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Review: Strychnos – Armageddon Patronage
Review by Sandre the Giant Denmark’s Strychnos have been around since the late 90s but have only really belched themselves into existence in the last decade or so. Their new record, ‘Armageddon...
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Review: Primitive Warfare – Extinction Protocol
Review by Sandre the Giant The debut full length from South Carolina’s Primitive Warfare is ‘Extinction Protocol’, out now through Godz ov War Productions and if you had told me before I listened to...
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2024 Anniversary Series 086: Mayhem – Esoteric Warfare
Scribed by Sandre the Giant We’ve just discussed Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem on this site a mere few weeks ago, but this is a much different proposition than their all conquering, masterpiece...
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Review: Mortal Wound – The Anus of the World
Review by Sandre the Giant ‘The Anus of the World’ is a real contender for album title of the year for 2024 isn’t it? The debut record from Los Angeles’ Mortal Wound is out now through a joint venture...
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Review: Mutalith – The Eternal Dark
Review by Sandre the Giant If there’s something I try to do on the Killchain, it is shine a light onto the underground of the UK and particularly my homeland of Scotland, whenever I come across a band...
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Review: Soulcarrion – Enthrone Death
Review by Sandre the Giant I’ve been terrible at keeping up with some record labels this year, such is the Biblical flood of new releases every week, and so somehow I missed the new Soulcarrion...
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2024 Anniversary Series 087: Saor – Aura
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Saor are close to home and close to my heart when it comes to atmospheric black metal bands who have come to prominence in the past decade or so. Scottish and channelling...
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2024 Anniversary Series 088: Nightwish – Once
Scribed by Sandre the Giant I’m old enough and comfortable enough to admit that when this record came out, I was hooked into it because I was 18 and into goth chicks and I saw the video for ‘Nemo’,...
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Review: Aardvark – Tough Love
Review by Sandre the Giant I’ll be honest, I took one look at this album cover and I was like “I need to hear this record, even if it fucking sucks”. That’s how we all started listening to records...
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Review: Gom Jabbar – Obsidian Black Carrion
Review by Sandre the Giant A new side project from one of the members of Scottish death metal maniacs Penny Coffin, Gom Jabbar take more of a death/doom approach to their sound, and their debut EP...
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Review: Sumac – The Healer
Review by Sandre the Giant Originally published here: https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/sumac-the-healer/ Sumac are a band that I’ve always heard good things about, but never managed to get...
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2024 Anniversary Series 089: Tombs – Savage Gold
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Tombs became one of the early 2010s most singular and enthralling voices in black metal, off the back of their 2009 debut record ‘Winter Hours’. It felt like a whole new...
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Review: Mære –…and the Universe Keeps Silent
Review by Sandre the Giant Lost amongst much of 2020’s releases was the debut EP, ‘I’, from mysterious German trio Mære, an uncomfortable odyssey of twisted black/death metal that was equal parts ugly...
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2024 Anniversary Series 090: Trap Them – Blissfucker
Scribed by Sandre the Giant It took me a while to really get into hardcore music, in the same way it took me a while to get into grindcore it was just a little abrasive and angular for me to really...
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Review: Nuclear Tomb – Terror Labyrinthian
Review by Sandre the Giant Baltimore death/thrashers Nuclear Tomb have been pounding away on the underground for years now, with a raft of demos and EPs out there but their new release ‘Terror...
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2024 Anniversary Series 091: Cloven Hoof – Cloven Hoof
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Being one of the more theatrical NWOBHM bands in the birth of the genre, Cloven Hoof were a bit of an enigma in their early days. Their four members took the pseudonyms of...
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Review: Carnophage – Matter of a Darker Nature
Review by Sandre the Giant Turkish technical death metallers Carnophage have always had a well spaced out release schedule for their record; their newest one ‘Matter of a Darker Nature’ has been eight...
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2024 Anniversary Series 092: Thergothon – Stream from the Heavens
Scribed by Sandre the Giant The Anniversary Series has given us the chance here to really get to know some iconic records, some masterful classics and some of the most important records ever made, but...
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Review: Sear Bliss – Heavenly Down
Review by Sandre the Giant Long running Hungarian black metallers Sear Bliss first came to my attention of their beautiful 2007 record ‘The Arcane Odyssey’, and I was spellbound immediately. They have...
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Review: Trog – Horrors Beyond
Review by Sandre the Giant Originally published here: https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/trog-horrors-beyond/ New Jersey death metallers Trog have been a band I have kept a close eye on since...
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