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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Review: Gnoomes ‘Ax Ox’
Seeing as I’ll be in attendance for the Gnoomes gig at Low Four in Manchester on the 24th March, it
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Review: OAK ‘Disintegrate’
Portugal’s OAK, one of many with the same name on the Encyclopaedia Metallum, are a band whose journey began on
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Review: Legends Of The Desert: Volume 3 – Fatso Jetson & Dali’s Llama
I didn’t get the opportunity to review the first two volumes of Desert Records Legends Of The Desert series, so
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Review: Temptress ‘See’
When reviewing albums, it’s natural to compare bands to other similar bands. It makes it easy for the readers to
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Premiere: Grub Nap ‘God Pile’ – Debut EP Drops Tomorrow, 17th March, via Human Worth
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
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’
Formed in 2014, Dirge bring their unique blend of doom rock, metal and psychedelic sludge from the Indian underground. The
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