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Explore the Netherlands’ psychedelia and heavy tales with CIGALE

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You can imagine my surprise when I got a mail from ex-members of Sungrazer a couple of days ago. It was presenting a brand new project called CIGALE, coming with a link to their...

Headliners and new stages: the DESERTFEST LONDON 2015 bill is almost complete!

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Since the summer, they’ve been teasing us with names all the people among the heavy scene worships unfailingly: Sleep, then Orange Goblin, My Sleeping Karma, Red Fang,...

Tilburg is calling: day tickets for ROADBURN 2015 are on sale!

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ROADBURN fans will rejoice hearing that one: for the first time in 7 years, the festival has put on sale day tickets for the 2015 edition of the festival. Because the biggest...

FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL 2015: a lineup full of promise!

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Buoyed by the success of the last edition, Germany’s outdoor festival FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL has already won over a big part of the European heavy/psych/stoner community,...

Another beautiful soul leaves this world: RIP Athon (Black Tusk).

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This is with a lump in my throat that I’m writing these lines. When I heard of his motorcycle accident last night, I didn’t want to believe it. JONATHAN ATHON played...

One month left until DESERTFEST BELGIUM 2014

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You got back to work, days are getting shorter, and you already feel on the brink of the usual post-summer comedown? REJOICE. Desertfest has arrived with your (now biannual) shot...

The “SLOW SOUTHERN STEEL” documentary is finally out!

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Time has finally come to enjoy the loooong-awaited SLOW SOUTHERN STEEL movie, a 100% independent and comprehensive documentary about the US southern metal scene that is so dear...

Get ready to adore ELECTRIC WIZARD’s new song “I am Nothing”.

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I usually don’t do this stuff of announcing releases, but this is one of a kind for sure. Not only it marks the great return of British doom lords – oh well,...

FU MANCHU confirmed for UP IN SMOKE FEST 2014!

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Sustaining momentum since its first announcements a couple of weeks ago, Switzerland-based festival UP IN SMOKE FEST is now springing a beautiful surprise for all stoner rock...

Your band featured in the next “ROAD RIOT RADIO” compilation

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After they presented their first compilation “Road Riot Radio : Stoned Ryders” in 2011, featuring 18 international promising metal and rock bands, French label Hollow...

The coolest festivals of the summer (and beyond) at a glance

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The festivals season has well and truly begun, the Roadburn, Desertfest and Freak Valley are already behind us, so we can take a small break and look at all the amazing...

DESERTFEST BELGIUM 2014: a lineup that’s getting big as fuck!

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If you weren’t aware of it, now you are. The DESERTFEST brand has expanded, offering to the stoner and doom fans a new rendez-vous in Belgium this fall. This is going to...

First DESERTFEST BELGIUM edition is on, folks!

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Because we just couldn’t get enough, and waiting 365 days between each DESERTFEST was a torture to each stoner and doom fan around the corner, London and Berlin joined...

KRISTONFEST 2014 presents: Colour Haze, Motorpsycho, Karma To Burn and The Socks

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Since its first edition in 2011, KRISTONFEST not only has proven to be Bilbao’s best event when it comes to heavy music (inviting bands like Down, Eyehategod, Orange Goblin,...

Louder, Bordeaux! MAKE IT SABBATHY announce their spring lineup.

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Bordeaux gig promoters MAKE IT SABBATHY are celebrating spring their very own way with some loud bands and a lineup full of rock’n’roll, vintage and...