Review: Acid King ‘Beyond Vision’
My first experience with San Francisco’s legendary psychedelic riff merchants Acid King goes all the way back to the summer
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Review: Dark Sanctuary ‘Cernunnos’
Dark Sanctuary formed in 1996 in Paris, France and consist of Dame Pandora – vocals, Arkdae – keyboards/guitars, Hylgaryss –
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Review: Mean Green ‘Mean Green’
I was recently introduced to a band named Mean Green when we here at The Shaman premiered the track Crow
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Review: Dawn Ray’d ‘To Know The Light’
When you think about Liverpool, there are usually three things that come to mind: the football, the accent and the
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Review: Forcefed Horsehead ‘Monoceros’
Forcefed Horsehead (no, not a reference to the 2013 horsemeat scandal) described in the promo notes as ‘the sound of
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Review: Cerbère ‘Cendre’
These past few months have been quite the hassle, to say the least. I won’t go into personal details here
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Review: OHHMS ‘Rot’
Today is a special day. Today is a day I’ve known about for a while, and it is a day
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Review: Nine Altars ‘The Eternal Penance’
Traditional epic doom band Nine Altars have arrived on the scene looking to make a big noise with their thirty-minute
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Through The Lens: Napalm Death / Dropdead / Siberian Meat Grinder / Escuela Grind @ Club Academy, Manchester, 18th March 2023
A night of politically charged grindcore, hardcore, crust and punk was in order for a cold and wet, with threats
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Review: Ecstatic Vision ‘Live At DunaJam’
Of all the heavy, stoner, desert, psych bands I’ve been exposed to in the last decade, Philadelphia’s Ecstatic Vision have
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Review: Black Helium ‘Um’
Back again on Riot Season, Black Helium assault our senses with another lurid slab of burned-out psych. Making a play
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