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...
Excel originated in Venice, California in 1985. They are considered a crossover band, a hybrid of hardcore and heavy metal, like DRI and Cryptic Slaughter. I have been a fan of Excel since I was about fourteen years old when they released Split Image in 1987. I really liked their second record 1989’s The Joke’s On You. At that time,...
Another split release courtesy of Heavy Psych Sounds recordings. This one features three songs each, first from stoner rock pioneers Nebula and and then Italy’s grand masters, Black Rainbows. This is the second split release from Heavy Psych Sounds this year. The first one featured Geezer and Isaak which came out this past May. This record was released on June...
Duel is a heavy rocking, stoner metal quartet based in Austin, Texas. The band formed in 2015 and released four studio albums up to this point. Breakfast (with) Death is their fifth record on Heavy Psych Sounds Records and was released on July 5th, 2024. The current lineup consists of: Tom Frank on guitars and lead vocals, Jeff Henson on...
High Desert Queen is desert rock band based in Austin, Texas. They started in Houston in 2019 and relocated to Austin a year later. The bio on their website states: “High Desert Queen was formed when singer Ryan Garney and guitarist Rusty Miller went looking for a rhythm section to help complete some songs they had been working on. The stars...