Festivals · 12.06.2026
L'origine de ce festival remonte à une initiative du maire, qui organisa une fête de la bière pour les brasseries locales. La musique s'y ajouta, et Bocksons (Bock pour Bockbier & sons, Pluriel de son) était né. Avec une dizaine de bières locales différentes proposées, il fallait au moins autant de stands de restauration pour les déguster pleinement. La nourriture était délicieuse ; en tant que Bavarois, on a parfois certains préjugés sur les bières étrangères, préjugés...
Festivals · 16.04.2026
L'équipe de « Heavystoned » tient à remercier François pour son invitation à ce festival emblématique. Le BetiZfest existe depuis plus de 20 ans et certains groupes y ont joué plusieurs foix. Pour nous, ce fut un véritable choc culturel. D'abord, voir plusieurs générations faire la fête ensemble, sans aucun problème ni inhibition. Ensuite, constater qu'un festival, ou son organisateur, ne prélève pas 30 à 40 % des bénéfices du merch, comme c'est le cas en Allemagne. Ce qui m'a...
Concerts & Tours · 02.03.2026
Ich kenne Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU), weil ich Werne und Oli seit 1986, 1987 kenne. Nun sah ich die Band einen Meter vor mir und ich brauchte den folgenden ganzen Tag, um von dieser Power wieder auf mein Ü50-Level zu kommen. Was war passiert? CBU schaffen es, die Brutalität von Heresy, Extreme Noise Terror und Discharge mit der Stringenz von ZEKE zu kombinieren, um 40 Lieder ohne Pause hintereinander spielen zu können. Konsequent waren alle drei Bands; Off Dead spielten klassischen Hardcore mit...
Festivals · 29.01.2026
The name of this festival in Cambrai comes from the local delicacy called "Bêtises". These are very sweet, very colorful and very varied candies, which are also mentioned in the Asterix volume "Tour de France". “Bêtises” means stupidities and so the origin of the festival name would be clarified. This festival has been around since 2003 and the line-ups read like a who's who of the French metal and punk scene. The 10 bands of this year´s lineup present also 10 different brands of music,...
Heavystoned Albums · 14.11.2025
Thanks to Mona from All Noir, who brought this band to our attention through promo, and yes, this is a band for whom boundaries exist to be torn down; everything fits together in a seemingly contradictory way, be it hard riffs, thrash metal, syncopated rhythms, dreamy acoustic moments, sometimes even within a single song. Each song is a 3-6 minute mixtape in itself, and the whole album even more so. Every song and the entire album is a coherent whole, and yes, this is the first album in a long...
Daily Peaks · 06.11.2025
We first met Curt in 2017, shortly after his release from prison. We saw him four times with Zeke, and now, seven years later, he's back with the ultimate Seattle answer to High on Fire. Okay, Dirty Old Buzzard is dominated by rock 'n' roll and a certain FOAD attitude. The opener, "Bag of Nails," kicks off in true Motörhead style—pure snotty rock—which is then followed by "Death Becomes Your Dying Wish," a song more in the doom or sludge vein, a pretty furious track with annoying...
Daily Peaks · 03.10.2025
The Scottish trio reduces all the hassle of actual music to speed, power, and somewhat meaningless lyrics, and then the song kicks in after a short intro, breaks your neck after two minutes, and you're left wondering: why isn't there more from this band, or rather, more music like this? Especially when even hardcore bands are now trying to write complex songs? Hey, it's 1, 2, 3, 4, and then the band is going to blow you, the listener or spectator, to the back wall of the venue, and afterwards...
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...
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...