Stoner

Album Premiere: Slomatics – “Strontium Fields”

September 6, 2023

Irish doom mainstays Slomatics build their 8th LP from crushing riffs, cosmic psych and space dust. Strontium Fields comes out September 8th from Black Bow Records.

Track Premiere: Bongzilla – “Hippie Stick”

March 20, 2023

Hear Wisconsin sludge doom heroes Bongzilla return with their latest super joint ritual.

Track Premiere: Mammon’s Throne – “Beyond”

March 14, 2023

Hear new single, “Beyond,” from Mammon’s Throne, gilded with crusty riffs and authentic Aussie spite.

Festival Preview: Grim Reefer Fest

March 1, 2023

Achieve your higher form after inhaling our favorite tracks from Grim Reefer Fest’s stacked doom lineup. Baltimore gets vaporized on 4/29.

Interview: Monolith on the Mesa Rings in a New Era

September 16, 2022

We caught up with Monolith on the Mesa co-founder Roman Barham about honoring the legacy of late co-founder Dano Sanchez and what is in store this year for the South West.

Track Premiere: Dust Prophet – “When the Axe Falls”

June 8, 2022

New Hampshire stoner rockers Dust Prophet swap the bong for the blade in their new single “When the Axe Falls.”

Track Premiere: Planet of the Dead – “Pilgrim”

July 14, 2021

Blast into the deep cosmos with New Zealand stoner doom space travelers Planet of the Dead on their Kurt Vonnegut inspired single, “Pilgrim.”

Track Premiere: Heavy Temple – “A Desert Through the Trees”

May 18, 2021

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.

Album Premiere: Morpholith – ‘Null Dimensions’

December 2, 2020

Icelandic voidwalkers Morpholith teleport listeners with the cosmic doom of their Null Dimensions sophomore EP.

Demo:listen: Witchcaster

August 21, 2020

The long arm of Virginian doom reaches across this week’s Demo:listen featuring the zealous sermon of Witchcaster.

Track Premiere: Black Helium – “Two Masters”

July 15, 2020

London rockers Black Helium unveil the heavy psych and black-mass fuzz of “Two Masters” before the release of their upcoming LP, The Wholly Other.

Video Premiere: Beggar – ‘Black Cloud’

January 27, 2020

Prepare your ears: Beggar are the heaviest stoner band you’ve ever heard.

Album Premiere: Nightstalker – ‘Great Hallucinations’

October 3, 2019

You’re not seeing things, you can hear the first new LP in three years from underground Greek heroes Nightstalker.

Track Premiere: Vokonis – “AntlerQueen”

August 28, 2019

Swedish psychedelic spellcasters Vokonis worship at the riff-adorned throne of the “AntlerQueen.”

Track Premiere: Howling Giant – ‘Comet Rider’

August 1, 2019

Howling Giant ride the through the ashes of stoner rock stagnation with the first track from their new LP The Space Between Worlds.

Track Premiere: Hippie Death Cult – ‘Unborn’

July 22, 2019

Come join us as we debut a fuzzy new jam from Portland, OR doom crew Hippie Death Cult.

Track Premiere: Pinto Graham – “Old Man of the Mountain”

July 3, 2019

Connecticut-based southern doom rockers Pinto Graham chisel riffs from stone formations on their “Old Man of the Mountain” single.

Full Album Stream: Troll – ‘Legend Master’

April 10, 2019

Portland doom voyagers Troll welcome you aboard their riff-engined Dragonship on their Legend Master LP.

No Corporate Beer: Easy Evil

August 16, 2018

Alaska’s finest and funkiest brewery, Anchorage, pays tribute to Washington’s finest and funkiest stoner/doom trio, Mos Generator.

Track Premiere: Blackwülf – “Dead to the World”

January 31, 2018

Oakland rockers Blackwülf team up with doom royalty from Bedemon/Pentagram for their new track “Dead the World.”

Stream & Interview: Heavy Temple’s Psychedelic Journey to the Dark Tower

May 10, 2017

Philly doom conjurers Heavy Temple worship at The Dark Tower on psychedelic eye-opener Chassit.

Track Premiere: Lecherous Gaze Board a UFO to Find the “Thing Within”

February 1, 2017

Californian spacelords Lecherous Gaze blast their cosmic punk ‘n’ roll from 365,000,000 miles away on “Thing Within.”

Hail Peavey! Doom lords Methra debut video for “Dead Ram”

July 20, 2016

The bizarre (yet justified!) worship of Peavey continues in the latest video clip from doomsters Methra.

New England’s Conclave Pick Up the Bong, Not the Change

May 25, 2016

Meet New England’s Conclave, who probably don’t have a baseball jersey merch design. 

Album Stream: From Mars Red Sky… for Serious

May 12, 2016

It’s raining threes for French psych doomsters Mars Red Sky.

Video Premiere: Karma To Burn’s “57”

January 7, 2015

Post-holiday doldrums. The coldest time of the year, especially with climate change. It’s time for your favorite band to get the 30-year-old van out of the garage and challenge ice storms and snowpiles to play for your benefit. West Virginia’s favorite sons Karma To Burn will be one of the brave soliders taking to the…

Anchors Aweigh: Clamfight full album stream and interview

January 16, 2013

Clamfight has a much better ring to it than, say, Mollusk Warfare (and we already have Insect Warfare). We’d quickly exhaust our nautical jokes in a sentence or two so we’ll leave it at the headline. Here’s the scoop: for your listening pleasure below is Clamfight’s new album I Versus The Glacier. This writer digs…

Saviours & Ramming Speed – 11/30 – Brooklyn

December 15, 2011

This show was at Saint Vitus, a heavy metal bar in Brooklyn. The place has a separate room for the stage, which is nice, or rather, brutal. I’d like to go there when there’s no show, because it was packed. I was there to rock, not to brush my cock against a bunch of bearded…