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Review: Black Curse – Burning in Celestial Poison
Review by Sandre the Giant Denver, Colorado’s Black Curse have returned from the wilderness to deliver the follow up to 2020’s excellent ‘Endless Wound’, and if anything have upped the ante from that...
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2024 Anniversary Series 136: Megadeth – Youthanasia
Scribed by Sandre the Giant By the time 1994 rolled round, Megadeth were on a massive roll. Thrash may have been taking a beating from grunge and ‘The Black Album’ but Dave Mustaine was determined to...
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Review: Weltschmerz – III: Non Sequitur
Review by Sandre the Giant Dutch black metallers Weltschmerz have been around for almost fifteen years at this point, but new record ‘III: Non Sequitur’ is only their third full length in that time....
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Review: Aberrator – Beckoning Tribulation
Review by Sandre the Giant New Zealand’s death metal newcomers Aberrator have appeared from nowhere with their debut full length record, ‘Beckoning Tribulation’ and amanged to ink themselves a release...
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2024 Anniversary Series 137: Anaal Nathrakh – Domine Non Es Dignus
Scribed by Sandre the Giant If you enjoy extreme music of any kind, you’ll be aware of Brummie destroyers Anaal Nathrakh and their famously intense assault of black/death/grind that has been napalming...
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2024 Anniversary Series 138: Yob – Clearing the Path to Ascend
Scribed by Sandre the Giant A rightly ascribed modern classic of doom, the massive seventh record from Oregon’s Yob was their third after coming back from a 2006 split, and 2011’s ‘Atma’ had put them...
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Review: Bile Caster – Writhing Between Birth and Death
Review by Sandre the Giant Originally published here: https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/bile-caster-writhing-between-birth-death/ Leicester’s Bile Caster have been slugging their way through...
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2024 Anniversary Series 139: Lamb of God – Ashes of the Wake
Scribed by Sandre the Giant At this point in their career, Lamb of God have been long established as a major flag bearer in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, and one of the world’s biggest metal...
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Review: Enforced – A Leap into the Dark
Review by Sandre the Giant Richmond, Virginia’s thrash/crossover heroes Enforced are back with a new EP, and for those of us weaned on their awesome ‘Kill Grid’ and ‘War Remains’ albums from the past...
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Review: Paganizer – Flesh Requiem
Review by Sandre the Giant Another year, another Rogga Johansson project releasing a record. Well, he’s only been part of EIGHT albums released this year so far, an insane level of productivity but...
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