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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Hermano – Clisson, France (Live album)

 

 

Hermano – Clisson, France (Live album)
Ripple Music – 2026 
Rock, Stoner, Desert 
Rated: ****

Legendary Hermano. Back on the road. I always counted myself lucky to have been there for their first incarnation. The W2 gig that was recorded and later on when they returned to my hometown Eindhoven, where they had the very cool but short-lived Repomen (which thankfully gave us Komatsu) open up for them. And this year… I’m gonna be freaking lucky once again. I will definitely see them twice once more. And can’t wait for May to arrive. I wasn’t there in France though. Not last year. And not back in 2016 when they recorded the live album that has been spinning a lot over here. Hellfest, they sure got something special going on. And so does Hermano…

They obviously need no introduction. And to be perfectly frank, the live album needs no review. This stands as a testament for those who were there at Hellfest, for those who’ve seen them live somewhere and for those who desperately want to see them live. And will be able to at any of the nine dates currently lined-up in Europe. Quality wise the sound is there, visceral, engaging and seducing. It will make you lust for more Hermano… 

And if When The Moon Was High mini album had not been released back in 2024, this new live album would have been so much more. Remember that one? With Breathe? And Never Boulevard? But three of the tracks were also used for that release. One of them being Love. That one ‘new’ track. Which hold such a savory groove and tempo you can have it on repeat for the entire afternoon. But that would probably dismiss a bit too much of the rest of the live album, for the setlist was pristine and the band on fire. 

No Sugarhill Gang at all, this is the Hermano you hope to hear. Always. So… If you were there. At this Hermano live gig, some other one or desperately want to be there, this is for you. This is a release for you. They’ve played that gig and recorded it, just for you. 

(Written by JK)

Out February 6th on Ripple Music 



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Hermano European 2026 Live Dates

May 7 - Paris (FR) La Maroquinerie
May 8 - Utrecht (NL) Tivoli Vredenburg
May 9 - Cologne (DE) Luxor
May 11 - Vienna (AT) Arena
May 12 - Munich (DE) Backstage Halle
May 14 - Berlin (DE) Desertfest Berlin
May 15 - London (UK) Desertfest London
May 16 - Nijmegen (NL) Sonic Whip
May 17 - Brussels (BE) Obsidian Dust

Number 7

 

 

Number 7

We need a bit more than thirty points to get to Number 7 today. But after this spot, the jumps in points get much bigger. Huge in fact. Also huge is the amount of great releases by Ripple Music, we already mentioned that fact, but yes, the album we find on Number 7 was once again a Ripple release. Insane! And it was one of the first of the year and perhaps logically landed on the Number 1 spot of the January Doom Charts. They hail from the UK and channel that spirit you know so well from the nineties alternative scene and the grunge that was prevalent. And they sort it all out through a heavy, fuzz drenched, stoner lens. Turning it into a feral, atavistic and groove ridden stonerrock beauty. Quintessential stonerrock in fact! Packed with chunky live-wired riffs, cool clean vocals and moody psychedelics atmospheres, the album feels raw, authentic and irresistibly catchy. They balance smoke soaked heaviness with fluid hooks and bluesy melody. It's familiar yet fresh, comforting yet ferocious. A gust of wind through the stoner rock hallways, a healing, a hypnotic trip that feels instantly like home… A refuge for the beautifully damaged… 

 

On Number 7 we find:

 

DUNES – LAND OF THE BLIND

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Number 10

 

 

Number 10

As we enter the Top 10, we have also arrived at the realization that so far a lot of your choices have been released by either Heavy Psych Sounds, Blues Funeral Recordings or and even more by Ripple Music. And guess what. The Number 10 album was released by Ripple Music as well and all the way back in January! And across many reviews it has been accurately described as the bands most eclectic release to date. It builds on everything the fans already loved, while confidently pushing forward into new territories. Stoner rock, grunge, alternative grit and flashes of metal colliding without ever spinning out of control. Razor tight performances and fearless songwriting. With a vocalist clearly reinvigorated delivering lyrics that are raw, reflective and sharply human. His voice shifting smoothly between restraint and eruption. A record that does not simply hit you hard, it stick with you, like a scar you forgot about until you brush against it and immediately remember exactly what you did and how you got it. Emotional weight throughout, but still catchy and always unflinchingly honest. Nobody ever claimed you had to arrive at the finish line unscathed.. 

On Number 10 we find: 

GODZILLIONAIRE – DIMINISHING RETURNS

 

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Number 11

 

 

Number 11
 

Crazy Number 11 sits only ten points above Number 12… All those numbers, all those digits, it might cause you to see circles, lose sight, go round and round, like a snake biting its own tail! Released in August by Ripple Music its another Number 1 album on the Doom Charts. So for this one we summon the alembic and we light the furnace, for the new record is pure transmutation. Nearly two decades of searching has brought these riff alchemists the gold drenched stoner rock they have been searching for. This is their sixth and it is proof the circle of heavy rock remains unbroken. Less sermon, more mirror, these songs manage to offer for judgement, the leaden flaws of modern life and then go forth to melt them down with towering riffs and crushing weight. Punchy anthems formed from stoner ore and polished doom, give you seven tracks, perfectly balanced, endlessly repeatable. It’s an album by a band that never seems to age, but only seems to refine, shedding impurities and growing stronger with every passing cycle…  

On Number 11 we find: 

BORRACHO - OUROBOROS

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Number 14

 

 

Number 14

A fifteen point jump takes us to Number 14. Where we find an album that was released by Ripple Music and Morbid and Miserable Records back in September. The Italian trio is on their third full-sized album and have made another amazing step forward in both songwriting and production. They are kicking down the temple doors and lighting the altar on fire! This is doom metal fully awake, Sabbath blooded riffs, proto metal swagger, a finger licking stoner groove and occult grime swirling into something dangerous and wicked. The songs hit harder, move smarter and seem to ooze with some deliciously strange details. Take that garage rock filth here or the psychedelic haze there and even that touch of dungeon-synth shadows. Vocals arrive like a half mad cult sermon, pulling you deeper into the ritual with no place left to run. Darker, louder and sharper! It’s the sound of a band possessed, confident and merciless. They are becoming the regal doom masters that are worthy to sit upon all of them thrones… 

On Number 14 we find: 

WARCOE - UPON TALL THRONES

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Number 16

 

 

Number 16

Their 2022 album ended up on Number 12 of that years Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown. And it’s great to see them enter the Countdown once again. With 30 points more than Goya, the Germany quartet deliver another selection of heavy rocking, seventies inspired, blues based, psych rockers. This time around perhaps not the diesel blues variant, but more the desert inspired blues, surging through every composition that still vibrates at the perfect vintage pitch. And yes, sometimes or even often, we might assume the vocalist to be the bastard son of Jim Morrison. But the music has drifted more away from The Doors and into heavier territory. And that is never a bad thing! Signed to the majestic Ripple Music label for this album the four turn their heavy blues into true hard rocking power. A lot of groove and boogie that keeps the energy flowing the right way, up until the middle track, serving as the perfect resting point to breathe, admire the guitar work and the scenery created by these blues spirited four. The album is another thunder rocker and at those moments when the organ is allowed to flourish, punctuate and penetrate, it all becomes irresistible!

On Number 16 we find:

 

PARALYZED - RUMBLE & ROAR

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Number 12 on the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2022

 

Appalooza – The Emperor of Loss

 

 

Appalooza – The Emperor of Loss
Ripple Music – 2025
Rock, Grunge, Stoner
Rated: *****

Is this thing on? Are you listening? No. Not to me and not like that. LISTEN. With your chest. With your bones. With the part of your brain that still remembers what it means to feel before everything got sterilized and shoved through algorithms. That’s the place Appalooza reaches with The Emperor of Loss, a place where the amps are redlining, the sky is bleeding grunge, and the Horses of Brittany ride again, screaming riffs into the void like warlords of groove.

I hit play on Grieve and for a moment I think I’ve been transported to my favorite time in the nineties. For a moment I feel the room shimmer and vibrate around me, it felt like the walls were breathing. The drums kicked in like a door being shattered in slow motion, and the riff—good God, the riff, wasn’t just heavy, it lumbered and moaned. It groaned under its own weight. This wasn’t some cheap studio polish. This was handcrafted darkness, direct from the muddy hooves of the long-gone stallions.

But don’t get me wrong. This isn’t nostalgia. This isn’t retro. This is grunge after exile, stoner rock fed on glass and diesel, shoved forward by a hobo carrying a shotgun under its coat to blast you with bullets of doom. The guitars don't strum, they snarl! The drums don’t keep time, they summon storms. The vocals? Imagine a prophet who saw the end of the world and decided to front a band instead of starting a religion. That’s Wild Horse. And if he’s the preacher, then Black Horse and Lone Horse are the engine of the apocalypse, low end and thunder wrapped in kerosine and fire. 

And the title track? Emperor? It starts gentle, almost acoustic, almost beautiful, before it turns and bares its teeth like a wolf in the dark. The riff hits like a betrayal. The tones bite your neck. The whole song is a slow-motion fall from grace. You’ll want to hit the floor and stay there, just to make sense of it all. They get proggy. They get sludgy. Tarantula is a monster, a feedback-soaked wall of sound with bloodshot eyes. Stockholm is tight as hell, like a machine built by madmen. Iscariot sounds like Josh Homme fighting Jerry Cantrell in a dive bar, and both of them win.

And let’s talk about the production. It’s perfect because it isn’t. It’s raw, but huge. Polished, but never pretty. Like someone recorded this album inside a collapsing cathedral, surrounded by amplifiers the size of elephants. And then there’s Adios Maria, closing the record with flamenco flair like the ghost of some long-lost love waltzing through a war zone. Who ends a sludge-grunge-prog-doom album with a Latin guitar ballad? Appalooza do. Because they can. Because they feel with very fiber of their being they should.

Did you listen? Now go. There’s a mountain waiting for you. Where you can preach about Appalooza. Take The Emperor of Loss with you and play it loud enough to make your followers true believers, to scare the sins out of the infidels and turn that towering mountain into a trail of dust...

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Supernaughty – Apocalypso

 

 

Supernaughty – Apocalypso
Ripple Music – 2025
Rock, Stoner, Metal, Grunge
Rated: ****

They came in on the second spot of the August Doom Charts. And you could state without any qualms they’ve returned with a vengeance after their damn fine Temple album from 2020 not even charting for some weird and possibly insane reason! It’s Livorno, Italy’s very own Supernaughty and the old school rockers have called their new album Apocalypso! It’s their third release and first under the grand banner of Ripple Music. Known for channeling the spirit of classic stoner rock through a distinctly gritty, Mediterranean lens, Apocalypso is here to grunge that all up and propel you ever forward. Almost forty minutes of forward motion in fact, where they’ve refined their seemingly haphazard rock into a high-octane, fuzz-drenched ride that balances brawn with surprisingly compelling storytelling.

As opening track Poseidon commences you immediately hear the quartet tap into the DNA of desert and stoner rock, infusing it with a metal drive and a grunge attitude. The promo text name drops a few acts and you can indeed easily think of a mix that uses the sunburnt grooves of Kyuss, the whiskey-fueled swagger of Orange Goblin, and the melancholic edge of Alice in Chains. And then really mixes them all to produce one mighty Supernaughty sound. Familiar, yet fresh: a bit sludgy, fuzz-soaked riffs dripping with attitude, anchored by a rhythm section that pulses like a V8 engine in overdrive. And then there are the lyrics, which makes it all purr and typically Supernaughty. Veering off into wild territory, in the best way possible. Vocalist Angelo Fagni delivers tales that feel pulled from warped sci-fi comics, low-budget horror flicks, and introspective fever dreams, all wrapped in his unmistakably gritty, expressive delivery. There’s humor, paranoia, and you can even feel some raw emotion buried beneath the fuzz, as he visualizes whatever he sings about, and it works. Listening to third track Amsterdamned, realizing that someone outside of my native country might actually have seen that movie, and how they expertly translate the submerged menace, giving Jaws a run for its money, feels like a victory all on its own.

Production-wise, the record is tight without losing the raw edge that makes Supernaughty’s sound so visceral. Recorded and mixed in Italy by Nicola Giorgetti and Matteo Barsacchi (Mr. Bison), then mastered in Sweden by Karl Daniel Lidén (Dozer, Greenleaf), Apocalypso sounds massive, the kind of album that demands to be played extra loud, preferably while driving way too fast down a desert highway or the winding Italian coastal roads, dodging vespas and honking at everything and everyone. Supernaughty are on route to become a force in the European stoner scene, and with Apocalypso, they’re not just part of the scene, they’re leading the charge. This album ready for the road, this album is a fuzz-drenched triumph, soaked in swagger, sweat, and sci-fi weirdness. Supernaughty, a sexy ride from start to finish! 

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Warcoe – Upon Tall Thrones

 

 

Warcoe – Upon Tall Thrones
Ripple Music / Morbid and Miserable Records – 2025
Metal, Classic, Doom, Proto
Rated: *****

I might have passed by their houses. Drove passed their rehearsal place or the studio they recorded in when I travelled from the south of Italy to the north back in June. We actually stopped a night over near Cattolica and could have easily travelled to Pesaro to meet the three from Warcoe. Well, and perhaps we should have. Next year perhaps? But this year we could have been the first to hear the new tunes that made it to the Upon Tall Thrones album. A step forward once again for the Italian trio. Not just in songwriting and production. But also, because they signed to Ripple Music and Morbid and Miserable Redcords, and with the trust of those labels behind you, you know you are on to something big… Something that might make a splash… 

Upon Tall Thrones will be arriving on September 26th and the nine tracks and almost forty minutes of Warcoe will do wonders for all proto metal, doom metal and classic metal loving freaks out there. There’s so much of the tried and tested heaviness on here that it’s impossible to not to feel the jive and the groove of this beautiful doom record. But then there are those minute different touches. This is the spice of Upon Tall Thrones for me personally. The garage touch on Spheres with a guitar that reminds of Black Keys or Bud Spencer Blues Explosion or the Flame In Your Hand track that brings in something good out of the Dungeon Synth genre. Which isn’t easy in my humble opinion. Or Brown Witch, with its stoner trucking and grunge fuzzing. And the vocals throughout, drawling and slightly nasal, offer this minor cult element and turns every vocal moment into a ritual you will want to be a part off. There are so many ‘or’s’ and ‘and’s’ to sum up, cause even though I started with the remark that there is so much ‘tried and tested heaviness’ on this album, the Warcoe three class up every part of that. They’ve gobbled up all of their influences and sneaked them in here or there, giving every track that silver shining edge and the entire Upon Tall Thrones album something mercurial. Indeed, an album laced with mercury and unpredictable touches throughout. This will cause ripples for a very long time… 

(Written by JK)

Album drops on September 26th, but you can listen to two singles right now...




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Paralyzed – Rumble & Roar

 

 

Paralyzed – Rumble & Roar
Ripple Music – 2025
Rock, Seventies, Blues, Psych
Rated: ****

Their Heavy Road album ended up on Number 12 of the Stoner HiVe Top 20 Countdown of 2022 and we jotted down a few words about that third Paralyzed album right on the date it came out. We’re a few days late now for their new album Rumble & Roar, but at least we are here. And that’s where we want to be, rocking out with the four Germans and hearing them deliver another selection of heavy rocking, seventies inspired, blues based, psych rockers. This time around perhaps not the diesel blues variant, but more the desert inspired blues, surging through every composition that still vibrates at the perfect vintage pitch. And yes, sometimes or even often, we might assume vocalist Michael Binder to be the bastard son of Jim Morrison. But the music has drifted more away from The Doors and into heavier territory. And that is never a bad thing! Signed to the majestic Ripple Music label for this album the four turn their heavy blues into true hard rocking power. A lot of groove and boogie that keeps the energy flowing the right way, up until the middle track The Myth Of Love, serving as the perfect resting point to breathe, admire the guitar work and the scenery created by the Paralyzed four. Rumble & Roar is another thunder rocker and at those moments when the organ is allowed to flourish, punctuate and penetrate, it all becomes irresistible!

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Luna Sol – Vita Mors

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Luna Sol – Vita Mors
Ripple Music – 2024
Rock, Hard, Blues, Stoner, Punk
Rated: *****

Anything Angstrom is always amazing! He’s the A-lister, the string twister and the grooviest dude around. And perhaps not even that well known! But for those of you following the HiVe, you will know we’ve been addicted to Dave Angstrom from the first moment we came in touch with his music.  Which was way back before the little old Stoner HiVe blog came into existence and he was rocking out with Supafuzz. Since that time he’s been involved with many great projects and bands. And before Supafuzz there was more as well. And all of it is worth checking out. Even though you probably already know Hermano of course and I hope you know Asylum On The Hill. But we’re here to talk about his latest band Luna Sol that released it’s debut Blood Moon in 2015 and following Below The Deep in 2019. Both great hard rock and stoner rock records that bring forth all that Angstrom goodness. And that project has now given us their third album Vita Mors. Which in fact seems to harken back more to one of his first bands called Black Cat Bone than ever before. And it is out today! 

 

And mentioned just now, it harkens back more to their early days and the blues roots that inspired it all than we can possible express. The Luna Sol three branded their style as High Mountain Stoner Rock and there’s definitely stonerrock in there, and hardrock and classic rock and punk. But the overarching theme is always the blues. Kicking it off with Black Cat Callin’, it’s got that early ZZ Top, swinging blues groove, that kick and punch stuff. Guitar wailing, bass thumping and the signature Angstrom soaring vocals. It’s the best introduction this album could wish for, cause it condenses all that will come in one fell swoop! Introduction is a fun skit introducing the band to an empty bar, vocalized by Dave’s niece. Continuing on with Evil (Is On The Rise), majestic bass work, sublime drums and a guitar that has the track walking across a mountain range and into your heart immediately. Ever appearing like the reluctant vocalist, his voice on Bottom once again take center stage and shines, excelling in producing those catch phrases and certain words that make his voice’s character shine through. You will hear them throughout the Dave Angstrom discography, and whenever he uses words like Mojo, Doctor, Mountain, he’s got you cornered and you cannot help but submit. Leaf Hound’s Freelance Fiend is up next, and the ‘Brother John’ bassline is getting a life of its own on this rendition. And Angstrom’s vocals seem to get even better, digging up all the grit and spit, before letting his guitar do the talking. Emotionally biting Head In A Hole, with stories of betrayal, beautiful female background vocals and pristine instrumentation, with end dying away in a bit of a feedback wail. Another cover song comes next, Mountain’s Never In My Life, and yet another righteous rendition. After which we head over into more desert punk grooviness, yes, with Low ‘n Easy we enter Brant Bjork territory. That bass, those drums, the laidback, natural and flowing, groove. It centers the album, turns all that blues you heard before into even more of a necessary pulse. Blues, it’s always there, but used as an ode to good times, to fun, to musicianship and exploring those roots of yore. The fifteen songs exhuming soul at all times, I’ll Be Your One takes soulful, warm and radiancy up a notch. The guitar solo touching the heavens as the layered vocals come in again. Stunning. Noising and reverberating in, with an open can of whatever the guys were guzzling, is another standout track called Surrounded By Thieves. Playing example once again to what his voice does best and that guitar layering: Wowzah! And yes, those choppy drums, that crash and cymbal work, intense! They had fun these guys! It's obvious on many tracks. You could hear it there and you can hear it again when No Substitutions starts. Which is a builder, a stutter touched hard rocker, that feels like you were present at the recording. And together with Watch Our Skeletons Die and You Better Get Runnin’ they offer three steady closers, with fun and laughter. Before we get to the Outro (Thank You), vocalized by two of Dave’s grandchildren. The old secret song is dusted off by Time Moves On (With Space), for you have to enjoy seventeen minutes of silence before you get to the semi-acoustic, emotionally charged, contemplative and rustic, fireplace rocker. Wonderfully punctuated by a chorus of many voices and luscious keys work. And that concludes Vita Mors, another stunning addition to the Dave Angstrom discography. Luna Sol’s new incarnation featuring Zeth Pedulla on drums and Doug Tackett on bass brings you all the good and honest fun of blues roots explored. And as usual, there are many guest stars and family members adding their breath, sweat and love to, Vita Mors this wonderful heartfelt album…  

(Written by JK)

Listen to the three singles immediately, and be ready for the rest later today!!



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Luna Sol - Evil (Is On The Rise)

 

Luna Sol - Evil (Is On The Rise) 

The few crazy ones that have been following Stoner HiVe a bit, know how much we adore everything maestro Dave Angstrom does. We can't help it, it's almost like a bro-crush or something! So, when we finally heard there was new music on the horizon we jumped out of our pants with excitement! That's right! A new Luna Sol album is around the corner! Vita Mors is the title of the new album and will come at you, teeth barred, September 20th on Ripple Music. Can hardly wait! Luckily, we have second single Evil (Is On The Rise) to quench our thirst.

 

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High mountain stoner rock trio Luna Sol (fronted by Hermano guitarist David Angstrom) present the second track taken from their upcoming new album "Vita Mors", to be issued on September 20th via Ripple Music.

New single "Evil (Is On The Rise)" delves into themes of unease, darkness and despair, as well as a longing for liberation and renewal from the negativity that can overwhelm us. Drawing inspiration from the blues, frontman and guitarist David Angstrom skillfully tells this folklore with a sense of slyness, accompanied by a heavy beat that captivates listeners. The music video showcases the band's admiration and appreciation for Mexican culture and its celebration of life.
 

Luna Sol is a highly regarded high mountain stoner blues rock band led by veteran singer and lead guitarist David Angstrom, known for his work in bands such as Hermano, Asylum On The Hill, Black Cat Bone and Supafuzz. Now in its 14th year, the band is poised to deliver its finest album yet through Californian imprint Ripple Music.

To bring this vision to life, Angstrom enlisted the help of drummer Zeth Pedulla and bassist Doug Tackett. The trio's chemistry was immediate and undeniable. As the riffs began to flow, songs came to life and they decided to hit record to capture the beautiful heaviness they were creating together. From the onset, they all wanted "Vita Mors" to feel and sound live, pulling the listener into a small dive bar nestled in the mountains and filled with Marshall stacks, Les Pauls, a massive amount of drums and a wall of bass amps to shake the foundation.

"Vita Mors" highlights Angstrom's desire to evolve and explore new musical territory while staying true to his Southern Kentucky roots. Doug and Zeth create beautiful layers of fury in one breath while offering a divine delicacy in the next, a perfect foundation for Angstrom’s madness, stories, riffs and noise.

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Vitskär Süden – Vessel

 

 

Vitskär Süden – Vessel
Ripple Music – 2024
Rock, Prog, Psych
Rated: *****

They’re out there. The originals. The outsiders. The ones that will forever and always follow their own path. Damn the consequences. The cats that captain the Vitskär Süden tattered sails and barnacled ship, belong to that category. For if you’ve listened to their self-titled debut album and follow-up record The Faceless King, you could have easily imagined them going forth on soundtracking the fantasy world they’ve created in the dark progressive, dungeon noir sensory rich type of music they produced for those amazing two albums. But you can guess where that intro (and very long sentence) is leading up to. Here’s that obvious statement: the new album Vessel did not go that route. The fearful intensity of the songs turn the new Vessel record almost Biblical at times, horror themed, not in the hell-fire flashing before your eyes fashion, but in a dread below the placid water kind of way. H.P. Lovecraft to waltz with and move romantically through your magical hallucination. And where those earlier albums were full of imagery that were trust upon you, landscapes to traverse and to get familiar with, the new Vessel record feels like it’s meant to stay hazy, veiled and almost beyond your reach. Like that fabled veil that can only be lifted through dreams or death. And all that heaviness you might feel is offset by shining, at time almost lighter then air or exalted vocals, and thoughtful progressive compositions. The gradual procession steers towards pious ceremony, emotive and almost bursting with gravitas. There is so much space within each track, that you can hear every instrument breathe and place itself in context to where the song is leading you. Added touches of violin and cello in certain songs or the sheer amount of synth and piano offer up extremely rich instrumentation, without ever sounding cluttered. Cause we cannot state this enough, Vessel is wide, vast and open source progressive rock, there for you to fill in with your imagination. There’s no shortage in glorious moments, but it is the overall and total experience that is most captivating. There is a deliberate movement from each track into the next, and the full forty minutes of Vessel is the carrier that will whisk you away into the Vitskär Süden dream sequence.

(Written by JK)

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Vitskär Süden - R'lyeh

 

 

Vitskär Süden - R'lyeh

It premiered over on Outlaws Of The Sun a few days ago, the new Vitskär Süden single and video R'lyeh. It’s taken from the new album Vessel which demands to be heard by all and demands to be written about by all… And well, by me. Which will happen at one point in time. I am pretty sure. Cause we dug their first self-titled album and love The Faceless King. And when they go more eighties, even more cinematic and namedrop John Carpenter as influence, you bet your ass we’re digging Vessel! And R'lyeh! It’s out on Ripple Music another big reason to go check it out…

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Number 11

 

 

Number 11

Number 11 sits thirty points above Hail The Void on Number 12! And hell yeah, it is yet another Ripple Music release. The label is known for its quality releases but has managed to do this year after year. Perhaps even exceptionally so this year? And well, this must mean the man behind it all must have a good nose for the good stuff. And signing this Belgian outfit to be released on the American label had to be done. For this album takes you on a trip to and through California! Which is an immediate give away of course. But this entire album is a dead give away for the love these four crazies have for the stonerrock of yore. Well, we wrote about it when it was released and it has been on heavy rotation ever since. “Well, they make their destination obviously clear with the second track of their new album. But you’re already getting a nice tan, you already feel the warm wind and the sun burn, yes you already feel like you are in California, USA from the first opening seconds of opening track Cocaine Hippo. How does a Belgian band from the lovely, but usually grey and drizzling city of Ghent, sound so much like their American counterparts? As if they were born in the American desert, moved to the Californian seaside and became surf dudes as well as desert punks...”

On Number 11 we find…

Fire Down Below - Low Desert Surf Club

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