George Leeming Archives - The Sleeping Shaman

Manes ‘Be All End All’ CD/LP/DD 2014

21st October 20143rd September 2019 George Leeming 2014, Avant-Garde, Be All End All, CD, Debemur Morti Productions, Digital, Experimental, George Leeming, LP, Manes, Review, Trip-Hop

Eyeballs, limbs, shards of gold. The cover of Manes’ Be All End All is startlingly appropriate – depicting a chimeric

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Beastmilk ‘Climax’ CD/LP/DD 2013

28th November 20133rd September 2019 George Leeming 2013, Beastmilk, CD, Climax, Deathrock, Digital, George Leeming, LP, Magic Bullet Records, Post-Punk, Psych, Review, Svart Records

‘Climax’ is an apt title for the debut full-length from Finnish quartet Beastmilk, a surging record (featuring Hexvessel’s Mat ‘Kvohst’

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Altar Of Plagues ‘Teethed Glory And Injury’ LP/CD/DD 2013

4th May 20133rd September 2019 George Leeming 2013, Altar Of Plagues, Atmospheric, Black Metal, Candlelight Records, CD, Digital, George Leeming, LP, Post-Rock, Profound Lore Records, Progressive, Review, Teethed Glory And Injury

Since their inception with 2008’s acclaimed White Tomb, Altar Of Plagues have amassed scores of acolytes fervently proclaiming them as

Album & EP Reviews C

Chelsea Wolfe ‘Prayer For The Unborn’ (Latitudes Session) LP/CD 2012

23rd November 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Atmospheric, CD, Chelsea Wolfe, Doom Metal, Folk, George Leeming, Latitudes, Latitudes Session, LP, Prayer For The Unborn, Punk, Rudimentary Peni, Southern Records

In a music scene overcrowded with distinctly average singer-songwriters, California native Chelsea Wolfe has emerged over the last couple of

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Mamiffer / Pyramids – Split LP/DD 2012

25th October 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Ambient, Atmospheric, Digital, Drone, George Leeming, Hydra Head Records, LP, Mamiffer, Mamiffer & Pyramids Split, Post-Rock, Pyramids

I certainly won’t be the first or the last to comment with a heavy heart on the imminent demise of

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Darsombra ‘Climax Community’ CD/LP/DD 2012

20th September 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Ambient, CD, Climax Community, Darsombra, Digital, Drone, Exile On Mainstream Records, Experimental, George Leeming, LP, Psychedelic, Review

With a unique sonic blueprint that is equal parts experimental, psychedelia, krautrock and drone, Darsombra achieve the sheer transcendence and

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The Angelic Process ‘Coma Waering’ Reissue CD/LP/Digital 2012

19th July 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Ambient, Atmospheric, Burning World Records, CD, Coma Waering, Digital, Doom Metal, Drone, George Leeming, Kris Angylus, LP, Monika Dragynfly, Reissue, Review, The Angelic Process

The untimely death of an artist in their prime is an enormous tragedy, and one that recurs all too often.

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Horseback ‘Half Blood’ CD/LP/DD 2012

20th April 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, CD, DD, Digital Download, Doom Metal, Drone, George Leeming, Half Blood, Horseback, LP, Psychedelic, Relapse Records, Review, Sludge

Half Blood marks the third record for North Carolina’s Horseback, the brainchild of guitarist/vocalist/producer Jenks Miller. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare

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Wizard Rifle ‘Speak Loud, Say Nothing’ CD 2012

6th March 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, CD, George Leeming, Noise, Progressive, Review, Seventh Rule Recordings, Sludge, Speak Loud Say Nothing, Stoner, Wizard Rifle

What would you expect from a band with a name like Wizard Rifle? Bong-drenched stoner riffs? Crusty doom? Prog, even?

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The Mire / Chronos – Split 10” 2012

12th February 20123rd September 2019 George Leeming 2012, Chronos, Dog Knights Productions, Doom Metal, George Leeming, Post-Rock, Review, Sludge, Split 10", The Mire

The Mire’s tendency towards teasingly short releases continues, as they further elaborate on the dynamic marriage of beauty, progressive histrionics

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Chelsea Wolfe ‘Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis)’ CD/LP/DD 2011

28th December 20113rd September 2019 George Leeming 2011, Apokalypsis, Atmospheric, CD, Chelsea Wolfe, Dark, DD, Digital Download, Folk Doom, George Leeming, Heavy, LP, Pendu Sound, Review, Ἀποκάλυψις, Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis)

I first came across the name of Chelsea Wolfe upon its addition to the already jaw-dropping lineup for Roadburn Festival

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