Heavystoned Albums
Heavystoned Albums · 05.12.2024
Welcome back to the 70s and early 80s. Welcome back to the days when you could still listen to records in a record store as a teenager and the clerk would take the trouble to lift the tone arm and play each song for 30-60 seconds. You can't put anything more vintage on a Bandcamp page than the Italian band "Desert Collider" from Cecina. The opening track, *"Orphans of the Sky Part I: Generation Ship"*, kicks off with an atmospheric blend of tribal drumming, liquid bass, and synth whoops. It...
Heavystoned Albums · 30.11.2024
My friend Tomas, tour manager and Swiss Army knife of "Villagers of Ioannina City" sent me a Spotify link of his brother's band. He told me to take a listen. Then I go to Spotify and listen to this three-person symphony orchestra and am speechless at the countless layers of synthesizers and harmonies. The band name is the effect of how this effect is used to get a broad and dense sound with just a few instruments. The whole album seems like a concept album to me from the titles, as if you were...
Heavystoned Albums · 22.11.2024
Let’s set the stage: Sergeant Thunderhoof’s latest masterpiece dives headfirst into the mists of history, weaving myth and legend into a tapestry of heavy riffs and haunting melodies. For those who've skipped their British history classes, Badon Hill was the site of a legendary battle between native Britons (Celts) and invading Saxons. Fittingly, this album is steeped in the spirit of struggle, honor, and the echoes of ancient Somerset, the band’s home turf. The opener, "Badon", eases us...
Heavystoned Albums · 18.11.2024
The album kicks off with "In," a brief yet striking solo saxophone piece that sets the tone perfectly. It's swiftly followed by "Hallucination," where Red Scalp dives into a groove that quotes a bit of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" while also channeling the energy of a club track. Riff lovers, don’t despair—this track rocks, and it rocks even harder when the guitars drop in heavier, backing vocals that ooze with sneezing attitude. There’s an impressive amount happening in this song, and...
Heavystoned Albums · 16.09.2024
We, ze Germans, we primarily associate Palma de Mallorca with worn-out German stars who earn a little extra money on their pensions with drinking songs and other musical rubbish. The band Helevorn shows us that the best and finest melodic atmospheric doom comes from this sunny island. Paradise Lost should actually have sounded like this for umpteen albums. Especially when you consider that Nick Holmes roars old-school death metal with the Swedish band Bloodbath. "Inherit the Stars" radiates...
Heavystoned Albums · 09.09.2024
The album kicks off with "Afghansk Rev," which doesn't waste time—straight out the gate, it's a psychedelic, riff-heavy trip that sets the mood for the whole show. Then, we get blasted with "Rice," a stoner rock wrecking ball that's 100% SLOMOSA at their finest: gutsy, grungy, and packing a chorus that lodges itself in your brain like it's paying rent. "Cabin Fever" rolls in next, keeping the volume cranked and the energy high, but with a twist—some bluesy vibes and a riff that screams...
Heavystoned Albums · 06.09.2024
Okay, we are making an acoustic Molotov cocktail here. Take the "F**k you"-attitude of Nick Olivieri, the cripping voice of John Garcia, a hardcore punk sound, and a drummer with the pedal to the metal. Yes, could be one of the best forward rocking record of this year. Actually, it´s not that difficult; 4 steps down tuned guitars, a bit of hardcore breaks and oriented by the faster Kyuss-songs like "Green Machine", "100°" and others. The first three songs ("Dogs reunited", "Knockin´on...
Heavystoned Albums · 05.09.2024
Babona's new album is a heavy mix of instrumental groove and crushing doom metal, and it pulls no punches. Think Karma to Burn, but darker, heavier, and with an ominous undertow that drags you into the depths. The song titles? They might be in Hungarian, but they perfectly reflect the mood shifts of the music—each track feels like a chapter in some lost, mythical journey. The opener, Virágom, might translate to "my flower," but don't expect any delicate petals here. The track blooms slowly,...
Heavystoned Albums · 04.09.2024
In 2023 we missed the band at the Desertfest in Berlin. That should not happen to us again in 2024 at the Stoned From The Underground, because if the band slowly and unstoppably gets rolling at their concerts like a freight train, then nothing stops. "Jasmine" opens the album, so actually Status quo play with deeper guitars over a monster magnet stack, and so 5 minutes with a brick 70s Boogie with an unequal fat sound. Phil's voice somehow sings something that pulls you into this song with...
Heavystoned Albums · 28.08.2024
"ÁCIDO Y PUTO'" features illustrations by Borja Fresno Benítez and Carlos Bedmar, and is available on CD and digital formats through Small Stone Recordings, as well as limited opaque blue vinyl (250 copies) via Kozmik Artifactz. The album opens with the over-eight-minute track "Space Nomad," which blends a bluesy soul with heavy-psych elements, reminiscent of the trippy moments of TEN YEARS AFTER. The track's vintage atmosphere, steeped in wah-wah and funky rhythms, transitions into a heavier...