I first came across this band in the summer of 2023. I saw something about them on social media and listened to their first single “Empire” before the release of the record. I was very intrigued by the song and would periodically listen to it, and it started growing on me. I decided to dig deeper into the band and...
The Boston based Kind formed in 2013. The band is a super group of sorts featuring former Elder drummer Matt Couto, former Milligram, Hackman, Roadsaw , Black Pyramids, Slapshot, The Scimitar, and Blackwolfgoat, guitarist Darryl Shepard, former Rozamov bassist Tom Corino, and current Sasquatch (drummer), Roadsaw vocalist, Craig Riggs on the microphone. Close Encounters was released on August 11th, 2023...
Puddy are an indie/stoner/hard rock band from Toronto, Canada. The band formed in the early nineties and this record originally came out in early 2000, I believe. I remember receiving the original CD in the mid 2000’s from All That’s Heavy distribution as a free gift for buying a bunch of merchandise. I was a fan instantly! Puddy have a...
Live at the Jewel Music Venue in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA *July 17th 2024* On a Wednesday night, July 17th, I had the opportunity to see one of my favorite bands play live. The Atomic Bitchwax was playing a show at the Jewel Music Venue in Manchester, New Hampshire. The club was only thirty minutes away from where I live!...
Here is a split release of two bands on Heavy Psych Sounds Records. The album was released on May 17th, 2024 and features Kingston, New York power trio Geezer and Genoa, Italy’s quartet Isaak. The record has seven songs total, the first four from Geezer and the remaining three from Isaak. Geezer starts things off with “Acid Veins” which is...
Astroqueen is a stoner metal band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. They originally formed in 1998 and were first active until around 2005. In 2014, the band reformed and started jamming again until 2017. Finally, in 2022, they got back together once again and started playing shows and festivals. The current lineup includes founding members: Daniel Anghede on vocals and guitar,...
The heavy stoner rock genre has a large inventory of bands nowadays. Every so often a band will slip through the cracks to later be discovered and then you wonder, how did I miss this one? That was certainly the case with me and Black Rainbows. I remember seeing their name often on big fuzz rock music festivals happening overseas...
My first experience hearing the band Isaak was on May17th, 2024. They did a split release with the band Geezer on Heavy Psych Sound Records. I was so impressed with their music that I decided to search for more of their recordings. They released two full length records on Small Stone Records, The Longer The Beard, The Harder The Sound...
Slower is a side project put together by Bob Balch from Fu Manchu, redoing five classic Slayer songs. The caveat is that these tracks are performed and recorded in a very slow and doomy manner. Bob plays guitar on all the songs and recruited a good cast of musicians to collaborate these songs with. Esben Willems from Monolord plays drums...
Legendary California fuzz rockers Fu Manchu are back with a new record, their thirteenth overall. The Return Of Tomorrow was released on June 14th, 2024 and features 13 new songs that combine stylistically all the goodness that this band are capable of delivering. The lineup has been the same since 2001, consisting of founding guitarist and vocalist Scott Hill, bassist...