How do you determine a band’s popularity and influence on the music scene? Judge by the number of imitators it spawns in its wake. Let’s make no mistake: Slift have...
Ahoy, reckless music lovers. You who came across the recent meme trend invading our screens over the past few days, suddenly asked yourself healthy questions such as: “But wait,...
Pothamus. Remember this name. With their second album “Abur”, the Belgian trio establishes a new milestone in the evolution of post-metal, with the birth of a new branch. And...
South-west of France heavy newcomers À Terre are releasing their debut album, and what a debut! Emerging from a post-heavy scene that has reached some sort of ceiling and...
The pioneers (and last survivors) of French dark noise rock just released their seventh album “Deathly Silence”, thanks to the support of an assembly of independent labels....
Mantar doesn’t make compromises. Never. In 2022, they released the polished and wide-ranging “Pain Is Forever and This Is the End”, adding a new string to their...
You’ll be hearing a lot about Dax Riggs this year. Not to mention Acid Bath. After a first aborted comeback attempt at Sick Sad World (which got canceled), the mythical and...
Here is an album review that required much more thinking and introspection than I ever expected. How could I not elaborate on the quintessential qualities of one of my favorite...
Sometimes you have to take a step back. Take a break from this systematic frenzy of consuming new releases every Friday. Maybe even look back and realize that albums that...
Goddamn, this was by far the hardest end-of-year piece we’ve had to put together in ages, as this year’s quantity and quality of releases frankly got us overwhelmed....
Time flies and I must admit that the avalanche of new releases in the Stoner, Sludge and Doom genres can wear us off. As musical junkies, we keep looking for the excitement, the...
Does Sun and Sail Club ring a bell? No? Fair enough. For many, it’s an obscure side project that we don’t quite fully understand. For others it’s the opportunity to talk...
Desertfest Belgium has been an unquestionable household name in the European stoner scene for ten years now. As a birthday cake, the Antwerp promoters invited some of the biggest...
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...
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,...
