Category: Album Reviews (2023)

Domkraft – Sonic Moons

Domkraft is a heavy stoner, sludgy, psychedelic doom metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. The trio released their latest record Sonic Moons on Magnetic Eye Records on July 26th, 2023. The current lineup is: Martin Wegeland on bass and vocals, Martin Widholm on guitars, and Anders Dahlgren on drums. The record is 47 minutes long and contains 7 songs total.  The...

Church Of Misery – Born Under A Mad Sign

Church Of Misery formed in 1995 by bassist and originator Tatsu Mikami. They are from Tokyo, Japan and play heavy stoner doom metal. Throughout the years, the band has gone through massive lineup changes. The current roster includes: Tatsu Mikami on bass , Kazuhiro Asaeda on vocals, Fumiya Hattori on guitars, and Toshiaki Umemura on drums. Born Under A Mad...

Gozu – Remedy 

Boston, Massachusetts based band Gozu formed in 2009. Playing a heavy riff rock and stoner metal style of music, the band has made a big impact in the underground rock and metal scene. Their debut album Locust Season, which was released on Small Stone Records in 2010, turned a lot of heads. The follow up record, 2013’s The Fury Of...

Dozer – Drifting In The Endless Void 

Drifting In The Endless Void is the latest album from Borlange, Sweden’s Dozer. The record came out on April 21st,2023. The anticipation I had building up to this release was overwhelming. I have been a huge fan for over two decades and the band had not recorded new material in over fifteen years. They released an EP called Vultures in 2013...

Frankie And The Witch Fingers – Data Doom

I first came across this band in the summer of 2023. I saw something about them on social media and listened to their first single “Empire” before the release of the record. I was very intrigued by the song and would periodically listen to it, and it started growing on me. I decided to dig deeper into the band and...

Kind – Close Encounters 

The Boston based Kind formed in 2013. The band is a super group of sorts featuring former Elder drummer Matt Couto, former Milligram, Hackman, Roadsaw , Black Pyramids, Slapshot, The Scimitar, and Blackwolfgoat, guitarist Darryl Shepard, former Rozamov bassist Tom Corino, and current Sasquatch (drummer), Roadsaw vocalist, Craig Riggs on the microphone. Close Encounters was released on August 11th, 2023...

Puddy – Sweetspot (2023 Remaster)

Puddy are an indie/stoner/hard rock band from Toronto, Canada. The band formed in the early nineties and this record originally came out in early 2000, I believe. I remember receiving the original CD in the mid 2000’s from All That’s Heavy distribution as a free gift for buying a bunch of merchandise. I was a fan instantly! Puddy have a...

Astroqueen – Into Submission (Re:Mission)

Astroqueen is a stoner metal band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. They originally formed in 1998 and were first active until around 2005. In 2014, the band reformed and started jamming again until 2017. Finally, in 2022, they got back together once again and started playing shows and festivals. The current lineup includes founding members: Daniel Anghede on vocals and guitar,...

Black Rainbows – Superskull

The heavy stoner rock genre has a large inventory of bands nowadays. Every so often a band will slip through the cracks to later be discovered and then you wonder, how did I miss this one? That was certainly the case with me and Black Rainbows. I remember seeing their name often on big fuzz rock music festivals happening overseas...

Isaak – Hey

My first experience hearing the band Isaak was on May17th, 2024. They did a split release with the band Geezer on Heavy Psych Sound Records. I was so impressed with their music that I decided to search for more of their recordings. They released two full length records on Small Stone Records, The Longer The Beard, The Harder The Sound...