Heavystoned Albums · 01.10.2025

The roaring annoys me the most of the sludge and hardcore bands, and you don't understand the texts. So why sing or roar? Let's remember that Sludge is actually a very groovy mix of blues and hardcore and let us play this mix with a feeling of rhythm that only Brazilians can get. Be it Sepultura or Chico Science and even Krisiun grooves despite all the brutality. Madbong´s EP just takes 17 minutes of grooving and positively swinging brutality, which is actually a contradiction itself. Madbong...

Daily Peaks · 30.09.2025

The tags only partially capture the style of this Spanish band from Malaga, as they seem to incorporate all the styles of the '90s into one song. Interestingly, this song was released in January 2025, but only just appeared in my Bandcamp algorithm. Vic de Wee's vocals have a very unique style, one that doesn't pander to any of the iconic '90s voices. Behind it, four guys are really pumping up the pace, relentlessly pushing this bastard of a song forward. You can dance to it, pogo, or even bang...

Heavystoned Albums · 25.09.2025

Sit in the car, choose Bonetower on your playlist, press Play and Repeat and make a nice day cruising. And I swear to you, that goes on both the blocked German motorways as well as in Spanish deserts and steppes. Yes, I've already tried it. This music is actually created in the head with this music. You automatically carry a dusty Ray Ban sunglasses, you get an enormous thirst for the cold bearing beer and at the next petrol station you will fill tens of gallons into your tank just to not end...

Comments & Stories · 22.09.2025

Actually, I can't play a guitar; I tuned it to grab power chords or open chords with a finger. I can play bass rather, more like Lemmy, so rather a deep rhythm guitar. So far I have made all the music that I could make alone or with a band; Hardcore Punk, Stoner, Café del Mar or 70's rock. For music that I wanted to do, but could not do it purely craftsmanship, I took the AI to help and the result was the Egonomic project. Now Suno has set up a new function in which you can download stems. In...

Daily Peaks · 20.09.2025

DÖ from Finland made my playlist immediately, as did their fellow countrymen Black Royal. The two bands together would be a dream lineup. It certainly wouldn't be noodle music, with infantile 50- to 60-year-olds jumping around to it. It's death doom, with just the right tempo without being annoying, yet still make you want to bang your head. The two songs also strike the perfect balance between being truly pissed off and having good hooks and riffs. I don't need to ramble any further;...

Heavystoned Albums · 19.09.2025

Every day, my Bandcamp algorithm sends me interesting new bands from all over the world that I probably won't see at festivals or concerts in the next 25 years. They're either from Canada, New Zealand, or Chile, or they're one-man projects, or they come from a country with a relatively small music scene, like Spin the Skull from Portugal. The cover of their eponymous debut album reminded me of the numerous crust, hardcore, and D-beat bands I listened to in the 80s, and I immediately pressed...

Unknown Pleasures · 17.09.2025

You don´t need Rammstein´s fireworks or Trent Reznor´s depression to create an intense and danceable music with dark and heavy vibes and rhythms. The French duo Joachim Blanchet on keys, programming and voice and my friend Job Trunel (Tagada Jones, Le Bal des Enragés) on drums manage to create a scary and obscure soundtrack for your upcoming Halloween-party, on which you don´t have to disguise yourself, just put the upcoming album of FauxX and everybody get scared and get on the dance...

Festivals · 16.09.2025

Thanks to an invitation from the non-profit association "La Boite en Métal," we spent two days in the beautiful town of Crest, located in the heart of the Dròme department, where the fifth edition of the "Bridge to Hell" festival took place. In 2024, this festival also served as a warm-up for Hellfest, and the lineup reads like a who's who of the French metal scene. All the hottest bands except Gojira played there, and in addition to local and French bands, big names like this year's...

Daily Peaks · 10.09.2025

Music created with AI still has a stigma among musicians: the musician didn't create it themselves; the machine rolled the dice, only certain patterns are repeated, and the individual instrumental tracks often sound like digital garbage and Ai will do my job one day. In this Bulgarian project, the drummer seems somewhat limited to me, or the AI constantly repeats the same rolls and fills. I know this because I also play hybrid rock, where the skeleton of the song is made up of AI-generated...

Daily Peaks · 01.09.2025

This song feels like a Scott Barrett or Richie MacCaw tackle. And as a rugby fan, I'm not exaggerating. A very powerful, forward-moving song, bellowed with all the facets of Matthew Hyde's voluminous voice, which feels like the All Blacks are celebrating a haka a meter in front of you. And us in Europe? We see Earth Tongue from New Zealand four times a year, but so far, no Beast Wars in sight. I'm praying to Matte from SOL that he brings this fantastic band to Europe for a few festivals.