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

16th March 202316th March 2023 Lee Edwards Grub Nap, Human Worth, Sludge

As long-time readers of these hallowed pages know, we at The Shaman have a hell of a lot of time

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Review: In The Ponds ‘Fever Canyon’ EP

16th March 202316th March 2023 Reza Mills Entelodon Records, In The Ponds, Post-Rock

Having fallen hard for In the Ponds brand of ambient post-rock goodness when I reviewed their debut EP Polar Night

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Review: Dirge ‘Dirge’

16th March 202316th March 2023 Goro Riffs Dirge, Immersive Sounds, Post-Metal

Formed in 2014, Dirge bring their unique blend of doom rock, metal and psychedelic sludge from the Indian underground. The

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Premiere: Mean Green ‘Crow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Debut That Drops 24th March

15th March 202323rd March 2023 Lee Edwards Doom, Independent, Mean Green, Sludge

Although a new band on the ‘scene’, North Carolina’s Mean Green have been making a hell of a lot of

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Review: Håndgemeng ‘Ultraritual’

15th March 202315th March 2023 James Bullock Doom, Håndgemeng, Ripple Music

From the triumphant opening guitar riff on the first track of Håndgemeng’s Ultraritural, it is clear that this is not

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Review: Oranżada ‘Karma Tango’

15th March 202315th March 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Audio Cave Records, Oranżada, Psych

Way back in the late 60s and throughout the 70s, the Polish music scene was dominated by four much loved

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Featured Live Reviews 

Obituary / Conjurer / Celestial Sanctuary @ Electric Ballroom, London, 23rd February 2023

14th March 202317th April 2023 Nessie Spencer Celestial Sanctuary, Conjurer, Death Metal, Electric Ballroom, London, Obituary

When I was a teenage dirtbag back in the naughties, I had three passions in life: reading metal magazines, going

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Review: REZN ‘Solace’

14th March 202314th March 2023 Josh Schneider Heavy Rock, Independent, Psych, REZN

What!?! Did I read that correctly? ‘The first half of a two part series!’. REZN never disappoints and I thought

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Review: The Atomic Bitchwax ‘Live At Freak Valley Fest’

14th March 202314th March 2023 Martin Williams Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Rock, The Atomic Bitchwax

Let me begin by mentioning the fact I’ve been listening to New Jersey’s heavy, mind-melting, riff-warpers The Atomic Bitchwax (sometimes

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Through The Lens: Messa / Julinko @ The White Hotel, Salford, 22nd February 2023

13th March 202313th March 2023 Lee Edwards Doom Rock, Drone, Julinko, Messa, Salford, Soundscapes, The Beauty Witch, The White Hotel, Through The Lens

Just 24 hours after the Author & Punisher and Zetra gig at The Deaf Institute in Manchester‘s city centre, our

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Review: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’

13th March 202313th March 2023 David J McLaren APF Records, Heavy Rock, Metal, TORSO

I must admit to being excited whenever I see a new release from APF Records crop up. The label is

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