Posts Tagged ‘stoner metal’

I’ve been a huge fan of Swedish doom trio Monolord since their debut Empress Rising. Their ultra-low guitar grooves and Thomas Jäger’s spacey vocals hooked me instantly, and despite the title track being over twelve minutes, I could listen to its main [...]

My knowledge of Cardinals Folly is practically identical to my knowledge of their country of origin, Finland.  I know nothing about it, but at the same time, I think I do.  I assume it’s a Northern European country, I’m pretty sure there’s a lot of snow, [...]

The most important thing in doom metal is the power of the riff. This is especially true for the bands that abide by the “tune low, play slow” approach, where sound-alike legions all peddling loud amps and buried vocals must be sifted by the memorability [...]

We’re continuing our pre-show coverage of the Doomed & Stoned Festival with a look at Nashville’s Season of Arrows. Once again, I have to give D&S props for putting together an eclectic mix of acts that offer something to everyone along the [...]

There have been a few changes in the Bison camp in the five years since their last full-length, Lovelessness. For starters, they’ve dropped the B.C. from their name. They’ve also parted company with Metal Blade Records and replaced long-time bass player [...]

Victoria, Texas’s The Watchers aren’t your typical stoner/doom band. Comprised of former SpiralArms members Tim Narducci (vocals) and Cornbread (bass), ex-Orchid drummer Carter Kennedy, and guitarist Jeremy Von Eppic, the band’s debut [...]

You know, I dig Black Sabbath and Electric Wizard just as much as the next guy, and there have been a lot of really good bands that have popped up in the last few years in that same vein, but sweet jeebus do I appreciate it when a promo hits my inbox from [...]

Temptation’s Wings most likely got their name from the Down song, though I like to pretend that it was actually from a lyric on Saint Vitus’s “Ice Monkey.” Either way, the North Carolina trio has been chugging away since 2005, sporadically releasing the [...]