Category: Album Reviews (2025)

Sleeping Mountain – Self Titled 

Sometimes when I hear a certain band for the first time, everything just connects with their music and the particular state of mind that I’m in. Sleeping Mountain is a stoner prog rock band from northern London and they have made a huge impression on me. The power trio from the UK are absolutely fantastic! They consist of Aitor Mendez...

Temple Fang – Lifted From The Wind 

Temple Fang is a heavy psychedelic rock band from Amsterdam, Netherlands. The quartet features Dennis Duijnhouwer on vocals, bass, and synth, Jevin de Groot on vocals, guitar, and percussion, Ivy van der Veer on guitar, and vocals, and Daan Wopereis on drums and vocals. The band has two full length albums, their debut 2021’s Fang Temple, and their latest 2025’s...

Kentucky Green – Mammoth 

Kentucky Green is a heavy stoner blues rock band from Brisbane, Australia. Formed in 2019, the trio combine southern fried doom with de-tuned heavy blues. They have three full length albums including their debut, 2020’s Galactic Acid, 2022’s Creatures Of Bad Habits, and their latest, 2025’s Mammoth. Mammoth was released on May 28th 2025 and contains six tracks in thirty...

Hexecutioner – Tornit

Hexecutioner is a stoner/ doom/ sludge rock band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 2021, they have released two full length albums thus far, 2024’s Pagan Ground and their latest, 2025’s Tornit. The band consists of Erin Gravina on guitar, vocals, and bass, and Bryce Hebner on drums. Daniel McManus played bass on Pagan Ground. The now two-piece band released Tornit...

MOOCH – KIN

Montreal, Canada’s heavy rocking and fuzzed out blues trio are back with a new album called KIN. MOOCH has released 2020’s Hounds, 2023’s Wherever It Goes, and 2024’s Visions, as well as the Cabin EP. KIN is the band’s fourth LP and their first with Canada’s excellent record label, Black Throne Productions. The album is barely a full length, clearing...

Organic Destruction – Prophets Of Cthulhu

Organic Destruction hail from Hachenburg, Germany and play heavy stoner rock with fuzzed out riffs and melodies. The band has an unique sound that crosses into gothic metal territory, especially with the vocals. Ben, Marius & Patrick complete the line up of the band and their debut album called Return Of The Roo, was released back in December of 2023....

Fusskalt – Faceless Man 

Fusskalt is a stoner rock band from Skanderborg, Denmark. They have released three EPs, 2012’s Songs For Speedin’ And Crashin’ (Vol.1), 2013’s Songs For Speedin’ And Crashin’ (Vol.2), and 2015’s Overdrive, along with two LP’s, 2018’s Intercooler, and 2025’s Faceless Man. The band consists of Niko on vocals, Nick on rythm guitar, Thomas on lead guitar, Janus on bass, and...

Frankie And The Witch Fingers – Trash Classic 

Frankie And The Witch Fingers is a hard progressive, psychedelic, garage, indie rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in Indiana in 2013, they consist of Dylan Sizemore on lead vocals and guitar, Josh Menashe on lead guitar and vocals, Nikki Pickle on bass and vocals, Jon Modaff on synths, and Nick Anguilar on drums. The band has released many...

HolyRoller – Rat King

HolyRoller is a powerful stoner rock/ heavy metal band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The quartet features Adam Cody on rhythm guitar and vocals, Jay Ovittore on drums and gang vocals, Steve Poe on lead guitar, and Jason Kincaid on bass guitar and backing vocals. They have released a 2020 Self Titled EP entitled HolyRoller EP, 2022’s Swimming Witches, and their...

Bleeth – Marionette 

Bleeth is a stoner sludge/ noise rock band from Miami, Florida. Formed in 2015, the three-piece consists of Lauren Palma on guitar and vocals, Ryan Rivas on bass and vocals, and Juan Londoño on drums. They released their debut EP Re-Animator in 2015, followed by 2018’s Geomancer, and 2021’s Harbinger EP. They also have a couple of singles, 2018’s Divulging...