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

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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...

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Tumble – Lost In Light EP

Tumble is a three-piece band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They consist of Liam Deak on guitar and vocals, Tarun Dawar on bass, and Will Adams on drums and percussion. Their sound is a mix of hard rock, blues, psychedelic, and proto-metal. The band released a couple of singles, 2023’s Lady Cadaver (featuring two tracks), and 2024’s Earth Flight (Pentagram cover)....

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Paralyzed – Rumble & Roar

Paralyzed is a German hard rock band that formed in 2019. Their sound is a mix of hard driven blues, vintage seventies rock, and elements of stoner. The quartet consists of Michael Binder on vocals and lead guitar, Caterina Böhner on organ and rhythm guitar, Philipp Engelbrecht on bass, and Florian Thiele on drums. They have released four full length...

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Black Honey Cult – Self Titled 

Black Honey Cult is a garage punk/ psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, California. The lineup includes Jake Cavaliere on vocals and organ, and Johnny DeVilla on guitars and noise, (who were both members of The Lords Of Altamont). It also consists of Spencer Robinson on bass and vocals, Garey Snider on drums, and Travis Petersen on guitar. The quintet...

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Astroqueen – Rufus Rising EP

Sweden’s Astroqueen has returned with a new four song EP called Rufus Rising. Originally formed in 1998, the stoner metal quartet, consisting of Daniel Anghede on vocals and guitar, Daniel Tolergard on guitar, Johan Bachman on drums, and Mattias Vester on bass, are back in true form. Their 2001 debut album Into Submission, which was re-released in 2023 (review here)...

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This Summit Fever – Self Titled 

This Summit Fever is a two-piece stoner rock duo from The Midlands, United Kingdom. The band consists of Andy Blackburn on guitar and vocals, and Gareth Ayres on drums. However, the drums on this album were performed by James McSorley. They have two EPs available, 2021’s Doubt, and 2023’s Distraction Rituals. They just released their debut Self Titled album on...