Bird is a three-piece band from Naples, Italy. They play a combination of old school hard rock, blues, heavy psych, stoner and doom. They have released their debut, 2021’s The Great Beast from the Sea and various singles throughout their inception. They consist of Simone Pennicci on vocals and guitar, Pietro La Tegola on bass and backing vocals, and Johnny...
Truckfighters are a stoner/ desert rock band from Örebro, Sweden. Formed in 2001, they have released six full length albums including: 2005’s Gravity X, 2007’s Phi, 2009’s Mania, 2014’s Universe, 2016’s V, and their latest, 2026’s Masterflow. They also released 2023’s The Fuzzsplit Of The Century (Split with Firestone) and a live album, 2016’s Live In London. The original and...
Corrosion Of Conformity Is a hard rocking and pioneering heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. They formed in 1982 and started as a hardcore/ punk band, ultimately helping create a new genre called crossover. The original lineup featured guitarist Woody Weatherman, bassist Mike Dean, and drummer Reed Mullin. With other bands like DRI, Cryptic Slaughter, SOD, etc, emerging, the...
Seum is a doom n’ bass trio from Montreal, Canada. They play a heavy style of sludge/stoner metal, hardcore, and doom with no guitars! They consist of Gaspard Carrey on vocals, Piotr Ignatowicz on bass, and Frédéric Lepoutre on drums. They released two full length albums thus far, 2021’s Winterized and 2023’s Double Double. They also have a few EPs,...
Devil Electric is a four-piece heavy psychedelic, hard rocking, stoner doom band from Melbourne, Australia. They consist of Perinea “Pip” O’Brien on vocals, Christos Athanasias on guitars, Mark Van De Beek on drums, and Nicolas Dumont on bass and vocals. Their recordings include their debut EP, 2016’s The Gods Below, 2017’s Self Titled, 2021’s GODLESS, and their latest, 2026’s Tahlia....
Astral Wizard is a stoner rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The trio consists of Eric Ervin on vocals, guitar, organ, and drums, Dana “Erv” Ervin on vocals and bass, and Mitch Huffman on vocals, drums, and guitar. They have released 2023’s Self Titled, 2024’s Cosmic Riders EP, 2025’s Reanimated, and their latest, 2026’s Earthbound. Earthbound was released on March 27th 2026...
I had the pleasure to discuss my Top 10 Favorite Releases for the first quarter of 2026 with Dan from The Heavy Desert Podcast. Listen to our episode here : APPLE or SPOTIFY Here are my picks with a review link for each album , with an additional 15 honorable mentions. Check out all of these amazing recordings and bands....
Sons Of Gulliver is heavy stoner rock band from Dallas, Texas. The duo features Justin Potter on bass guitar and vocals, and Dolphin Riot on drums and percussion. The band released some singles starting in 2023, which eventually led to their debut, 2024’s Self Titled EP. They just recently dropped their latest full length debut album, called Tetrahedric Hellscape Cannon,...
Music is a universal language that doesn’t always need to be explained or translated. Although, well over ninety percent of what I do listen to is in the English language, there have been bands in the past that I have really enjoyed but sing in a different language. The heavy rockers Abramis Brama from Sweden, have mostly all of their...
Purple Lung is a four-piece stoner/ doom metal band from Pennsylvania. They formed in 2020 and consist of Toni Pennello on vocals and guitars, Simon Beierle on guitars, Max Schmitt on bass, and James Jaskolka on drums. They just released their debut full length album called Mystic Vision, on February 13th 2026, on Landslide Collective. The first thing that really...
