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Shallow Black 'MALADROIT [MATTER]'
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Review: Shallow Black ‘MALADROIT [MATTER]’

2nd December 20226th January 2023 Lee Beamish Acoustic, Independent, Industrial, Shallow Black

Never one to sit still, and fresh off the back of THE SECOND MANUSCRIPt, Shallow Black are back before you

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Michael Rudolph Cummings 'You Know How I Get'
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Review: Michael Rudolph Cummings ‘You Know How I Get’

21st October 202217th December 2022 Josh Schneider Acoustic, Blood And Strings, Michael Rudolph Cummings, Ripple Music

I didn’t know what to expect seeing Boozewa live earlier this year when they supported Amigo The Devil. I hadn’t

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Aerial Ruin 'Loss Seeking Flame'
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Review: Aerial Ruin ‘Loss Seeking Flame’

4th April 202226th May 2022 Martin Williams Acoustic, Aerial Ruin, Erik Moggridge, Independent

While I wouldn’t consider myself any sort of aficionado, I like acoustic music, mellow, introspective, or ‘doom folk’ as it’s

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Emma Ruth Rundle 'Orpheus Looking Back' EP
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Orpheus Looking Back’ EP

25th March 20224th May 2022 Daniel Pietersen Acoustic, Emma Ruth Rundle, Folk, Sargent House

It seems strange, in this digital era, to continue to think of music as albums, EPs, and singles. Even when

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40 Watt Sun ‘Perfect Light’
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Review: 40 Watt Sun ‘Perfect Light’

19th January 20222nd March 2022 Mark Hunt-Bryden 40 Watt Sun, Acoustic, Cappio Records, Doom, Svart Records

Sometimes the process of writing about music is as complex and difficult to pin down as the idea of writing

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Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Engine Of Hell’
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Review: Emma Ruth Rundle ‘Engine Of Hell’

2nd November 202115th December 2021 Daniel Pietersen Acoustic, Emma Ruth Rundle, Folk, Sargent House

I often like to start these reviews with a little preamble, something to set the scene for what is coming.

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Melvins ‘Five Legged Dog’
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Review: Melvins ‘Five Legged Dog’

11th October 202112th November 2021 Martin Williams Acoustic, Ipecac Recordings, Melvins

Chances are if you’re reading this review on The Sleeping Shaman, Melvins need no introduction. I could make a pretty

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Clara Engel ‘Dressed In Borrowed Light’
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Review: Clara Engel ‘Dressed In Borrowed Light’

12th August 202121st September 2021 Lee Beamish Acoustic, Clara Engel, Folk, Independent

When I’m not fully immersed in satanic screams, and stoner throb, I can usually be found indulging in something, altogether

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Sorcia ‘Death By Design’
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Review: Sorcia ‘Death By Design’ EP

7th July 202113th August 2021 Josh Schneider Acoustic, Desert Records, Doom, Sludge, Sorcia

I remember back in high school discovering new music (I was late to the party) and really getting into searching

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Thomas V. Jäger
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In Search Of Tone: Thomas V. Jäger Of Monolord

1st February 20213rd March 2021 Josh Schneider Acoustic, In Search Of Tone, Monolord, Relapse Records, RidingEasy Records, Stoner Doom, Thomas V. Jäger

The opening riff of their debut album Empress Rising is all it took for me to become a Monolord fan.

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Tony Reed
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Video Premiere: Tony Reed ‘Funeral Suit’ – Solo Acoustic Album Out Now Via Ripple Music

23rd November 202024th December 2020 Lee Edwards Acoustic, Blood And Strings, Funeral Suit, Ripple Music, Tony Reed

We at Shaman HQ have been long standing fans of a one Mr Tony Reed, whether that’s as a musician

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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March
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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March

2nd February 20232nd February 2023 Lee Edwards

Genoa’s hard-hitting heavy rock four-piece Isaak, a band that should be familiar having once been associated with long-running and highly

Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March
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Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March

1st February 20231st February 2023 Lee Edwards
Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records
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Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records

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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month
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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month

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