DeGreaver is a varied psychedelic stoner rock power trio from Lübeck, Germany. Their sound is a mix of fuzz-laden blues, stoner, grunge, heavy psych, riff rock, and beyond. The band consists of Cornelius DeGreaver, Bela DeGreaver & Henrix DeGreaver. They have released one full length album, 2022’s Between Green And Blue. On January 21st 2025, DeGreaver released an EP called...
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...
Requiem Blues are a hard rocking power trio based in Liverpool, UK. They deliver fuzzed out bluesy vintage sounding proto-metal in its most raw and classic form. Their five track, twenty seven minute debut EP simply titled, Requiem Blues EP was released on January 29th 2025, on Helium Head Records. The band consists of Marc Glaysher on bass and vocals,...
The Freeks are a heavy psychedelic rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2007 by Ruben Romano, who was also the founding member of both stoner rock legends Fu Manchu and Nebula. Romano initially played guitar and sang for The Freeks on their early releases. The current lineup of the band consists of: Ruben Romano on drums, Jonathan...
Fuzz Evil are from Sierra Vista, Arizona and started in 2014. The music is a mix of heavy fuzzed out rock with doom, psych, and stoner metal. The band currently consists of Wayne Rudell on guitar and vocals, Joseph Rudell on bass and backing vocals, Cajun Adam on drums and vocals, and Preston Jennings on baritone guitar. They have currently released...
Nightstalker is a stoner rock/ metal band from Athens, Greece. Formed in 1989, they are the godfathers of the Greek heavy rock movement. Pioneering a hard rocking metal sound that infuses heavy riffs with raw psychedelia, the band has a rather great collection of releases since their inception. Their albums include: 1994’s SideFx, 1996’s Use, 2000’s The Ritual, 2004’s Just...
Jesse Stilettö is a two-piece band located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play a mix of hard seventies rock, stoner, and heavy psychedelic rock. They just released their debut Self Titled album on March 14th 2025. The record contains seven tracks at around thirty five minutes long. “As The Portal Opens” starts the album off with a surge of hard rocking...
IKITAN is a heavy instrumental post rock trio from Genoa, Italy. The lineup includes Luca Nasciuti on guitars, Frik Et on bass, and Enrico Meloni on drums. The music is a collective blend of heavy rock, metal, stoner, psychedelic, and progressive. The band released an EP in 2020, entitled Twenty-Twenty, which featured one track at twenty minutes and twenty seconds....
10 Slip is a three piece band from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. They play a blend of fuzzed out rocking grooves dialed in with the heavy blues, and some interesting progressive movements. They consist of Cameron Walker on drums, Gregor MacDougall on bass and vocals, and Brandon Hoban on guitar and vocals. The band put out a five song demo...
Kaiser is a heavy stoner metal band from Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 2013, the power trio has made a big impact on the stoner and doom universe since their formation, starting with their five song 2014 Self Titled EP. However, it was the band’s debut album, 2018’s 1st Sound that made a massive impact on the heavy rock genre. Kaiser...