Heavy Underground Band & Album reviews: My favorites in Riff rock/ fuzz/ stoner/ doom/ sludge/ heavy psych/ hardcore & metal

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Apewards – Liminal Choices 

Apewards is a stoner/blues rock three-piece based in Marburg, Germany. They have a slew of recordings including five EPs: 2013’s Carpenter of Tripolis, 2015’s Humanzee, 2017’s High & Dry, 2020’s PEAKS Vol. I, and 2022’s PEAKS Vol. II. They released a live album in 2018 called Live in Cloud Forest, and have three full length albums including: 2016’s Tales of...

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Dwellers – Corrupt Translation Machine 

Dwellers are an atmospheric hard rock band from Salt Lake City, Utah. They play a eclectic mix of psychedelic, blues, Americana, and are purveyors of the slow burn. The band has released two prior albums for Small Stone Records including 2012’s Good Morning Harakiri and 2014’s Pagan Fruit. They also released an experimental EP, 2011’s Peace, and Other Horrors, along...

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Turtle Skull – Being Here

Turtle Skull are a four-piece band from Sidney, Australia. Their music is a mix of psychedelic rock with a blend of alternative doom and indie pop with excellent vocal harmonies. Their debut Self Titled EP was released in 2018, followed by 2020’s Monoliths, and their latest album, 2025’s Being Here. The lineup consists of Julian Frese on bass guitar, Ally...

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Crystal Spiders – Metanoia

Crystal Spiders is a stoner rock three-piece from Raleigh, North Carolina. The current lineup features Brenna Leath on bass and vocals, Aaron Willis on drums, and Reid Rogers on guitar. The trio has a dynamic mix of heavy stoner metal, doom, NWOBHM, and heavy psych. Crystal Spiders have released a three song demo in 2019, 2020’s Molt, 2021’s MORIERIS, and...

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Queens Of The Stone Age – Live 6/11/25

Live at MGM Music Hall /Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts USA *June 11th 2025* My friend Sam and his wife Natalie invited me to go see Queens Of The Stone Age in Boston this past Wednesday night. It has been nearly 22 years since I saw the band live. It was in support of their classic 2002’s Songs For The Deaf...

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White Noise Generator – Myriads

White Noise Generator is stoner/ prog rock band from Passau, Germany. The quartet features Martin Frank on vocals and synth, Vincent Vetter on guitars, Julian Dammann on bass, and Luke Taylor on drums. Their debut album entitled Dead Leaves was released in 2019, followed by 2021’s Breathing single. Their latest album, 2025’s Myriads was released on May 16th 2025. The...

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Causa Sui – In Flux 

Causa Sui is an instrumental psychedelic rock band from Odense, Denmark. Formed in 2004, they released a 2005 Self Titled and 2007 Free Ride album that featured vocals from Kasper Markus. When he left the band in 2008, Causa Sui decided to carry on as an instrumental and the line up consists of: Jess Kahr on bass, Jakob Skøtt on...

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Dusty Rose Gang – A-One From Day One 

Dusty Rose Gang is a hard retro rocking band from Detroit, Michigan. The quartet features Dusty Rose on guitar and vocals, Brett Donlon on bass, Blake Hill on drums, and Josh Budiongan on guitar. They just recently released their debut full length album called A-One From Day One on May 16th 2025, on RidingEasy Records. It contains eight tracks at...

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Skyjoggers – 12021:Post-Electric Apocalypse 

Skyjoggers are a 3-piece space rock band from Tampere, Finland. Consisting of Alexi Belle on guitars & effects, Juan Rico on bass, synth & vocals, and Gabo Sabor on drums & vocals, the band has an atmospheric and psychedelic sound of hypnotic riffs. Their releases include: 2017’s Fuzz Lightyear EP, 2018’s Journeymen, 2019’s Seasons of Uiu, 2020’s Oudot jamit vol.1,...

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Kal-El – Astral Voyager, Vol. 1

Kal-El is a stoner rock band from Stavanger, Norway. The music is a combination of hard rock and heavy metal with fuzzed out elements of psychedelic, doom, and blues. Formed in 2012, the band has released six full length albums to date, including: 2013’s Pakal, 2015’s Ecosphere, 2017’s Astrodoomeda, 2019s Witches of Mars, 2021’s Dark Majesty, and their latest, 2025’s...