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Bog Body 'Cryonic Crevasse Cult'
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Review: Bog Body ‘Cryonic Crevasse Cult’

23rd May 20221st July 2022 James Bullock Blackened Sludge, Bog Body, Profound Lore Records

This is a surprisingly punishing album. For a band this young, there is an undeniable ‘Bog Body’ sound that hits

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Nothing Is Real
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Premiere: Nothing Is Real ‘At First Chaos Came To Be’ & ‘A State Of Undeath’ – New Double Album Drops 31st October

8th October 20218th November 2021 Lee Edwards Blackened Sludge, Doom, Independent, Nothing Is Real, Prog

Improvised chaotic and blackened sludge doom, wrapped up with progressive sensibilities, is the order of the day as multi-instrumentalist Nicholas

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Lunar Ark ‘Recurring Nightmare’
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Review: Lunar Ark ‘Recurring Nightmare’

8th October 20218th November 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackened Sludge, Doom, Lunar Ark, Trepanation Recordings

Hailing from Boston Massachusetts, Lunar Ark make music that is as hard hitting as the city’s reputation. From Martin Scorsese

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Eremit 'Bearer Of Many Names'
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Review: Eremit ‘Bearer Of Many Names’

1st June 20217th July 2021 Sandy Williamson Blackened Sludge, Doom, Eremit, Transcending Obscurity Records

The litany of German sludge/doom crushers Eremit has been something of beauty to behold. Their debut, Carrier Of Weight was

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Black Royal ‘Firebride’
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Review: Black Royal ‘Firebride’

27th July 202014th September 2020 Lee Beamish Black Royal, Blackened Sludge, Firebride, Suicide Records

I’m not sure what it is about Tampere in Finland right now, maybe it’s something in the water, who knows.Maybe

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Black Royal
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Video Premiere: Black Royal ‘Gods Of War’

22nd July 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Black Royal, Blackened Sludge, Firebride, Gods Of War, Suicide Records

Viking inspired blackened sludge metal? You betcha as that’s exactly what Finland’s Black Royal deliver, and in spades. After a

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Lord Mantis
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Lord Mantis – Interview With Charlie Fell

1st July 202013th August 2020 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackened Sludge, Lord Mantis, Profound Lore Records, Universal Death Church

Last year at The Sleeping Shaman we covered quite extensively the history of Chicago’s filthiest sons Lord Mantis, from the

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Lord Mantis ‘Universal Death Church’
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Review: Lord Mantis ‘Universal Death Church’

12th November 201922nd November 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackened Sludge, Lord Mantis, Profound Lore Records, Universal Death Church

Yesterday I attempted a career retrospective on Lord Mantis detailing events that helped both fuel and undermine a band that,

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Premiere: Gilded Form – Debut Self-Titled Album, Releases This Friday, 1st Dec, via Burning World
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Premiere: Gilded Form – Debut Self-Titled Album, Releases This Friday, 1st Dec, via Burning World

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When you hear about a project of drone experimentation inspired by Earth along with Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Premiere: Nebula Drag ‘Western Death’ – Title Track From New Album That Drops 8th December
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Premiere: Nebula Drag ‘Western Death’ – Title Track From New Album That Drops 8th December

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Premiere: Saturna ‘The Never Ending Star’ – From New Album ‘The Reset’ That Drops 1st December
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Premiere: Saturna ‘The Never Ending Star’ – From New Album ‘The Reset’ That Drops 1st December

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Premiere: Nebula ‘Livewired In Europe’ – Drops Tomorrow, 25th October, via Heavy Psych Sounds
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Premiere: Nebula ‘Livewired In Europe’ – Drops Tomorrow, 25th October, via Heavy Psych Sounds

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