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

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Bronco Forte – Lightening Scars

Bronco Forte is a four-piece heavy rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band consists of Chris Klepac on guitar and vocals, Sako Injaian on guitar and vocals, Jen Glomboski on bass and vocals, and Geoff Summers on drums. The band released their debut Self Titled EP in 2023 and most recently their debut full length album entitled Lightening Scars...

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Surf Through Death – III

Surf Through Death is a stoner rock/ heavy psych trio from Arizona. The band consists of Mike Upsahl on bass and vocals, Chan Schulman on guitar, and Shane Ocell on drums. They have released 2020’s Self Titled EP, 2022’s II, and their latest album, 2026’s III. The band has a great desert rock sound that packs the fuzzy riffs with...

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Bird – Mondo Occvlto

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...

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Truckfighters – Masterflow

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...

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Corrosion Of Conformity – Good God / Baad Man

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...

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Seum – Parking Life

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,...

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Devil Electric – Tahlia

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....

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Astral Wizard – Earthbound 

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...

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Sons Of Gulliver – Tetrahedric Hellscape Cannon

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,...