Album Review

Lowrider and Elephant Tree reach infinity on “The Long Forever”.

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Elephant Tree. Lowrider. Such an encounter on record falls under astrophysics. The realm of macro and the infinitely large. On a human scale, such a phenomenon occurs as often as...

BLACK TUSK punch us in the guts with “The Way Forward” and it feels great.

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The Savannah-based warriors have been around for two decades now and show no sign of slowing down! This seventh studio album sees the arrival of two new members within the band,...

Epic and delirious, GNOME presents “Vestiges of Verumex Visidrome”.

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Gnome will never make everyone happy. The Belgian trio offers a unique blend of intensely heavy stoner prog full of self-deprecation and geek humor, somehow deeply dividing our...

The world is burning down? Crank it up and listen to WHORES.

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Eight years. That’s how long it took the sonic beast that is WHORES to blast yet another storm of bangers. To say that we haven’t seen the time go by would be a lie,...

Stoner rock is doing well and SLOMOSA proves it with “Tundra Rock”.

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You’ve probably already read everything about one of the most anticipated albums of 2024. Our fellow music writers have already dissected the album in great detail, track by...

Heavy rock royalty GREENLEAF get haunting as ever on “The Head & The Habit”.

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Just because Dozer made a huge comeback last year (with one of the best releases of 2024, no less) doesn’t mean we should overlook Greenleaf. It’s quite the contrary....

SONS OF ALPHA CENTAURI looks back and converts the try on “Pull”.

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When a band creates music that echoes so powerfully the golden age of rock (the 90s), the lost listener is very tempted to hop on the labeling bandwagon: grunge, post-hardcore,...

GURT gives no shit and goes full-on party doom on “Satan, etc.”

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Sometimes, we just think it won’t work. We come across an album and think, “nope, not my cup of tea”. When discovering Gurt and their latest record “Satan, etc.” in...

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats “Nell’Ora Blu”

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Kevin Starrs had warned us. When he released his live album “Slaughter On First Avenue” last year, Uncle Acid hinted that something decidedly different was cooking in the...

HIGH ON FIRE returns with the juggernaut record we all needed with “Cometh The Storm”.

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High On Fire is one of the very few bands who are unanimously praised by the public, critics and even the biggest ceremonies in the music industry, despite a sonic identity which...

GLASSING takes us to group therapy with “From The Other Side of the Mirror”.

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Let’s suppose Glassing was completely unknown to you until this 4th album release. In that case, you should know that the Austin, Texas trio fuses post-metal, noise rock and...

SUNNATA transcend their shamanic doom with “Chasing Shadows”.

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Music has always been associated with trance. It bridges the gap between the subjectivity of the inner self and the outside world. This is why music is so often used in rituals....

PISSED JEANS knocks down monotony with “Half Divorced”.

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Pissed Jeans have been a staple band of Sub Pop Records since 2007, yet they feel like a black sheep among the Seattle label’s tidy catalog. They recently released their...

MELVINS drop a weird noisy 2024 vintage with “Tarantula Heart”.

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The Melvins are back even though they never really left. What’s new for the 2024 version? A new line-up, obviously. For the last two decades, the band has used line-up rotations...

Will you survive the wild trip of THE COSMIC DEAD’s “Infinite Peaks”?

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2024 will be a psychedelic year or won’t be, with every month bringing its share of fantastic astral explorations laden with space kraut and other psychotropic fuels. 2024...