Desertscene London and Heavy Psych Sounds have announced eleven international stoner, doom and heavy psych rock acts to appear at Heavy Psych Sounds Fest London. Returning after four years, the event takes place at The Underworld and Black Heart on November 2nd & 3rd, with Lord Dying, Black Tusk, Alunah, The Cosmic Dead, Child, Dozer and others on the bill. Keep reading for the full lineup and more.
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – New Rock and Metal Releases 6-28-24
PREVIEW: New Music Friday – New Rock and Metal Releases 6-28-24
Black Rainbows Share Their New Single “The Secret” and Announce a Split EP with Nebula
Italian stoner rock giants, Black Rainbows, are teaming up with California’s Nebula for their new split record, In Search of the Cosmic Tale: Crossing the Galactic Portal Split. It is set to be released on June 28th via Heavy Psych Sounds records. Black Rainbows have also shared their new single, “The Secret,” taken from the record. Check it out below.
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Hellfest 2024 Books Metallica, Foo Fighters, Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, Body Count, Biohazard, Mr. Bungle and More
Hellfest, held every year just outside of Paris, in Clisson, France, continues to up the ante every year with forever growing and impressive lineups! Taking place from June 27 to June 30, 2024, Hellfest will once again be four days long and over 200 bands appearing on six stages. For 2024, the headliners for each night will be Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, Metallica, and Foo Fighters. The full daily lineups, including one more major band tba, and the ticket link are coming soon!
ALBUM REVIEW: Black Rainbows – Superskull
Stoner rock is often thought of in the same dim light as Doom, but this Italian band has dropped an album that serves as an example of how the two genres differ. While stoner rock and doom both share DNA with Black Sabbath, these guys ride on their riffs with a boogie that share a similar cactus patch as Clutch. They do pay homage to Sabbath, mainly in the singer’s piercing declarations that sound like Ozzy by way of nineties grunge. Their fuzz-laden riffs focus on grooving, rather than carrying the stark undercurrent of aggression that powered Sabbath’s darker guitar sound.
Heavy Psych Sounds Fest Italy Books Nebula, Stoned Jesus, Conan, Nick Oliveri, Black Rainbows, Messa, and More!
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The full lineup has been revealed for Heavy Psych Sounds Fest Italy, the stoner, doom, and psych rock mini-festival curated by European label Heavy Psych Sounds, and taking place simultaneously on April 29-30th in Bologna and Torino. Two cities, two days, sixteen bands in all including Nebula, Stoned Jesus, Conan, Nick Oliveri, Black Rainbows, Messa, Belzebong, Giobia, Tons, Isaak, Oreyeon, Deadsmoke, Mr. Bison, Ananda Mida, and Lord Elephant.
STAFF PICKS: Torbjorn Solgard’s Top Albums of 2020
2020..What can I say? A year where Poppy releases a metal album and Glenn Danzig does an album of Elvis covers (for real go look it up)! Seriously though I think it was a bad year for everyone. Luckily there was some killer music to help us all get through. So, I’ve compiled a list of what helped me. This list was a lot harder to make than I first thought it was going to be so much good stuff out there. To be clear though, this isn’t a “best of” it’s just a list of my personal fav’s this year. So, enough bullshittin’ I present to you Torbjorn‘s 13.
NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: May 22nd New Music Releases
Desertfest London 2019: Live At Various Venues
It’s spring bank holiday in the UK, which can mean only one thing; a long weekend of headbanging in London’s dingiest venues. 2019 marks the eighth edition of London’s Desertfest; a festival dedicated to the slow, the slower, and the heavy. With a healthy dose of bong and Satan worship thrown in for good measure. Continue reading