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Vegetarians and vegans won't like what's on today's musical menu: Steak. Now, with a name like that I expect some thick, meaty riffs and Steak sure fill me up. The four rock chefs from the U.K. have cooked up some tasty slabs of stoner beef on their new ep, Disastronaught . It has flavors from some of my favorite groups like Fu Manchu, Monster Magnet and Clutch. "The Butcher" is probably my Porterhouse when it comes to Steak. It's one of my favorite cuts here and there's a lot of damn meat. "Machine" [...]

Heavy Blanket Heavy Blanket Outer Battery Records Maybe you were listening to an old Dinosaur, Jr jam like "Sludgefeast," "The Wagon," or "Out There" and you thought to yourself, "Man, J Mascis is the greatest shredder ever. What if he put out an album of just guitar solos?" Well, with Heavy Blanket, you get that album of all J Mascis all the time, plus a little bass and drums. And yes, it is some magnificent shredding, and you can pick your favorite comparison from the following: [...]

Thought Torche's stomping grounds are firmly rooted in loud rock and metal, the band's latest album is so bright, catchy, and sweet, even the most biggest of metal cynics can get something out of it. WATCH THE REVIEW

A one-sided 12" from this Chicago group who like to get weird and with that leads down a big path of unpredictability and confusion. If there is one loose thread that somehow ties these five songs together is that the songs are often laced with stoner type riffs and fuzz along with it carrying a very Chicago math-rock vibe. From song to song though, Wishgift are pretty much all over the map after you separate that from their overall sound. Sometimes focused on more full bore rock n' roll mode, sometimes prog-rock, sometimes just [...]

El fin de semana pasado, Snoop Dogg tuvo una presentación muy fuera de lo común en el festival Coachella 2012, presentándose con el holograma del fallecido Tupac (medio escalofriante). Obviamente la presentación dio la vuelta al mundo como sin duda lo hará su nuevo video. Previo al segundo fin de semana en Coachella, Snoop Dogg estrenó el video para "Stoner's Anthem" (track perteneciente al Stoner EP ) y bueno, no hay mucho qué decir al respecto, es 100% Snoop Dogg. Chéquenlo acá abajo, a ver [...]

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. . . The phrase "power metal" is the worst misnomer since Pussy Galore in Goldfinger . It has come to define a genre of nutless Euro bands, slicker than pig shit and about as memorable. In a just world, High On Fire is power metal. They wield strength- a sheer force that eludes so many of their peers. Motörhead had it, Slayer had it, and now Matt Pike and Co. carry the torch forward on their sixth full-length De Vermis Mysteriis . While some fans and critics (not this one) were put off [...]

Although it's probably safe to say that sludge metal quartet Torche has been heading in a progressively more pop-inflected direction throughout the past few years, that's not to say that they have sacrificed ambition as a result. On "Reverse Inverted," the second track to drop from the band's upcoming LP, the band proves this by combining frontman Steve Brooks' catchy vocal approach with riffs that experiment with unconventional time signatures. One of the track's strongest moments comes with the closing riff, which sees the band lock into a relentlessly engaging groove, then introduce a particularly euphoric guitar melody that carries [...]

With all the brouhaha regarding summer outdoor festivals, we somewhat neglected a springtime indoor one that's taking place on our very doorstep - DesertFest . Today is the third and final day of the first London incarnation of the festival, where more than 50 stoner, doom, spacerock and sludge bands have been giving the foundations of Camden Town a solid shake-up. If - like us - you had to miss this year's festival, you can at least console yourself with the Spotify Slaylist we've made in the festival's honour. [...]

Fisting - unmastered by Bongripper Chicago metal outfit Bongripper deals in all things heavy. If it's a style of rock that features heavy riffs, and tons of bass, the band has probably indulged in it at some point across the five albums its released since '06. The group has just released a new unmastered single on its Bandcamp titled "Fisting," and the track has a pretty climatic progression. It all starts with a noisy, ominous drone. Eventually, doom-bringing riffs start pounding away in the mix just before the band breaks into blast beats and [...]

High On Fire returns with an abrasive set of songs, and a crushing new sound thanks to producer Kurt Ballou. WATCH THE REVIEW

Quando li intervistai prima di un concerto circa otto mesi fa, non potei esimermi dal chiedere se con un nome così non avrebbero rischiato di illudere chi li sentiva la prima volta e naturalmente si attendeva una sorta di Massive Attack ferraresi. Evidentemente non era la prima volta che ponevano loro questa domanda o hanno voluto darmi soddisfazione, fatto sta che i Dubby Dub hanno deciso di rendere chiaro fin dal titolo del loro nuovo lavoro che il dub per loro non è proprio di casa. Tre chitarre ed una batteria sono [...]

Conan Monnos Burning World 02 April 2012 by Tom Dare Just as thrash comes in degrees of ridiculously fast, the doom/stoner metal bands come in various shades of galactically heavy. Conan are from the end of that spectrum where you literally (in the correct, non- Redknappian use of the word) fear for your speaker cones. You'll probably have to turn their new album Monnos down a touch after your stereo begins to emit some worrying noises. [...]

. . . On Monday of this week we began a 3-part series of micro reviews of releases that we were listening to in February. Part 3, T through Z, will publish on Friday. View Part 1, A through M — Richard Street-Jammer . . . Nekromantheon – Rise, Vulcan Spectre Thrash from hell by way of Norway. Ripping! — Aaron Lariviere [ MySpace ] [...]

This 10-minute monster is a track from the new Pharaoh Overlord album, Lunar Jetman . It's out now via Sige . "Rodente" comes on slow with a simple beat and dark bassline, but it eventually swells into an acid trip of guitar leads of all shapes, sizes, and colors. From high-pitched to heavy as hell, it's all here.

MP3 Pallbearer is one of doom metal's newest faces, and was recently turned onto them by NPR Music . You can actually stream the band's debut studio album, Sorrow and Extinction , right here . Though I continually catch flak for enjoying metal-from both fans and haters of the genre-it's a drug I just can't quit. Sorry, y'all. I'm passionate about the stuff, so you can imagine how distraught I was to find that my favorite albums of 2011 list was almost devoid of anything from the world of doom metal. [...]

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Though the second installment of Angels of Darkness, Demons of light fixes some of the issues I had with the first, I can't seem to shake this incredibly strong feeling of musical deja vu. WATCH THE REVIEW

STALLONE by Stallone When guitarist Juan Montoya left the stoner metal group Torche, my heart sank a bit. His playing is part of what attracted me to the group, and I've been wondering if I'd ever come across it again. Well, I can now praise the stoner/sludge/doom metal gods, because Montoya has assembled a new group, Stallone, and they've got a new, free self-titled EP out on their Bandcamp . The recording on these three tracks isn't stellar, but the message and the heaviness comes across pretty well. The monstrous [...]

Ci si potrebbe scrivere un libro su tutti i gruppi rock – passati e presenti – che hanno nella ragione sociale l'aggettivo "Black": i Black Spiders sono quindi gli ultimi di una lunga lista. Inglesi di Doncaster, fanno parte di quella schiera di bands moderne ( Airbourne, The Answer, Graveyard, Rival Sons, solo per dare alcune coordinate) dedite a riscoprire e rivitalizzare le radici del Classic Rock, creando un impasto potente e testosteronico di Hard Rock, Punk, Southern e Stoner. Roba che in Inghilterra, appunto, sta andando parecchio forte: qui da noi un po' meno, forse perché [...]

. . . The fact that Corrosion of Conformity's new album is self-titled makes perfect sense. Thirty years into an expansive and rollercoaster career, Corrosion of Conformity is less a sneer at missing link Pepper Keenan and more a statement about what the band has become. They've done the major label song-and-dance and survived, and markedly changed musical directions more than once, but fans have embraced them throughout it all. Reaction to news of the original trio recording an album was varied, from "It's gonna be Animosity part two!" to "No Pepper? Fuck that." [...]