Grand Magus / Primitai / Black Magician @ NQ Live, Manchester 26/02/2013
If there’s one band that are overdue a headline tour in the UK it’s Grand Magus. Having supported everyone from
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Alex Varley
Conny Ochs ‘Black Happy’ CD/LP/DD 2013
German acoustic singer/songwriter Conny Ochs is not the typical style of music you’d find on The Sleeping Shaman but then
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Venomous Maximus ‘Beg Upon The Light’ CD/DD 2012
It’s been a long while since a trend could be thrown around with such weight as the term ‘occult rock.’
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Okkultokrati: An Interview With Drummer Night Spurs
Okkultokrati have being making quite a name for themselves across Europe with one of the most ferocious takes on punk
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Okkultokrati ‘Snakereigns’ CD/LP 2012
The melding of hardcore-punk and black metal is becoming all too common as of late but no band makes it
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Pentagram / Gentleman’s Pistols / Black Magician @ Academy 3, Manchester 02/11/2012
If one tour was not to be missed this year it was this monster outing by doom legends Pentagram. Not
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Orchid ‘Heretic’ CDEP/10″/DD 2012
If you’re looking for a band that encapsulates that warm, bluesy feel of 70s hard rock whilst avoiding being an
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Witchsorrow ‘God Curse Us’ CD/LP 2012
Rise Above always know how to make supreme choices when it comes to picking the best underground grooves to push
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Witchcraft ‘Legend’ CD/LP 2012
Witchcraft are a band that stand in solitude in the modern music climate. Their melodic, honest take on classic psychedelic
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Black Tusk / Okkultokrati / Arke / Jacknife Holiday @ The Star & Garter, Manchester 10/07/2012
Black Tusk were last seen at The Star and Garter in April and so it’s fair to say that the
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Mantas ‘Death By Metal’ CD/LP/Digital 2012
Chuck Schuldiner is one of the greatest metal musicians of all time. This isn’t opinion, it’s fact and Relapse Records
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