Mammoth Volume is from Lysekil, Sweden and formed in 1996. The current lineup is: Kalle Berlin on bass, Nicklas Andersson on drums, Daniel Gustafsson on guitar and Jörgen Andersson on vocals. The band’s past releases include: 1999’s Self Titled, 2000’s Noara Dance EP, 2001’s A Single Book Of Songs, 2002’s The Early Years, and 2022’s The Cursed Who Perform The...
High On Fire are heavy metal band from Oakland, California. The band formed in 1998 by front man/guitarist, creator, and songwriter Matt Pike. He is also the cofounder of seminal stoner rock band Sleep. The other band members that compose the current lineup are: Jeff Matz (formerly Zeke) on bass guitar and new drummer Coady Willis (Melvins and Big Business)....
Abrams was established in 2013 in Denver, Colorado. The band’s sound has been described as heavy rock, shoegaze, grunge, and post metal. The latest album Blue City came out May 24th, 2024 on Blues Funeral Recordings. Abrams has been active since releasing their debut EP entitled February in 2014. The band’s full length albums include 2015’s Lust, Love, Loss, 2017’s...
Scott “Wino” Weinrich could be considered the godfather of doom and stoner rock. His contributions to those genres date back to the late seventies in which, since that time, he created a huge musical body of work. Some of the bands that he was in includes: Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, The Hidden Hand, Shrinebuilder, Place Of Skulls, Premonition 13, Wino...
Young Acid is a supergroup from some of Sweden’s accomplished heavy rock artists. The band members use the first names “Mio” and consists of: Arvid Hällagård on vocals (Greenleaf), Alex Stjernfeldt on guitar (Grand Cadaver, Novarupta), Martin Wegeland on bass (Domkraft), Andreas Baier on guitar (Besvärjelsen, Vordor), and Svante Karlsson playing drums (The Moth Gatherer). Young Acid released their debut...
Leather Lung is a Boston, Massachusetts based stoner/sludge/doom metal band that started in 2012. They released four EPs, Reap What You Sow (2014), Lost In Temptation (2016), Lonesome, On’ry And Evil (2019), and Dive Bar Devil (2022), before releasing their debut full length album, Graveside Grin. The record came out March 15th, 2024 on Magnetic Eye Records and contains 11...
Valley of The Sun is a stoner rock band originating from Cincinnati, Ohio. Established in 2010, the band just released their fifth full length album on August 1st, 2024. Entitled Quintessence, the band is lead by originator and creator Ryan Ferrier on guitar and vocals, Chris Sweeney on bass, and the newest member on drums, Johnny Kathman. The new record...
Shun are a heavy rock band based in North/South Carolina. They released their Self Titled album back in June of 2021 on Small Stone Records. It was a fantastic debut and one of my favorites from that year. I was excited to hear about their second record Dismantle coming out which is also on Small Stone Records. The current lineup...
I remember when I first heard Orange Goblin. It was from the old, stoner rock dot com site, where I discovered so many bands, dating back to 2005. They had five records out at that time, Thieving From The House Of God being their latest. I ended up buying their fourth record Coup De Grace as my introduction to the...
Greenleaf, from Borlange, Sweden was created as a side project in late 1999. Guitarist Tommi Holappa (also in Dozer) is the only original member in the band and also the main songwriter. The other current members of Greenleaf are: Arvid Hallagard on vocals, Hans Frohlich on bass, and Sebastian Olsson on drums. The band have just released their ninth studio...