Sweden’s stoner rock legends Dozer have released a new album of older material called Rewind To Return: Rarities, Singles, and B- Sides on August 1st 2025. Blues Funeral Recordings, who worked with the band on their last record, 2023’s Drifting In The Endless Void (review here) have released this one too. The current lineup of Dozer consists of Fredrik Nordin...
The heavy riff rocking groove machine Borracho have been jamming together for nearly two decades now and are super consistent with the quality of their many releases. The list is something like this: 2011’s Splitting Sky, 2013’s Oculus, 2016’s Atacama, 2021’s Pound Of Flesh, 2023’s Blurring The Lines, and their latest, 2025’s Ouroboros. They have many EP’s, singles, etc. available...
Dërro is a stoner rock band from Asheville, North Carolina. They consist of Neal Brewer, Corey Tossas, and Pat Gerasia. They released their debut EP entitled Halcyon on August 1st 2025. It contains six rocking tracks clocking in around twenty four minutes. The title track ”Halcyon” kicks in with a nice heavy groove of rocking bliss. The vocals have an...
Live at The Widowmaker Brewery in Braintree, Massachusetts USA *August 28th 2025* It’s quite rare for me to go to a heavy rock show two weeks in a row but that’s how things recently played out. Last week, I witnessed one of Sweden’s finest, Truckfighters play in Cambridge, Massachusetts (review here). This past Thursday night, I got to see the...
Hebi Katana is a stoner/ doom rock/ metal band from Tokyo, Japan. They formed in 2020 and released their Self Titled album by the end of that year. They also have 2022’s Impermanence, 2023’s III, and their latest, 2025’s Imperfection. The current lineup consists of Nobu on guitar and vocals, Laven on bass and vocals, and Goblin on drums. Imperfection...
I Am Low is a stoner rock power trio based in Umeå, Sweden. The band consists of Kristoffer Norgren on guitar and vocals, Anton Höög on bass, and Oskar Melander on drums and backing vocals. The fuzz rockers deliver a mixture of heavy riffs and melodious songwriting. They have albums dating back over a decade, starting with 2014’s Self Titled,...
Live at Sonia’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA *August 20th 2025* I was ecstatic when I heard that the Truckfighters were returning to the United States. The Swedish fuzz rockers are one of the most dynamic and energetic live bands in existence today. I have seen the band play live, I believe four times already, and they always deliver an amazing...
Matra is a stoner/ heavy psych rock band from Milan, Italy. Consisting of Franco Campanella on lead vocals, Paola Bramno on guitars, Gando Pauar on bass and backing vocals, and Fra Lafra on drums, the quartet has a slew of recordings. It all started with 2005’s Missione Delta. Matra then released 2013’s Roots2TheSky, and 2019’s MATRA III. On July 8th...
Psalm is a heavy rocking doom metal band from Los Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2020, during the pandemic, the band has released their debut EP entitled Blessed Are The Cursed in 2021. The trio consists of Jon Torres on vocals and bass, Ian Henneforth on drums, and Carlos Martinez on guitar. Their latest EP, called In Darkness… Have Mercy was...
Margarita Witch Cult are a three-piece proto-doom/ stoner rock band from the birthplace of heavy metal, Birmingham, England. They consist of Scott Abbott on vocals and guitars, James Brown on bass, vocals, synth, mellotron, and guitars, and George Caswell on drums and vocals. They released their Self Titled debut back in 2023 and just recently dropped their latest called, Strung...