Tag Stoner
Full disclosure, the band I am in have been on a couple of bills with Goat Monsoon so I have met them and thought they were great guys but don’t really know them. With that in mind I highly recommend you go and see them live coz they… Continue Reading →
On first sight of the cover for ‘Ablanthanabla’ it is frankly impossible not to think Electric Wizard. The font is right, the name is halfway there, and the Branca Studio style artwork (hey, it may even be Branca for all… Continue Reading →
Aussie stoner doom merchants, Oceanlord unleash their debut album “Kingdom Cold”. With a story that has become very familiar, the trio put the tracks together during lockdown in their Melbourne home studio. The whole stoner, psyche doom scene is well… Continue Reading →
This is my first encounter with the genre-fusing trio Trevor’s Head and we were off to a bad start. Initially, listening to their new album A View From Below, I kept wishing they would stick to punk and stop taking… Continue Reading →
Despite having been alive in no less than seven different consecutive decades (I had to check my maths, and damn, I wasn’t wrong!), I try not to be too set in my ways, and especially when it comes to music,… Continue Reading →
Norwegian stoner rock power trio titans El Caco are back! After their 2016 release ‘7’, we have had to wait 7 years for their follow up effort. Clever marketing strategy? Sheer coincidence? who knows… All we can say for certain… Continue Reading →
Indulging in “dark melodic grooves … with the odd detour via psychedelic and stoneresque landscapes”, this five year old experimental black n roll band from Bergen in Norway delves into matters like the human condition and states of mind. Let’s… Continue Reading →
Time, or at least the way we perceive it as passing, can be a strange old thing, and it’s something I’ve particularly noticed when listening to music. Sometimes it can seem to drag, indicating something is an unwelcome slog to… Continue Reading →
Ukrainian stoner prog trio, Stoned Jesus know more than most about overcoming adversity. With the obvious terrible circumstances in their homeland, the band nonetheless have managed to craft their fifth long player since their birth in 2009. The band have… Continue Reading →
As 2022 turned to 2023, doubtless there were any number of resolutions made to turn over a new leaf, start new ways, and try new things. Now that it is several weeks into the new year, many of those resolutions… Continue Reading →
Two years on from 2020’s ‘Omens’, Berlin based quartet, Elder, return with latest album ‘Innate Passage’. Straddling the line between psychedelic stoner metal and prog rock, Elder are a band lacking in neither ambition nor technicality. Their ability to tour… Continue Reading →
If you’ve been around the London metal scene for a while, you’ll be well aware of Zocalo. If you’ve been to Bloodstock over the last few years, or have your ear to the ground of UK Doom in general, you’ll… Continue Reading →