It’s never a good feeling to see a dispersed crowd at a gig. Despite the undeniable success of Paris-based heavy shows Stoned Gatherings, they can at times experience...
As the road event for the Switzerland-based festival of the same name, Up In Smoke is meant to spread the best stoned-out riffs across Europe, and for our greatest delight,...
Today, a web search for “Up In Smoke” will mostly direct you to a little-known stoner buddy movie from the 70s, and a mythical 2000 tour with Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Eminem and...
A few lineup-related imponderables have made this Stoned Gatherings show a single-band one, also exceptionally taking place at La Mécanique Ondulatoire instead of that good...
“There’s nothing like a burst of ecumenical rock to screw these bastards!” This comment, left on the Facebook event page for OM’s concert – taking place just a...
As a warm-up for their awaited Trabendo show, CLUTCH played the night before on L’Album de la Semaine for French TV channel Canal Plus. Being a fan of both the band and show...
The DESERTFEST. This now biannual gathering of stoners from Europe and beyond, that takes on the form of a huge riff holiday camp – just as much as Hellfest – whereas...
A double challenge awaits UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS in Paris tonight. First one is their ability to defend their fantastic new album, their most radical in some way, for...
This third edition of Swiss festival UP IN SMOKE FEST took once again place at Z7 Konzertfabrik in Pratteln for two days full of fantastic rock music. Z7 had two stages, a...
As always at Le Ferrailleur, the bill is pretty classy! With MOS GENERATOR as an opening act – a band with a serious live and discographic background – the night...
After 48 plain hours of metal, stoner and rock indulgence, this last day at HELLFEST kicks off with a lump in our throats: damn, time has gone too fast! But wait,...
The second day at HELLFEST 2015 kicks off with a bit less suppleness and strength than on the Friday, yet we’re awake enough to get knocked back to the ground by a 12+ hour...
With a 2014 edition that broke records, we were far from imagining that this 10th HELLFEST anniversary was about to blow our minds like it did. A killer lineup? Yes. A metal...
No doubt that this ultimate day at DESERTFEST LONDON 2015 was the heaviest the festival has ever known. Three names to awaken your senses: Sleep, Acid King and Ufomammut. And...
The second day at DESERTFEST LONDON gave prominence to the filthiest leanings of heavy music on one hand, and to supremely groovy and classy performances on the other. Yes,...
