Review: Bog Body ‘Cryonic Crevasse Cult’
This is a surprisingly punishing album. For a band this young, there is an undeniable ‘Bog Body’ sound that hits
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Blackened Sludge
Premiere: Nothing Is Real ‘At First Chaos Came To Be’ & ‘A State Of Undeath’ – New Double Album Drops 31st October
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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Review: Lunar Ark ‘Recurring Nightmare’
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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Review: Eremit ‘Bearer Of Many Names’
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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Review: Black Royal ‘Firebride’
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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Video Premiere: Black Royal ‘Gods Of War’
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 – Interview With Charlie Fell
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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Review: Lord Mantis ‘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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