Tag New Heavy Sounds
I’m going to borrow the band’s own description of themselves here: “an ‘avant-garde post-metal project, delivering larger than life sounds through, deeply emotional music” Guhts are from New York, and many interesting links are drawn up, encompassing post-hardcore, atmospheric sludge,… Continue Reading →
This scribe has always found Cold In Berlin an utterly intriguing band. They have a certain uniqueness on both a musical and lyrical level. Themes that evoke fear, darkness, strength and the macabre delivered with a passion that is raw… Continue Reading →
Despite having been alive in no less than seven different consecutive decades (I had to check my maths, and damn, I wasn’t wrong!), I try not to be too set in my ways, and especially when it comes to music,… Continue Reading →
Self-proclaimed Witch Doom duo Blacklab hail from Osaka and mix up stoner, psyche and Doom with elements of 90’s grunge to tickle eardrums on this, their third full length. I say tickle, but if truth be told, pummel is the… Continue Reading →
Now on their third album, London’s Grave Lines do away with the idea that a band have to pin themselves to a particular sound. Having built their popularity on the eclectic pool of influences they draw from as a collective,… Continue Reading →
Tenebra are a Four-piece psychedelic rock band who hail from Bologna and ply their musical trade with a heavy dose of 70’s hard rock and blues, giving their work the umbrella term ‘retro-rock/stoner’. Loaded with sounds similar to those from… Continue Reading →
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard, now known as MWWB, have beaten odds to come back with album number four, “The Harvest”. Recorded during the pandemic, the release has been delayed after guitarist, Paul Michael “Dave” Davies suffered a life threatening stroke…. Continue Reading →
There’s something about three-piece bands, whether it’s Venom, Jawbreaker, Sumac or Prong, there is something that resonates around the purity and sparseness of bands comprising just three people, that purveys a cleanliness of mission and sound that is hard to… Continue Reading →
I was wracking my brain to the significance of 1823 to historians and Doom fans alike. Well I can now tell you that rollerskates were patented in that year and Brazil overthrew Portugal in the Bahia revolution. Interesting titbits but… Continue Reading →
The band name gives it away. Fuzz-laden heavy doom is what Blacklab purvey. This is the second release from the so-called Dark Witch Doom duo from Japan. Off we go into “Insanity”. The vibe is totally dark and heavy. It… Continue Reading →
Some bands have a special quality. Maybe it’s a unique sound or look while for others it might simply be an aura. For some years I’ve been intrigued by Cold In Berlin after seeing them at Candlefest in London’s Underworld… Continue Reading →
Welsh outfit Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard’s upward trajectory seems to know no boundaries at the moment. A visionary band, they set out on their quest to create a psychedelic, sci-fi trilogy that started with 2015’s “Noeth Ac Anoeth”, and 2017’s… Continue Reading →