Sons Of Arrakis is a stoner metal/ riff rock band from Montreal, Canada. Formed in 2018, the band draws its influence and inspiration from the universe of the Dune novels written by Frank Herbert. Sons Of Arrakis consists of Frederic Couture on rhythm guitar and vocals, Francis Duchesne on lead guitar and keyboards, Vick Trigger on bass guitar, and Mathieu...
Free Ride is a heavy psychedelic stoner rock band from Madrid, Spain. Formed by childhood friends Borja Fresno on guitar and vocals, Victor Bedmar on bass, and Carlos Bedmar on drums, the band started in 2016. Their debut Self Titled album was released in 2019. Acido Y Puto was released on Small Stone Records and came out on August 9th...
I just discovered this band after consuming the new Brant Bjork Trio band and album, Once Upon A Time In The Desert (review here). After many listens to this glorious recording, I did some research and discovered Mario Lalli & The Rubber Snake Charmers, who also released a 2024 album called Folklore From The Other Desert Cities. The band features...
Rifflord are a stoner metal band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The band formed in 2007 and released their latest album on Ripple Music, June 21st 2024. Entitled 39 Serpent Power, this is the band’s third full length album. The current lineup for Rifflord is Wyatt Bronc on bass and vocals, Douglas Jennings Barrett on drums, Tory Jean Stoddard on...
Slower are back with another album, the second one in the same year! What started as a side project of doing Slayer songs in a “slower” and doomier fashion, the band return with another six tracks. Slower has decided to write and record original material this time around too. Rage And Ruin features two Slayer songs, the ten minute colossal version...
Love•Love•Love are a sludgey, post hardcore/ noise rock band from Lübeck, Germany. They just released their debut EP called First Love on November 1st, 2024. The self released four song album is sixteen minutes long of relentless brutality mixed with interesting audio aggression. The band consists of Max on guitar and vocals, Manuel on guitars, Florian on drums, and Maik...
Temple Of The Fuzz Witch is a heavy stoner/ sludge/ doom metal band from Detroit, Michigan. The band formed in 2017 and released a three song EP in early 2018. They currently have three full length albums out including: 2019’s Self Titled, 2020’s Red Tide, and their latest 2024’s Apotheosis, which came out on April 4th on Ripple Music. The...
My anticipation for the release of this album was pretty substantial. I have been a huge Lowrider fan since the late nineties when the band did the 1999 Nebula/Lowrider Double EP Split. That being my introduction to Lowrider, it was their masterpiece debut, 2000’s Ode To IO album that had me forever hooked. They were my gateway band into the...
Sometimes when I hear a band or album for the first time, there’s something there that draws my interest but doesn’t initially grab me. I will sometimes listen to a recording several times before the pieces start to fit together. This was the case with the band Spirit Mother and their latest album Trails. I was intrigued with the band...
Cortez is a heavy rock/ stoner metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. The band formed in 2006 and just released their latest album, Thieves And Charlatans on Ripple Music, on October 18th, 2024. The current lineup includes Matt Harrington on vocals, Scott O’Dowd on guitar, Alasdair Swan on guitar, Jay Furlo on bass, and Kyle Rasmussen on drums. Alexei Rodriguez played...
