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Ripple Music has set May 14th as the date on which APE MACHINE’s Mangled by the Machine will be made available to the masses (one day earlier in the UK). A conceptual album that mixes animal aggression and technical precision, APE MACHINE’s Mangled by the Machine carries an organic depth and warmth rarely heard since …
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I woke up today and found this album in my inbox. Read the band biography, and thought, “Oh well, another AC/DC Rose Tattoo sound alike Australian band”! Opened up the link to listen, with a small degree of reservation and, WTF!!!!!! Is there a mad scientist in Australia that has been mixing the D.N.A. of …
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You love kick-ass Stoner Rock? Then check out the new KARMA TO BURN video clip “The Cynics” below. You can also head over to their official Napalm Records YOUTUBE CHANNEL! The video was truly warped so maybe that’s why I was diggin it. Oh, yeah…the music was kickass, too! Their upcoming new album “Karma To …
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The Queen West rock block ain’t what it used to be. From the Queenshead turning into Tim Horton’s to Shopper’s Drug Mart annexing the Fun Haus to most of the purple paint being stripped off the eyesore that once was The Big Bop, the Queen and Bathurst area has lost a lot of its venues …
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Brooklyn based doom metal quintet KINGS DESTROY has completed work on its debut full length, titled And the Rest Will Surely Parish. The thundering unit, which creates a powerful mix of stoner rock, doom and NYHC once described as “a less sprawling Yob meeting a steroid-pumped classic Black Sabbath head on” will issue the album …
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You might no be so familiar with new band RIOTGOD at the moment, but give the New Jersey-based band’s self-titled debut album a listen, and you’ll be fully hooked. MONSTER MAGNET’s Bob Pantella (drums) and Jim Baglino (bass) have created an awesome musical alter ego with their new project. If you like great rock with …
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Over the past decade the “stoner rock” sub-genre of metal has made a huge push into popularity. With it’s heavy, down-tuned, fuzzy guitar riffs and it’s slow, crushing tempos, the live experience is unlike anything else most people have ever experienced. This is helped out tremendously by small venues. Playing smaller places keeps the sound …
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Stoner rock band RIOTGOD consist of current members of MONSTER MAGNET. Their brand of ’70s-style rock, ’90s grunge and psychedelic rock is an interesting blend. It has a familiar sound — somewhat radio-friendly — yet fresh and vibrant. Drummer Bob Pantella and bassist Jim Baglino’s association with MONSTER MAGNET will garner interest in RIOTGOD, but …
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The historic band, MASTERS OF REALITY, featuring producer legend Chris Goss aka the “Godfather of Stoner Rock” (Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, Kyuss) and drummer John Leamy (Surgery), have enlisted an all-star cast of musicians for their new album, including: Bassist Brian O’Connor (Eagles of Death Metal) Guitarist Dave Catching (Eagles of …
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Brooklyn-based BLACK WATER RISING plays groovy, low-tuned sludge/stoner rock with a big wall of sound and loads of hooks and melodies. Their debut self-titled album took two years to write, and vocalist/guitarist Rob Traynor produced it. Traynor, ex-DUST TO DUST, has a soulful and melodic vocal range, and former STEREOMUD guitarist Johnny Fattoruso lays down …
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