Video and Single Premiere - Lord Of Confusion - Wander (Live)

 

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 !



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“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

 

 

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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Bear Bones – Ridin’ Out

 

 

Bear Bones – Ridin’ Out

So yeah, I guess we’ve not been paying enough attention recently. Cause Bear Bones has apparently already been around for a year. A new project made up out of Rob Hoey on Vocals, Alex Clarke on Guitar, Peter Holland on Bass and Marco Ninni on Drums. That’s right, an outfit featuring members from Elephant Tree, Limb, Swedish Death Candy, Black Moth and Morag Tong. And for this new track Ridin’ Out, they’ve gotten Scott Black from Green Lung to go crazy on guitar. And now that they’ve gotten my attention, I will not slacken the reins… 

With a definite Western or vile cowboy vibe, Ridin’ Out lumbers in on laid-back heavy blues, the groove following along in the dust cloud. Before kicking it all open, to a big windswept chorus, born out of a shadowy pulse of something doomier and dustier, a looming presence. This track seems built for the long haul, a long ride, down a dark desert with a band pushing forward through a dark and endless landscape. And now that we have Ridin’ Out, we can’t wait to hear more Bear Bones! 

And all you lucky folks that can make it over to Helgi’s, Hackney, London on March 30th, they will play there with Scott Black on guitar. And with Sky Valley Mistress on the bill as well! 

Listen to Ridin’ Out right now and keep your eyes peeled for the album, set for release through New Heavy Sounds later this year! 

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Bear Bones, who feature members of Elephant Tree, Limb, Swedish Death Candy, Black Moth and Morag Tong, return with “Ridin’ Out”, a brand new original track that marks the next step forward for the blues/doom outfit. Built around a driving groove and uncompromising riffs, the single captures the band at their most direct and focused to date.

“Ridin’ Out” keeps one foot in the blues while leaning fully into the weight and scale of doom. It’s a track designed for volume and for the stage — tight, deliberate and built to land hard. There’s no excess, no overthinking — just a band locked in and pushing their sound further.
The single features a guest appearance from Scott Black of Green Lung, adding another dimension to the track. That collaboration will carry over to the live setting, with Scott joining Bear Bones on stage at this year’s Masters Of The Riff at Oslo, Hackney.

“Ridin’ Out” also introduces the band’s forthcoming album, set for release through New Heavy Sounds later this year. The partnership with New Heavy Sounds (Cwfen, Blacklab, Shooting Daggers, Death Pill, Sky Valley Mistress) signals a significant moment for Bear Bones, placing them alongside some of the strongest names in the UK heavy scene and setting the stage for their most complete statement yet.
With a growing live reputation and a clear sense of direction, Bear Bones are building momentum. “Ridin’ Out” is the first taste of what’s coming next.

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30th March, Helgi’s, Hackney, London w/ Sky Valley Mistress (tickets)

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Oniroshi – European tour starts… Now!

 

 

Onioroshi – European tour starts… Now! 

It took me a while to remember that I dug Beyond These Mountains LP from 2019 quite a lot. But after revisiting it this week, I knew we had to mention the fact that the Italian threesome Onioroshi is about commence on their European tour. Ten dates, with the first happening tomorrow in Peyrelevade, France. Sadly no Dutch dates this time around, but luckily we have the new Eris and Wicked Child singles to keep us warm. And let’s not forget that they also released their Shrine album in 2025 through Bitume Productions…. 

The two new singles still retain that expansive heavy psychedelic prog. But blend that atmospheric exploration with more slow burning song structuring, giving the tension filled compositions a feverish dream quality, that might just turn into a rabbit hole on stage. You can never know where the Onioroshi three will take you. Not on record and certainly not on stage! 

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Onioroshi is a Heavy Psych band from Italy active since 2019. Following the debut of  their 2nd LP Shrine (2025, Bitume Productions), the band played some shows in Italy and then started working on a European tour for 2026. At the same time they began working on new music: two new singles named “Wicked Child” and “Eris”, both 5 minutes long, mark the first time the band has released compositions shorter than ten minutes, with a new drive towards a more leaned and flowing style, which doesn’t drop the distinctive noise-driven research of the band. The new songs were released on February the 25th with two videos shot by Jacopo Gioacchini, with Rebecca Piraccini featuring as actress and dancer.  

 
The band is touring Europe between 12 and 27 March 2026, visiting southern France (in Peyrelevade and Uzerche), Geneva (CH), Subotica (SRB), Budapest (HU), Bratislava (SK), Vienna (AT) and Osijek (CR) for a total of ten shows, and sharing the stage with plenty of independent and local bands. 

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13/03 @lerepeyre – Peyrelevade [FR] /w @bitumeprods
14/03 Le Bruit Qui Court – Uzerche [FR] /w @oneburningmatch @bitumeprods
15/03 @urgence_disk_records – Genève [CH]
The visuals in this video will run as background in some of our shows. They were shot by @jcp.img edited by @cinobalanos and feature @rebecca.piraccini (masked dancer) and @__kyrieleison__ (actress in the bn shots) 

Following shows:
19/03 @jms_club_subotica - [SRB]
20/03 @riffbudapest - [HU] /w @fromtheredsun @fellengzenekar
21/03 @weranda_punk_rock_bufet – Bratislava [SK] /w @neroflxs.band @na_garazach
22/03 @g5.livemusicbar – Vienna [AT] /w @theinsightproject169 @valone_official
24/03 @lucia.vienna – Vienna [AT] /w @wearetheliquidstones @vkgoeswild
27/03 Udruga Koloseum – Osijek [CRO] /w bands TBA

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Cowboys & Aliens - Finis Temporum

 

 

Cowboys & Aliens - Finis Temporum 
Polderrecords - 2026 
Stoner 
Rated: ****¼ 

To be honest: despite Hank Vanhee being one of my favorite singers in stoner rock, I've never been a huge fan of Cowboys & Aliens. I liked their 2002 album 'Love Sex Volume' best, but even that one lacked a bit of consistency in the songwriting department - some being a nice smack in the face, while others were kind of middle of the road. That's why I didn't expect much of their new album 'Finis Temporum', but man did they prove me wrong! 

It opens right away with a high octane one-two punch ('Life Tree' and 'Rabbit Hole') that leaves you speechless, searching for ways to hop in your rundown car and gather some speeding tickets while chasing your own ghost on a dark and busy highway, headlights off, sunglasses on, driving in the wrong direction, trying to avoid the traffic coming at you at about 80 miles per hour. 

Guess the speeding will work by attaching a rocket engine to your rusty old friend. Anyway, this is the way to start a record and after miraculously being able to come out alive at the other side of your fantasy, you notice the pace has dropped slightly during the next three tracks where even some grunge influences come seeping in. Not without risk, but it works perfectly. The songs are well written and lure you in with lots of bravado, virtual chest pumping included. Not in a cocky way, but with modesty and confidence that surpasses outward appearance. Check out 'Ordinary Bliss' for example - how the guitar melody detaches itself from the rhythm section to create an undertow, dragging you under and letting you wander through all the intricate parts, every nook and cranny, not leaving a square inch untouched.
 
And then there's that surprising ending. A splendid reworking of 'Asteroid Blast' that sends the best song of their 2000 album 'A Trip to the Stonehenge Colony' into an orbit around the earth, shaking hands with extraterrestrial life while looking down on that beautiful city of Bruges where four guys are celebrating the 30th anniversary of a band befittingly called Cowboys & Aliens with by far their best release to date. And how they are, despite the title being Latin for the end of times, still very much alive - hell, even more so than ever before.

(Written by Ronny Dijksterhuis)
 

Check out the first three singles right now and get ready for Friday the 13th... Cause that's when the new Cowboys & Aliens album Finis Temporum goes live! 



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Kal-El – Astral Voyager Vol.2

 

 

Kal-El – Astral Voyager Vol.2
Majestic Mountain Records / Blues Funeral Recordings – 2026
Metal, Space, Stoner, Rock, Doom, Prog
Rated: ****

Kal-El’s Astral Voyager Vol.2 must be one of the most anticipated albums for 2026 right? With raving reviews for Astral Voyager Vol.1 across the globe in 2025. Landing on the Number 2 spot of the  Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2025 and on the Number 1 position of the Doom Charts Top 100 for 2025. Everyone is giddy with the expected euphoria. And some of that anticipation was quenched with the first two singles already released: Juno and Juggernaut. The rest of the new Kal-El universe will open up on March 20th… 

And after Juno has opened the new forty-two minute long album, you will be treated to the longest track on the record called The Nine. Which moves a bit in the direction of Sergeant Thunderhoof without losing any of the typical ice cold Scandi-stoner, tundra rock, freezing space sound they have become known for. For yes, if Astral Voyager Vol.1launched Kal-El into the cosmos, Astral Voyager Vol.2 pushes the throttle even further. The second half of this cosmic diptych continues the band’s multi-dimensional trip with the confidence of a group fully locked into their orbit. The story of interstellar bounty hunter Mica unfolds further as she evades the mysterious Nine across time and space, but the real propulsion here is, unsurprisingly, riff power…

Kal-El once again blend stoner metal with touches of doom and swirling space rock, wrapped in that thick, fuzzy tone we’ve come to expect. Massive riffs crash down like meteor showers while soaring desert-, errr, tundra-rock hooks keep things infectious and addictive. There’s also that unmistakable Kal-El shimmer we already mentioned in earlier reviews: a cold spark running through the record that gives the whole thing a slightly icy, cosmic glow. They obviously wanted Vol.2 to only move into more progressive territory here and there, with tiny movements, keeping the overall feeling that these two Volumes belong together intact. 

Ståle Rodvelt’s vocals cut through the haze with clarity, lifting the big choruses and giving the songs that extra lift-off moment when the riffs finally explode. Add those few progressive touches and the result is an album that keeps evolving without losing its groove. Kal-El have been delivering quality ever since Ecosphere, was released in 2015. But the Astral Voyager saga might be their most complete statement yet. It ends with Asteroid, eight minutes of ever evolving largesse, in both riffs, rhythm and vocal lines. They start out huge, build and grow, become gigantic with vocals that soar through the universe and which bring you towards the end of the known galaxy. Where it all crashes down. So… You’d better strap in… This time the ride goes far beyond the event horizon…

(Written by JK)

Check out Juno and Juggernaut right now and get psyched for Astral Voyager Vol.2, dropping March 20th! 



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Kal-El - Astral Voyager Vol.1 - Number 2 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2024 

 Kal-El – Astral Voyager Vol.1

Kal-El - Dark Majesty - Number 11 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2021 

 

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

 

 

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

Blunt Knife Castration
Kal-El
Hermano
Phantom Druid
Psychlona
OogWei
Grave Disgrace
Purple Lung
Riastrad
Big Oaf

Morning! Hope you had a great week? We did! For it was the week in which we saw Kardeathian for the first time live. A sound that maneuvered between moments of Acid King and Los Natas, but overal felt like a slow trek through the swamp. Muddy, morose and monotonous. The final song had them opening up more, the sound coming into its own, groove and flow rising to the top. Hope to see them live again and am extremely interested in what they will sound like on record. Which will be released later this year. And we saw an incredibly tight Psychlona on the first night of their European tour. Holy hell, the outfit has become a machine! And the vocals sat perfect in the mix, taking the audience on every adventure Psychlona had planned for the night. Go see them if you can! 

 It was also a Doom Charts week last week, which means we started listening to the entire list of forty albums again after it was published. Getting all the way to Grave Disgrace yesterday and continuing on with Fátima today. So many great release! And there were way more, cause the Contributors voted for 200 different ones. Wow. We managed to have a few posts up last week and we got a few almost done for this week. But before new ones go live, let’s look back at Ronny Dijksterhuis’s write up for Druid Stone! The Doom Charts post. Words on the new Urlaub in Polen, Prophets of Thwaites and Purple Lung. And to that single premiere we did for Morrison Graves. And we might just do another premiere this week as well… Better check regularly! Ho ho ho. But seriously, thank you all for the continued support. We are honored and humbled that you crazies out there check in from time to time and spend that valuable time reading our silly words. Much love! And please help spread that everything Heavy Underground related. It’s why we do this thing… 

Druid Stone - The Living Dead

 

 

Druid Stone - The Living Dead 
Self-released - 2026 
Doom, Psychedelic, Rock, Pop 
Rated: ****½ 

Usually I'm not fond of solo projects where one person plays all instruments, as more often than not you hear a major or minor gap between the mastering of each instrument that results in a lack of coherency. Also having to do everything yourself might stand in the way of being able to channel the right amount of energy needed to make an impact. Not in the case of Druid Stone that is. Demeter Capsalis does it all to a high degree. Her seventh album 'The Living Dead' (my first encounter with Druid Stone) bleeds tons of energy and sounds as raw and direct as any album that's been recorded live in a studio with a full band. But here it's one person with a guest (Ilana Ruth Singer) who is responsible for well-placed angelic vocals on three songs. 

Opener 'Death for You, Undeath to Me' is a pinnacle of modern day traditional doom with a lowdown main groove that serves as a fluid center point where everything else swerves around in a game of push and pull wherein the clean vocals and creative, disorienting lead guitar demand full attention. It's a mere setup for what's to come. And that's a lot, because there are no boundaries, no suffocating limits, no forcing oneself to stay within the confinements of what a doom metal record should sound like. Therefore it's possible you encounter a slow, laidback psychedelic pop tune like 'Vampyros Lesbos '26' one moment and be thrown into a lengthy psychedelic doom trip with an occult edge, as proven by the stunning 'We Gave the Ram Head', while providing room for contemplation by presenting a three and a half minute acoustic interlude titled 'The Strange Voice of Mrs. Wardh'. But whichever path is chosen, there's always an intensity that's hard to put into words, as even in the softer songs there are different angles being used and little things to discover. It makes 'The Living Dead' one hell of a spellbinding album and one of the biggest surprises so far this year.

"PS: for your information and to explain the band pic… live Druid Stone is a full powerhouse doom trio."

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The Doom Charts For February 2026

 

DOOM CHARTS

FEBRUARY 2026

“Traveler now reach the stream, the audial flight adapter
From the pain-sheath sound ascends – the Non-returner hears
Empathy release me – and the Doom Chart rise triumphant…”
~ probably misheard lyrics by Om

The shortest month usually feels the longest when you’re waiting for the frost to break under the sun’s warmth, but the Heavy Underground has a way of warming your bones. As we venture further into this desolate year, the sheer volume of music being poured into our ears remains staggering. This month our contributors listened to, agonized over and eventually submitted a total of 200 different albums. And that’s only the ones they mentioned in their quantitatively restricted submissions, they probably listened to hundreds of albums!

From the smoke-filled basements of stoner rock, to the open fields of ambient, to the echoing cathedral naves of post-rock and cavernous lairs of doom, the variety continues to prove that “heavy” is a wide spectrum, not a single point. There continues to be an astounding amount of debut records submitted — bands emerging from the ether with fully-formed identities and riffs that sound like they’ve been aging in oak barrels for decades. Well, some of them do have the distinct edge of raw spirit rotgut. Of course, we still have to navigate the foggy musical swamp we’re wading through. We aren’t interested in the perfect performance or immaculate production, let alone committee engineered pop hooks; we want grit! And the small mistakes, the driving  passion and the raw power that only comes from real people totally smashing on their real instruments.

So, here it is: the top of the Doom Charts February 2026. A one-stop shop for the best new heavy releases out there, at least the best we could find! Dig in, support the bands, and let the music do the talking and screaming.

~ Jukka ‘Shrike’ Kolehmainen (Psychotropic Caravan, Abhorrence, Shrike’s Playlists)

 

Nicely worded by Jukka and we still can't wrap our heads around the sheer amount of albums released on a daily basis. But luckily we have the Doom Charts and all those other blogs, zines and podcasts to shed a light on many of them. And it's great when it happens on a Friday... For... 

It's Bandcamp Friday and the First Friday of the new month... Perfect time to scour through the brand new Doom Charts edition!= Out now and featuring forty amazing albums for you to peruse!

And of those forty on the list I personally voted for:

BROND, India Tigers in Texas, Phantom Druid, Blunt Knife Castration, Riastrad, Loud, Purple Lung, Earth Tongue, Surf Through Death, Mount Palatine, Eleanore, Sons of Gulliver, Fátima, Mientras las abejas duermen, Stargo, L'IRA DEL BACCANO, Electric Hydra, Oath of Doom, OREYEON, BelzebonG, Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows and Weedpecker...

Gonna start listening to all forty in a row again... We started with BROND's Snooze! And made our way through Lamp Of The Universe, Hela and have now arrived at Zahn and their Purper album... 

 

 Already featured on Stoner HiVe:

Riastrad – Riastrad

Hermano – Clisson, France (Live album)

Purple Lung – Mystic Vision

Mount Palatine – Wormholy World

FULL ALBUM PREMIERE - Mount Palatine – Wormholy World

FULL ALBUM PREMIERE Sons of Gulliver - Tetrahedric Hellscape Cannon

Stargo – Violet Skies

Oreyeon – The Grotesque Within        

Welcome to Doom Charts, representing some of the finest bloggers, journalists, radio, podcasters and reviewers from the heavy underground around the globe.  Each month, our critics submit their picks for the best new doom, sludge, metal, stoner, psychedelic and heavy rock albums.  The results are compiled and tabulated into the chart below.  This is a one-stop shop for the best new albums in the world…

 The Doom Charts for February 2026

Urlaub in Polen – Objects, Beings & Parrots

 

 

Urlaub in Polen – Objects, Beings & Parrots
Tapete Records – 2026
Rock, Kraut, Noise, Jazz, Psych, Post
Rated:****

Our very own Doktor420 is relentless in his search for the best kraut rock albums released every month. And usually, his favorites are immediate favorites over here as well. Take Urlaub In Polen, we still count the duo as stemming from the Heavy Underground, but can we even say that after they’ve been releasing amazing music for more than twenty-five years? Not counting the break they took. I believe Objects, Beings & Parrots is their seventh official full release and still brings their very own take on the Can and Neu sound in full force. Still incorporating more noise and pop influences and burrowing deep into the heavier guitar work and hammering rhythms. Almost mechanical at times, that driving force, that forward motion, insistent and feverish. Although some of the tracks do widen out, broaden the scope and seem to implore post rock vistas… 

But when that hypnotic krautrock and motorik pulse takes over, you cannot help but move with them through the retro-futuristic soundscape they build. Tracks like opener “Abacus” and the following “Washing Machine” spin with mechanical momentum, evoking angular energy and propulsive grooves. Yet the duo balance this drive with moments of unexpected warmth, acoustic textures, melodic detours, and even brass flourishes, creating a dynamic, hypnotic album that constantly shifts between propulsion and atmosphere. And that ability stretches out, makes you constantly long to experience it all live, where the synths can howl through the sweaty venue, noise crashes in waves, bodies move whether they want to or not. And then, when your body starts to ache, the machine threatens to blow apart, they break down exactly long enough, euphoria in the form of a stray brass blast, a moment of strange calm… Then the engine roars back again. And you move…

(Written by JK)

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Prophets of Thwaites - Vulnerant Omnes Ultima Necat

 

Prophets of Thwaites - Vulnerant Omnes Ultima Necat
Self released – 2026
Metal, Doom
Rated: ***

The three musicians behind this project seem haunted by the passing of time itself, by doomsday, the end of all things, and the slow procession of hours that wear us down until the final one arrives. For they’ve named themselves Prophets of Thwaites, after the Antarctica glacier, known as the fastest melting glacier on earth. And they’ve given the new two track single the ominous title: Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat. Which is the ultimate reminder that time is forever running out and your final hour is closing in…

Founded in the year of our lord 2024, the trio recorded the new two track release in January of 2026 and will release Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat with haste, so it seems, on March 17th. A highly atmospheric doom metal affair that implores influences from the more psychedelic and progressive sides of the heavy underground. Drifting on top, are the ghostly vocals of Esma Larabi, which sound absolutely wonderful, have a slight gothic touch, but could perhaps be a bit louder in the mix. 

But as the two tracks unfold you glide with the band through all of the shadow and light one can handle. There are towering walls of psychedelic fuzz, as the bass throbs and chops away at the foundation. And always at the center, Esma Larabi’s haunting vocals guiding the listener through moments of calm and turmoil, while the rhythm section shifts from restrained pulse to crushing force. Powered by drummer Nico Beemster, also responsible for the drums in Accabadora, the movement is forever relentless and relentlessly forever. For each movement feels like a passing hour, some gentle, some devastating, echoing the idea that time wounds all things, until the final moment arrives: Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat.

(Written by JK)

Listen to 2025 single I Am The Winds now, and come back for Vulnerant Omnes, Ultima Necat on March 17th! 



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Purple Lung – Mystic Vision

 

 

Purple Lung – Mystic Vision
Self released – 2026
Metal, Doom, Stoner, Fantasy
Rated: ****

Steel gets sharpened. And then, from the first strike of Blademaster to the fading echoes of Dreamwalker’s Lament, the Mystic Vision album unfolds like a proscribed chronicle etched in smoke and fire. Delivered by Pennsylvanian foursome Purple Lung, they charge forward with blade sharp riffs and pounding doom rhythms, turning your world into mythical fable, before bending time itself in Annihilation of Time, before descending into shadowed rituals of Digging Up Snakes. The album prowls through swamp born Witcher curses in Beware The Bog Witch and ominous paranoia beneath The Watchful Eye, weaving occult storytelling into waves of psychedelic metal. 

At it’s core, Mystic Vision balances their metal, with crushing stoner grooves, gothic atmosphere, doom tones and flashes of thrash fueled urgency. And above it float the gritty, soulful voice of Toni Pennello who guides the listener like a battle-worn prophet. Always evoking a feeling of danger and you will never feel safe in her custody. The hypnotic pulse of Hum Of The Ancients and the engulfing weight of Swallowed By The Sea deepen the descent, culmination in the onslaught, and monstrous hunger of Desethos, The Starved. And after the 2022 Demo, that featured two of the songs in infant form, and a few two-tracks, this debut feels like they’ve arrived at the edge of the labyrinth. And now, with Mystic Vision, they call out to everyone who dares, to join them on a dark and epic journey… Sharpen your blades! 

(Written by JK)

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Single Premiere - Morrison Graves - Alice

 

Single Premiere 

Morrison Graves - Alice

 

It felt like all the mojo would be rising once again. And like the psychedelic blues had a found a new trio to possess, haunt and bring to the end of their tether. It was 2023 and the debut album was called Division Rising. And now, three years later, Morrison Graves is back! As a four piece and with a new EP called Under The Weight of Gravity. And from it, we are now honored to premiere the second single Alice. 

On Alice, the second single, Morrison Graves conjure a cinematic, reverb-drenched sound that feels like a dust-choked town waiting for a signal that may never come. Their songs shimmer with wet, surf-toned guitars, streaks of fuzz, and a restless psych undercurrent that hums like a radio searching for clarity. Basslines gallop in with urgency, drums push forward like approaching hoofbeats, and the vocals rise above it all, melodic, dramatic, and sharply phrased. There’s tension in the air, as if something vital has just slipped away. Yet the hooks remain immediate and memorable, balancing atmosphere and grit in a sound both haunting and defiantly alive... 

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Portland-based rockers, Morrison Graves, navigate the realms of pre-doom and post-psychedelia. Their fuzzy, swirling brand of rock pulls influence from 60's psych/garage, Eastern modes, and indie rock. Morrison Graves’ debut album, Division Rising, released during the pandemic, valiantly tackled themes of gentrification, homelessness, and socio-economic disparity. This album was a collective howl in dark times, garnering an audience and establishing a precedent for the band.  

After the World re-opened, Morrison Graves transitioned from a recording project to a live band. Yet, emerging into this new post-pandemic reality, it is evident that normalcy has been shattered and the fragile constructs that society was precariously balanced upon are now nakedly exposed.  

In this fraught atmosphere, Morrison Graves has embarked upon recording a new EP, “Under The Weight of Gravity.” Their new songs address themes of tribalism, resource consumption, the global war machine, civil war, death, loss, and hope. There is urgency to address this existential state of dread and to sound the alarm. Firmly grounded in their ethos and distinct point of view, Morrison Graves’ response is to create rather than scream into the void. “Under The Weight of Gravity” will be Morrison Graves’ first post-pandemic release.

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