El Saguaro is a three-piece band from Lisbon, Portugal. They consist of Lucas Hugues on guitar and vocals, André Horta on bass, and João Ferreira on drums. El Saguaro just released their debut EP entitled Enthusiecstasy on May 16th 2025. It contains four tracks just over twenty four minutes long. “Ticket To Ride” soars out of the gate with a...
TIER are three-piece heavy stoner/ blues rock band from Trier, Germany. The band put out their debut Dawner EP in 2022 and just released their debut full length album on May 16th 2025. Entitled Backwoods Blues, the record is a powerful ensemble of eight heavy rocking blues songs fully fuzzed out with some heavy stoner grooves. The band consists of...
Dead Shrine is a one man band from Hamilton, New Zealand. Formed in 2021, Dead Shrine is the masterful musical art work from Craig Williamson (Lamp Of The Universe, ex-Arc Of Ascent, ex-Datura, and ex-Azazel). Williamson creates, plays, and records everything himself. I was a little familiar with Datura (just recently) but never heard anything else from him. The debut...
Miss Lava is a stoner/ psychedelic rock band from Lisboa, Portugal. They formed in 2005 and currently consists of Johnny Lee on vocals, K. Raffah on guitars, P. Gonçalves on drums, and Ricardo Ferreira on bass. The band’s releases includes: 2008’s Self Titled EP, 2009’s Blues for the Dangerous Miles, 2013’s Red Supergiant, 2016’s Sonic Debris, 2017’s Dominant Rush EP,...
Mountain Of Misery is a heavy stoner doom band from Wrocław, Poland. Formed in 2023, the band is a project of Kamil Ziółkowsk (who is the drummer/vocalist of Spaceslug and also drums for O.D.R.A and Palm Desert.) Their album releases include: 2023’s In Roundness, 2024’s The Land, and their latest, 2025’s Shades Of The Ashes. Shades Of The Ashes was...
Indie riff rockers Puddy are back with another album of sorts. Misses 1998-2025 is a collection of songs that span from the Toronto, Canada based band’s twenty seven year career. The album can only be obtained free from the band’s subscriber mailing list and is not available on any other streaming platform or digital media. Puddy’s current lineup is Paolo...
Komatsu is a heavy riff rock band from Eindhoven, Netherlands. Formed in 2010, their music is a mix of sludge, stoner rock and metal. The current lineup consists of Martijn Mansvelders on bass and vocals, Mo Truijens on lead vocals and guitar, and Jos Roosen on drums. The band’s releases include: 2011’s Self Titled EP, 2013’s Manu Armata, 2016’s Recipe...
Blues Funeral Recordings repressed and re-released Greenleaf’s acclaimed debut album Revolution Rock with their Self Titled debut EP together. Aptly titled Revolution Rock Deluxe, the album contains fifteen tracks that span just over an hour. The press release on Greenleaf’s Bandcamp page states: “Featuring members of Dozer, Lowrider, Demon Cleaner and more, Greenleaf’s first album Revolution Rock was self-released in...
Otu Suurmunne is a songwriter based in Helsinki, Finland. He is best known for his incredible work as the guitarist and vocalist for the mighty Kaiser, who just released their sophomore album 2nd Sound (review here) back in early March. Otu is a constant creator of music and has a fantastic YouTube page where he does excellent mashups of music...
Håndgemeng, from Drøbak, Norway, formed in 2017 and have so far released: 2019’s Motorcycle Death Cult EP, 2020’s Grim Riffer, 2023’s Ultraritual, and their latest 2025’s Satanic Panic Attack. The band consists of Ola Holseth on drums, Charlie Ytterli on guitars, Martin Wennberg on vocals, Kim Grannes on bass, and Cro-Magnus on guitars. Håndgemeng’s sound is described as the new...
