All Them Witches is a heavy rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. The quartet currently features Charles Michael Parks, JR. on bass and vocals, Ben McLeod on guitar and vocals, Allan Van Cleave on piano, keys, and violin, and Christian Powers on drums. Formed in 2012, their full length releases include: 2012’s Our Mother Electricity, 2013’s Lightning at the Door, 2015’s...
Mother Iron Horse is a heavy stoner sludge metal band from Salem, Massachusetts. They consist of Adam Luca on vocals, Marco Medina on guitar, Chris Kobialka on drums, Drew Pelrine on guitar, and Dylan Sullivan on bass. Formed in 2018, the quartet have released 2018’s The Curse EP, 2019’s The Lesser Key, 2021’s Under The Blood Moon, and their latest,...
FUZZRIDER is a heavy blues trio from Athens Greece. Utilizing fuzzed-out stoner rock and heavy psychedelic blues, the band consists of Jim Lord on guitars and vocals, Nick Giannoulis on bass, and Brian Velentzas on drums. They released their debut Self Titled album in 2023 and just released their latest sophomore record, aptly titled Desert Boogie on May 24th 2026....
Monolord is a doom metal trio from Gothenburg, Sweden. Active since 2013, the band features Thomas V. Jäger on guitar, and vocals, Esben Willems on drums, and Mika Häkki on bass. They have put out six full length releases including: 2014’s Empress Rising, 2015’s Vænir, 2017’s Rust, 2019’s No Comfort, 2021’s Your Time to Shine, and 2026’s Neverending. They also...
Elder is a heavy progressive/ psychedelic stoner rock band originally from Massachusetts. Now mostly residing in Berlin, Germany, they have released seven full length albums including: 2008’s Self Titled, 2011’s Dead Roots Stirring, 2015’s Lore, 2017’s Reflections of a Floating World, 2020’s Omens, 2022’s Innate Passage, and 2026’s Through Zero. They also released 2012’s Spires Burn/Release EP, 2019’s The Gold...
Mörkekraft is a new stoner rock/ heavy psych trio from Farsund, Norway. They consist of Tommy Jansen Loennechen on vocals and guitar, Böne Syrdal on drums, and Roger Henriksen on bass and vocals. The band just released their debut full length album called Fragments on May 8th 2026 on both Octopus Rising and Argonauta Records. It contains eight tracks at...
SÖNUS is a hard rocking stoner/ heavy psychedelic metal band from San Francisco, California. They consist of David Wachsman on lead & backing vocals, lead & rhythm guitars, synths, lyrics & arrangements, Dave Reno on bass & backing vocals, and Colin Jaramillo on drums & backing vocals. SÖNUS is the brainchild of David Wachsman, who wrote and recorded the early...
Goddess is a four-piece stoner/ doom metal quartet from Stockholm, Sweden. Formed out of the ashes of Goatess, Goddess blend elements of stoner rock, heavy metal, doom, and heavy psych. The lineup consists of Karl-Martin Buhre on vocals and guitar, Kenta Karlbom on drums, John Jansson on bass, and Anders Martinsgård on guitar. They just released their debut full length...
Red Desert is a four-piece stoner rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Formed in 2004, they have released 2008’s 18 Wheels, 2012’s Damned by Fate, 2016’s Second Coming of Heavy: Chapter Two (Split with Supervoid), 2021’s Horizon EP, and their latest, 2026’s Self Titled. The band consists of Shawn Stende on guitar and vocals, Paul Teeter on bass and vocals, Jeff...
Primitive Ring is a new hard rock trio from Los Angeles, California. They consist of Charles Moothart on guitar and vocals, Bert Hoover on bass and vocals, and Jon Modaff on drums, percussion, and mellotron. All three members are in other bands: Hooveriii, Groop, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Fuzz, and GØGGS. Collectively, their sound has a proto-metal/ heavy psychedelic...
