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NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: CERTAIN DEATH - SECRET GARDEN

NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: CERTAIN DEATH - SECRET GARDEN (SELF RELEASE)

Released October 17th, 2024

"Strange Garden" by Certain Death leans into a raw, rock-driven sound of proto-metal’s earliest influences. With gritty, organic riffs and a dark atmospheric edge, the album offers a refreshing homage to the foundations of heavy rock. A powerful, vintage-inspired experience!

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NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: BURN RITUAL - HOUSE OF THE WICKED

NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: BURN RITUAL - HOUSE OF THE WICKED (SELF RELEASE)

Released October 25th, 2024

House of the Wicked by Burn Ritual is a dark blend of stoner rock and doom that is hypnotizing. Each track offers thick, resonant riffs and haunting melodies that pull listeners into its shadowy depths. This EP takes you on a journey into the heart of darkness!

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NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: PHANTOM HOUND - FROM BOOM TOWN TO GHOST TOWN

NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: PHANTOM HOUND - FROM BOOM TOWN TO GHOST TOWN (GLORY OR DEATH RECORDS)

Released September 18th, 2024

Phantom Hound’s sophomore album, From Boom Town to Ghost Town, delivers a potent mix of heavy rock, doom psych, and sludge metal, showcasing the band’s growth and musical evolution. Amazing Album!

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NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: ENDLESS VALLEY - KASKASHIR

NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: ENDLESS VALLEY - KASKASHIR (COPPER FEAST RECORDS)

Released August 8th, 2024

This innovative sound connects continents with it’s mix of progressive psychedelic heavy world music. full of incredible guitar tones, energetic jamming percussion, pulsating bass, and soulful world vocal chants. Empty the ocean floors with Kaskashir. 

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https://endlessvalley.bandcamp.com/album/kaskashir

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NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: MAMMOTH VOLUME - RAISED UP BY WITCHES

NOTEWORTHY ALBUM: MAMMOTH VOLUME - RAISED UP BY WITCHES (BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS)

Released August 23rd, 2024

Sweden's Mammoth Volume returns with Raised Up by Witches, a powerful testament to their unique blend of stoner rock, prog, and heavy psych. The album showcases their signature fusion of dirty, fuzzy, and sometimes obscure guitar riffs, dynamic shifts, and thematically deep vocals which draws the listener into their world of complex compositions. An undeniably powerful album that will be remembered in Stoner Rock.

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https://mammothvolume.bandcamp.com/album/raised-up-by-witches

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NOTEWORTHY ALBUM - FOSTERMOTHER - ECHO MANOR

NOTEWORTHY ALBUM - FOSTERMOTHER - ECHO MANOR (Ripple Music)

Released August 23rd, 2024

Houston’s Fostermother returns with Echo Manor, and album that keeps haunting me to listen more. This album delivers an exceptional experience in doom-laden, heavy psychedelic, and sludgy stoner rock and metal. Prepare to be captivated by this new release. The ghostly whispers keep calling, “You think you would? could? you?”

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Cobranoid - Cobranoid (self release)

Hailing from the mile high city of Denver Colorado, comes Cobranoid, with their relentlessly heavy self titled album that leaves a lasting impact. This album punishes you with their brand of thrash, doom, and heavy metal. The guitars, bass and drums lay the foundation for the gritty, yet beautiful tones of rock that complement the upbeat progressive elements found in metal.. At the forefront are raw, venomous vocals that slither through clever melodies ready to strike hard, strike first, no mercy.

 

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Barbarian Hermit - Mean Sugar (APF Records)

BARBARIAN HERMIT, the stoner doom heavyweights from Manchester, United Kingdom, deliver a raw and unrelenting experience with their new album Mean Sugar. It’s a crushingly heavy record, with crafty interludes that add surprising nuance. This release establishes BARBARIAN HERMIT as the true kings of the North.

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https://barbarianhermit.bandcamp.com/album/mean-sugar

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