Stoner Metal
Full Album Stream: Grave Speaker –Rays of the Emerald Sun
May 14, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Deep-sixed doom slayer Grave Speaker is not just a tokin’ stoner psych band. It’s the solo side project of High ’n Heavy guitarist John Steele.
Track Premiere: Bloodhorse – ‘Saboteur’
April 30, 2025 Emily Bellino
Hear the second single from Bloodhorse‘s first album in 15 years.
Video Premiere: Moontemple – “Horus”
April 7, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Ohio stoner doom stalwarts Moontemple honor Egyptian god “Horus” in their new beard-forward video.
Full Album Stream: Oculto –Mal de Ojo
March 5, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Low-and-slow Mexico City sludge duo Oculto are back with another psyched-out full-length vinyl LP, Mal de Ojo, exclusively on Things From Beyond Records.
Track Premiere: Shaking off the Hibernation Blues with Kaiser’s “Awaken Monster”
February 6, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear Finnish stoner metallers Kaiser come alive with “Awaken Monster”!
Full Album Stream: Weed Demon – “The Doom Scroll”
January 28, 2025 Emily Bellino
Stop doom scrolling and listen to The Doom Scroll, the new album from stoner-doom outfit Weed Demon.
Track Premiere: Old Horn Tooth – ‘No Salvation’
June 4, 2024 Emily Bellino
London doom trio Old Horn Tooth stream melodic new single “No Salvation.”
Track Premiere: Max Boogie Overdrive – “Stoned Again”
January 11, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
“Stoned Again” is the first single from Max Boogie Overdrive‘s upcoming full-length debut of the same name. It’s set for release on CD and digitally via Future Primitive Recordings on March 29.
Album Premiere: Mourn the Light / Ice Howl / High Priest / Archdruid
November 22, 2023 Sean Frasier
Mourn the Light, Ice Howl, High Priest and Archdruid join forces on a split gleaming with heavy metal sorcery.
Full Album Premiere: Weedsnake – ‘Grimorium Cannabinarum’
November 16, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Mexico’s stoner doom crew Weedsnake reign in bud on new album, Grimorium Cannabinaru.
Track Premiere: Blessed Black – “Unable”
August 2, 2023 Sean Frasier
Midwestern doom crew Blessed Black spread their wings with the powerful ballad “Unable.” Bang your head before the EP comes out September 1st.
Album Premiere: Merlock – ‘Onward Strides Colossus’
February 22, 2023 Sean Frasier
Spokane sludge rockers Merlock explore the shadows of psychedelia on their new LP, Onward Strides Colossus.
Track by Track: AAWKS – ‘((((Heavy on the Cosmic)))))’
November 23, 2022 Sean Frasier
Canadian fuzz rockers AAWKS go beyond the sun and behind the music to discuss ((((Heavy on the Cosmic))))) track by track.
Track Premiere: Black Royal – ’13th Moon’
August 22, 2022 Emily Bellino
Dig into sludgy stoner grooves with Black Royal.
Full Album Stream: Peth – ‘Merchant of Death’
May 24, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Texas occult/doom throwbacks Peth keep it weird on their debut album Merchant of Death.
Streaming: Kissing the Sky with Gramma Vedetta’s The Hum of the Machine
May 19, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear London-based duo Gramma Vedetta offer their take on stoner rock/metal via third release and debut full-length, The Hum of the Machine.
Full Split Stream: Domkraft / Slomatics – “Ascend/Descend”
April 18, 2022 Emily Bellino
It’s a double dose of doom with Slomatics and Domkraft.
Album Premiere: Weedevil – ‘The Return’
April 6, 2022 Sean Frasier
Brazilian stoner sect Weedevil exhale their debut LP of bongripping riffs and ferocious fuzz, The Return.
Grim Reefer Fest Smokes Up Baltimore on April 16th
March 30, 2022 Sean Frasier
Grim Reefer Fest celebrates riffs and spliffs with a nine-band lineup of stoned heaviness on April 16th in Baltimore, MD.
Track Premiere: Dust Prophet – “Hourglass”
December 30, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear Dust Prophet marry classic metal with literary classics on “Hourglass.”
Full Album Stream: Satanico Pandemonium – “Espectrofilia”
December 7, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Mexico City marijuaneros Satanico Pandemonium take us on a dark trip into the spirit world on their latest release.
Full Album Stream: Nekromant – “Temple of Haal”
December 2, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish power trio Nekromant unveil a rambunctious third album with nods to the trad metal greats—from Thin Lizzy to Maiden to Priest.
Video Premiere: Crystal Spiders – ‘Harness’
November 8, 2021 Emily Bellino
Watch the video for “Harness” from stoner metal trio Crystal Spiders featuring Corrosion of Conformity’s Mike Dean.
Track Premiere: Sarcoughagus – “Genial Sense of Torture”
August 10, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Cleveland stoner/death quartet Sarcoughagus don’t just hack it, they absolutely crush it, slowly and meaningfully, on their forthcoming debut full-length. Hear the first single from Delusions of the Sick right now.
Video Premiere: Montezuma’s Revenge – ‘Soyux-111 (Terrore Su Venere)’
July 26, 2021 Emily Bellino
Watch the video for “Soyux-111 (Terrore Su Venere)” from Russian stoner metal quartet Montezuma’s Revenge.
Track Premiere: Heavy Temple – “A Desert Through the Trees”
May 18, 2021 Cody Davis
Philadelphia’s Heavy Temple — at long last — makes their triumphant full-length debut this year. If their future is anything like their newest single, “A Desert Through the Trees,” the sky isn’t even the limit for what’s to come.
Track Premiere: Dead Witches – “D.I.E. (Dragged Into Emptiness)”
April 1, 2021 Cody Davis
Dead Witches — the brainchild of former Electric Wizard drummer Mark Greening — brings towering, fuzzed riffs and glacially-paced occult doom.
Album Premiere: Amammoth – ‘The Fire Above’
March 17, 2021 Sean Frasier
Australian doom trio Amammoth light prehistoric joints from a stoner/sludge bonfire on their debut LP, The Fire Above.
Album Premiere: Possessor – ‘Damn the Light’
October 28, 2020 Sean Frasier
UK horror fiends Possessor wield a mighty sludgehammer on their new monster-conjuring LP, Damn the Light.
Album Premiere: Junior Bruce – ‘Pray for Death’
October 21, 2020 Sean Frasier
Floridian sludgelords Junior Bruce return to prove they’re the headless kings of swamp metal with their Pray for Death LP.