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Acid King 'Beyond Vision'
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Review: Acid King ‘Beyond Vision’

27th March 202327th March 2023 Martin Williams Acid King, Blues Funeral Recordings, Doom, Stoner

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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Dark Sanctuary 'Cernunnos'
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Review: Dark Sanctuary ‘Cernunnos’

27th March 202327th March 2023 Reza Mills Avantgarde Music, Dark Sanctuary, Neo Classical

Dark Sanctuary formed in 1996 in Paris, France and consist of Dame Pandora – vocals, Arkdae – keyboards/guitars, Hylgaryss –

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Mean Green 'Mean Green'
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Review: Mean Green ‘Mean Green’

24th March 202324th March 2023 Tom Hanno Independent, Mean Green, Sludge

I was recently introduced to a band named Mean Green when we here at The Shaman premiered the track Crow

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Dawn Ray'd ‘To Know The Light’
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Review: Dawn Ray’d ‘To Know The Light’

24th March 202324th March 2023 Nessie Spencer Black Metal, Dawn Ray'd, Folk, Prosthetic Records

When you think about Liverpool, there are usually three things that come to mind: the football, the accent and the

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Forcefed Horsehead 'Monoceros'
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Review: Forcefed Horsehead ‘Monoceros’

23rd March 202323rd March 2023 Reza Mills Crust, Death Metal, Forcefed Horsehead, Hardcore, Owlripper Recordings

Forcefed Horsehead (no, not a reference to the 2013 horsemeat scandal) described in the promo notes as ‘the sound of

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Cerbère 'Cendre'
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Review: Cerbère ‘Cendre’

23rd March 202323rd March 2023 Nessie Spencer Cerb​è​re, Chien Noir, Doom, Sludge

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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Ohhms 'Rot'
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Review: OHHMS ‘Rot’

22nd March 202323rd March 2023 Lee Beamish Church Road Records, Grunge, OHHMS, Sludge

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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Nine Altars 'The Eternal Penance'
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Review: Nine Altars ‘The Eternal Penance’

22nd March 202322nd March 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Good Mourning Records, Journeys End Records, Nine Altars

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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Napalm Death @ Club Academy, Manchester, 18th March 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: Napalm Death / Dropdead / Siberian Meat Grinder / Escuela Grind @ Club Academy, Manchester, 18th March 2023

21st March 202321st March 2023 Lee Edwards Club Academy, Crust, Dropdead, Escuela Grind, Grindcore, Hardcore, Manchester, Napalm Death, Siberian Meat Grinder, Through The Lens

A night of politically charged grindcore, hardcore, crust and punk was in order for a cold and wet, with threats

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Ecstatic Vision 'Live At DunaJam'
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Review: Ecstatic Vision ‘Live At DunaJam’

21st March 202321st March 2023 Martin Williams Ecstatic Vision, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, Psych

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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Black Helium 'Um'
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Review: Black Helium ‘Um’

21st March 202321st March 2023 Harry Holmes Black Helium, Psych, Riot Season

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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Premiere: Allfather ‘A Violent Truth’ – New Album Of Sludgy Blackened Hardcore Drops This Friday
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Premiere: Allfather ‘A Violent Truth’ – New Album Of Sludgy Blackened Hardcore Drops This Friday

29th March 202329th March 2023 Lee Edwards

It’s that midpoint of yet another mundane working week, so what better way to break up the monotony than pulverising

Premiere: TankZilla ‘Wrong Place’ – From Their Self-Titled Debut Album That Drops 19th May
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Premiere: TankZilla ‘Wrong Place’ – From Their Self-Titled Debut Album That Drops 19th May

28th March 202328th March 2023 Lee Edwards
Video Premiere: Sandrider ‘Enveletration’ – New Album Of Abrasive Noise-Rock Is Out Now
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Video Premiere: Sandrider ‘Enveletration’ – New Album Of Abrasive Noise-Rock Is Out Now

27th March 202328th March 2023 Lee Edwards
Premiere: Grub Nap ‘God Pile’ – Debut EP Drops Tomorrow, 17th March, via Human Worth
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Premiere: Grub Nap ‘God Pile’ – Debut EP Drops Tomorrow, 17th March, via Human Worth

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