The Clamps are a three piece speed/ stoner rock n’ roll band from Bergamo, northern Italy. The band formed in 2012 and have three albums available, 2013’s Deadly Kick For A Fat Fucker, 2017’s Blend, Shake, Swallow, and 2024’s Megamouth. The lineup consists of Ben on guitar and vocals, Bely on bass, and Marcy on drums. Megamouth was released on...
Fidel A Go Go is a heavy down-tuned riff rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. They incorporate elements of progressive, grunge, and stoner rock, which gives the band a varied range of sounds. They formed in 2019 and is made of seasoned musicians, including Duncan Beale on guitar and vocals, Nigel Bishop on guitars, Simon Pamplin on bass and Toby...
Every now and again, I discover a band that totally blows my mind. This happened when I heard Valley Of The Sun and Black Rainbows for the first time. I got sucked into their music and discography so much and became quite obsessed with their stuff. I would constantly listen to all of their material, anything and everything that I...
Klastos are a heavy sludgy doom metal band with elements of thrash and hardcore infused within their sound. The band is from Östergötland County, Sweden, and formed in 2020. The lineup consists of Joakim Axelsson on guitar, Marko Harju on guitar, Eric Jenson on bass and vocals, and Steve Mills on drums. The band released a three song EP called...
Land Mammal is a heavy rocking Texas based quartet that formed in 2019. They released their debut Self Titled EP that same year. They also have two full length albums, 2021’s Show Your Mind, and 2024’s Emergence. On January 24th 2025, Land Mammal released their latest four song EP called Survive The Hive. The thirteen minute recording is self released...
Dax Riggs became known with his incredible vocal dynamics in Acid Bath, one of the most decorated and amazing heavy sludge rock/ metal bands ever. They released two albums, 1994’s When The Kite String Pops and 1996’s Paegan Terrorism Tactics. After Acid Bath, he was in a heavy rock band Agents Of Oblivion and recorded one album, their Self Titled in...
The year 2024 was a spectacular year for heavy riff rock music. It was nearly impossible to realistically choose 20 albums and rank them in order of favorites. I did my best at that time but things are constantly changing for me with music and discovering stuff that I didn’t hear until later. I reviewed over seventy albums that were...
Howling Giant is a stoner metal/ psychedelic rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. The power trio has been active since 2014 and consists of Tom Polzine on guitar and vocals, Sebastian Baltes on bass, and Zach Wheeler on drums and vocals. The band’s releases are 2015’s Self Titled EP, 2016’s Black Hole Space Wizard: Part 1 EP, 2017’s Black Hole Space...
Daily Thompson is a power trio from Dortmund, Germany and started in late 2012. The band’s sound is a mix of stoner rock and grunge, with a slab of noisy power blues. Their full length releases include 2014’s Self Titled, 2016’s Boring National, 2018’s Thirsty, 2020’s Oumumua, 2021’s God Of Spinoza, and their latest album 2024’s Chuparosa. The lineup consists...
Shotgun Sawyer is three piece blues rock band based in Auburn, California. The lineup consists of David Lee on drums, Brett Sanders on bass, and Dylan Jarman on guitar and vocals. The band formed in 2015 and released 2016’s Thunderchief, 2019’s Bury The Hatchet, and their latest, 2024’s Self Titled album on December 6th. Shotgun Sawyer contains nine songs in...