Review: Bastard Noise ‘Incineration Prayer/Self Righteous Suicide’
There are some forms of art that I have a special category for, I call this category: ‘I’m not sure
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Armageddon Label
Review: Exploding Corpse Action ‘Inter-Dimensional Annihilation: Complete Transmissions 1995-1997’
Albany, New York was the home of Exploding Corpse Action, one of the greatest band names of all time, and
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Review: Hirax ‘Raging Violence’ Reissue
To any thrasher of a certain age, Hirax needs no introduction. The southern California pioneers were at the vanguard of
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Review: Malleus ‘The Fires Of Heaven’
I’m a sucker for some vicious, old-school, thrash and death metal. As an older dude, I was at ground zero
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Review: Elder ‘Innate Passage’
There are A LOT of bands that I’m seriously excited for new releases. There are a few however that I
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Premiere: Wolfbrigade ‘Anti-Tank Dogs’ – New EP Of Raging Hardcore Crust That Releases Friday
Although you could possibly class Wolfbrigade as being part of the second wave of crust fuelled hardcore from the fertile
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Review: Wolfbrigade ‘Anti-Tank Dogs’ EP
Right for the throat! A raging fire in this puppy’s belly is very much alive. This new EP from Wolfbrigade,
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Review: G-Anx/Filthy Christians – Split 7″ Reissue
One of the advantages of writing for The Shaman is the opportunity to check out previously overlooked artists/releases and this
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In Search Of Tone: Nick DiSalvo Of Elder
I was ecstatic when I learned Elder was going to play live only twenty minutes from where I live. I
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Review: Morne ‘Live At Roadburn’
Every April since nineteen ninety-nine, Tilburg in the Netherlands, has played host to the hugely popular Roadburn Festival. One of
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Review: Dropdead ‘Dropdead’ 2020
It’s almost a whole 25 years since a teenage me stumbled up a rickety stairs in Dublin to have my
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