Occult Vibe Haven (OVH)
Some bands write songs. These maniacs in Liguria build collapsing wormholes and then jump inside. Sideral Voivod isn’t polished, it’s not safe, it’s a fuzz-drunk meteor crash rolling downhill until it smokes out the neighborhood. Heavy grooves that lurch and stagger, riffs like molten concrete, bass throb that sounds more animal than instrument. You can […]
PLASMAJET formed in 2014 in Giessen, united by their passion for metal, stoner, rock, and blues. After their 2015 demo and over 40 live shows, including festivals like M.I.S.E. Open Air and support for Bushfire and Earthship, they released their debut album United Dementia in 2018 to critical acclaim. Despite lineup changes and the pandemic, […]
HARVEST is a Gothic/Doom metal band born from the collaboration of Omar (drums) and Fabio (guitar), later joined by Elisa (bass), Matteo (guitar/keys), and vocalist Emanuele. Their music blends classic metal influences with a fresh, emotional voice, exploring themes of solitude, grief, and existential struggle. With a complete lineup, HARVEST is ready to bring their […]
Mandy Manala is a five-piece, female-fronted rock band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 2021 by musicians with over two decades of experience in the scene. Their sound blends the heaviness of stoner rock with melodic and theatrical influences, drawing inspiration from artists as diverse as Black Sabbath, Fleetwood Mac, and Ghost. Fronted by the powerful […]
Formed in 2017 by Andrew Szmauz and Taylor Paradis, and recently joined by Alex Vance (Laquerhead) on bass, LIZZY has evolved from a stripped-down duo into a monolithic trio, melding earth-shaking sludge, stoner-doom grooves and a spiritual sensibility rooted in both ritualistic minimalism and global musical traditions. Drawing influence from Sleep, OM, High on Fire […]
Picture by Teemu Nordlund – Tajuttomat kuvat, in the summer of 2024. Bell Of Mimir was formed by Karhu in early 2021, after he began experimenting with old school doom metal and composing rich, heavy music with wide chords and melodic motifs, influenced by his classical music studies. Soon after, Karhu invited Tuohino, a previous […]
Nothing cute here. No sheen. No angle. Just dense, scorched rock carved out by a band that clearly doesn’t give a shit about trends, tags, or keeping it neat. Toil & Trouble is exactly what it sounds like – clawing through sludge, staring down silence, pushing forward even when it’s easier to stop. WARCHIEF, out […]
There’s something perversely satisfying about music that sounds like it’s decomposing as you listen – fibrous, overgrown, festering with weight and mood. Colonize, the sophomore full-length from Belgian post-industrial mystics MoldEra, doesn’t so much play as it expands, seeps, and then collapses into itself. It’s the sound of fertile decay, a sonic loam fed by […]
There’s something about this record that feels like it’s falling apart as it’s being built – like scaffolding collapsing in slow motion while someone’s still welding new beams onto it. That’s not a criticism. It’s the point. THRÆDS aren’t new, but Impermanence feels like a debut in the truest, ugliest, most ambitious sense – like […]
This one feels like it came from below the floorboards. Mandy Manala’s debut is soaked in something old, heavy, and weirdly alive – like someone lit a candle in an abandoned rehearsal space and this is what came crawling out. They’re from Vaasa, Finland, but they don’t lean on that as a gimmick. No frostbitten […]