Stoner and doom festival HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST ITALY reveals full lineup; April 29-30 in Bologna and Torino!

Day splits are now released for the upcoming edition of HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST ITALY — the stoner, doom and psych rock festival curated by Heavy Psych Sounds Records — to take place simultaneously in Bologna and Torino this April 29th and 30th. Two days, two cities, rock’n’roll for hours! Heavy Psych Sounds Fest returns to its motherland Italy for a riff-tasty weekend of live madness, gathering cornerstone and up-and-coming …

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Swedish stoner rock godfathers DOZER to release new album « Drifting in the Endless Void » on Blues Funeral Recordings; first single available!

Swedish godfathers of stoner rock DOZER return after over a decade with their long-anticipated sixth studio album « Drifting in the Endless Void », to be released this April 21st on Blues Funeral Recordings. Watch their brand new video for « Ex-Human, Now Beast » right now! About Dozer’s awaited comeback, Dozer co-founder and lead guitarist Tommi Holappa comments: « It’s been 15 years since the last Dozer album and …

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UK heavy blues trio MORASS OF MOLASSES shares high-octane new single « Hellfayre »; new album out March 24th on Ripple Music!

Reading, UK’s own stoner blues masters MORASS OF MOLASSES unleash a fuel-driven new single taken from their new album « End All We Know », due out on March 24th through Ripple Music. Let yourself be consumed by their frantic « Hellfayre »! About the song, frontman Bones Huse says: « Set in the post-Brexit, pandemic-induced malaise, it reflects the deep division caused by those events. « Hellfayre » …

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Satanic doom merchants THE CROOKED WHISPERS to issue new album « Funeral Blues » on Ripple Music; first track available!

Transcontinental satanic doom foursome THE CROOKED WHISPERS announce the release of their sophomore full-length « Funeral Blues » this April 7th on Californian label Ripple Music. Stream the debut single and title track on The Ripple Effect website!  Listen to new track « Funeral Blues » at this location With musicians hailing from the United States and Argentina, the satanic psych-doom trio THE CROOKED WHISPERS was nominated as Best New …

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New York hard rockers THE GOLDEN GRASS share new track « Springtime On Stanwoods »; new album out April 7th on Heavy Psych Sounds.

Brooklyn-based classic rockers THE GOLDEN GRASS unleash a groove-laden new song taken from their new album « Life Is Much Stranger », due out April 7th on Heavy Psych Sounds. Listen to « Springtime On Stanwoods » courtesy of It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine! About the song: “Springtime on Stanwoods tells the tale of one Philadelphia man’s struggle to escape the toxic hostility overcoming his household to not only get free but …

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Australian garage psych rockers JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS release new album « Hail to the Underground » on Blues Funeral Recordings.

Melbourne-based psychedelic rockers JACK HARLON & THE DEAD CROWS release their thunderous new album « Hail to the Underground » today on Blues Funeral Recordings. An electric collection of cover songs of Joy Division, The Melvins, Bauhaus, Butthole Surfers and more! Listen to new album « Hail to the Underground » Watch the « Dark Entries » and « My Pal » videos TRACKLIST:1. My Pal (God)2. Copache (Melvins)3. You Made Me Realise (MBV)4. …

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Heavy psychedelic rock trio PELEGRIN premieres new album « Ways Of Avicenna »; out tomorrow on streaming platforms.

French psychedelic and progressive rock trio PELEGRIN team up with Heavy Blog Is Heavy to premiere their sophomore album « Ways Of Avicenna », ahead of its digital release this Friday 17th February.  « Pelegrin play the kind of tripped out, psychedelic, and massive stoner music and they do it all with an irresistible degree of class, subtlety, and, most importantly, heaps of passion. » – …

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French doom metallers WITCHTHROAT SERPENT share first video off new album « Trove Of Oddities at the Devil’s Driveway » on Heavy Psych Sounds.

South of France’s occult doom foursome WITCHTHROAT SERPENT present the second track taken from their forthcoming new album « Trove Of Oddities at the Devil’s Driveway », to be released on March 3rd through Heavy Psych Sounds.  About the song: « Yellow Nacre is the « fastest » and in some ways the nastiest track on the album. As lyrics deal with the world’s most common and strongest drug, the music …

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Ukrainian post-rock and shoegaze artist SUPER PINK MOON (Somali Yacht Club-related) releases new album « IRON RAIN ».

Lyiv-based multi-instrumentalist and Somali Yacht Club frontman Ihor Pryshliak aka SUPER PINK MOON presents his stirring anti-war new solo album « IRON RAIN », available today on Bandcamp and all digital streaming platforms. “A rich waterfall of sound.” Everything Is Noise“Triumphant and bordering on uplifting.” Metal Hammer UK“Pryshliak’s guitar and vocals really shine through like a beacon in the darkest of places.” Metal Epidemic …

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Canadian psychedelic doom trio HAIL THE VOID premieres new album « Memento Mori » in full; out February 17th on Ripple Music.

Canadian doom and heavy psych metallers HAIL THE VOID premiere their dantean sophomore album « Memento Mori » in full on Doomed & Stoned, ahead of its official release this February 17th on Ripple Music as part of Blasko’s curated series.  “The power contained inside this record leaves an impact you can feel for days.” Meat Mead Metal“Memento Mori hits like a sonic boom. It’s …

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