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Review: Slugcrust ‘Discharge(d)’ EP

19th July 202419th July 2024 George Green Crust, Grind, Slugcrust, Terminus Hate City

As is often the way with these things, Discharge(d) by Slugcrust appeared in The Shaman’s list of delectables for review

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Review: SUMAC ‘The Healer’

12th July 202412th July 2024 Sandy Williamson Drone, Post-Metal, Sludge, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

SUMAC are a band that I’ve always heard good things about, but never managed to get around to listening to

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Review: State Of Non Return ‘White Ink’

4th July 20244th July 2024 Goro Riffs Post-Metal, State Of Non Return, Trepanation Recordings

Italian doom sludge band State of Non Return gives a powerful opening statement with their debut White Ink that is

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Review: Stone Nomads ‘Beyond The Gates’ EP

27th June 202427th June 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Gravitoyd Heavy Music, Heavy Metal, Stone Nomads

This might only be a four song EP from Stone Nomads but there is so much to enjoy from the

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Review: Sect ‘Plagues Upon Plagues’

24th June 202424th June 2024 Reza Mills Hardcore, Sect, Southern Lord

I chose to review Plagues Upon Plagues for two reasons; one was because they are on Southern Lord, a label

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Review: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club ‘Kinnery Of Lupercalia: Buell Legion’

21st June 202421st June 2024 Reza Mills Country, Death Rock, Post-Punk, Scacunincorporated, Slim Cessna's Auto Club

Back in 2022 when the world was slowly emerging from the pandemic, I reviewed Kinnery of Lupercalia; Undelivered Legion by

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Review: Saltpig ‘Saltpig’

13th June 202413th June 2024 Martin Williams Garage Rock, Heavy Psych Sounds, Psych, Saltpig

When I saw a band called Saltpig appear in The Shaman’s available promos pool, I stopped in my tracks, I

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Review: Sundowner ‘Lysergic Ritual’

8th May 20248th May 2024 Rob Walsh Independent, Sludge, Sundowner

Surging out of ‘straya, Adelaide’s Sundowner describes their sound as ‘uneasy listening for troubled times’. That’s an apt description for

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Review: Septage ‘Septic Worship’

29th April 202429th April 2024 Sandy Williamson Dark Descent Records, Death Metal, Extremely Rotten Productions, Grindcore, Me Saco Un Ojo Records, Septage

Danish gurgling grind monstrosity Septage have finally birthed their debut full-length Septic Worship (Intolerant Spree Of Infesting Forms) after a

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Review: Šamane ‘Solstice’

16th April 202416th April 2024 Reza Mills Alternative, Ambient, Folk, Last Day Of The North, Šamane

Three years ago I reviewed progressive doom rockers SAPATA and their album No Sun To Embrace for The Shaman which

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Review: Skraeckoedlan ‘Vermillion Sky’

12th April 202412th April 2024 Nessie Spencer Fuzzorama Records, Prog Rock, Skraeckoedlan, Stoner Rock

Unless you are a native Swede or have had runs learning the language via Duolingo, the chances of understanding a

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