Book Of Knots, The Haxan Cloak, Tom Waits, Yob, Zola Jesus

I like reading other peoples ‘end of year’ lists just in case there is something on there that I’ve missed.

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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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