Black Moon Cult is hard stoner rock/ heavy psych/ and progressive doom band from Toledo, Ohio. They consist of Kaleb M. Riser on vocals, guitar, synth, and electric sitar, Kevin Lewis on vocals, bass, keyboard, and pipe organ, and Jeff Vandebussche on vocals, and drums. They just released their debut album called Ophidian Future (The Children of Yig) on September 5th...
Mezzoa is a heavy rocking power trio from San Diego, California. The band features Nacho Maldonado on guitar and vocals, Q Pena on bass, and Scott Hoover on drums. Their albums include 2017’s Astral Travel, 2022’s Dunes of Mars, and their latest, 2025’s Ton 618. Ton 618 contains thirteen tracks at thirty nine minutes long and came out on August...
The Big Rip is a five-piece stoner/ desert rock band from Porsgrunn, Norway. Formed in 2021, the lineup consists of Danny Valle Johannessen on vocals, Eivind Dalevoll on guitar, Ole Jørgen Kjørholt on guitar, Mats Bredesen on bass, and Simen Lunde on drums. They released their debut EP, Order of the Goatlord in 2023 and have released a couple of...
Astral Nomad are a heavy psych/ stoner doom band from Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. They consist of Bartek Kowal on drums, Damian Chojnacki on vocals and guitars, Artur Olej on guitars, and Szymi Baran on bass. Their debut EP called NOMAD-1 was released in 2024 and contains three tracks. The band just released their second EP, aptly titled NOMAD-2 on August...
Giant Haze is a fairly new band, formed in 2024, from Kiel, Germany. The quartet features Christian “Andi” Andersen on bass, Peter “Pete” Stoeckicht on guitars, Timo Ahlers on drums, and Christoph Wollmann on vocals. They play a fuzzed out blend of stoner rock, grunge, hardcore, and doom. The band just released their debut full length entitled Cosmic Mother on...
HÖG are a 3-piece heavy rock band from Portland, Oregon. Consisting of Daniel on guitars and vocals, Adam on drums, and Bobcat on bass, the band originally formed in 2018. They initially released a three song Self Titled EP in 2022, with a different drummer and bassist. HÖG play a style of 70’s driven hard rock with hardcore and punk...
Florist is a stoner/ psychedelic /doom/ space rock band from Tampa, Florida. The lineup consists of Frankie Consoli on lead vocals, guitar, and sitar, Kevin Roy on bass and backing vocals, Mike Amador on drums and backing vocals, and Jer Dillow on theremin, synthesizers, and percussion. They released their debut EP called Contact in 2023. On August 1sr 2025, the...
Supernaughty is a stoner metal band from Livorno, Italy. Formed in 2014, the quartet features Angelo Fagni on vocals and rhythm guitar, Filippo Del Bimbo on llead guitar, Alessio Franceschi on drums, and Luca Raffoni on bass. They have released three albums including: 2018’s Vol. 1, 2020’s Temple, and their latest, 2025’s Apocalypso. Apocalypso is the band’s first record on...
Maanta Raay is a hard rock/ heavy psych trio from Nashville, Tennessee. Consisting of Mason Hadley on bass, Carlos Ortiz-Martinez on drums, and Chet Weise on guitar and vocals, they released their Self Titled debut on July18th 2025. Containing eight tracks at twenty five minutes long, the recording was released on No Sabes. “The Night Rider” starts things off with...
Live at The Sinclair in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA *September 14th 2025* The last time I saw Fu Manchu live was almost exactly a year ago on September 15, 2024. They opened for Clutch and Rival Sons at the Hampton Beach Casino in New Hampshire (read the show review here). Although it was a great show, it was not a true...