Orange Goblin are a hard rocking stoner metal band from London, England. Formed in 1995, the band have released ten full length studio albums and a couple of live ones. They have decided to call it a day and retire after a thirty year career as a driving force in the heavy underground music scene. I can’t express enough the...
It was another stacked quarter of heavy underground music releases for Q3. I was once again a guest on The Heavy Desert Podcast with Dan Sierras, where we dive into our top ten favorite releases from July through September. You can listen to the episode either on Apple Music or Spotify. The episode was recorded on Sunday, October 5th and...
I had the pleasure of being a guest, for the second time, on The Heavy Desert Podcast with Dan Sierras. We recorded the episode on Sunday, July 6th and it aired on Tuesday, July 8th. You can listen to it on either Spotify (here) or Apple Music (here). It was a very deep quarter of exceptional releases and quite frankly,...
Welcome to the third installment of the Top 5 On Friday’s Planet Desert Rock series. Last week (posted here), I discussed the five bands that confirmed my decision to go. The bands are: The Atomic Bitchwax, The Heavy Eyes, Saturna, The Well, and Phantom Hound. Two weeks prior, I discussed the initial bands that got me excited about Planet Desert...
Last week, I discussed the first five bands that sold me on the Planet Desert Rock Weekend Festival, in Las Vegas. The dates are January 29th – February 1st, 2026. You can read that post here. Anyways, these next five bands actually got me to physically order the tickets. 1. THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX The first new addition to the initial...
Planet Desert Rock is arguably the best stoner rock festival that exists in America. I state this without ever attending RippleFest Texas, but I am solely basing this on the lineup and feedback from past participants. When John Gist started announcing this lineup for next year’s Planet Desert Rock as early as February or March, I was definitely interested. 1....
Will Mecum was a special kind of talent. As the chief songwriter and guitarist for the original instrumental rock legends, Karma To Burn (write up here), the almighty riff has always been his guide and compass. Will was a riff machine and he always got my head bobbing or foot tapping. The music he created was incredible! He hardly ever...
Last week, I ranked my top five favorite debut albums from the first quarter of 2025 (here). I was also featured on The Heavy Desert Podcast with Dan Sierras to rank our top ten favorite albums of the first quarter (January, February, and March). You can listen to that forty minute episode on Spotify or Apple. Today, I want to...
The start of 2025 has ushered in a great number of album releases thus far. I have posted over 35 reviews since the start of the new year and have a slew of others right behind them. Earlier this week, I was on The Heavy Desert Podcast with Dan Sierras, where we ranked our top ten favorite albums from the...
Hello Everyone, I just wanted to let you know that there’s a new podcast for you to check out. The Heavy Desert Podcast was created and is hosted by Dan Sierras. He started it this year and it debuted on February 16th 2025. He just released the third episode called Road To Ripplefest Texas, an interview with Ryan Garney from...