Band: Endlingr Release: Tra Genre: Psychedelic / Post-Rock Country: Belgium Release Date: 27th of October, 2023 Released via Consouling Sounds It’s autumn. Fields are getting misty in the morning and going to work and coming home from in the dark becomes common practice. The mood drops in the same way the leaves are falling. Though those are colorful, that what is left behind is grey emptiness. Endlingr‘s newest album Tra falls exactly into that vein. Three meditations of slow, atmospheric Post-Rock with a slight note of Psychedelic. Clocking in around 48 minutes, this is one ..read more

Band: Qualm Album: Eden neben jedwedem Elend Genre: Psychedelic Doom Metal Country: Germany Release Date: 4th of February, 2021 Released via Self Released Cover Artwork © Qualm Since I saw a new release of the band Qualm during my weekly Bandcamp search, I first thought of the Black Metal band known to me, but these Qualm turned out to be a new Doom band from North Rhine-Westphalia, which I did not know yet. Due to the for the genre rather untypical virulent aesthetics, I have nevertheless interestingly listened to their debut album Ed ..read more

Artist: Ryte Album: Ryte Genre: Psychedelic Doom Country: Austria Release Date: 17th of January 2020 Released via Heavy Psych Sounds Cover Artwork © Heavy Psych Sounds, 2020 At the beginning of this year, Austrian four-man combo Ryte release their first debut album; four songs and 37 minutes of Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Rock, don’t let us talk too much but jump right into the review. The band starts off smoothly but with power in their first song “Raging Mammoth”. The first part of the song is a long and typical start for the genre, but it gets more playful later on. You can hear how the four ba ..read more

Artist: The Neptune Power Federation Album: Memoirs of a Rat Queen Genre: Rock from outer Space Country: Australia Release date: 30th August 2019 (digital release) Released via : Cruz Del Sur Music SRL Cover artwork © Cruz Del Sur Music SRL On the 2nd of March 2019 at 4:45pm I had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Neptune Power Federation came down to Hamburg, led by THE Imperial Priestess, who brought us her message. And damn, they even knew Motörhead. That was awesome. After this I was a believer. I believed and loved the music from outer space. It was the first time that their ship ..read more

Bands: Grave Bathers Release: Rock’n’Roll Fetish Genre: Psycho Doom Rock Country: USA Release Date: 5th of August, 2022 Released via Seeing Red Records Cover Artwork Seeing Red Records Okay guys, YES, I’m talking to you, you Grave Bathers!!! What the hell is wrong with you? You put a 90 seconds drum solo into your second song “Brain Thief” on your debut “Rock’n’Roll Fetish“? Furthermore there are these fuzzy guitars, dozens of heavy, high-driven riffs and licks… on each damn song. Are you crazy? I had a really hard nightshift, just want to drink my beers and relax and then… T ..read more

Band: Methadone Skies Album: Retrofuture Caveman Genre: Post-Rock, Doom Country Romania Release Date: 7th of May, 2021 Released via Self Released Cover Artwork © Methadone Skies I read the bio of bands with a lot of interest, especially during the global pandemic. This issue bothers every one of us in different ways. Some bands stopped being productive, other bands produce a lot of new stuff or try something new in new ways. Methadone Skies are not wasting any time and produced a new album after the 2019 release Different Layers of Fear. The first song “Retrofuture Caveman ..read more

Artist: Elder Album: Omens Genre: Psychedelic Rock Country: Germany (Berlin) / US (Massachusetts) Release Date: 24th of April, 2020 Released via Stickman Records Cover Artwork © Stickman Records Elder started as a classic Stoner Rock / Sludge Metal band. In the course of the last releases, but at the latest since the penultimate album Lore, a development more towards Space / Psychedelic / Progressive Rock took place and the arrangements often exceeded the 10 minutes significantly. With the EP The Gold & Silver Sessions from 2019, more keyboard / piano and analogue elect ..read more

Artist: Rainbows Are Free Album: Head Pain Genre: Psych Doom Rock Country: USA Release date: 29th November, 2019 Released via Argonauta Records Cover artwork © Argonauta Records, 2019 It’s 5:30 in the morning. I just got up. So I feel right between being awake and falling asleep again. My stomach says “No coffee, please,” so I made a tea – some herbal infusion. Now I sit on my couch listening to the Head Pain – not mine, but the one Rainbows are Free brought us. RAF, as they are shortened, are a quintet from Norman, Oklahoma in the US, 35km away from Oklahoma City. In Norman, we can find the m ..read more