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...
Gozu is a heavy stoner rock/ metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. Their releases include: 2008’s Self Titled Demo, 2010’s Locust Season, 2013’s The Fury Of A Patient Man, 2016’s Revival, 2018’s Equilibrium, 2023’s Remedy (review here), and their latest, 2026’s VI. The band consists of Marc Gaffney on vocals and guitar, Doug Sherman on lead guitar, Seth Botos on drums,...
Bong Voyage is a hard rock band from Oslo, Norway. They consist of Charlie Ytterli on vocals, Simen Andersen on guitar, Kim Grannes on guitar, Tobias Paulsen on drums, and Asbjørn Halsten on bass. They are somewhat of a supergroup featuring Charlie Ytterli and Kim Grannes from the band Håndgemeng and Tobias Paulsen from Suncraft. Hedonistic Hard Rock is their...
Restless Spirit is a stoner/ heavy metal band from Long Island, New York. The trio consists of Paul Aloisio on vocals and guitar, Marc Morello on bass, and Jon Gusman on drums. Formed over a decade ago, their releases include: 2015’s Tardus Mortem, 2016’s Harvest EP, 2017’s 1922 EP, 2019’s Lord of the New Depression, 2020’s Clarity EP, 2021’s Blood...
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...
Live at Roadrunner in Boston, Massachusetts USA *May 30th 2026* For whatever reason, I reviewed this show in the reverse order. I guess I was so excited to talk about Acid Bath that I started writing about them and just decided to leave the order as is. The show was amazing and I was so ecstatic to have finally witnessed...
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...
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...