Heavystoned Albums
Heavystoned Albums · 13.03.2025
We discovered RYR during the 2024 edition of Stoned from the Underground and in fact, the small tent stage was not the right stage for this broad and wide spread kind of music. Not in 2024. I have to quote my article: "Ryr's music is somewhere between doom, shoegaze, post-rock and ambient black metal, spiced up with a pinch of noise. The initially delicate structures of melodies and single notes were destroyed over the course of the songs by brutal riffs and volume, only to be carefully put...
Heavystoned Albums · 23.02.2025
This was my first experience with Motorpsycho. They played too long, so the following band Turbonegro couldn´t perform "Denim Demon". The last time I heard this kind of music on stage was Hawkwind in 1987 and since that, I´m fan of that band with no boundaries.
Heavystoned Albums · 10.02.2025
I have to admit that Berlin creates a lot of interesting bands. One of the latest are Icarus Burns, which I guess, I will hear and see them at Berlin´s Desertfest in 2025. Mintaur opens this sonic odyssey, flowing slowly with gentle psychedelic chords that take their time to reach their climax. The first two minutes give way to orthodox riffs that veer between stoner and heavy psychedelia. Following a path reminiscent of bands like Rotor, guitar solos bring us beautiful and exotic oriental...
Heavystoned Albums · 03.02.2025
I really like the instrumental parts of each every "Elder" song although they take about ten minutes. Surya from Cadiz, Spain, are the compact version of Elder playing organic and harmonic riffs with a warm tone between 3 and 8 minutes and they have a powerful voice which fits perfect to their music. The album starts with the instrumental ‘Evergreen River’ which eposes already all the facets of the upcoming album within two minutes. Without pause, the heavy riffs of ‘A Blazing Crusade’...
Heavystoned Albums · 29.01.2025
Hailing from Pirmasens, the German capital of shoe manufacturing, ZOAHR offering us a time and style capsule of early 70´s Prog Rock, jittery Detroit Blues drenched in a bit of Garage Rock, crowned by a clear and weightless voice. The opener "Endurance Race" is carried by a distorted leading bass. Not in the style of Lemmy's bass, but more like Chris Squire or Geddy Lee. The song lets you feel the tension of a long-distance race, the song never calms down and constantly pushes forward. A great...
Heavystoned Albums · 05.12.2024
Welcome back to the 70s and early 80s. Welcome back to the days when you could still listen to records in a record store as a teenager and the clerk would take the trouble to lift the tone arm and play each song for 30-60 seconds. You can't put anything more vintage on a Bandcamp page than the Italian band "Desert Collider" from Cecina. The opening track, *"Orphans of the Sky Part I: Generation Ship"*, kicks off with an atmospheric blend of tribal drumming, liquid bass, and synth whoops. It...
Heavystoned Albums · 30.11.2024
My friend Tomas, tour manager and Swiss Army knife of "Villagers of Ioannina City" sent me a Spotify link of his brother's band. He told me to take a listen. Then I go to Spotify and listen to this three-person symphony orchestra and am speechless at the countless layers of synthesizers and harmonies. The band name is the effect of how this effect is used to get a broad and dense sound with just a few instruments. The whole album seems like a concept album to me from the titles, as if you were...
Heavystoned Albums · 22.11.2024
Let’s set the stage: Sergeant Thunderhoof’s latest masterpiece dives headfirst into the mists of history, weaving myth and legend into a tapestry of heavy riffs and haunting melodies. For those who've skipped their British history classes, Badon Hill was the site of a legendary battle between native Britons (Celts) and invading Saxons. Fittingly, this album is steeped in the spirit of struggle, honor, and the echoes of ancient Somerset, the band’s home turf. The opener, "Badon", eases us...
Heavystoned Albums · 18.11.2024
The album kicks off with "In," a brief yet striking solo saxophone piece that sets the tone perfectly. It's swiftly followed by "Hallucination," where Red Scalp dives into a groove that quotes a bit of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" while also channeling the energy of a club track. Riff lovers, don’t despair—this track rocks, and it rocks even harder when the guitars drop in heavier, backing vocals that ooze with sneezing attitude. There’s an impressive amount happening in this song, and...
Heavystoned Albums · 16.09.2024
We, ze Germans, we primarily associate Palma de Mallorca with worn-out German stars who earn a little extra money on their pensions with drinking songs and other musical rubbish. The band Helevorn shows us that the best and finest melodic atmospheric doom comes from this sunny island. Paradise Lost should actually have sounded like this for umpteen albums. Especially when you consider that Nick Holmes roars old-school death metal with the Swedish band Bloodbath. "Inherit the Stars" radiates...