Category: Album Reviews (2025)

Otu – You’re Still There 

Otu Suurmunne is a super talented musician and producer based in Helsinki, Finland. Running his vast and diverse music under his company Moonic Productions, Otu can mimic countless styles of music and artists with great depth and creativity. He is the guitarist and vocalist for the stoner metal juggernauts Kaiser , and his own style is as introspective and diverse...

Lowrider – Ode To IO: 25th Anniversary Edition 

Lowrider is a Swedish stoner rock band from Karlstad/ Stockholm. Formed in 1996, the lineup consists of Peder Bergstrand on bass and vocals, Ole Hellquist on guitar and vocals, Niclas Stalfors on guitar, and Andreas Eriksson on drums. The band released 1999’s Nebula/ Lowrider Double EP split that put them on the map. Their debut full length album entitled Ode...

The Death Wheelers – The Ecstasy Of Möld

The Death Wheelers are a Canadian hard rocking instrumental band from Quebec City, Quebec. The group consists of founder Max “The Axe” Tremblay on bass and all instruments in the studio, Hugo ‘Red Beard’ Bertacchi on guitar, Sy ‘Wild Rye’ Tremblay on guitar, and Richard ‘The Bastard’ Turcotte on drums. Formed in 2015, they have released five EPs including: 2015’s...

Palm Desert – Rays Of The Gold And Grays 

Palm Desert are a stoner/desert rock five-piece from Wroclaw, Poland. Active since 2008, the band consists of Kamil Ziółkowski on drums, Jan Rutka on bass, Piotr Łacny on guitar,Wojciech Gałuszka on vocals, and Wojciech Kuczwalski on guitar. They have released 2009’s Dawn Of The Burning Sun (Demo 2009), 2009’s The Highest Fuel Level, 2010’s Falls Of The Wasteland, 2013’s Rotten...

Wolftooth – Wizard’s Light 

Wolftooth is a stoner/ heavy metal band from Richmond, Indiana. The midwestern quartet features Chris Sullivan on vocals and guitar, Jeff Cole on guitar,Terry McDaniel on bass, and Casey Wainwright on drums. They have released 2018’s Self Titled, 2020’s Valhalla, 2021’s Blood & Iron, and their latest, 2025’sWizard’s Light. The band has a classic heavy metal sound that incorporates NWOBHM...

Pale Horse Ritual – Diabolic Formation

Pale Horse Ritual is a heavy fuzzed-out doom metal wrecking machine from Hamilton, Ontario, in Canada. The band consists of: Paco on bass, vocals, acoustic, guitar, James Matheson on lead guitar, Will Adams on rhythm guitar, backing vocals, and keys, and Jonah Santa-Barbara on drums. Their put out an EP in 2024 called Enchantress, and just released their debut full...

Stone Nomads – Empires Of Stone 

Stone Nomads is a heavy power trio from Houston, Texas. They began in 2021, and incorporate a mix of stoner, doom, metal, sludge, and hard driving rock. They have currently released 2022’s Field Of Dreams, 2024’s Beyond The Gates EP,  2024’s …At The Gates Of Solittude, and their latest, 2025’s Empires Of Stone. The band consists of Jon Cosky on...

Bask – The Turning 

Bask is a heavy psychedelic stoner rock band from Asheville, North Carolina. Formed in 2012, the band has released four full length albums including: 2014’s American Hollow, 2017’s Ramble Beyond, 2019’s III, and their latest 2025’s The Turning. The current lineup consists of Zeb Camp on guitar and vocals, Ray Worth on guitar, Jesse Van Note on bass, and Scott...

Suncraft – Welcome To The Coven

Suncraft are a five-piece band from Oslo, Norway. Playing a heavy octane of hard driving rock, the band mixes in an array of different styles into their sound. Their debut album, Flat Earth Rider was released in 2021. They just put out their sophomore album called Welcome To The Coven on November 21st 2025. Suncraft consists of Rasmus Skage Jensen...

Winds Of Neptune – Self Titled 

Winds Of Neptune are a three-piece hard rock band from Detroit, Michigan. Featuring Ross Westerbur on bass and vocals, Kevin Roberts on guitar, and Mike Alonso on drums, the trio formed during the Covid pandemic of 2020. Being sidelined from the global lockdown, the band features members from Flogging Molly, 500 Ft. Of Pipe, and The Meatmen. Winds Of Neptune...