Stoner Metal

Track Premiere: Asthma Castle – ‘The Incline of Western Civilization’

February 19, 2019

Asthma Castle (featuring members of Pig Destroyer, Misery Index and Integrity) tell the story of the “Incline of Western Civilization” with a new song.

Dry & Bitter Announce Collaborative Beer with Conan

October 3, 2018

Conan join forces with Danish brewery Dry & Bitter for a collaborative milk stout.

Basement Space Travel: An Interview with Green Dragon

September 12, 2018

Green Dragon are your new favorite stoner metal band. Learn about what makes them tick and riff.

Interview: Vessel of Light

November 21, 2017

Read a new interview with Vessel of Light, featuring members of Hades and Ancient VVisdom here.

With the Dead

September 12, 2017

British doom practitioners With the Dead are this week’s Best New Noise.

Cannabis Corpse Premiere New Song, Pick 10 Favorite Albums to Smoke To

August 31, 2017

Embark on “The 420th Crusade” with Cannabis Corpse before reading bassist/vocalist LandPhil’s ten favorite albums to smoke pot to.

TRACK PREMIERE: GET YOURSELF SOME BRAND NEW OLDE

June 28, 2017

Three years after unleashing a self-titled debut that turned many a (metal)head — including a spot on Decibel‘s Best Bandcamp Finds of 2014 list — Toronto doom rockers Olde are set to return August 11 with the STB Records release Temple, on which the quintet’s already solid fantastically heavy, catchy-as-hell take on the ol’ crush n’ fuzz continues to evolve and deepen. 

Primitive Origins: Leaf Hound’s Growers of Mushroom

June 8, 2017

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