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Listen/purchase: Witnessing Someone You Love Die Right Before Your Very Eyes by Sheer Zed 

In Buddhism Maraṇasati (mindfulness of death, death awareness) is a Buddhist meditation practice of remembering and keeping in mind that death can arrive at any time. This Bandcamp Friday release, Witnessing Someone You Love Die Right Before Your Very Eyes, features a necromantic audio element deep inside the mix of one of the two long form tracks on this album. This work is both a meditation and an awakening. A full length exclusive PDF essay about this release are included as a download bonus.

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In September 2023 I went on my fourth pilgrimage to Thailand. This album contains recordings I made using my trusty Tascam DR-40 while staying at www.thewarriorshouse.com and also at various other locations in the environs of Chiang Mai, Thailand. The album includes the sounds of nature and magickal rituals some of which I was a part of and witnessed. With this album I sincerely hope to capture the flavours and essence of the beautiful and transcendental Thai Buddhist culture and landscape. To read more about my fourth pilgrimage you can go here sheerzed.me/2023/10/04/the-fourth-pilgrimage-the-khata-sealed-sak-yant-back-and-the-transference-of-the-spirit-of-suea-yen/. 10% of the proceeds from this album will go to the charity Wat Don Chan in Thailand www.watdonchan.org.

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Today it's #BandcampFriday once again. To celebrate Sheer Zed's Monsters of Evil will be reissued with a pile of exclusive new extras: Brand new cover art - A fresh new restoration and remaster - An unreleased bonus track from the same session - Plus included with the downloads the classic guerrilla filmed video of Monsters of Evil on MP4 format - Filmed, edited and uploaded in a staggering 24 hour period this classic piece of wyrd pop is the perfect accompaniment on your flat screen TV for Halloween.

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I'm very happy to announce that my Guide to the Underworld, Magical #Amulets: A Personal View of Thai #Buddhist Esoterica is now available in both physical and digital editions on Hadean Press.

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The Sorcerer of the Shadow Temple is out today on Bandcamp. https://sheerzed.bandcamp.com/album/the-sorcerer-of-the-shadow-temple

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Out tomorrow on Bandcamp a #NewAlbum for #BandcampFriday...The Sorcerer of the Shadow Temple https://sheerzed.bandcamp.com

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A collage of various sound elements which include audio from a megaphone led demonstration crowd in London, a video interview with Harry Everett Smith (artist, experimental filmmaker, bohemian, mystic, record collector, hoarder, student of anthropology and a Neo-Gnostic bishop.), field recordings from Thailand of a squeaky door leading into a lush bird filled garden and some vocal meditation guidance at a temple and an ansaphone message from a late schizophrenic parent. These elements together create a tension that exposes a paradoxical issue. All things come from and will ultimately end in silence. While life demands freedom using the urgency and vitality of sound, silence is the ultimate non-sound that will envelop life into the realm of non-existence.

Released November 10th 2022 on the Institute For Alien Research Bath, UK.

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“In 2017, I began a series three of pilgrimages to Thailand. Little did I suspect that these spiritual journeys into the rich and fascinating world of Thailand would completely and utterly change me both internally and externally and the way I would ultimately view life.” I’ve written a guest blog with some of my photos for the lovely folk over at Superstition Saturday. There’s a Ghost in My House: The Tradition of Building Spirit Houses in Thailand is waiting for your perusal. 

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I’ve written an article called It’s All Down in Black and White – Thai Lanna Buddhist Occult Tattoos of Magickal Power for the publication Conjure Codex V: The Black Issue out on Hadean Press now.

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Praying to Baphomet for Suea Yen's Release is a track inspired by an unusual incident. Click through to the Bandcamp page for the full story. My full digital discography of all 75 releases has a hefty 90% discount off for today only.

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This is a special Bandcamp reissue of Sheer Zed's 2009 release The Cosmic Glue EP. It features five newly remastered and restored tracks and includes the original EP artwork. Exclusive download extras also include the infamous sparkling orange trousers Soul Distraction Palm Springs desert video on MP4 format and a full colour PDF booklet essay about the making of and release of this EP.