Daily Peaks · 12.12.2024

The Swedish band Gaupa was one of the best discoveries of the Berlin Desertfest 2023. For the band, musical boundaries only exist to be torn down, no musical style contradicts the other, but rather complements it. This energetic and anarchistic attitude can be heard in the underlying punk attitude in this song. The lyrics also seem to me to be more of a quite personal sound alphabet filled with existential feelings and expressions, a barely unknown combination in this genre. This compact...

Daily Peaks · 05.10.2024

The song "Magna Mater" made me cry because of its beauty and perfect composition. I was absolutely overwhelmed by the multi-layered instrumental tracks, the fantastic voices - be it the choirs or the lead vocals - and the images that appeared before my eyes as I listened. That's why I set "Primordial" as the tag, because their song "Stolen Years" with its pure beauty and epic melancholy brought tears of joy to my eyes at the beauty of the music, both then and now. I added Paradise Lost due...

Unknown Pleasures · 29.06.2024

It is one of the most exotic mixes I have heard during my time with Heavystoned. After the first few notes, the listener feels transported to the Middle East, or rather to Turkey, because there are a few quarter tones that our western ears immediately recognize as foreign. Then two bands actually play next to each other, for example the oriental band plays in one rehearsal room and the psychedelic band plays in the other rehearsal room, and the listener stands between the two rooms. As the song...

Concerts & Tours · 03.07.2023

No new record but a new tour. And as a headliner. So that means there will be some tracks out of "Riza" to hear.