Posts Tagged ‘stoner’

It wouldn’t be too inaccurate to think Dave Sherman as a legend in the doom metal scene. Having gotten his initial exposure as the bassist/backing vocalist for Wino’s Spirit Caravan, Sherman has come into his own performing various roles over the [...]

With a title as confrontational as The Great American Death Rattle, one can expect the third full-length by Youngblood Supercult to be a more abrasive affair than their past efforts. In some respects, this is certainly the case; the production is quite [...]

Despite only being three albums into their career. Windhand has already proven to be pretty influential in the stoner/doom scene. Their own influences are easy to guess and there are plenty of groups similar in style, but I think they’re the most [...]

Since their formation in 2006, Conan has become a leading metric when measuring the heaviest that doom metal has to offer. Albums like Blood Eagle and last year’s Revengeance have helped give the band a worldwide following and the momentum is as [...]

Apparently ripping off Electric Wizard is so lucrative that actual Electric Wizard members are getting in on the fun! Joking aside, Dead Witches is a new doom band masterminded by Psychedelic Witchcraft vocalist Virginia Monti with former Wizard drummer [...]

The release of The Obsessed’s fourth full-length album is rather odd when placed in the overall context of Wino’s long running career. It is the first record under that banner since 1994’s The Church Within, and while the legendary six-stringer has still [...]

For as relatively straightforward as the genre is—at least in comparison to prog or tech-death—I can’t imagine that it’s particularly easy to play stoner/doom in the Electric Wizard vein. More than any other style of music, these bands live and die by the [...]

This collaboration between Bloomington’s Thorr-Axe and Archarus of Indianapolis has much more interesting prospects than your average split album. While splits are often released to cross-promote bands to each other’s fan bases or shed some excess [...]