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ALBUM REVIEW: 10,000 Years – All Quiet On The Final Frontier

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Sweden truly is a melting pot for all sorts of high-octane Stoner Metal acts – Monolord, Graveyard, Hällas, Greenleaf, Void Commander; you name it. It is almost like the ideal home for acid trip-inducing slow-paced riffs. Even back in 2021, the label/collective Weedian curated a compilation album consisting of the finest psychedelic haze-laden Stoner Metal bands hailing from Sweden, entitled Trip to Sweden. One of the bands featured on the gnarly lineup of that compilation, the Västerås-bound 10,000 Years, are actually the one whose latest release I’m reviewing today.Continue reading →


NEW MUSIC FRIDAY – Rock and Metal Releases for 10-11-24

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What new Rock and metal releases are you looking forward to this week?Continue reading →


PREVIEW: New Music Friday – Rock and Metal Releases for 10-11-24

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ALBUM REVIEW: Swamp Coffin – Drowning Glory

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An entire anthropological study could be done on how the region a band comes from affects the sound of any given genre. Continue reading →


PODCAST: The Weekly Ritual Rock and Metal News Show Live 7-19-24

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Check out what you missed this week in the world of Rock and Metal! Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Orange Goblin – Science, Not Fiction

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Following the path blazed by bands like Kyuss and Monster Magnet who emerged from the Grunge scene, Orange Goblin was one of the main bands who kept the bong songs in rotation to help cement the sound we think of today as Stoner Metal.Continue reading →


EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Stöner Shares Their Cover of The Kyuss Classic “Green Machine”

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Stöner, featuring Stoner Rock royalty like Brant Bjork (founding member of Kyuss, also former Fu Manchu), Nick Oliveri (Mondo Generator, former Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age) and Ryan Güt will drop their new album Hittin’ The Bitchin’ Switch out October 11th on the great Heavy Psych Sounds label. The band is teaming up with Ghost Cult today to share their cover of the classic Kyuss cover “Green Machine!” Check it out! Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: My Diligence – Death.Horses.Black.

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A dark, dramatic, intense collection of relatively extreme music, Death.Horses.Black. (Listenable Records) is delivered with commitment and no small expertise by Belgian prog-stoner outfit My Diligence.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Sunnata – Chasing Shadows

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Poland‘s Sunnata emerges from the cloud of smoke that shrouded the band on their last album to jam out their brand of grunge-out psychedelia. Continue reading →


EP REVIEW: Hollow Leg – Dust

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A tasty slice of rhythmic, headbanging Sludge, this groovy, nicely gnarly EP finds Hollow Leg in fine fettle, smoking hot and leaving many others in their wake – leaving them in the dust, you could say.Continue reading →