Duskhead – The Messenger

 

Duskhead – The Messenger
Self-released – 2025
Rock, Hard, Stoner, Southern
Rated: ***

The fabled Roadburn Festival is just around the corner. And so is the Roadburn Offroad part of the festival, held at different venues, nooks and crannies of lovely Tilburg. One of those spots is Little Devil, which will welcome the travelers as of Tuesday. But the live music will start on Thursday, April 17th with Mantra Machine and Duskhead. For Duskhead it will be a special night, cause its their first gig in a long time and the presentation of their new four track EP, The Messenger. And we are here to tell you that it’s a night you should not miss and an EP worth every second of your attention. It’s the follow-up to their Thousand Eyes EP from 2014. That’s right, eleven years ago! But of course, the members rock(ed) out in other bands and those bands took precedence. Back then. It might also have caused two of them to depart Duskhead and guitarist Elmer Meijers from The Grand Astoria to join the ranks. The two Tank86 crazies are still there and since that band has gone on an indefinite hiatus, they can now concentrate on Duskhead as a trio. Four songs that move and sway through the stoner rocking landscape, implore a southern touch and a lot of spirit. Bluesy and catchy, for the most part their hardrock has a minor punk influence here and there but always marries a sharp edge with melodicism and powerful with dynamics. And that gives you fifteen minutes of damn exciting, good ol’ rock ‘n roll!

(Written by JK)

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Yes. I know. We depicted a tree for this Three of Tuesday post. But Stoner HiVe likes to rustle the feathers and mix things up. And for the Three of Tuesday we will try and something different on occasion. We unfortunately did it only once; but now Shastabeast has gone and stirred up the pot! In a big way, cause he highlighted four instead of three releases… That dirty beast! Check out what he has to say about the awesome [addicted label] from Russia and a few of their releases! Heeeere's Shasta!

And now for something a little different. In the burgeoning underground scene of Russian Federation, [addicted label] has been a one stop shop for all things heavy since 2011, dealing in experimental noise, acid psych jams, sludge, and everything in between. Highlighted below are just a few choice parts of the well curated catalog, with plenty more to dig into.

Juice Oh Yeah - Sila Vselennoy

Juice Oh Yeah! This is eerie, mystical garage doom with psyched out Sabbath roots, drawing you into some dangerous yet groovy ritual. A different and attention grabbing take on bluesy doom.

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Pressor - Weird Things

Brutal weighted sludge with a weird, spacey edge to it. Pressor's wall of sound is mercilessly crushing.

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The Grand Astoria - Punkadelia Supreme

A frenetic, unpredictable, and totally unique melting pot of stoner rock, psych, folk, southern rock, and more. The Grand Astoria's endless creativity is akin to the likes of Caustic Casanova and King Gizzard.

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Pressor/Diazepam/Soom - Split

A perfectly filthy split of doomed sludge. Pressor flattens all in its path with ten ton riffs, Diazepam brings utter madness with sickly distortion and paint peeling vocals, and Soom's plodding tone is so low it's subterranean.

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And do you remember, chalk hearts melting on the playground wall.. Errr.. Sorry, we meant, do you remember Megalith Levitation or Disen Gage ?! Both addictive and [addicted] as well!