Howling Giant is a stoner/ heavy psych/ progressive rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. They have been active since 2014 and consist of Tom Polzine on guitar and vocals, Sebastian Baltes on bass, Zach Wheeler on drums and vocals, and Adrian Lee Zambrano on guitar and synths. The band’s releases include: 2015’s Self Titled EP, 2016’s Black Hole Space Wizard: Part...
Elepharmers is a three-piece stoner rock band from Cagliari, Italy. Formed at the end of 2009, the band have released four albums including: 2013’s Weird Tales From The Third Planet, 2016’s Erebus, 2019’s Lords of Galaxia, and their latest, 2025’s Western Wilderness. The band consists of Guido “El Chino” Solinas on vocals, bass, and rhythm guitar, Angrea “Fex” Cadeddu on...
Brimstone Coven is a proto-metal, hard rock, bluesy doom band from Wheeling, West Virginia. They consist of Andrew D’Cagna on bass and vocals, Corey Roth on guitar and vocals, and Dave Trik on drums. The trio have released: 2014’s Self Titled, 2016’s Black Magic, 2018’s What Was And What Shall Be, 2020’s The Woes Of A Mortal Earth, and their...
The Lunar Effect is a hard rock band from London, England. Formed in 2016, the band consists of Jon Jefford on guitar, Daniel Jefford on drums, Brett Halsey on bass, and Josh Neuwford on vocals. They have released 2017’s Strange Lands EP, 2019’s Calm Before The Calm, 2024’s Sounds Of Green & Blue, and their latest, 2025’s Fortune’s Always Hiding....
Lacertilia is a cosmic stoner rock band from Cardiff, United Kingdom. Formed in 2013, the South Wales five-piece consists of Matt Fry on vocals, Lucas Zalunski on guitar, Michael Young-Temple on guitar, Ed Hughes on bass, and Tom Lee on drums. They have released 2015’s Crashing Into The Future EP, 2016’s We’re Already Inside Your Mind, 2017’s Live at Hellfest...
REDWOOD is a heavy psych/ stoner rock solo project from Sheafer McOmber (Deer Lord). McOmber is a one man band in the California based REDWOOD and plays all of the instruments himself. He released the last album only eight months ago, this past February, called Sky Offering (review here). McOmber is a very talented musician who writes and records all...
Wino is a solo project from the legendary doom and heavy metal/ rock merchant, Scott “Wino” Weinrich. His work of musical art is iconic from bands like The Obsessed, Spirit Caravan, The Hidden Hand, Saint Vitus, Shrinebuilder, Place Of Skulls, Premonition 13, and many others. Last year he created the excellent Gilded Sorrow album with The Obsessed (review here). He...
Bentrees is a stoner rock duo from Iglesias, Italy. The band members consist of Riccardo Podda on guitar and vocals, and Mauro Cocco on drums. Formed in 2012, the band has been functioning as a two-piece since 2014. They have released three albums to date, including 2017’s Psychollage, 2021’s Two Of Swords, and their latest, 2025’s Silver Veins. The sound...
Bone Church is a hard rocking five-piece band from Connecticut. The lineup consists of Jack Rune on vocals, Dan Sefcik on lead guitar, Pat Good on bass, Nick Firine on guitar, and Rob Sickinger on drums. They have released 2017’s Self Titled, 2020’s Acid Communion, and their latest, 2025’s Deliverance. Deliverance arrived on October 24th on Ripple Music and contains...
Honeybadger is a stoner rock quartet from Athens, Greece. They released their debut, The Rain EP in 2017 and their first full length called Pleasure Delayer in 2020. The band just released their latest album, 2025’s Let There Be Light. The lineup consists of Dimitris Vardoulakis on vocals, rhythm, and lead guitars, Vagg Oikonomou on drums and percussion, Dimitris Giannakopoulos...