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They Live | We Sleep
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Premiere: They Live | We Sleep ‘Sorrowful World’ – Releases This Friday via Trepanation Recordings

31st August 20229th December 2022 Lee Edwards Hardcore Metal, They Live | We Sleep, Trepanation Recordings

Metallic hardcore noiseniks They Live | We Sleep are getting ready to unshackle Sorrowful World, their new four-track EP of

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NYT LIV 'Den Døde Sol'
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Review: NYT LIV ‘Den Døde Sol’

22nd November 202124th December 2021 Reza Mills Hardcore Metal, Indisciplinarian Records, NYT LIV

Since reviewing Eyes’ tremendous full-length debut album Underperformer back in 2020 (which made my The Sleeping Shaman Top Ten of

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Burning Tongue ‘Prisoner's Cinema’
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Review: Burning Tongue ‘Prisoner’s Cinema’

22nd October 202126th November 2021 Reza Mills Aqualamb Records, Burning Tongue, Hardcore Metal

The artist formerly known as Blackest are finally releasing their debut full-length Prisoner’s Cinema under their new name Burning Tongue.

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Mental Cavity ‘Mass Rebel Infest’
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Review: Mental Cavity ‘Mass Rebel Infest’

10th June 202121st July 2021 Reza Mills Creator-Destructor Records, Hardcore Metal, Mental Cavity

Mass Rebel Infest is the third full-length album for Canberra four-piece Mental Cavity and their first on Creator-Destructor Records and

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Blue Ox ‘Holy Vore’
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Review: Blue Ox ‘Holy Vore’ EP

30th March 20216th May 2021 Will J Blue Ox, Hardcore Metal, Holy Vore, Independent

In my humble opinion, the key thing in metallic hardcore is getting the balance right of seriousness and fun. There

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War After War ‘No Change’
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Review: War After War ‘No Change’

12th June 20208th July 2020 Lee Beamish APF Records, Hardcore Metal, No Change, War After War

‘Formed in resistance to dickheads, by dickheads’. This is the apparent mantra of War After War, the brainchild of Jason

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Leeched ‘To Dull The Blades Of Your Abuse’
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Review: Leeched ‘To Dull The Blades Of Your Abuse’

13th February 202020th March 2020 Chris Wood Hardcore Metal, Leeched, Prosthetic Records, To Dull The Blades Of Your Abuse

In years of playing in and going to see what we’ll charitably describe as ‘underground’ bands, I think the most

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Sons Of Disaster
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Premiere: Sons Of Disaster Stream New Track ‘Land Of The Sons’ From New Album ‘Cursed’

4th February 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Exclusive Stream, Hardcore Metal, Land Of The Sons, Mottow Soundz, Sons Of Disaster

Sons Of Disaster are a new name to us at Shaman HQ, and after hitting play for the very first

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Corrosion of Conformity ‘Your Tomorrow’ 7″ 2010

19th September 20103rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2010, 7", COC, Corrosion Of Conformity, Crossover, Crust, Hardcore, Hardcore Metal, Mike Dean, Ollie Stygall, Reed Mullin, Review, Woody Weatherman, Your Tomorrow

Many years ago when I was an impressionable teenager with a top lip full of bum fluff, desperately trying to

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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March
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Video Premiere: Isaak ‘OBG’ – Taken From The New Album ‘Hey’ That Releases 31st March

2nd February 20232nd February 2023 Lee Edwards

Genoa’s hard-hitting heavy rock four-piece Isaak, a band that should be familiar having once been associated with long-running and highly

Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March
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Video Premiere: Dirge ‘Hollow’ – Taken From Their Self-Titled Album That Drops 10th March

1st February 20231st February 2023 Lee Edwards
Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records
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Premiere: TORSO ‘A Crash Course In Terror’ – Debut Album Drops This Friday via APF Records

25th January 202325th January 2023 Lee Edwards
Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month
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Video Premiere: Hands Up Who Wants To Die ‘L’inconnue’ – New Album ‘Nil All’ Drops Next Month

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