Emu is a heavy riff rock band from Australia. The bio on their Bandcamp page simply states: “A rock n’ roll power trio hailing from the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia. Emu is an explosive sonic hurricane, letting rip cosmic & righteous jams.” I couldn’t agree more! The band totally shreds and create an enormous sound with only three members. The...
The Sun And Sail Club is a side project band that features Fu Manchu (review here) members Bob Balch, also in Big Scenic Nowhere (review here) and Slower (review here) on guitars, and Scott Reeder (Smile) on drums. On bass guitar is current Fireball Ministry and former Kyuss and The Obsessed four stringer, Scott Reeder. The lineup is completed with...
Black Elephant is a heavy psychedelic blues rock band from Italy. They just released their latest album, The Fall Of The Gods on October 18th 2024, on Small Stone Records. This is the band’s third record on the acclaimed label (fourth overall), the other two releases are 2018’s Cosmic Blues and 2020’s Seven Swords. The lineup consists of: Alessio Caravelli...
Wizzerd are a heavy rock band from Kalispell, Montana. They formed in October of 2014 and just recently hit their ten year anniversary as a band. Wizzerd’s previous albums include their debut 2016’s Doomchild, 2019’s Self Titled, and 2022’s Space? Issue No.001. They also released various EPs, splits and singles. The lineup of the band features Jhalen Salazar on guitar...
Aeternal Chambers is a new three piece instrumental rock band that formed in 2023. The band members came from the European rock band Obiat and features Neil Dawson on drums and percussion, Raf Ruett on guitars, keys, and f/x, and Alex Nervo on bass, keys, and f/x. Both Neil and Raf are located in the United Kingdom and Alex is...
Curse The Son is a stoner/ doom rock band from Hamden, Connecticut. The current lineup consists of Ron Vanacore on vocals and guitars, Dan Weeden on bass, and Logan Vanacore on drums. The band formed in 2007 and have just released their fifth full length album entitled Delirium, on Ripple Music. The record came out on September 6rh, 2024. The...
Big Scenic Nowhere is a super group which started from guitarists Bob Balch (Fu Manchu) and Gary Arce (Yawning Man). Balch has had a very busy year making music. He released a debut with his Slayer tribute/ doom project Slower (review here) and has another Slower album coming out in November. Also, his main band Fu Manchu (review here) released...
When I heard the news that Hermano had new material coming out, I was super excited! Ripple Music started reissuing the band’s recordings and from that, we are presented with some new songs to sink our teeth into. Although the album only contains six songs, in which four of them are live, the impact is still incredible. Hermano’s lineup consists...
Blue Heron are from Albuquerque, New Mexico and formed in 2018. Their sound is a mix of stoner, doom, heavy psych, and metal. Their debut album Ephemeral, came out in 2022 on Blues Funeral Recordings. They also released a Split EP with High Desert Queen in 2023 called, Turn To Stone: Chapter 8 the Wake, on Ripple Music. The current...
Psychlona is a British stoner/psychedelic rock band from Bradford, West Yorkshire, in England. The band formed in 2016 and have just released their fourth album called Warped Vision, on Magnetic Eye Records. The prior three records are: 2018’s Mojo Rising, 2020’s Venus Skytrip, and 2022’s Palo Verde. The first two records were released on Ripple Music and the third on...