Fuzzing Nation – Monstertruck

 

 

Fuzzing Nation – Mothertruck
Argonauta Records – 2026
Stoner, Rock, Metal, Fuzz
Rated: ****

You might start thinking that we’ve turned into an Argonauta Records promo site soon enough, cause we’ve been working on quite a few reviews of albums released by that label or their imprint Octopus Rising. Shit, we even have one or more PREMIERE’s for albums from them coming up. But it can’t be helped, they’ve been releasing grade A stuff of late! And well, actually, always. And yes, there are more labels in our cozy little Heavy Underground that all do stunning stuff. And we hope to review all of those too! But there are only 24 hours in a day, and the album reviews soon to be published just caught our ear and got our fingers itching… 

And itching to get behind the wheel of a Mothertruck! Speed out through the desert, stereo blazing some sandy stoner and filthy fuzz! For today we want to mention the Greek trio Fuzzing Nation! We mentioned their Into The Desert EP from 2024 during a Quick Fire Friday segment and kept our ears open for more of their moving grooves. And move it does! Shit, my fingers move out of their own accord across the keyboard ever since they heard the Mothertruck engine roar! 

For Mothertruck roars in like a supercharged war rig, cresting the dunes, all chrome glare and burning the horizon. With these three Greek crazies behind the wheel and no intention in hell of slowing down! A high speed desert pursuit, the spirit of post-apocalyptic wasteland fury distilled into molten riffs and weaponized groove! And in between it all, the band builds a sound that feels equal parts gasoline, fire and defiance! 

The tracks surge and collide like badland convoy clashes, with hypnotic , heat warped passages giving way to explosive bursts of punk fury and doom soaked weight, all fuzzed out, as the new commonwealth is known for. And then there are tracks like The Open Wound or The Elder’s Code, which are here to fracture the landscape into something stranger and more dangerous or danceable. While Dead Old Tree, stuck in the middle of those two, just lumbers forward like a rusted engine on the brink of collapse. But everything, always, brought to you in a savage, loud and wild style! As we might have said it before, and borrowed from the famous Doctor, this is the kind of music that will make your machine drive another hundred miles with the gasoline meter on empty… 

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

 

 

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

Desert Colossus
Stargo
Bismut
Misty Route
Black Toaster
Oven
New Dawn Fades
Okay You Win
Purple Lung
Sons of Node

Been running around like a headless chicken, seen days turn to nights and Monday suddenly thrust upon us! Well, let’s have a quick glance back at what happened on the HiVe and hope to do more this week. You check out Gjenferd yet? Great seventies rock! Got tickets for RippleFest Texas? Or HufrFest, happening almost next week? Hope so! If not, get inspired by the instrumental beauty that is Bismut! Get electrified by Devil Electric and mystified by Misty Route! And if all that isn’t enough, make sure to revisit that Quick Fire Friday segment done by Ronny Dijksterhuis, eight gloriously heavy bands there! So, check’m out! All of’m! Have a great week! 

Gjenferd – Black Smoke Rising

 

 

Gjenferd – Black Smoke Rising
Apollon Records – 2026
Rock, Hard, Seventies, Classic, Psych, Stoner
Rated: ****

On their new album Black Smoke Rising, Gjenferd doubles down on their deep love for classic seventies hardrock. It was of course apparent that they drew inspiration from bands like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin if you’ve been hooked, like me, on their debut self-titled album from 2024. But on Black Smoke Rising, their rich nostalgic sound feels even more like a genuine continuation from that era’s spirit. It’s all happening man! 

Ten tracks that immediately start to warm the soul and spread that glow throughout your body. The Norwegian quartet combine driving rhythms, gritty Hammond organ, and soaring guitars into a collection that is on some level straightforward, but also highly engaging. Tight grooves and catchy melodies immediately hook the listener. While heavier cuts hit with raw almost physical intensity. But over all, it’s the musicianship that always stands out, the interplay between organ and guitar, the way the vocals weave over it all. And that rhythm section, consistently sharp, groovy, and full of character. 

And that character, a bell bottom, denim clad, flowers in your hair kind of devotion to the past makes that the album refuses to sit still. Even though atmospheric interludes like Atterganger and Stillferd drift in like hazy campfire visions, the ghostly pauses are brief, and after the mellotron fumes have curled through the air, they immediately stomp the pedal back onto the floor. And then there’s the five minute long Ride On, a dust-choked, psychedelic road trip that feels like you are chasing a mirage at full throttle, somewhere between revelation and derailment, between knowing and forever feeling lost. And if you listen to this song long enough, you can hear the entire world pass by… 

As final track Like Wildfire rolls in, all sense of restraint is gone, the black smoke no longer rising slowly, but spiraling outwards into a hypnotic, pyroclastic jam that threatens to swallow the band and the listener completely. A righteous end to an album that feels soulfully raw, beautifully loud and gloriously unhinged. Wild eyed and greasy hands grabbing you by the collar, shaking you, until you remember why you love heavy music in the first place… 

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Ripplefest Texas 2026

 

 

RippleFest Texas 2026

September 17-20, 2026 at The Far Out Lounge and Sagebrush in Austin, TX.

We just mentioned the very cool first edition of HUFR Fest; and how good it is to see the USA following Europe's example of hosting ever more amazing festivals celebrating all that great music from the Heavy Underground. But let's not forget about the ones that were there from the get-go! Like the legendary Planet Desert Rock Weekend over in Vegas and the amazing RippleFest over in Texas! Both of them not to be missed if you are living in the States. They've been hosting more RippleFests across the globe lately, with a Mexico City one and a Cologne one, it's spreading nicely. But Texas was their first and hosted by the top notch Ryan Garney from the amazing High Desert Queen... September 17-20, 2026 at The Far Out Lounge and Sagebrush in Austin, TX.... Four days of the best heavy music out there! Things will surely get hot and sweaty out there!  

 

 

 RippleFest Texas 2026 poster and full lineup revealed!

Feast your eyes on the amazing artwork from @1horsetown for this year’s poster!

There is no greater family reunion than RippleFest Texas. 4 days of the best heavy music in the world with absolutely ZERO band overlapping! Held every year at The Far Out Lounge and Sagebrush in Austin, TX. Come see the family!

2 DAY PASSES STILL AVAILABLE! Plus a VERY LIMITED number of PRE and AFTERPARTY TICKETS AVAILABLE!

Get Tix at: www.lickofmyspoon.com

Full Lineup:

YOB
Khemmis
Greenleaf
Dopethrone
Kal-El
Daily Thompson
Freedom Hawk
High Desert Queen
Dirty Sound Magnet
Howling Giant
Skloss
Solace
Fister
Thunder Horse
Rebreather
Gran Moreno
Robots of the Ancient World
Borracho
Unger
Blue Heron
Witch Ripper
Plaindrifter
Lake Lake
Demons My Friends
Friendship Commanders
Mr. Plow
Shadow of Jupiter
For Fucks Sake

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HUFR FEST - Mile High Riffs 2026

 

HUFR FEST - Mile High Riffs

April 24–26, 2026 - Bar 404, Denver, CO

It's almost here! April 24th! The first ever edition of HUFR Fest! It's the Mile High Riffs 2026 party hosted by none other than S. Patrick Brooks from the one and only Heavy Underground Farm Report! You know the dude! The guy that gets you high! On Riffs, Life and more... So great to see more festivals popping up all over the USA, and this one should not be missed for any reason! It's Downtown Denver, Bar 404, from April 24th  to April 26st! Get out there and get high on riffs! 

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Friday, April 24

Vashon Seed
Hibernaut
Violet Rising
Lord Velvet
Sonolith
Lost Relics

Saturday, April 25

Psalm
Buzzard Fight 
Godzillionaire
Luna Sol
Blue Heron
Cobranoid

Sunday, April 26

Black Moon Cult
Black Sunrise
Messiahvore
Shadow of Jupiter
Electric Condor

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HUFR FEST – Mile High Riffs

Denver, Colorado is about to get heavier. Created by Sean Brooks, Andrea Thomas-Brooks, and Zeth Pedulla, HUFR FEST – Mile High Riffs is a three-day celebration of stoner, doom, and riff-driven rock, happening April 24–26, 2026 at Bar 404 in the heart of Denver.

With 17 bands across the weekend, HUFR FEST brings the crushing weight of doom, the fuzzed-out haze of stoner rock, and the psychedelic grooves of heavy underground music to the Mile High City. More than just a festival, it’s a gathering for the heavy music community—fans, bands, artists, and riff worshippers alike.

Prepare for walls of sound, swirling smoke, and the kind of communal energy that only heavy music can create. Welcome to HUFR FEST – Mile High Riffs.

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Venue: Bar 404, Denver, CO
Dates: April 24–26, 2026

Tickets: Available now through official HUFR FEST channels

 

Bismut – Matsutake

 

 

Bismut – Matsutake
Tonzonen Records – 2026
Instrumental, Rock, Psychedelic
Rated: *****

At first it feels like wandering into a clearing you weren’t meant to find… Spores immediately circling all around you, the sound quickly rising from the ground, tangled and alive! Bismut’s new album Matsutake, immediately takes root… It grows, spreading through dense looping riffs that never feel constructed, but discovered. Like something foraged rather than written, their heaviness emerges from repetition and patience. Each riff circling back, each pattern thickening, blossoming… 

There is a pulse beneath it all, for at their core lies a deep commitment to heavy, riff-driven structures, dense, circling patterns that anchor everything in a raw, physical intensity. Opening track Alienation immediately being a prime example. Steady, insistent and communal, the trio move as if one, listening closely to one another, following subtle shifts and allowing the music to breathe and sprawl. What begins as a single idea stretches outwards into something unpredictable. You can hear on record that the live animal is even wilder. Grooves deepen, rhythms fracture and then suddenly, cohere again. It’s a process. A process of getting there. A process of becoming rather than arriving. 

Sticking to tone, adding to the menace, following track Neugier’s primary impulse remains physical and direct: groove, repetition, and impact. The band thrives on endurance, patiently building and sustaining energy until it becomes all consuming. Going live Friday the 17th (HERE), it’s the logical second single, building around the weight of their sound. Traces of the atmospheric and the exploratory linger like spores in the air, psychedelic hues, fleeting moments of drift, never overtaking the terrain. The ground remains firm, physical, driven by the ritual of the riff and the rhythm. And as we near the end and the movement slows… We soon get whirled around, in a dervish fashion until break down. And once again, you can hear it become absolute ferocious on stage somewhere.

Assemblage follows, starts like the desperate moment of respite needed. Touches of jazz-like wandering and atmospheric sketching, turn the vista upside down. But soon the drums get this nervous edge. And in the upside down world, the war between control and surrender commences. They build patiently, endure within the groove, and trust the unfolding, the polyphonic jazz lines sprouting beneath, the industrial reverberations echoing the darkness that hides within machines. It feels raw, forceful and like some sort of last stand. And we’re only halfway through…

They keep up the pace, the energy, the overarching tones and feelings during the other three tracks as well. Showcasing what drives the Bismut three, their true character, a balance of exploration and force, guided by instinct and driven by the power of the riff. And in that persistence, their music ceases to be a performance and becomes an ecosystem. That’s why there’s something fitting in the way Matsutake echoes the spirit of The Mushroom at the End of the World book by Anna Tsing. Both seem to emerge from desperate margins, places shaped by collapse, unpredictability, and the absence of structure. The music, like the mushroom, does not impose itself on the landscape. It listens, adapts, and grows in response to what’s there. Riffs feel like traces of something uncovered, as if the spores were always waiting beneath the surface.

In that sense, the album that releases through Tonzonen Records on April 24th, carries a kind of fragile resilience. It thrives not despite uncertainty, but because of it. The grooves stretch and persist, forming temporary worlds that feel communal and fleeting at once. Moments of connection arise, dissolve, and leave behind only a lingering sense of having witnessed something spectacular. The Bismut three seem to share an understanding that beauty does not require control or perfection. Instead, it exists in the entanglement, in the improvisation, the repetition, the patient act of staying with something as it becomes. What Bismut seem to capture is that same quiet truth… Even in fragmented spaces, among the wreckage and the ruins, something beautiful can still grow, stubborn and luminous.

(Written by JK)

Check out the first single Alienation now and be ready for the full Matsutake album on April 24th! 

And while you're at it, congratulate drummer Peter, for it's his birthday!



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Stoner Hive’s Quick Fire Friday

 

Stoner Hive’s Quick Fire Friday

Surprise! And not just for you crazies following the HiVe! But also for me, cause I had not expected the honorable Ronny Dijksterhuis to deliver another Quick Fire Friday round this fast! But it was suddenly there, slaved over during the night and sent before the sun rose. And you know what that means... Things will get hot and heavy from here on in! 

What do you do when you want to promote as many great music as humanly possible? Well, you absorb anything that scratches your auditive senses, train yourself in the art of selective puking and spit out the things that might stick not only in your own brain, but also in the grey lump residing in the skull of all you innocent heavy underground lovers that happen to stumble across our little old blog or one of its social media pages. So, let's skilfully throw up another eight stains of semi-digested sounds at your feet and call it a new episode of Quick Fire Friday. Enjoy!

Miracle Blood - Blazing Entrails

Miracle Blood's 2024 album 'Hello Hell' got rave reviews all over the globe and their new single 'Blazing Entrails' is another slab of bludgeoning madness, combining noise, speedrock, stoner rock and punk with a singer that more that once makes Jello Biafra pop up in your mind.

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Pharm - Crackhead Arachnid

Progressive alternative noise metal. That's probably the best way to describe Pharm's new single 'Crackhead Arachnid'. A highly technical wave of swirling glory that sticks a knife in you well-trained ear and then gives it an extra twist to let you know they mean business. But however complex and jumpy it gets, the song remains the focal point and the vocals are excellent. Arguably the best song released so far this year.

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Seasick Gladiator - Unhinged EP

In the comments under the March Doom Charts post on Facebook someone suggested to check out Seasick Gladiator as they haven't made the Doom Charts yet. As I never heard of the band before, I gave their latest EP Unhinged (released in January this year) a go. And I'm a bit ashamed not having discovered them earlier, because this is some tasty stoner doom with an interesting twist with the lead instrument being an atmospheric violin played in a manner that's quite similar to the one on My Dying Bride's standout album 'The Angel and the Dark River'. Add that to the powerful, traditional stoner setting of drums, bass and guitars, and you end up with a damn fine release that's different from anything else in the genre.

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The Fixed Trio - Love. Fever. Blues.

When heavy blues has got that slow, dragging swagger with a stripped-down stoner rock undercurrent, it means it's good. The Fixed Trio's second single of their upcoming sophomore album 'Our Guilty Pleasure' has all that and more. A steady beat, a nicely rolling bass line and a great guitar solo make this a perfect tune for this time of year where nature comes alive again and the sun is making its way back from a long winter's sleep.

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Ape Amp - Worse

Two Russian refugees, living in Bordeaux, France with one obvious mission: deliver some filthy and nasty sludge noise. Their first ever release is the single 'Worse'; a big ball of anger, bouncing off the cliffs of desperation. Wonderful indeed.

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Tidal Wave - Sideburns

By now you might ask yourself: what about some good, old-fashioned Scandinavian stoner rock? Well, we're happy to oblige and present you Tidal Wave's new single 'Sideburns'. It's so goddamn catchy and full of energy, you probably don't want to hear you'll have to wait until June 5th for the arrival of their new album 'Volume Three', which will be released through Ripple Music.

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Stump Grinder - Forest Metal

Coming from Santa Cruz, CA, Stump Grinder delivers a furious mix of stoner, sludge and hardcore that will knock your teeth out. No other words needed to give you an impression of their music. But one advise could come in handy: be sure to make an appointment with the dentist before listening to this shit, because you might regret it if you don't.

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Lior Izhaki Drums (feat. Guy Strier) - Dabur

During the 12 day war between Israel and Iran in June 2025, while having to hide in a bomb shelter, Israeli drummer Lior Izhaki turned one of them into a live creative space. He recorded ten different jam tracks with ten different guitar players. No vocals, no bass and no rehearsals. The results are being presented one by one, showcasing the raw intensity that situations like this are obviously bound to summon not only in the hearts of creative people, but to everybody who is involved in that kind of drama one way or another. The creative people are merely able to give those feelings a voice, or in this case a pure heartfelt explosion of drums and guitars. Oh yeah, 'Dabur' is number 8 in the line of 10 and the heaviest and most aggressive one of them all.

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Devil Electric – Tahlia

 

 

Devil Electric – Tahlia 
Kozmik Artifactz / Black Throne Productions – 2026 
Rock, Doom, Psych, Stoner
Rated: ****

Their self-titled 2017 album was still spinning when the amazing Godless record was released in 2021. That occult edge, wired though that vintage sound and all smoothly delivered by heavy riffs and a seductive voice sent sparks up and down my spine. Which seems logical once you know the band is called Devil Electric. And now they’re back, with a new slab of heavy rock worship called Tahlia, out on Kozmik Artifactz and Black Throne Productions and igniting all over the globe… 

It’s been five long years, but Devil Electric detonates with Tahlia, a sultry, sexy storm of bluesy stoner-doom. Smoke curls from thick, hypnotic riffs, while Pierina O’Brien’s voice drifts from earthy growl to soaring, spine-tingling heights. Songs strut with playful menace, while others and especially the nine-minute epic “This Hereafter” twist through psychedelic, seductive depths. Each track pulses like a heartbeat… Teasing, swelling, and exploding in an intoxicating journey of desire and doom. Devil Electric sends sparks everywhere as Tahlia whirls around you, it ensnares, seduces, and lingers, leaving you craving the next smoky, thunderous lightning bolt… Tahlia is here, fresh and tastes like all that unholy sweat you can't stop licking… 

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Misty Route – Ethos

 

Misty Route – Ethos
Bitume Prods – 2026 
Metal, Prog, Alternative
Rated: ****
 

We never wrote about the earlier Without A Trace release, and we certainly should have. But luckily we can now remedy the fact that we neglected to write about Misty Route by publishing a few words on the wild and wonderful new album Ethos! For it has a certain burning desire to it all, a story to tell and in a way only Greek bands seem to be able to do it. Their countrymen of The Same River, for instance, have that gift as well. Well... You just have to let go and follow the music as it leads the way.

A traveler steps onto a shadowed path, where each turn reveals a new shade of sound and emotion. Misty Route’s Ethos unfolds like this journey. Driven by modern, muscular riffs, thunderous bass, and powerful, haunting vocals. The road shifts between heavy rock grit, grungy undertones, and progressive metal complexity, never settling, always pulling you deeper. Moments of melody break through the darkness, only to be swallowed again by brooding grooves and dynamic contrasts. Each track feels like a chapter, rich with tension and release. By the end as the mist clears… You are left with  a striking, immersive album that lingers long after the final note fades…

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

 

 

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

Devil Electric
Dikke Dennis
The Crooked Skulls
Corrosion of Conformity
Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds
Hibernaut / Face Pulp
Uncle Leaf
Neurosis
Star Beast
The Heads

Good morning! Hope you all had a great week and upcoming one will even be better! It’s Tuesday already, I know. But with the extra day of weekend, and both my father in law and own father’s birthday’s my internal clock is completely out of synch again. Those birthday preparations were also the reason why we could not do that much last week. And probably this week will be difficult as well. But we’ll try and last week we still managed to get the word out on that amazing new Red Sun Atacama album, the new Elder single and Ronny wrote a glowing review of that wild Spider Goat Canyon release! And of course, we were absolutely honored to PREMIERE that first new single by Beneath The Skin. Having your very own sound this early, promises a lot! Full album will be arriving in a few weeks. And then on Friday, the new March Doom Charts went live. Found your new favorite yet? Go check’m out! Check’m all out! 

The Doom Charts For March 2026

 

DOOM CHARTS

MARCH 2026

 

“And then one day you find
The Doom Charts have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun…”

~ misheard Pink Floyd lyrics…

The Doom Charts is made up of a passionate collection of underground journalists, bloggers, podcasters and other devoted heavy music fiends! This ever-evolving cabal shifts and transforms from month to month and at the bottom of each edition, you can see exactly who cast their votes that month. For of course, life has a way of interrupting even the most dedicated listening rituals. As the voting deadline creeps closer, we often find ourselves wondering where the time has gone. Though the date is never a mystery, it still manages to catch us off guard every single month. Is time moving faster than it used to? Or are there simply more incredible bands releasing outstanding albums at an unstoppable pace? Deep down, we all know the answer. Below, you’ll find the top forty albums, selected from a staggering pool of 197 releases that received votes. Each one is exceptional… Each one deserving of your time and attention. Now let’s hope the month will last a bit longer this time…

Ready for another wild ride through the Heavy Underground universe? And not just together with Kal-El's amazing Astral Voyager Vol.2... But with 39 other stunning Heavy Underground releases! 

 

Why yes! It's the March 2026 Doom Charts! 

 

Forty damn fine albums, and of those that made the list I voted for:

Kal-El, Red Sun Atacama, Desert Collider, Desert Colossus, New Dawn Fades, Neurosis, Devil Electric, Yeast Machine, Cowboys & Aliens, BLACK LUNG, Gnarwhal, Misty Route, Fuzzing Nation, Mammon's Throne, Clouds Taste Satanic, Mister Earthbound, Radian, Astral Wizard - Band , The Crooked Skulls , Spider Goat Canyon and Corrosion Of Conformity...

But as usual, I could have voted for all of them and more! Starting the rundown with perhaps the weirdest entry? Sturgill Simpson's Johnny Blue Skies project together with The Dark Clouds called Mutiny After Midnight...

 

Already featured on Stoner HiVe: 

Spider Goat Canyon - Walking With Geordie

Red Sun Atacama – Summerchild

Desert Colossus – Apparatus

Yeast Machine – Bad Milk

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

 Cowboys & Aliens - Finis Temporum

Kal-El – Astral Voyager Vol.2

Prophets of Thwaites - Vulnerant Omnes Ultima Necat 

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 March 2026

Single Premiere - Beneath The Skin - Fade Away

 

Single Premiere 

Beneath The Skin - Fade Away

 

That gutter spawn guitar tone. That chainsaw bass thump. The drums count down and as the vocalist enters, it just all rolls on! Like an unstoppable wave or riffs, groove and weight! This is some damn gritty stuff and we are absolutely honored to present it to you all right here right now as we PREMIERE the Fade Away single by Kansas City fourpiece Beneath The Skin!

You might know these fellas from their wild five track EP from last year called Pay Up and they are about to follow that up with something even more wicked as they are set to roll out their self-titled full-sized debut on April 18th! A full review of this amazing release will follow shortly. But holy hell, this Fade Away single alone... You ready for the PREMIERE?
 
A dense, riff heavy sound, rooted in doom and sludge, elevated by a strong sense of groove and attitude and the ability to turn all of that into a goddamn tsunami. The guitars hit with crushing weight, balancing slow, punishing passages with head-nodding rhythms that give the music a gritty momentum. Vocals shift between rough-edged growls, expressive, faster phrasing, adding depth and personality to the heaviness. Raw, lived through, lived-in, hard earned. Fade Away, is filled with equal parts tar pit and barroom brawl, ready to pounce, ready to bruise… But you will be proud of the scars! I know I am… 

   Press play on Beneath The Skin's Fade Away single now and get ready for the full album to drop on April 18th! 

 

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Doom & sludge with soul from Kansas City

Self-titled debut album out April 18th

Lead single “Fade Away” out April 3rd

Genres: Doom, sludge, stoner

FFO: Crowbar, Down, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Black Sabbath, Acid Bath, Melvins, CoC

Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, Beneath The Skin is a doom and sludge metal four-piece poised to unleash their crushing debut self-titled album this April, with lead single “Fade Away” dropping April 3rd.

Following 2025's “Pay Up” EP, an uncompromising chronicle of drug addiction and recovery, the band are back with more hard-hitting groove and gritty soul. Hailing from the Crowbar and Corrosion of Conformity school of heavy, the riffs and swagger are front and center. Frontman Mike Riley’s grizzled, wildman vocals growl and croon, oozing charisma atop a wave of punishing grooves.

        

IN THE BAND'S OWN WORDS:

"We worked on this album for around 2 years. We had a pretty aggressive show season in 2024 and 2025 on top of recording our debut EP "Pay Up" in early 2025, but “Pay Up” represented the band’s early days. Joshua joined in spring of 24 and “Pay Up” was already written. With this one, we wrote it all together in rehearsals during a challenging show schedule so it was more of a complete project for us. We have intentionally kind of explored the whole spectrum of the genre. This thing moves around while still having a cohesive sound.”

Beneath The Skin’s self-titled full-length is slated for April 18th, and “Fade Away” leads the charge.

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