Dan Sierras and I just recorded a podcast for our top 25 favorite albums of 2025. The Heavy Desert Podcast episode can be found on either or both, Apple and Spotify. Have yourself a listen and please subscribe to the show for all the latest interviews and discussions that Dan has with artists and people from the scene. I have...
The Death Wheelers are a Canadian hard rocking instrumental band from Quebec City, Quebec. The group consists of founder Max “The Axe” Tremblay on bass and all instruments in the studio, Hugo ‘Red Beard’ Bertacchi on guitar, Sy ‘Wild Rye’ Tremblay on guitar, and Richard ‘The Bastard’ Turcotte on drums. Formed in 2015, they have released five EPs including: 2015’s...
Palm Desert are a stoner/desert rock five-piece from Wroclaw, Poland. Active since 2008, the band consists of Kamil Ziółkowski on drums, Jan Rutka on bass, Piotr Łacny on guitar,Wojciech Gałuszka on vocals, and Wojciech Kuczwalski on guitar. They have released 2009’s Dawn Of The Burning Sun (Demo 2009), 2009’s The Highest Fuel Level, 2010’s Falls Of The Wasteland, 2013’s Rotten...
As I close out this series on the Planet Desert Rock Weekend Festival, I have six final bands to highlight. In order to not leave out any bands, this top five on Friday segment will have six. As the final days are approaching, I can’t express enough about how excited and pumped up that I am for being able to...
Here we go again with another stacked quarter of heavy underground music releases. The final quarter of the year was huge and Dan and I discussed our favorite albums from October through December of 2025. You can listen to the episode on both Apple Music and Spotify. I once again listed out my picks with a link for each album...
Wolftooth is a stoner/ heavy metal band from Richmond, Indiana. The midwestern quartet features Chris Sullivan on vocals and guitar, Jeff Cole on guitar,Terry McDaniel on bass, and Casey Wainwright on drums. They have released 2018’s Self Titled, 2020’s Valhalla, 2021’s Blood & Iron, and their latest, 2025’sWizard’s Light. The band has a classic heavy metal sound that incorporates NWOBHM...
Welcome to another segment of the Top 5 On Friday’s special Planet Desert Rock series. As we loom closer (less than a month away!) to the festival weekend, I have two more segments to post. You can read about the journey from the past three posts about Planet Desert Rock here (part 1, part 2, and part 3). Well, there...
Pale Horse Ritual is a heavy fuzzed-out doom metal wrecking machine from Hamilton, Ontario, in Canada. The band consists of: Paco on bass, vocals, acoustic, guitar, James Matheson on lead guitar, Will Adams on rhythm guitar, backing vocals, and keys, and Jonah Santa-Barbara on drums. Their put out an EP in 2024 called Enchantress, and just released their debut full...
Stone Nomads is a heavy power trio from Houston, Texas. They began in 2021, and incorporate a mix of stoner, doom, metal, sludge, and hard driving rock. They have currently released 2022’s Field Of Dreams, 2024’s Beyond The Gates EP, 2024’s …At The Gates Of Solittude, and their latest, 2025’s Empires Of Stone. The band consists of Jon Cosky on...
Bask is a heavy psychedelic stoner rock band from Asheville, North Carolina. Formed in 2012, the band has released four full length albums including: 2014’s American Hollow, 2017’s Ramble Beyond, 2019’s III, and their latest 2025’s The Turning. The current lineup consists of Zeb Camp on guitar and vocals, Ray Worth on guitar, Jesse Van Note on bass, and Scott...