DOPETHRONE: A Portrait Photographs by Johnny Hubbard SMOKE!   DRINK!       DIE! HOCHELAGA by DOPETHRONE Shipwrecked Creatures    Dodging       Light….! BROKE SABBATH by DOPETHRONE Shot at the Portal in Lousiville, Kentucky on November 27th, 2024 by Johnny Hubbard (FB | IG ..read more

HIGH ON FIRE: A PORTRAIT Photographs by Johnny Hubbard Captured at the Mercury Ballroom on August 31, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~ By Billy Goate What is real and what is illusion? It’s a weird question to ask in a world where religion and superstition are relegated to the dusty relics of the past, swapped in favor of seemingly more concrete answers from science, industry, and technology. Yet here we are in this strange hall of mirrors where nothing is what it seems, as AI takes over more and more of the online space (now even music and visual media), making it increasingly difficult to scope out what’s real from what’s not – from the news to relationships. Add ubiquitous mind-altering chemi ..read more

By DoobSolo What’s heavy, fuzzy, and charging straight at you with the energy of an unchained berserker? It’s psychedelic doom four-piece ACID MAMMOTH from Athens, Greece! While blatantly (and admittedly) rooted in Black Sabbath and psychedelic culture, Acid Mammoth has had a unique and recognizable sound since their inception in the mid 2010’s, set apart by hypnotic witchy vocals, ear-bending leads, and beastly fuzzy riffs and rhythms that pound like a prehistoric megafauna caravan. In this interview, ride along with guitarist/vocalist Chris Babalis and D&S’ Doob Solo on an enlightening ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~ By Billy Goate Cover Artwork & Design Layout by Paweł “Miodek” Mioduchowski Continuing in the legacy of Sleep, BelzebonG, Dopethrone, Weedeater, and Bongripper, comes OCULTUM – not a new band, by any means. The Santiago three-piece outfit has been jamming dark, crunchy doom-laden vibes since 2009, with two albums already notched on the belt and a third on the way – released by no less a label than Heavy Psych Sounds. ‘Buena Muerte’ (2024) features the morbid, possessed, grave-stomping rhythm section of Ricardo Robles on drums and Pablo Cataldo on bass, the la ..read more

~By Doob Solo~ Keeping it low and slow, doomy duo CITIZEND has an eclectic style that echoes familiar ‘90s giants Neurosis, Alice in Chains, and Nine Inch Nails; while singer/guitarist Emil Gustavsson’s heavy-toned vocals invoke the depth and texture of Mark Lanegan and Tom Waits. Gustavsson and instrumentalist/producer Otto Nilsson collaborated with Mika Häkki (Monolord), Mattias Hagström (Sarah Klang), and Oliver Knowles (Snow Ghosts) to create Citizend’s “noirmericana” debut EP “The Spiral,” a gravitating auditory descent into humanity’s endgame, out on Majestic Mountain Records December ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~ By Billy Goate Cali stoner metal vets DEAR DECEASED stretch back into those exciting experimental days of the early 1990s, when they band broke away from a stereotypical corporate sound and got, well, grungy.. Everything got heavier, it seemed, and much, much more down to earth. Active in the San Jose area, Dear Deceased members went on to be involved in influential acts of the day. George Rice (rhythm guitar, bass) was the original bassist for High on Fire, for example, and Mitchell French (bass) fronted Operator Generator. Rounding out the group: the husky voc ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~ By Billy Goate Artwork by Laura Bennett There’s no denying the deep, groovy, doomy heavy rock vibe of WARLUNG on their new music video, airing the first single from their upcoming 5th studio album, ‘The Poison Touch’ (2025). Lyrics draw upon moments from the original Planet of the Apes movie (I’m talking the one from way back in '68), scripted by classic Twilight Zone writer Rod Serling: Beware the beast man, for he is the devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for sport or lust or greed. Ye, he will murder his brother to possess his brother’s land ..read more

You may have heard by now that RIPPLEFEST TEXAS is growing into the largest and most alluring festival in the doom/stoner scene, west of “The Pond.” In 2024, Lick of My Spoon Productions and festival wizard Ryan Garney organized about 40 bands to play three separate stages at two venues over four days, with no gaps and no overlap in the music. The 2025 edition of Ripplefest Texas is taking shape fast with big names like Unida, Left Lane Cruiser, Mos Generator, Fostermother and more on the bill and tickets are on sale now! Are you on the fence about attending? We’ve got the info you need right ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~ By Billy Goate Enter PRAETORIAN, a pummeling sludge quartet from Stevenage, in Hertfordshire, about 27 miles north of London. The band has been at it since 2015, with three EPs to their name, the most recent being A Deluge of Bad Faith in 2022. Now gearing up for their debut LP, Doomed & Stoned is bringing you a first listen to a song from the upcoming Molotov. In “Fear & Loathing in Stevenage,” the band captures a rotting slice of life. A portrait of bleakness and despair in contemporary England. Misery, isolation, confusion, hatred. It’s a tale told tha ..read more