“The absent party is always to blame.” This could be true for fans who missed the show, as well as all three acts — each one of them were lacking a member for...
Until now, Norwegian super metallers KVELERTAK have been seen on stages just as huge as their energy, including two Hellfest performances that caused a stir...
It came no surprise for those who’d had the sense of showing up at their Mécanique Ondulatoire gig last March. But the recent release of their Live in Brussels has put the...
If there was one tour likely to make the bowels of the Earth sound out this fall, it undeniably was YOB and BLACK COBRA. Two weapons of sonic mass destruction, to...
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,...
PARIS IS DOOM!!! The third edition of indoor festival DOOMED GATHERINGS promises a lot of filth and heaviness with a total of twenty doom and sludge acts over three days,...
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...
The heavy bluesy tornado from New Jersey THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX is about to hit France for a short tour this week! Toulouse, Nantes et Paris: be ready, we invite you to join the...
Flayed, Texas Chainsaw Dust Lovers, The Midnight Ghost Train, Black Rainbows: the line-up felt like a mini-festival for the 100th edition of Stoned Gatherings in Paris last...
After Brant Bjork and John Garcia in 2014, it’s now the turn of another California desert rock legend to grace the Stoned Gatherings crowd with his presence: Mario Lalli, on a...
