Festivals · 24-07-2024
Finally! The report in german and english about the 2024 edition is online and again, thank you Stoned and Caligula666 and all the bands for this amazing festival. Some bands weren´t our cup of coffee, others were, so it is. Click on the flag for the report.
Daily Peaks · 20-07-2024
Egonomic is the AI-created Melodic Death Metal-project by Heavystoned, aka Nocebo. The lyrics were written in 2001 during personal issues and a trip to Egypt and were never played by my former bands. Now, SUNO reflected the mood of the lyrics and created a lot of songs out of them. One out of ten songs is quite close to perfection concerning structure, breaks and voice. Of course, SUNO is waiting for AI-music to install a streaming platform with songs created by user who don´t own the rights...
Daily Peaks · 03-07-2024
What do you expect, when a band is clever enough to blend Kyuss and Fu Manchu with the hypnotic riffin´ from Hawkwind? Yes, Psychlona and "Let´s go" could be a benchmark for their upcoming releases. Hailing from Bradford in the middle of Yorkshire, where you usually won´t expect some desert vibes, Psychlona found out the perfect balance between not being Heavy Metal and not being Blues and not being Rock. This is art and just in case why I put the tag "Driving Rock", there is the song put...
Unknown Pleasures · 29-06-2024
It is one of the most exotic mixes I have heard during my time with Heavystoned. After the first few notes, the listener feels transported to the Middle East, or rather to Turkey, because there are a few quarter tones that our western ears immediately recognize as foreign. Then two bands actually play next to each other, for example the oriental band plays in one rehearsal room and the psychedelic band plays in the other rehearsal room, and the listener stands between the two rooms. As the song...
Daily Peaks · 27-06-2024
I would actually listen to a lot more post-rock if the voice suited the music, the sound wasn't too mushy and the songs had a certain structure and thus recognition value. And then by chance an email comes from Bandcamp, suggesting 5 bands to me and one of them is Remina from New Zealand. This band really manages to create a cathedral of a transparent, clear sound that seems to float above everything despite all the heaviness. Responsible for this lightness is the fantastic voice of Heike...
Concerts & Tours · 11-06-2024
If you should miss these bands on one of the countless festivals, you will see them on another festival or in your local venue.
Daily Peaks · 11-06-2024
If tags don't seem to fit together at first glance, it could be that someone is trying to describe the British band Elephant Tree in a few terms. At first I thought that the band Travis had recorded a fuzzed metal album or that Fran Healey from Travis had moved to North Carolina to jam with a few local sludge bands. No, not any of those things, it's our favorite weirdos Elephant Tree. The previously released song "Try" sounds like you're being run over by a bulldozer driven by the...