Interview

No gods, no masters: we lift the veil on SUNNATA’s doom cult.

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We wanted to let the dust settle a bit before discussing one of the most anticipated albums of early 2021, only to realize that SUNNATA‘s success has grown one record after...

ELEPHANT TREE’s Jack Townley about growing out of the stoner scene, working with Riley McIntyre and real life struggles.

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“Habits” has been one of the greatest surprises of early 2020, helping us coping with a rather shitty year since then. With this album, ELEPHANT TREE have returned...

Finding beauty in chaos: a spiritual conversation with LORD BUFFALO.

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This March, right before the world went into hiatus, LORD BUFFALO released their eerie new album “Tohu Wa Bohu”, unintentionally foretelling the chaos we were about to...

Nick DiSalvo of ELDER shares his music highlights of 2019.

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To keep up with our year-end series, and this time, we asked ELDER frontman Nick DiSalvo to share his favorite artists and releases of 2019. The trio just wrapped up the recording...

LOWRIDER frontman Peder Bergstrand shares his most-played tunes of 2019.

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LOWRIDER: a band name that has resonated among stoner rock fans since the early 00s. Actually, your “stoner rock essentials” list wouldn’t be complete without...

Igor Sidorenko of STONED JESUS picks his favorite albums of 2019.

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Who in the stoner and doom world doesn’t know of STONED JESUS? The Kiev-based hard-working trio has been around for a decade now — which they will be celebrating next year...

Esben Willems of MONOLORD picks his favorite albums of 2019.

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After such a dense, exciting, yet dizzying year in music, more than ever do we needed a beacon in the dark to see through the plethora of albums that have been released in 2019....

Bow to battle doom lords CONAN, as they’re taking over our lands once again.

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“CONAN are as heavy as interplanetary thunder amplified through the roaring black hole anus of Azathoth.” Quite frankly, we’ve never read a more accurate promo...

10 silly questions to blackened punk badasses MANTAR.

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After they completely destroyed Hellfest for the second time, we had the chance to sit down with Germany’s finest blackened punk firestarters and absolute tour beasts...

Interview: exploring the other side of BARONESS with bassist Nick Jost.

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Hard-luck story and personal desires have turnt BARONESS into a totally different beast since their their 2003 debut. If you expect a umpteenth sludge record from them, you got it...

Getting underground with German post-doom giants BLCKWVS.

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Back in February, it was brought to my attention that a German heavy band called BLCKWVS had a new album out, and I’ve been unable to stop listening to ‘0160’...

Ruling the world the black’n’roll way with KVELERTAK.

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THC has a long history with KVELERTAK. We covered every piece of music the Stavanger six piece has produced, from the day they changed the face of heavy metal with their meteoric...

Igor Sidorenko of STONED JESUS picks 10 perfect road songs.

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Our fourth LP “Pilgrims” was inspired by our heavy touring schedule in the last couple of years, and the feelings a person might be getting — or rather losing —...

DESERTFEST London founder Reece Tee comes back to a game-changing festival.

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A boundless passion for the music we all love: this is what drives DESERTFEST London founder Reece Tee. Given the stoner and doom festival will be celebrating its 8th edition this...

Isaiah Mitchell of EARTHLESS: “The power of live music is life-changing.”

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EARTHLESS once again blown us away with their latest album Black Heaven, a tour de force that shakes up our certitudes by taking their relentless jamming down a notch...