Occult Vibe Haven (OVH)
Some records hit you in the gut. Others in the teeth. This Side of the Dirt does both. First note drops and you feel it in your ribcage, like a van rolling over your spine. Dusted Angel didn’t come back to make a point – they came back because they couldn’t not. Fifteen years since […]
Danakil Heat don’t really sound like a new band anymore. There’s too much dirt in the gears for that. Doomsday Delight comes on quick – three tracks, no time to stretch – and still manages to feel bigger than it is. The fuzz hits first, that thick Helsinki tone, half-garage, half-machine. It doesn’t wait around […]
You can tell right away BREATH aren’t trying to make “songs”. Brahman sounds like they’re summoning something – slow, old, and not entirely friendly, but not evil either. It’s that big middle space between calm and collapse. Everything feels stretched out and deliberate, like they’re chasing the space inside the sound, not the sound itself. […]
The Origin & Identity How did you all come together as a band, and when did it feel real? Kostas: We met at different times, all sharing the same need to create something genuine — without pretension or labels. When we started writing our first songs and felt how naturally the connection flowed between us, […]
It’s been four years since Two of Swords, and Bentrees finally drop Silver Veins. Six tracks, no filler, no showing off – just that thick, hypnotic low-end fuzz they’ve been hammering since the early days. Recorded at Sonusville Studio in Siliqua, it sounds like it – earthy, not overproduced, just real instruments in a room, […]
French mainstays and rock chameleons POSTE 942 have been plying their trade in the heavy underground since 2010, and their latest album sees the five-piece continue to push forward their sound with no signs of slowing down. Released this June, “#chaleurhumaine” radiates its namesake warmth in Virginie D.’s soulful vocals and the pulsing, fuzzed-out riffs, […]
Doom band from Galicia, Spain The Origin & Identity: How did you all come together as a band, and when did it feel real? -Cruzeiro started with bassist Raposa and guitarist Gon B aiming to start a stoner doom project back in 2017. But there wasn’t until late 2019 Cruzeiro get a real state when […]
Stone Machine Electric don’t play songs so much as drop you inside them. Faces is six slabs of slow-burn hypnosis, the kind of record that doesn’t hurry to prove a damn thing. These Texans have been circling the underground for years, and you can hear the road miles baked into every stretch of feedback and […]
Power trio from Stockholm, Sweden. The Origin & Identity: How did you all come together as a band, and when did it feel real? We’ve known each other for a long time and played together in different constellations before, so forming a band was mostly a matter of timing. Over the past 10+ years we’ve […]
The first note hits, and the room smells of damp wood and a faint electric hum. Faces creeps in slowly, sticky in the air, settling into corners before you even notice. Zombie Eater have spent years in Helsinki basements and German backrooms, and you can hear the floors sagging under the weight, the lights flickering, […]