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The Gates Of Slumber: An Interview With Guitarist/Vocalist Karl Simon

17th December 202417th December 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Svart Records, The Gates of Slumber

Fans of The Gates Of Slumber would have been salivating at the prospect of a new album, and after thirteen

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Review: The Gates Of Slumber ‘The Gates Of Slumber’

28th November 202428th November 2024 Matthew Williams Doom, Svart Records, The Gates of Slumber

I’ve got this overpowering memory of the one and only time I witnessed the extreme doom power of Indiana’s finest

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Review: Pekka Laine ‘Pekka Laine & The Enchanted In Slumberland’

8th October 20248th October 2024 Reza Mills Alternative, Electronic, Pekka Laine, Surf Rock, Svart Records

As a fan of surf inflected artists such as Man Or Astro-Man?, Agent Orange and East Bay Ray (Dead Kennedys),

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Review: Kati Rán ‘S​Á​LA’

19th June 202419th June 2024 Lee Beamish Ambient, Folk, Kati Rán, Svart Records

In the nine years since the release of her debut album LYS, multi-instrumentalist Kati Rán has been busy embracing the

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Review: Henrik Palm ‘Nerd Icon’

1st May 20241st May 2024 Reza Mills Death Rock, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Henrik Palm, Svart Records

You may be familiar with Henrik Palm from the time he spent with Ghost, the much-hyped band and not one

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Review: The Lunar Effect ‘Sounds Of Green And Blue’

29th April 202429th April 2024 Liam Blanc Heavy Rock, Svart Records, The Lunar Effect

It’s not easy being a Shaman scribe. As well as the challenging entrance exams, robust scribe CPD requirements and having

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JAAW @ The White Hotel, Salford, 20th September 2023 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Through The Lens: JAAW / [slab] @ The White Hotel, Salford, 20th September 2023

30th November 202330th November 2023 Lee Edwards [slab], JAAW, Noise-Rock, Post-Rock, Salford, Svart Records, The Beauty Witch, The White Hotel, Through The Lens

One of these days I’ll finally catch up on the backlog of photos I need to sort through after a

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Review: Virta ‘Horros’

13th October 202313th October 2023 Lee Beamish Electronic, Experimental, Svart Records, Trip-Hop, Virta

Some bands are a revelation. You can’t quite put your finger on just what it is exactly, but they manage

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Review: Maggot Heart ‘Hunger’

26th September 202326th September 2023 Reza Mills Alternative, Maggot Heart, Post-Punk, Rapid Eye Records, Svart Records

Since I started writing for The Sleeping Shaman back in 2019 (how time flies!), I have covered many artists, some

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Review: Hexvessel ‘Polar Veil’

14th September 202314th September 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackgaze, Folk, Hexvessel, Svart Records

Hailing from the dark forest, progressive folk rockers Hexvessel have been on a path which their founder Mat McNerney describes

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Review: The Coffinshakers ‘Graves, Release Your Dead’

12th September 202312th September 2023 Reza Mills Country, Svart Records, The Coffinshakers

Since forming in 1995, Sweden’s The Coffinshakers are not exactly what you’d call the most prolific of bands seeing as

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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday
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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday

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Step into a kaleidoscopic fever dream with the premiere of Up On A Hill, the latest mind-warping transmission from London’s

Premiere: The Long Hunt ‘Spine Of Dusk’ – New Album ‘Natural Order’ Drops 18th July
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Premiere: The Long Hunt ‘Spine Of Dusk’ – New Album ‘Natural Order’ Drops 18th July

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Video Premiere: Lower Slaughter ‘Take A Seat’ – New Album ‘Deep Living’ Releases 6th June
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Video Premiere: Lower Slaughter ‘Take A Seat’ – New Album ‘Deep Living’ Releases 6th June

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Premiere: Clamfight – Self-Titled Album Releases This Friday, 16th May
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