Stoner Metal
Video Premiere: Altar of Betelgeuze – ‘Absence of Light’
June 2, 2017 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from Finnish stoner death/doom group Altar of Betelgeuze.
Metal & Beer: Droids Attack Launch Aztec Astronaut Brew
May 31, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Have a brew to celebrate the new Droids Attack album/beer combination.
Video Premiere: Destroyer of Light – ‘Into The Smoke’
May 29, 2017 Emily Bellino
Check out a new video from Austin, TX harbingers of doom, Destroyer of Light.
Track Premiere: Bison – ‘Until The Earth Is Empty’
May 23, 2017 Emily Bellino
Listen to “Until the Earth is Empty” from Bison‘s You Are Not the Ocean You Are the Patient.
Track Premiere: Elder – ‘Staving Off Truth’
May 16, 2017 Emily Bellino
“Staving Off Truth” comes from Elder‘s fourth and largest album, Reflections of a Floating World.
Label Spotlight: Ripple Music
May 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Get familiar with Ripple Music, purveyors of doom, stoner, psychedelic and heavy rock and metal.
Video Premiere: Season Of Arrows – ‘The Bridge’
May 1, 2017 Emily Bellino
Season of Arrows debut the music video for “The Bridge,” off sophomore effort Give It to the Mountain.
Track Premiere: Vokonis – ‘The Sunken Djinn’
April 20, 2017 Emily Bellino
Vokonis premiere the first single from their second album, both titled The Sunken Djinn.
Track Premiere: Obelyskkh – ‘Northern Lights’
April 7, 2017 Emily Bellino
Obelyskkh deliver a slab of crushing doom on “Northern Lights.”
Video Premiere: Connoisseur – ‘All Day Every Day’
March 17, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stoner/sludge punks Connoisseur show off what they do “All Day Every Day” in a new, 4/20 friendly video.
Full Album Stream: Mothership – ‘High Strangeness’
March 14, 2017 Emily Bellino
High Strangeness, the third full-length from Texas rockers Mothership, incorporates a variety of sounds and influences for a diverse and fun album.
All-Star Sepultura Cover Band Clenched Fist Announced As Post-Metal And Beer Fest Show
March 14, 2017 Emily Bellino
Clenched Fist, the all-star Sepultura cover band featuring members of Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Misery Index will perform at the post-Decibel Metal And Beer Fest show.
Track Premiere: Jagged Vision – ‘Euthanasia’
February 28, 2017 Emily Bellino
Jagged Vision punish the listener with thick riffs and aggressive delivery on “Euthanasia.”
Full Album Stream: Horseneck – ‘Heavy Trip’
February 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Horseneck marry sludge and post-hardcore with a host of other sounds to craft their memorable first record, Heavy Trip.
For Those About To Squawk: Sleep, Cranial Engorgement, Weltesser
February 10, 2017 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Sleep, Weltesser, Cranial Engorgement and Cnoc An Tursa.
Support the ACLU and Extreme Metal Today on Bandcamp
February 3, 2017 Emily Bellino
Bandcamp is donating 100% of their proceeds today to the ACLU in the continued fight for human rights around the world. Here are 5 releases to consider purchasing today.
Full Album Stream: Domkraft – ‘The End of Electricity’
November 9, 2016 Emily Bellino
Groovy, psychedelic doom is the name of the game on The End of Electricity.
Track Premiere: Uniform Cover Black Sabbath’s ‘Symptom of the Universe’
October 28, 2016 Emily Bellino
The Black Sabbath classic gets a much noisier cover as part of Uniform‘s newest release.
Let Arctic Take You on a Psychedelic Skate Trip
June 24, 2016 J. Andrew
Arctic’s insane psychedelics put a chill into summer. Full album is here for streaming.
Take a Doomy Smoke Break with this Tombstoned Premiere
April 25, 2016 James Lewis
Head to the tombs to get, uh, this premiere streaming.
Album Premiere: Enter Bardus’ Sludge/Stoner/Noise World of Sound
March 30, 2016 James Lewis
Stream their second full-length, Stella Porta, for an “escape and outlet from real life” that’s crushing, hazy, hallucinatory, and caustic, all at the same time.
Lucifer
June 22, 2015 Adrien Begrand
Lucifer I
New partner, same dance, better result
dB Rating: 9/10