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Breath 'Primeval Transmissions'
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Review: Breath ‘Primeval Transmissions’

2nd March 20212nd March 2021 Sandy Williamson Breath, Desert Records, Doom Metal, Primeval Transmissions, Sludge

A two man bass and drums doom set up from the Pacific North West and it isn’t Big Business? Colour

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Black Totem 'II: Shapeshifting'
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Review: Black Totem ‘II: Shapeshifting’

18th February 202118th February 2021 Reza Mills Black Totem, Death Rock, II: Shapeshifting, Svart Records

Anyone who knows me and/or has read my Shaman reviews will know of my love for death rock, therefore there

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Battle Hag ‘Celestial Tyrant’
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Review: Battle Hag ‘Celestial Tyrant’

10th February 202110th February 2021 David J McLaren Battle Hag, Celestial Tyrant, Doom Metal, Sludge, Transylvanian Tapes

Celestial Tyrant is California-based Battle Hag’s second full length album. I should be clear straight away that Battle Hag are

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Boris With Merzbow '2R0I2P0'
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Review: Boris With Merzbow ‘2R0I2P0’

8th February 20218th February 2021 Will J 2R0I2P0, Boris, Doom Metal, Drone, Merzbow, Noise, Relapse Records

Boris and Merzbow have worked together so often that Boris With Merzbow might as well be classed as an act

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Black TarPoon 'The Thad' EP
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Review: Black TarPoon ‘The Thad’ EP

3rd February 20213rd March 2021 Reza Mills Black TarPoon, Country, Independent, Punk, The Thad

Sly and the Family Stone once wrote a track called Family Affair and Texan (Corpus Christi to be exact) outfit

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Barbarian Hermit 'One' Reissue
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Review: Barbarian Hermit ‘One’ Reissue

1st February 20212nd March 2021 David J McLaren APF Records, Barbarian Hermit, Metal, One, Stoner

I ’m as partial as the next man/woman/person/lifeform to listening to music that makes me think about the world we

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Bethmoora 'Thresholds'
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Review: Bethmoora ‘Thresholds’

1st December 202010th January 2021 David J McLaren Bethmoora, Black Voodoo Records, Doom Metal, minoRobscuR, Sludge, Sludgelord Records, Thresholds

Bethmoora hail from the land of Peter Schmeichel and Carlsberg. No, not Manchester…Denmark. Thresholds is Bethmoora’s debut full length release,

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Benjamin Finger & James Plotkin 'We Carry The Curse'
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Review: Benjamin Finger & James Plotkin ‘We Carry The Curse’

25th November 202028th December 2020 Reza Mills Ambient, Benjamin Finger, Experimental, James Plotkin, Roman Numeral Records, We Carry The Curse

Given the amount of new music I’ve been introduced to over the past year thanks to The Sleeping Shaman, I’d

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Botanist 'Photosynthesis'
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Review: Botanist ‘Photosynthesis’

20th November 202021st December 2020 Jamie Grimes Black Metal, Botanist, Experimental, Photosynthesis, The Flenser

Did you know that an independently released compilation of native Irish metal bands surfaced in the mid 80s called ‘Green

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Bretus ‘Bretus’ EP
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Review: Bretus ‘Bretus’ EP Reissue

20th November 202021st December 2020 Reza Mills Bretus, Doom Metal, Sludge, The Swamp Records

Bretus are an Italian outfit from Catanzaro formed in 2000 by bassist/guitarist Ghenes. At the time of this EP the

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Begräbnis 'Izanaena'
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Review: Begräbnis ‘Izanaena’

28th October 202027th November 2020 Jamie Grimes Begräbnis, Funeral Doom, Izanaena, Weird Truth Productions

Japanese funerary doomsters Begräbnis have existed almost a decade at this point and have a handful of releases under their

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Premiere: 72% ‘Drowning In A Sea Of Bastards’ – Taken From New Split w/ Modern Technology
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Premiere: 72% ‘Drowning In A Sea Of Bastards’ – Taken From New Split w/ Modern Technology

3rd March 20213rd March 2021 Lee Edwards

We’ve become huge fans of Human Worth as not only do they release the most mesmerising music, that’s firmly planted

Premiere: The Bottle Doom Lazy Band ‘Blood For The Bloodking’ – Live Album Drops 19th March
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Premiere: The Bottle Doom Lazy Band ‘Blood For The Bloodking’ – Live Album Drops 19th March

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Premiere: Betty Benedeadly ‘Mescaline Prayer Song’ – Debut EP Releases 12th March
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Premiere: Betty Benedeadly ‘Mescaline Prayer Song’ – Debut EP Releases 12th March

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Premiere: Yawning Sons ‘Cigarette Footsteps’ – New Album ‘Sky Island’ Drops Next Month
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Premiere: Yawning Sons ‘Cigarette Footsteps’ – New Album ‘Sky Island’ Drops Next Month

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