Stoner HiVe’s 
Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

Mientras Las Abejas Duermen
Lord Of Confusion
Bad Mothers Union
Phantom Druid
16
Grave Disgrace
OogWei
Skip Danko B-Movie Road Club
Desert Colllider
Eleanore

Morning everyone! Another week stretches out before us as we look back to a decent week when it comes to Stoner HiVe activity. We look forward to doing the FULL ALBUM PREMIERE this week for Bad Mothers Union and we have a few reviews going up for sure. Last week we did a Video and Single Premiere for Lord of Confusion and managed to write a few words about the Witching Buzz’s Tribute albums and that amazing Mientras Las Abejas Duermen album. We mentioned the new single by supergroup Bear Bones and Onioroshi, who are currently on tour through Southern Europe. And started the week by publishing a few thoughts on the new Kal-El record Astral Voyager Vol.2. And besides all that we were honored to receive words written by our own poet Ronny Dijksterhuis about the thrilling new Cowboys & Aliens album and Madman Tony Maim graced us with a words on the new Belzebong. So, enough silly words to read and great music to listen to! Check’m out, check’m all out! 

Witching Buzz’s A Tribute To… 

As Witching Buzz and Grand Sounds Promotion announce the third installment in their A Tribute To series, we realized we never mentioned the earlier two. And although we now look forward to hearing all those bands pay homage to Sleep on the soon to be released A Cathedral of Smoke: A Tribute to Sleep, we can still dive head first into the renditions of all those wild Ozzy Osbourne songs from the second A Tribute To and everything related to Kyuss from the very first one…

The journey of praise started with A Spaceship Landing: A Tribute To Kyuss. And let’s be honest, Stoner HiVe, you, me, would not be here if it had not been for that legendary band. And the cover album before you right now will in no way add anything to that legend. And if you are of the mind that all Kyuss songs are sacred relics and should not be messed with, you might want to keep on walking... 

For everyone else, are you ready for a fuzz-drenched playground where underground bands tear into these classics, keep their ear to the Kyuss beat or reshape them in their own dusty image? Sonic Wolves for instance rip through Thumb with swagger and sharp guitar flair. While Rhino stays close to the original Green Machine and on some level of course therefor does the most homage. Poste942, the main man from the band also responsible for the artwork of the series, give Demon Cleaner an eighties touched tumbling over and over kind of groove. Isaak’s Odyssey version hits every riff out of the park and so does Fuzz Evil and their version of Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop. Versions that could one day make the world famous Stoner HiVe posts named The Cover That Could. Grin! But yeah, you will probably have your own favorite after listen to all twenty Kyuss songs done right. And perhaps a new favorite band if the names that riff you wild, where unknown to you before this session… So, open a can, find a cactus and let the desert spin around you… 

Iron Man’s Anthem: A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne followed last February. It’s only been a bit more than half a year since the Legend gave us his final bow. And on this tribute there are twenty-two bands paying homage to the great and only Oz. And where the Kyuss tribute featured bands I already knew, this one sports some lesser known ones. And that is perhaps another reason why these albums are fun, you might just discover a band and dive into their own work after hearing a fine rendition of a famous song. Even though it might be a different reason than expected, the Kazoo-laced and Elvis-infused madness in second track The Wizard for instance. But that’s of course what Heaven and Hellvis from Scotland is all about. Luckily this is followed by a faithful rendition of N.I.B. by Rainbow Bridge and puts you back on track to enjoy the album. A more stoner and sludge approach to Paranoid by Corruption out of Poland hits the spot right. Poste942 is still roaming around in a cloud of the eighties, but this time more metal and absolutely compelling with their No More Tears version. Will every of the twenty two renditions keep you from immediately turning to the original, absolutely not! But most of them are definitely full of passion and sound like they wanted to do right by the one true king. I guess there’s enough proof here for all that reckless devotion and their love for the way in which the man rattled your bones, made amps explode and bats take a detour whenever and wherever the ominous sounds of Black Sabbath were heard… 

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Belzebong - The End Is High
Heavy Psych Sounds – 2026 
Psychedelic, Stoner, Doom, Sludge 
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Hey you! Yeah, that's right .... you in the corner with the blank stare and drool coming out the corner of your mouth. You look the sort of person who would be into Earthless .... yep me too. I guess you like to light up a "doobie " and jerk off to Sonic Prayer .... yep, me as well.

Well, Belzebong are a much heavier version of the afore mentioned band - which means hard hitting riffs of heavy freakout acid guitar brilliance. Belzebong play instrumental slabs of heaviness and the question has to be asked ... is there enough going on to keep your attention wandering due to lack of vocals? In this case, the answer is a resounding yes!

The riffs are sharp and fuzzed, combing sun-baked desert sounds but with a heaviness drawn from sludge. Drones and atmospherics throb underneath the songs bringing in some space-rocks undercurrents. Songs are tight and varied always with enough variation within to stop your attention wandering. For me, this is a very early addition to my AOTY. 

This is the good shit.

(Written by Tony Maim)

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Video and Single Premiere 

Lord Of Confusion - Wander (Live)

We’re honored to premiere the new video Wander (Live) for the Portuguese Doom Metal magicians Lord Of Confusion. Taken from their The Weight Of Life album releasing on March 20th  through Morbid And Miserable Records and Larvae Records…

So… Enter the maelstrom! For the raw, unhinged chaos of Lord Of Confusion erupts in Wander (Live). It’s the second and final single from their new record releasing next week. The video was captured on grainy VHS during their Portuguese descent with the La Casa Fantom duo out of Norway. Twisting riffs writhe like molten metal, dual vocals claw from the void, and drums thunder like a collapsing cathedral. A haze of sound beckons listeners to wander through fevered corridors of intensity, interpretation, and delirium. Answers are absent; and we shall only be only governed by sensation. For those daring enough to follow, this is a live odyssey of noise, fury, and unearthly wonder… An invitation to lose yourself in the heart of confusion…  

Press play on Lord Of Confusion’s Wander (Live) now and get ready for the full The Weight Of Life album dropping om March 20th !



Words from the band: 

“Wander is the second and last single from our new record. In this song you can listen to us pulling from various influences, from the guitar riffing to the double vocal duty, drumming, etc... It truly showcases what we are doing and what this record is about. Hope people like it, and understand what we are all about, and most importantly, that people do their own interpretations. If you're looking for an answer in our songs, you are not going to get that.”

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Behold! The psychedelic doom metal nightmares of Lord Of Confusion have been made manifest once again! Their second full-length album The Weight of Life is cloaked by a heavy fog, but beckons listeners to enter with an unnatural call. For those with enough curiosity to follow the haunting sound, unearthly wonders await: eerie, shrieking keyboard melodies, bewitching, wailed vocals, deep booming guitar riffs, and the terrifying atmosphere of a mausoleum during an earthquake.

According to the band: “The Weight of Life’s first ideas were thrown around somewhere in 2023, and we finished writing those songs in late 2024. A lot has changed inside the band and in everyone’s life, so this came out as a way to mark a new stage for everyone. The recordings took place in January of 2025 at garage16.studio, and the last details were done later in March that year. A lot of work was put into the mixing stage, and the master was done by Chris Fielding himself. This record shows a big step forward for us. The songs present more movement, more noise, and more influences without ever losing our signature sound. The band is super proud of it, and we cannot wait to show it to you.”

The Weight of Life is being released as a collaboration between Morbid And Miserable Records and Larvae Records. Morbid and Miserable will be printing tapes, Larvae will be pressing CDs, and both are working together on a double LP. All formats are scheduled for release on March 20.

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Mientras Las Abejas Duermen – MLAD
Estudio Mazmorra / Kozmik Artifactz – 2026
Rock, Psych, Stoner, Doom, Prog
Rated: *****

In the sun-baked hills of southern Spain, a secret stirs. Hailing from Cadiz, Spain, we’ve been keeping an ear open for everything these three produce ever since we first got wind of their first single El Camino Silencioso. The name alone, Mientras Las Abejas Duermen, has a magical dream like quality. And as you listen, you hear that this trio of wandering alchemists of sound, have crafted a treasure. Their debut album, whispered and howled in Spanish, carried on riffs that feel older than the land itself, whispers of a path your heart has always known. Each song a step along this once hidden path, moving from meditative valley of slow hypnotic grooves, into towering peaks of doom-lade intensity. El Camino Silencioso was but the first map, as the full album now reveals the landscape in its entirety, unfolding through improvisation and collective instinct, riding forward on riffs that feel like hoof falls or watching them crash over forgotten ruins like a storm meant to steer the wayward spirit into the right direction. As if the music knows the way better than any guide ever could. Psychedelic textures shimmer like mirages, progressive turns surprise like sudden clearings in a forest, and the subtle Andalusian air present on all compositions, but even more on the two Cruz interludes and ending Cruz de la Viñuela track, warms every bit of the traveler’s soul. The album feels like mystery turned sound and like a hidden treasure for everyone who dares to follow its path. And as some of you might know, following that path will lead you to your own personal and unique destiny. So fear nothing, even when the music storms and swells, the path of sound is truly alive and it will know the way… 

(Written by JK)

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