Heavy Underground Band & Album reviews: My favorites in Riff rock/ fuzz/ stoner/ doom/ sludge/ heavy psych/ hardcore & metal

Radium Haze – Emission EP

Radium Haze is a stoner rock trio from Brooklyn, New York. Consisting of Ted Hampton on vocals and guitar, Larry Hundertmark on drums, and Sammy Astolfi on bass, the band released their debut EP called Emission on March 9th 2026. It contains five tracks at twenty three minutes long. It’s great when you discover a band and they totally shock...

Kaleidobolt – Karakuchi 

Kaleidobolt are a stoner rock power trio from Helsinki, Finland who blend psychedelic, retro, and progressive rock, with punk and fuzz. Formed in 2014, the band consists of Sampo Kääriäinen on guitars, lead vocals, and keyboards, Marco Menestrina on bass, vocals, keyboards, and percussion, and Mårten Gustafsson on drums. They have released five full length albums including: 2015’s Self Titled,...

Stonus – Space To Dive 

Stonus is a stoner rock band that originated in Cyprus and now resides in the United Kingdom. Active since 2015, the band have released 2017’s Supertrip EP, 2018’s Lunar Eclipse EP, 2020’s Aphasia, 2021’s Séance EP, 2024’s Live in Zen, and their latest, 2026’s Space To Dive. The five-piece consists of Kyriacos Frangoulis on vocals, Nikolas Frangoulis on guitar, Pavlos...

Yeast Machine – Bad Milk 

Yeast Machine is an alternative stoner rock/ grunge band from Tübingen, Germany. Since 2021, the five-piece has released: 2021’s Behind The Dead End EP – Studio Live Session, 2023’s Rise of the Yeast EP, 2024’s SLEAZE, and their latest, 2026’s Bad Milk. They have also released various singles throughout their career also. The band consists of Benjamin Frenzel on vocals...

Kal-El – Astral Voyager, Vol. 2

Kal-El is a stoner rock band from Stavanger, Norway. The music is a combination of hard rock and heavy metal with fuzzed out elements of psychedelic, doom, and blues. The band formed in 2012 and consists of: Bjørn Harald “Bjudas” Stornes on drums, Ståle “Captain” Rodvelt on vocals, Kristoffer “Doffy” Ranaweera on guitar, Joshua “Josh” Bisama on guitar, and Bjørn...

Cowboys & Aliens – Finis Temporum 

Cowboys & Aliens is a stoner metal band from Bruges, Belgium. Formed in 1996, the quartet consists of Henk Vanhee on vocals, John Pollentier on guitar, Peter Gaelens on drums, and Tom Neirynck on bass. Their discography includes: 1997’s League of Fools, 2000’s A Trip to The Stonehenge Colony, 2002’s Love Sex Volume, 2005’s Language of Superstars, 2011’s Sandpaper Blues...

Black Lung – Forever Beyond 

Black Lung is a heavy psychedelic stoner doom rock band from Baltimore, Maryland. Formed in 2014, they have released five full length albums to date: 2014’s Self Titled, 2016’s See The Enemy, 2019’s Ancients, 2022’s Dark Waves, and their latest 2026’s Forever Beyond. The lineup consists of: Dave Cavalier on guitar, vocals, and mellotron, Elias Schutzman on drums, percussion, mellotron,...

Slomosa Live 3/27/26

Live at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, Massachusetts USA *March 27th 2026* The Norwegian heavy rock band Slomosa embarked on their first headlining United States tour, beginning on March 26th through May 1st, 2026. Dubbed as the “Breaking Ice Tour”, my wife and I witnessed show number two in their month long excursion, and they were amazing! Just over a...

Temple Of The Fuzz Witch & Seum – The Conjuring EP

The Conjuring is a Split EP featuring Detroit, Michigan’s heavy blackened doom/ stoner sludge band Temple Of The Fuzz Witch and Montreal’s heavy doom n’ bass trio, Seum. Each band delivers three uncompromising tracks of massive sounds in twenty seven minutes. Canada’s premier underground music label, Black Throne Productions released this six song split on February 21st 2025. Temple Of...

Clouds Taste Satanic – Berlin 2023

Clouds Taste Satanic are a heavy psychedelic, instrumental stoner/ doom band from New York. The quartet formed in 2013 and consist of Steve Scavuzzo on guitar, Brian Bauhs on guitar, Greg Acampora on drums, and Rob Halstead on bass. They have released eleven full length albums so far, including: 2014’s To Sleep Beyond the Earth, 2015’s Your Doom Has Come,...