We were back at the Kingsland for a night of epic Doom Metal and Stoner Rock shenanigans. The place was packed in with heshers and hesherettes early. I was running around doing interviews so I dipped in and out of the main room and caught a little of openers Forming the Void and Black Wizard. Between those two bands, you have almost a perfect word cloud for Doom bands. Both bands rep beefy riffs worth getting wrecked over, so smoke ’em if you got em when you see these guys. Continue reading
Vancouver, British Columbia’s Modified Ghost Festival is the bastion of great underground music every year, with the greats from Doom, Thrash, Stoner, and other genres. This years’ lineup is a beast so far with High On Fire, Toxic Holocaust, Doomriders, Dopethrone, Black Wizard, Spirit Adrift, Hasherteroid and many more to be announced. Tickets on sale now at the links below. Continue reading
Desertfest is an ever-expanding, sprawling franchise festival, having pushed it’s tentacles out from London to Berlin, Antwerp and even Athens. As Ghost Cult did last year, we went to Desertfest Antwerp again, about the only October festival in the genre of stoner and doom music. Last year proved a great party and this time the line-up is salivatingly good, so we expected no less than a wonderful party of fuzz, swamp and bass, with a side order of psychedelia. Continue reading