Occult Vibe Haven (OVH)
Mörkekraft is a Norwegian band doing that mix of heavy rock, stoner stuff, and some lighter psychedelic touches. They’re just shaping familiar ideas in their own way and seeing where it lands. I’ve seen the album mostly placed somewhere between stoner rock and melodic hard rock, with a bit of that older classic guitar-rock thinking […]
DROMOS are from North London, started back in 2019. This is their first full album after a couple of tracks they put out on Dry Cough last year. Coming out May 15th on Argonauta. Some of the guys have been in Grave Miasma and other underground bands, so they know what they’re doing with heavy […]
Rome-based, started off more instrumental, now fully locked into a stoner rock framework with vocals, but that description already sounds more stable than the record actually feels. What they’re doing still sits in stoner rock world, but it’s not the comfortable, nostalgic kind. There’s a rougher edge here, sometimes leaning into grunge weight, sometimes drifting […]
Well… Norwegian band White Tundra have only been around since 2023, but their second record already feels like they’re finding their own lane in the heavy underground. Stories from the Dark is six tracks of thick, fuzzy heavy rock that mixes stoner groove, doom weight and a distinct cold Nordic flavour. It’s not pure desert […]
Very interesting band from Milan, Italy. Sun Fall Down called the album Burn and it’s their first full one. Nine tracks plus a short intro on the digital version. The whole thing is built around an astronaut floating in black space with a sun in his hands. The artwork and lyrics make it clear, it’s […]
3+2 is one of those albums where nothing really jumps at you at first. It just starts and keeps going, and you kind of realize later you’ve been listening for a while. REPETITA IUVANT plays instrumental post-rock, but not the dramatic kind with big build-ups. More like repeating guitar ideas that slowly change while they’re […]
Deaf Gods doesn’t really start in a way you can point to. It’s just there. Guitars come in slightly off, not quite locking into something clear. Bass and drums hold a line underneath, though even that feels like it could move if it wanted to. It sits somewhere around noise rock, maybe heavier in places, […]
With Mothertruck, Fuzzing Nation stays close to a stoner rock kind of sound, but without drifting too far into long, psychedelic parts. It leans more on steady grooves and direct riffs than on atmosphere. The guitars carry most of it, thick and slightly rough, while the rhythm section keeps everything moving in a straight line. […]
Azken Auzi hit harder this time. Right away, DEEP HELL crushes you. Thick guitars, bass and drums all locked together. You can feel the weight. Ludo’s voice crawls out of the mix, low, strained. Feels like the shadows of the debut are here, but twisted somehow. SK comes next. Weird, tense. Post-metal kind of feel. […]
OWLS OVER OAKS’ debut, O.O.O., hits like a slow-motion avalanche. Three tracks. No guitars. Just dual bass, deliberate drumming, and a darkness that hangs in the air long after the music stops. This is not for casual listening. You can’t put this on in the background. You don’t. You sit. You endure. From the first […]