Review: earthtone9 ‘In Resonance Nexus’
Recently my colleague David opened a review expressing that he largely chooses to stay clear of albums he has an
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Hardcore Metal
High On Fire / Silverburn @ Rebellion, Manchester 15th June 2024
The expected traffic jams of people going to see the Foo Fighters at Old Trafford didn’t materialise, so I expected
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Premiere: They Live | We Sleep ‘Sorrowful World’ – Releases This Friday via 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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Review: NYT LIV ‘Den Døde Sol’
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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Review: Burning Tongue ‘Prisoner’s Cinema’
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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Review: Mental Cavity ‘Mass Rebel Infest’
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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Review: Blue Ox ‘Holy Vore’ EP
In my humble opinion, the key thing in metallic hardcore is getting the balance right of seriousness and fun. There
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Review: War After War ‘No Change’
‘Formed in resistance to dickheads, by dickheads’. This is the apparent mantra of War After War, the brainchild of Jason
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Review: Leeched ‘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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Premiere: Sons Of Disaster Stream New Track ‘Land Of The Sons’ From New Album ‘Cursed’
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
Many years ago when I was an impressionable teenager with a top lip full of bum fluff, desperately trying to
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