High Master is a heavy rocking quartet from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. They consist of Chad Mason on guitar and vocals, David Melashenko on guitars, Brett Young on bass, and Kyle Lawrence on drums. Road Man is their debut EP, containing four tracks around fifteen minutes long. It was released on August 11th 2025. High Master play hard driven riff rock...
Appalooza is a three-piece band from Brittany, France. Formed in 2012, they mix elements of stoner rock, alternative metal, and heavy grunge. Their album releases include: 2018’s Self Titled, 2021’s The Holy Of Holies, 2023’s The Shining Son, and their latest, 2025’s The Emperor Of Loss. The band consists of Wild Horse on vocals and guitar, Lone Horse on drums,...
It was another stacked quarter of heavy underground music releases for Q3. I was once again a guest on The Heavy Desert Podcast with Dan Sierras, where we dive into our top ten favorite releases from July through September. You can listen to the episode either on Apple Music or Spotify. The episode was recorded on Sunday, October 5th and...
Stoned Jesus is a stoner rock/metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine. Formed in 2009, they blend in progressive, heavy psych, riff rock, and metal into an expansive array of musical sounds. They have recorded and released: 2010’s First Communion, 2011’s Stormy Monday EP, 2012’s Seven Thunders Roar, 2013’s The Seeds, vol. I , 2015’s The Harvest, 2016’s The Seeds, vol. II,...
Black Moon Cult is hard stoner rock/ heavy psych/ and progressive doom band from Toledo, Ohio. They consist of Kaleb M. Riser on vocals, guitar, synth, and electric sitar, Kevin Lewis on vocals, bass, keyboard, and pipe organ, and Jeff Vandebussche on vocals, and drums. They just released their debut album called Ophidian Future (The Children of Yig) on September 5th...
Mezzoa is a heavy rocking power trio from San Diego, California. The band features Nacho Maldonado on guitar and vocals, Q Pena on bass, and Scott Hoover on drums. Their albums include 2017’s Astral Travel, 2022’s Dunes of Mars, and their latest, 2025’s Ton 618. Ton 618 contains thirteen tracks at thirty nine minutes long and came out on August...
The Big Rip is a five-piece stoner/ desert rock band from Porsgrunn, Norway. Formed in 2021, the lineup consists of Danny Valle Johannessen on vocals, Eivind Dalevoll on guitar, Ole Jørgen Kjørholt on guitar, Mats Bredesen on bass, and Simen Lunde on drums. They released their debut EP, Order of the Goatlord in 2023 and have released a couple of...
Astral Nomad are a heavy psych/ stoner doom band from Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. They consist of Bartek Kowal on drums, Damian Chojnacki on vocals and guitars, Artur Olej on guitars, and Szymi Baran on bass. Their debut EP called NOMAD-1 was released in 2024 and contains three tracks. The band just released their second EP, aptly titled NOMAD-2 on August...
Giant Haze is a fairly new band, formed in 2024, from Kiel, Germany. The quartet features Christian “Andi” Andersen on bass, Peter “Pete” Stoeckicht on guitars, Timo Ahlers on drums, and Christoph Wollmann on vocals. They play a fuzzed out blend of stoner rock, grunge, hardcore, and doom. The band just released their debut full length entitled Cosmic Mother on...
HÖG are a 3-piece heavy rock band from Portland, Oregon. Consisting of Daniel on guitars and vocals, Adam on drums, and Bobcat on bass, the band originally formed in 2018. They initially released a three song Self Titled EP in 2022, with a different drummer and bassist. HÖG play a style of 70’s driven hard rock with hardcore and punk...
