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Review: Boris & Uniform ‘Bright New Disease’

16th June 202316th June 2023 Dave Bowes Boris, Doom, Drone, Hardcore, Metal, Sacred Bones Records, Uniform

The fusing of Japan’s premier noiseniks Boris and the stark, corrosive violence of Uniform makes both perfect sense and no

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Upupayāma 'The Golden Pond'
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Review: Upupayāma ‘The Golden Pond’

6th December 202218th January 2023 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo Cardinal Fuzz Records, Centripetal Force Records, Folk, Psych, Upupayāma

The first time I came across Italian psych acid folk, multi-instrumentalist Alessio Ferrari aka Upupa Rot, whose name shortly changed

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Review: Opium Lord/Under – Split

10th August 202223rd September 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Noise-Rock, Opium Lord, Sludge, Under

The latest release from one of the hardest working labels around, Salford’s APF Records, sees them curate a collision of

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Ufomammut 'Fenice'
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Review: Ufomammut ‘Fenice’

5th May 202215th June 2022 Martin Williams Doom, Neurot Recordings, Psych, Supernatural Cat, Ufomammut

I’m guessing that to regular readers of The Sleeping Shaman, fans of doom metal, and/or underground heavy rock in general,

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Unleashed 'No Sign Of Life'
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Review: Unleashed ‘No Sign Of Life’

18th November 202124th December 2021 Martin Williams Death Metal, Napalm Records, Unleashed

To any fan of Swedish death metal, or death metal in general, Unleashed need no introduction, but I’ll give a

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Utopia ‘Stalker’
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Review: Utopia ‘Stalker’

24th August 202127th September 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden APF Records, Technical Metal, Utopia

The definition for Utopia, according to the online dictionary Merriam Mebster, is ‘a place of ideal perfection especially in laws,

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Underdark 'Our Bodies Burned Bright On Re-Entry'
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Review: Underdark ‘Our Bodies Burned Bright On Re-Entry’

8th July 202125th December 2021 Will J Black Metal, Post-Hardcore, Surviving Sounds, Through Love Records, Tridroid Records, Underdark

It’s interesting to note that I actually speak more about post-hardcore, emo and screamo in this review than I do

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Urdog 'Long Shadows'
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Review: Urdog ‘Long Shadows: 2003–2006’

11th March 202113th April 2021 Jamie Grimes Krautrock, Long Shadows, Psych, Rocket Recordings, Urdog

The great Rocket Recordings don’t do a whole lot of retrospective releases so it speaks volumes for their personal adoration

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Ungraven / Slomatics - Split
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Review: Ungraven / Slomatics – Split

4th March 20217th April 2021 Lee Beamish Black Bow Records, Doom, Industrial, Slomatics, Sludge, Ungraven

Coming in to the spring of twenty twenty-one, life is starting to look far brighter. The hope for a more

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Under 'Training Resource #5'
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Review: Under ‘Training Resource #5’ EP

16th November 202018th December 2020 Jamie Grimes APF Records, Noise-Rock, Training Resource #5, Under

A short, sharp stab to the ears with a rusted penknife, it appears this four track EP from Stockport’s Under

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Undeath 'Lesions Of A Different Kind'
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Review: Undeath ‘Lesions Of A Different Kind’

16th October 202019th November 2020 Sandy Williamson Death Metal, Lesions Of A Different Kind, Prosthetic Records, Undeath

The debut full length from rabid death metallers Undeath is an event I have looked forward to since their 2019

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