Time, the self–released debut album from UK rockers Godsized, quite simply slams the senses from pillar to post with massively chunky riffs and tight enslaving rhythms. It is a heavy handed storm of satisfaction veined with sonic enterprise… Read More ›
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Tombstone Highway: Ruralizer
Ruralizer is one of those unexpected gems which come out of nowhere awareness wise, to thrill and invigorate the emotions and ear. Unleashed by Italian band Tombstone Highway, the album is an immensely satisfying encounter of stoner rock,… Read More ›
Southern Badass: Born In Mud
Hailing from Perpignan in France, Southern Badass is a band which in Born In Mud has released an album as intriguing as it is pleasing. With a core of southern/stoner rock and other added spices such as doom… Read More ›
Family: Portrait
With more insatiable grooves and curves than Megan Fox, Portrait the debut album from Brooklyn metalers Family, is a rich and expansive onslaught of intense energies and climactic melodic pinnacles. As mesmeric as it is vindictive and as oppressively heavy… Read More ›
XII Boar – Split Tongue, Cloven Hoof
When reviewing the debut EP XII from UK sludge/stoner metal band XII Boar last year, I ended the review with the lines ‘For their debut release XII Boar show great promise and I for one will be eager to hear… Read More ›
Svölk – Svölk ‘Em All
With the strength, mass, and intensity of the animal, Norwegian rockers Svölk mark their signing to Napalm Records with twelve thunderous tracks of ‘bear metal’ in new album Svölk ‘Em All. The album is actually a re-issue of the band’s… Read More ›