This week I am going to rank my five favorite 2024 albums from Ripple Music. So far, I covered my favorites from Blues Funeral (here), Heavy Psych Sounds (here), and Magnetic Eye (here). Ripple Music is an incredible label that pumps out so many good releases each year. It was very difficult to narrow it down because I have enjoyed...
Dunes are a heavy stoner rock trio based in New Castle, in the United Kingdom. The lineup includes John Davies on guitars and vocals, Ade Huggins on bass and vocals, and Nikky Watson on drums. The band’s recordings consist of: 2017’s Dunes EP and Dunes EP 2, 2019’s Take Me To The Nasties, 2022’s Gargoyle, and their latest 2025’s Land...
Sacri Monti is a heavy psychedelic/ progressive rock band from Oceanside, California. The band formed in 2012 and their name comes from nine sacred mountains in northern Italy. Sacri Monti has three full length albums available, 2015’s Self Titled, 2019’s Waiting Room For The Magic Hour, and their latest, 2024’s Retrieval. They also released a live album, Live At Sonic...
Stonekind is a stoner rock duo from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Consisting of Jeff Ayers, Jr on drums and vocals, and Davis Templeton on guitar and bass, Stonekind released their second full length album, Hollow Ground on June 14th 2024. Their prior releases include 2019’s Stonekind EP, and 2021’s Spirit Of The Void. Hollow Ground contains eight tracks at thirty five minutes...
Welcome back to another week of the Top 5 On Friday feature. Last week I ranked my favorite albums of 2024 from Heavy Psych Sounds (review here) and two weeks ago from Blues Funeral Recordings (review here). This week I’ll be posting my favorite five from Magnetic Eye Records. Three of my top twenty albums of year came out on...
Godzillionaire is a heavy stoner rock band from Lawrence, Kansas. Their prior releases includes their debut EP, 2017’s The Great DEPression, two full albums, 2018’s Small Change, and 2020’s Negative Balance. The current lineup of Godzillionaire includes Mike Dye on bass, synth, and vocals, Mark Hennessy on lead vocals, Cody Romaine on drums, and Ben White on guitar, synth, and...
The Oakland, California based power trio originally formed in 2013, under the name Hound. The Ether EP was released in 2016 and the band went through some lineup changes. The current members consist of Jake Navarra on guitars and lead vocals, Stephen Rogers on bass and synthesizer, and Jack Stiles on drums and backing vocals. The band officially changed their...
Early Moods is a doom/ proto-metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band formed in 2015 and have currently released an EP-2020’s Spellbound, a full length debut, 2022’s Self Titled, and their latest sophomore album, 2024’s A Sinner’s Past. The quintet features Eddie Andrade on guitar, Elix Feliciano on bass, Alberto Alcaraz on vocals, Chris Flores on drums, and Oscar...
Heavy Trip is a heavy psychedelic rock instrumental band from Vancouver, BC, Canada. The power trio consists of Cole Jandrisch on guitar, Cole Vibert on bass, and Ben Frith on drums. Their debut Self Titled album was released in 2020. The band’s latest sophomore album, entitled Liquid Planet, came out November 28th, 2024. The record was self released and contains...
Last week, I submitted my five favorite albums of 2024 from the label, Blues Funeral Recordings (here). Today, I’m gonna do the same thing for Heavy Psych Sounds. This idea started a couple of weeks ago when I posted about my five favorite underground record labels (post here). Heavy Psych Sounds from Italy, has been very active this past year...