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Review: Wino ‘Forever Gone’

19th June 20201st November 2020 Reza Mills Acoustic, Blood And Strings, Doom, Forever Gone, Ripple Music, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino

Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich should need no introduction but for the uninitiated he is a legend within the doom/stoner metal scene.

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Review: The River ‘Violet Violent Sine Waves’

5th June 202023rd June 2020 Reza Mills Acoustic, Doom, Independent, The River, Violet Violent Sine Waves

Beckingham, London outfit The River are not an unfamiliar band to me having reviewed and enjoyed last year’s Vessels Into

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Review: Witchcraft ‘Black Metal’

30th April 202022nd May 2020 Seán O’Connor Acoustic, Black Metal, Magnus Pelander, Nuclear Blast Records, Witchcraft

When I think about Witchcraft, my mind always casts back to a Metal Hammer article I read around ’05 or

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Review: Benjamin Tod ‘A Heart Of Gold Is Hard To Find’

10th December 201913th January 2020 Josuph Price A Heart Of Gold Is Hard To Find, Acoustic, Anti-Corporate Music, Benjamin Tod, Country

If you follow The Sleeping Shaman you’re likely expecting coverage of doom and sludge. Riffs and heaviness. So, are you

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Review: H.P. Lovecraft, Fabio Frizzi & Andrew Leman ‘I Notturni Di Yuggot’

14th November 20196th May 2020 John Reppion Acoustic, Andrew Leman, Cadabra Records, Fabio Frizzi, H.P. Lovecraft, I Notturni Di Yuggot, Spoken Word

Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Where would heavy music be without him? Where would games, TV, and films be, for that matter?

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Review: Andrew DR Abbott ‘Dead In Chellow Dean’

7th October 201922nd October 2019 Josuph Price Acoustic, Andrew DR Abbott, Cardinal Fuzz Records, Dead In Chellow Dean, Experimental, Feeding Tube Records, Review

Andrew DR Abbott is an artist, musician, and writer based in the UK. You may know him from weird rhythmic

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Review: Chelsea Wolfe ‘Birth Of Violence’

25th September 201914th October 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Acoustic, Chelsea Wolfe, Folk, Review, Sargent House

It has been a strange and fascinating journey to follow the career of Chelsea Joy Wolfe. Born in Northern California

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Amenra ‘Alive’ CD/LP 2016

5th May 201611th September 2019 Jay Hampshire 2016, Acoustic, Alive, Ambient, Amenra, CD, Consouling Sounds, Dark, Jay Hampshire, LP, Review

A spiritual successor to their 2009 Afterlife EP, Alive sees Belgium’s mysterious purveyors of post-doom/sludge Amenra once more bare their

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Conny Ochs ‘Future Fables’ CD/LP 2016

8th March 20161st November 2019 Jay Hampshire Acoustic, Blues, Conny Ochs, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk, Future Fables, Review

There’s a tendency for many to underestimate those artists who choose to ‘strip back’ as lacking complexity. Conny Ochs’ latest

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Wino & Conny Ochs ‘Freedom Conspiracy’ CD/LP 2015

8th May 20153rd September 2019 Angela Davey 2015, Acoustic, Angela Davey, CD, Conny Ochs, Country, Exile On Mainstream Records, Folk, Freedom Conspiracy, LP, Review, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino

This record is arguably one of the most anticipated releases within the doom scene this year. Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich’s extensive

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Disemballerina ‘Undertaker’ DD 2014

25th October 20143rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2014, Acoustic, Chamber Music, Digital, Disemballerina, Experimental, Paul Robertson, Self Released, Undertaker

When the first sound that you hear on the very first track on an album by a band that is

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