Heavystoned Albums · 18.07.2026

Justin Sullivan (New Model Army) characterized the French soul as follows during an announcement at Hellfest 2022: In France, only two things matter: Food and Love. What he forgot was that with both pillars of French society you need time for enjoyment to arise. The same applies to the French band “Voodoo Queen” and their new music video “Bright Cage”. When I first listened to it, the length of the instrumental passages bothered me because for me songs have to start after 15 seconds,...

Daily Peaks · 14.02.2026

For Swedes, it seems it's not difficult to make catchy rock music without pandering to musical role models, creating a sound that perfectly blends fuzzy stoner, kick-ass punk, and metal. And then I hear just 11 killer songs, including my absolute favorite, "Prayers of Fire," which seems to have come straight from the 80s: rock, metal, a touch of synth-pop, a catchy chorus, and the perfect drive for dancing and headbanging. It is what it is: something good doesn't need many words.

Daily Peaks · 31.01.2025

Maison Dieu hailing from Ancona, Italy and they sound like a jam between Karma to Burn´s riffing and drumming and Electric Wizzard´s riffing with Jex Thoth on vocals. Actually a lot of reasons to buy the record or their merch. The lyrics are a hermetic poem that speaks of the dialogue between the plant from which the song takes its name (Mandragola) and a person who tries to uproot it to extract the magical properties derived from the root, which is known to be shrouded in countless stories,...