Stoner Hive’s Quick Fire Friday

 

Stoner Hive’s Quick Fire Friday 

We defy all them goddamn rules! Don’t do a Quick Fire Friday on the day the new Doom Charts edition goes online… It’s not like that rule is written in stone! But it is written on Stoner HiVe that we want to pay attention to so much great music, but there is too little time to do it all. So we came up with a way to shoot out a quick blurb and hope it will entice you to listen to the single or the entire discography! So here it is… Another Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday! And it burns hot like molten lava!

Mientras Las Abejas Duermen - El Camino Silencioso

It’s the first single for the debut album by the new out from Cádiz, Spain called As The Bees Sleep or in Spanish: Mientras Las Abejas Duermen. Which means there's another reason they fit perfectly on Stoner HiVe. Grin! Especially since the very earthy eight minute long single El Camino Silencioso will have you on the edge of the seat for its truly wonderful and accomplished sound. Shifting from slow, atmospheric passages to heavier moments, this one single promises so much. Let’s all keep an eye out for 2026, when these sleeping bees will buzz fully awake, with vinyl on Kozmik Artifactz. 

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Hidden Since the Foundation of the World – Bad Winter

Hidden Since the Foundation of the World is a new four-piece from Amsterdamn, that combines doom with drone, atmospheric with rock noir, psych with metal and gaze with heaviness. And the result is something entirely unpredictable and apocalyptic. They’ve released more tracks, but the icy soundscape whine that is Bad Winter will not leave you cold. Cinematic and gripping, that one track might even make you long for an incredibly Bad Winter… Just so you can play this track over and over... 

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Doublestone - De Falske Kongers Tid

You know they’re back right? And have been since September! The Danish trio Doublestone! One single so far, The False King, De Falske Kongers Tid. We can only hope this is the start of a new chapter, a new roll of the dice and a new hand of cards. For even though we only ever mentioned their Wingmakers album on Stoner HiVe, we have always loved all they’ve put out. All of it!

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Bear, Man Dangerous – When We Cease To Understand The World

We’re already there, sweet Bear, Man Dangerous. Aren’t we? I sure as hell can't make heads of tails out of most of everything anymore... But still, their new track When We Cease To Understand The World expertly twists genres into knots and lights them on fire. Shoegaze bleeds into sludge; psychedelia melts into doom. It’s beautiful, ugly, and utterly consuming, almost chokingly so! 

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Minot - Walls//People Pleaser

Lo-fi garage punk. Indeed, that’s Minot for ya! But upbeat! A three piece from Missoula, Montana that goes all the way back to the sixties and hits you with a Sonics kind of attitude. A jittery fuzz tale, where one track rattles like fluorescent cubicle blues and frustrated howls into the void. Flipside People Pleaser drifts in sugary decay, ghostly pop haunts the hop. Sparse drums, raw pulse, garage grit. Heartbeat breakdown, smokey honesty and a rhythm you can’t shake! I like Minot!

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Tempted? – For You Only

Artizans PR are always spreading the good word about some great new rock bands! Usually from the Mediterranean. And new fourpiece Tempted? hails from Greece! For You Only is the first single for an album that will probably see the light somewhere in 2026. Nineties vibing and grunge toned, the songs sings about a ‘deep romantic disappointment’ . Which ofcourse fits snugly with the grunge influences. I’m tempted to announce that Tempted? might just be one of the great bands to emerge out of Greece next year! 

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Wickermän – Dagsländan

"Dagsländan" or "The Mayfly" as it would translate to in English is a short poem written by the Linnéa Wetterbrandt, a close friend to the band. The text is a short reflection on how life would have been if we only got to live, just like a mayfly, for one day. It’s their second single but our first foray into the world of formed in this year, Wickermän and we certainly hope not our last. This isn’t one day fly material, but honest hard rock, seventies touches, stonerized moments and prog oriented. A new Swedish band to watch out for!

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There Is No Spoon - The Sound Of Doom To Come [Part 1]

There Is No Spoon is a four piece instrumental band from Berlin, Germany that obviously wants to marry the existentialism and metaphysical to their atmospheric doom metal and art rock. A bit of drone and a bit of noise and promise that the three track The Sound Of Doom To Come [Part 1] is the first of four parts that chronicle a world collapsing under the weight of its own noise… Let’s keep an ear out for that! 

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Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday

 

 

Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday

It’s Bandcamp Friday! It’s the First Friday of the new month, which means, the new edition of the Doom Charts! So, why not go full tilt overload with the amount of musical tips and do a Quick Fire Friday segment! Peruse the bands below and listen to what they’ve put out! It might be your new favorite track, EP or album! And we know… There is so much out there, so much good and heavy stuff, and we just simply cannot ever do it all justice. But here it is… Another Stoner HiVe Quick Fire Friday! And it burns hot like molten lava!

Bear, Man Dangerous – Sarajevo, Nebraska

We’ve mentioned Bear, Man Dangerous before. Back when they, he, it released its American War single. And now the enigmatic project is back with a track called Sarajevo, Nebraska. Something grungy at heart, but that’s only logical when you reside in Seattle I guess… And once again filled with slowcore, shoegaze, postrock and doom. If not musically, then definitely with its ominous message of anxiety and worry about the state of America…

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Mad Coyote – The Desert Calls

Hailing from Levél, Hungary, near the three border point of Austria and Slowakia, the Mad Coyote three sport a damn cool bandname and deliver five stoner rock, stoner metal and gritty grooves on an EP called The Desert Calls. Even with the production being a bit thin, and the vocals moving from growling to a mocking tone, there’s something inherently wicked lurking in the Mad Coyote sound. Let’s keep an eye on these cats, err, I mean Coyotes!

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Earth Drive – True Passage Into The Void

My visits to Portugal and Lisbon never took met to Montijo on the other side of the Tagus river, but listening to True Passage Into The Void it seems we definitely should next time we’re there. For the Earth Drive four deliver doom, metal, progressive, ethereal and spiritual with a cosmic journey vibe. Giving it a bit of an ambient atmosphere, without ever going into that genre musically. And so many steps up from their earlier Helix Nebula album it’s scary…

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Sludgebucket – Sludgeadelic

Not longer a power trio, we can now name them the stoner metal two called Sludgebucket. And the two have re-recorded their earlier power trio songs that featured guitar and vocals as well as bass and drums as pure drum and bass instrumentals. Turning what was gnarly into something almost funky. And the wildness into groovy. Sludgeadelic is fusionadelic and that is a specific form of sludgy coolness, verve, and trippiness.

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Violet Dawn – From Basement To Dawn

The idiosyncratic opening track Amnesia on the four track From Basement To Dawn by Violet Dawn, a five-piece from Trier, Germany, is the perfect calling card for this off center psychedelic blues and alternative stoner rock band. Going from weird to wicked and from great to grandiose! As is second more languid, classic, southern and prog touched Cold Summer. Four tracks in and you are a Violet Dawn fan… Just like me!

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Teleportoise – Solar

The three track Solar by Guelph, Ontario, Canada quartet Teleportoise will come out on May 16th. That’s right, Stoner HiVe is early for once. Very early! But this could not be helped, for the three track Solar is so highly addictive. The stoner sludge, the prog metal and all its maelstrom heaviness deliver an entirely different three body problem, with tracks Dawn, Day and Dusk delving into the concept of the Earth revolving around the Sun. It’s a violent and extinction-level event translated into metal of all sorts. Mark it in your calendar, May 16th, Solar day!

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Masonic Wave – Masonic Wave

More metal, more math like structuring, completed by noise, punk and progressive rawness. Featuring members of Yakuza, Naked Raygun, God Damn Your Eyes, Land Of The El Caminos and Sybris, it’s the debut album Masonic Wave by Masonic Wave and it comes out April 12th. There’s a frenzy here and a lust for honesty and pureness. It’s break down, de-creation to an eddy whirling its bloodiness of ruckus all around you. Feel the room expand with Masonic Wave!

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Glass Beams – Mahal

They implore that Eastern vibe and atmosphere to perfection, they hail from Melbourne, Australia and are called Glass Beams. Their psychedelic world music, warm to the touch and so entirely welcoming. But you already knew that! That touch of disco, the Indian elegance, jazz age mystery and beautiful instrumentation is pristine and has been rocking your world ever since they released their Mirage album in 2021. But did you hear the new five track EP Mahal yet? Or did you see the Mahal video yet? Go for it… It will make you feel good…

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Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday

 

 

Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday

We felt a little jolt, some electricity, fire in the blood last weekend! Not sure why that was, but perhaps because of all that Quick Fire action! So, we decided not to wait too long and hit you all again with another blazing dosage of Heay Underground action! Another Quick Fire Friday, featuring singles, EP’s and albums, some older, some newer; and with just a handful of words to get your interest peaked and the blood pumping!  And we know… There is so much out there, so much good and heavy stuff, and we just simply cannot ever do it all justice. But here it is… Another Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday! And it burns hot like molten lava!

Trounce - The Goose and The Swan

Roadburn! The legendary festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. Been there so many times, I lost count. And we unfortunately missed it the last few years, which always pains my heart. Which means we missed Trounce and their gigantic earth shattering set there. But luckily the entire set was recorded and will be released soon as their debut album "The Seven Crowns + Live at Roadburn" somewhere in October on Hummus Records. Alternative metal to the extreme and extremely alternative, blast beats, noise, doom and soaring melodic moments. Check it out through the first single and live video from Roadburn called: The Goose and The Swan...

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Bear, Man Dangerous - American War

From Seattle, Washington comes the mysterious Bear, Man Dangerous project. American War is the new shoegaze, post punk single that slowly, like leaves falling down, spirals towards a doom future. Which seems entirely fitting giving the subject matter at hand. The noisy, messy, clouded composition eventually burning away and falling down like Icarus…  

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Kita - Tyhjiö

Progressive blackened doom and death sludge, from somewhere in what must be the radioactive wastelands of Finland. Cause this is insanely, swallowing, and festerously heavy! This is Kita and the first single Tyhjiö for their upcoming album with the same name, out soon on No Profit Recordings. Bleak, Finnish language guttural vocals, on top of filthy metal that growls and howls and tears the universe a new hole, a hole shaped like a huge, ugly, frightening mouth which actually turns out to be the all-devouring void of non-existence. Not meant for the feeble minds…

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Demons My Friends - Ghosts of You

Out on Gravitoyd Music, September 8th, it’s the new album Demons Seem To Gather by Demons My Friends. Ghosts of You is the first video and single for that upcoming album, and that smashing single has been out since yesterday! Grunge doom, with psychedelic stoner touches and something very addictive. It’s those soaring melodies we expect, or that alternative nineties take of the genres we mentioned above. And yes, we heard the rest of album as well, and we can safely state, this album will become a household favorite over here and probably everywhere in the Heavy Underground!

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Nepal Napalm – A Hate Supreme

Murcia, Spain is apparently home to Caribbean influenced, doom metal band that borrows as much from jazz as it does from sludge. We’re talking about Nepal Napalm and their debut full-sized album A Hate Supreme. This shit goes further than most dare, cause these guys dare to seek the edge and dance along it like a crazed jive colonel ready to explode. Recorded mostly live in one sitting, it burns through the energy and inspiration that seems border on that of that fabled John Coltrane album. And that title track, wowzah! This is the kind of experimentation that can lead to the discovery of a fabled elixir or a precious metal… Errr, Nepal Napalm makes precious metal!

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Redeye Caravan – The Circus

Back in 2020, we mentioned Redeye Caravan’s Nostrum Remedium. And now the Greek dark country, gothic Americana band is back with a new EP called: Snake Oil Lullabies. Love the title! And The Circus is the lead single and lyric video for that release. Freaking inspiring, darkness surrounds their account of the ‘show’. You feel the shadows dance around you as the ringmaster makes his gestures, and welcomes you. Not all four songs are as dangerous as The Circus, and that’s a good thing, otherwise you would not be able to sleep tonight. Under the full moon…

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Maven Hill - Magnetic

Out since October 2022, Magnetic, by French fourpiece Maven Hill! Of course Thierry “Pumpkin-T“ François mentioned it on a Peroration Post for the Doom Charts. But otherwise, the album has flown under many a radar, so it seems. Highly undeserved, cause the ten alternative rock tracks bend the ear towards metal, jazzy prog influences and funk breaks as easily as it goes full throttle on danceable energy. There’s something very Magnetic about this release!

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Red Eyed Hyena – Tried & True

We end this Quick Fire Friday with a an absolute bang! Formed in 2015, Red Eyed Hyena is a stoner band with blues and doom influences from Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine, and it’s damn good. The four know how to lay down a steady groove and will surely have you nodding along, and slowing down whenever the guitar flourishes deserve the spotlight, and you will listen breathlessly. You will soon feel like a cowboy (once on a bulldozer), riding around the prairie (or through a little frontier town) and watching the endless horizon slowly pass by. A cactus, and another cactus, a roadrunner, a hyena and a Weedeater cover? Sweet! Well, God Luck and Good Speed to Red Eyed Hyena!

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