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

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Dirty Sound Magnet – Me And My Shadow 

Dirty Sound Magnet is a hard rock band from Switzerland. The trio has an eclectic blend of blues, psychedelic, and progressive rock in their sound. Active since 2008, they consist of Stavros Dzodzos on lead guitar and vocals, Marco Mottolini on bass and backing vocals, and Maxime Cosandey on drums, backing vocals, and special effects. They have released eight full...

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The Quill – Master Of The Skies

The Quill is a stoner/ hard rock/ heavy metal band from Sweden that has been active since the early 1990’s. The current and classic lineup consists of Magnus Ekwall on vocals, Christian Carlsson on guitar, Jolle Atlagic on drums, and Roger Nilsson on bass. They have released eleven full length albums including: 1995’s Self Titled, 1999’s Silver Haze, 2002’s Voodoo...

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Phantom Logic – Salton Dust

Phantom Logic is a heavy psychedelic instrumental rock band from San Diego, California. They consist of Matthew Glenn Meyer on guitar, Kristofer Dawson on bass, and Kiran Sheshadri on drums. They also feature guitar virtuoso Isaiah Mitchell from Earthless. They released their debut album called Salton Dust on April 27th 2026 on Glory Or Death Records. It contains four tracks...

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Crobot – Supermoon

Crobot is hard rocking/ stoner metal band from Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Formed in 2011, they have released five full length albums including: 2014’s Something Supernatural, 2016’s Welcome To Fat City, 2019’s Motherbrain, 2022’s Feel This, 2024’s Obsidian, and their latest, 2026’s Supermoon. The band consists of Brandon Yeagley on lead vocals and harmonica, Chris Bishop on guitars and backing vocals, Willie...

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Pentagram & Legions Of Doom Live 5/23/26

Live at Taffeta Music Hall in Lowell, Massachusetts USA *May 23rd 2026* This past Saturday night I went to an amazing show at a club in Lowell, Massachusetts. I was not familiar with this venue and my perception was totally off. I was initially thinking that it was a small theater type with seating. To my delight, it ended up...

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Witch Ripper – Through The Hourglass 

Witch Ripper is a heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington that incorporates progressive, stoner, sludge, and hard rock into their sound. The quartet consists of Curtis Parker on vocals and guitar, Chad Fox on guitar and vocals, Brian Kim on bass, and Joe Eck on drums. Formed in 2012, the band have released 2012’s Self Titled EP, 2018’s Homestead, 2023’s...

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Robot God – Onto The Afterlife 

Robot God is a heavy psychedelic stoner rock band from Sydney, Australia. They consist of Matt Allen on bass, vocals, and synth, Raff Iacurto on guitar, vocals, and synth, and Tim Pritchard on drums and synth. They have released: 2020’s Silver Buddha Dreaming, 2022’s Valleys of Primordia EP, 2022’s Worlds Collide, 2024’s Portal Within, 2024’s Subconscious Awakening, 2025’s Robot God...

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Bismut – Matsutake

Bismut is a progressive/ heavy psychedelic instrumental rock band from Nijmegen, Netherlands. The trio consists of Peter Dragt on drums, Huibert der Weduwen on bass, and Nik Linders on guitars. They have released their debut album, 2018’s Schwerpunkt, 2020’s Retrocausality, 2023’s Ausdauer, and their latest, 2026’s Matsutake. Matsutake was released on April 24th 2026 on Tonzonen Records and contains six...

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White Tundra – Stories From The Dark

White Tundra is a hard stoner rock band from Trondheim, Norway. They consist of Steven Kresin on guitar and vocals, Kjell Andres Nilsen on lead guitar and vocals, Øyvind Persvik on bass, and Ola Fuglevaag on drums. Active since 2018, they have released: 2020’s Graveyard Blues EP, 2023’s Self Titled, and their latest sophomore, 2026’s Stories From The Dark. Stories...