proto-metal

Revisiting Toe Fat‘s self-titled debut from 1970 as we continue our proto-metal minings in Primitive Origins.

Underground Soviet metal from the early ’80s? Sure. Bring it on. Bring it all on!

Looking back on Hairy Chapter‘s very weird 1971 album Can’t Get Through.

Revisiting Granicus‘ self-titled 1973 album, an underrated proto-metal rager.

Lucifer pay tribute to the heavy rock and proto-metal of decades past on their aptly-titled second album, Lucifer II.

Revisiting The Shiver‘s one and only album, 1969’s Walpurgis.

Stream the new album from Oblivious now.

Stream a new song from occult group Demon Eye now!

Re-examining Leaf Hound’s 1971 proto-stoner album Growers of Mushroom.

In which we go back and examine Greece proto-metal band Socrates Drank the Conium’s self-titled debut from 1972.

You know the cover, now find out more about Dust’s 1971 debut in our most recent Primitive Origins.

Death Alley have immortalized their 2016 performance at Roadburn Festival in a live album. Hear it now. 

Our latest Primitive Origins looks at the 1972 proto-metal of California’s Sudden Death.