Category: Album Reviews (2025)
Astral Nomad are a heavy psych/ stoner doom band from Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. They consist of Bartek Kowal on drums, Damian Chojnacki on vocals and guitars, Artur Olej on guitars, and Szymi Baran on bass. Their debut EP called NOMAD-1 was released in 2024 and contains three tracks. The band just released their second EP, aptly titled NOMAD-2 on August...
Giant Haze is a fairly new band, formed in 2024, from Kiel, Germany. The quartet features Christian “Andi” Andersen on bass, Peter “Pete” Stoeckicht on guitars, Timo Ahlers on drums, and Christoph Wollmann on vocals. They play a fuzzed out blend of stoner rock, grunge, hardcore, and doom. The band just released their debut full length entitled Cosmic Mother on...
HÖG are a 3-piece heavy rock band from Portland, Oregon. Consisting of Daniel on guitars and vocals, Adam on drums, and Bobcat on bass, the band originally formed in 2018. They initially released a three song Self Titled EP in 2022, with a different drummer and bassist. HÖG play a style of 70’s driven hard rock with hardcore and punk...
Florist is a stoner/ psychedelic /doom/ space rock band from Tampa, Florida. The lineup consists of Frankie Consoli on lead vocals, guitar, and sitar, Kevin Roy on bass and backing vocals, Mike Amador on drums and backing vocals, and Jer Dillow on theremin, synthesizers, and percussion. They released their debut EP called Contact in 2023. On August 1sr 2025, the...
Supernaughty is a stoner metal band from Livorno, Italy. Formed in 2014, the quartet features Angelo Fagni on vocals and rhythm guitar, Filippo Del Bimbo on llead guitar, Alessio Franceschi on drums, and Luca Raffoni on bass. They have released three albums including: 2018’s Vol. 1, 2020’s Temple, and their latest, 2025’s Apocalypso. Apocalypso is the band’s first record on...
Maanta Raay is a hard rock/ heavy psych trio from Nashville, Tennessee. Consisting of Mason Hadley on bass, Carlos Ortiz-Martinez on drums, and Chet Weise on guitar and vocals, they released their Self Titled debut on July18th 2025. Containing eight tracks at twenty five minutes long, the recording was released on No Sabes. “The Night Rider” starts things off with...
Red Mess are a three-piece heavy grunge/ stoner rock band based in Berlin, Germany. The band formed in 2014, and were originally based in Londrina, Brazil. Consisting of Thiago Franzim on guitar, Douglas Labigalini on drums, and Lucas Klepa on bass and vocals, the band has released several recordings including their debut, 2014’s Crimson EP, 2015’s Drowning In Red EP,...
The Austrian heavy rock quartet Witchrider are back with six new tracks. They have previously released their 2013 Self Titled EP, 2014’s Unmountable Stairs, 2014’s The Return Of The Fuzzdplit, Vol. 1 (with Truckfighters), 2020’s Electrical Storm, and now their latest, 2025’s MetaMorph EP. The band consists of Daniel Dorninger on vocals and guitar, Michael Hirschmugl on bass, Bernhard Weigl...
Black Water Rising is a hard driving heavy rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The quartet consists of Rob Traynor on vocals and guitar, Johnny Fattoruso on guitar, Mike Meselsohn on drums, and Oddie Mclaughlin on bass. They have released a Self Titled album in 2008, followed by 2013’s Pissed And Driven, 2017’s Electrified, and their latest, 2025’s The Edge....
Sweden’s stoner rock legends Dozer have released a new album of older material called Rewind To Return: Rarities, Singles, and B- Sides on August 1st 2025. Blues Funeral Recordings, who worked with the band on their last record, 2023’s Drifting In The Endless Void (review here) have released this one too. The current lineup of Dozer consists of Fredrik Nordin...