~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~ By Billy Goate Album artwork by ADB It’s been just a minute since we featured a new band from Portland, Oregon, where we began our landmark compilation series back in 2014. I can say there’s nothing more exciting than visiting venues like Dante’s, World Famous Kenton Club, The High Water Mark, Star Bar, and a plethora of other metal bars and encountering acts as electric as the one before us. Coming out into the chilly air afterwards at one, two in the morning, walking buzzed down damp, sleeping streets, and feeling the psychological reverb of what you’ve just ex ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~ By Billy Goate Y'all know by now that I’m a sucker for a good conceptual album, one that really tells a story through interlocking songs and immersive ideas. Whether that be more mainstream examples such as Mastodon’s Crack the Skye, subterranean classics such as Sleep’s Dopesmoker and Slomatics Strontium Fields, or lesser known gems like Underground by Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children Of The Knight. There are actually more sci-fi and fantasy albums in the stoner-doom scene than one might expect, and an album that does it well is worth remembering. Hailing ..read more

THE DOOMED & STONED SHOW ~Season 10, Episode 4~ Since its inception, this podcast has followed the Doom Charts, with hosts Billy Goate (editor, DoomedandStoned.com), John Gist (Vegas Rock Revolution), and Bucky Brown (The Ripple Effect) – all contributing members of DoomCharts.com. In this episode, we’re reintroduce you to some of the bands and releases you may have overlooked in the busyness of the New Year, so we’re going all the way back to January’s chart for a very eclectic mix of psychedelic, stoner, and heavy rock, with plenty of downtuned action and doom sprinkled into the mix ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned~ By Billy Goate It’s rare to have so big an ensemble in a doom metal band, which makes six-member crew THEY WATCH US FROM THE MOON doubly exciting to witness as a live act. The Lawrence, Kansas act matches sick downtuned doom-stoner riffs, rumbling bass, and stalwart drumming with dual female vocals, which gives their sound an elevated atmosphere that’s at once entrancing and spine-tingling. Today, Doomed & Stoned brings you the world premiere of the stargazing new music video “Space Angel,” a song which has been one of my personal favs from Cosmic Chronicles, Act I ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned~ By Billy Goate We get a kick out of introducing you to new bands here at Doomed & Stoned, not that this band is really new per se. Swedish punk rock supergroup YOUNG ACID are all set to release ‘Murder at Maple Mountain’ (2024) next month and today we reveal to you the third and final single, in the form of an intriguing new music video written and directed by Fred Burman (from Satan Takes A Holiday). And what makes them a supergroup, you ask? Well, get a load of this line-up:   • Mio Hällagård - Vocals (Greenleaf)   • Mio Stjernfeldt - Guitar (Grand Cadav ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned~ By Billy Goate Some years back, we introduced you to progressive sludge foursome COROZA from Cork, Ireland. Tom Hanno wrote an excellent review of their debut LP, ‘Challiceburner’ (2019), in which he lauded the band for their “heavy, heavy riffing and huge tone.” The band also contributed a track to our compilation Doomed & Stoned in Ireland before the pandemic. In the years since, Coroza has earned a reputation as a firebrand live act. Today, Doomed & Stoned brings you brand new material from Coroza with the single “Scorched Earth,” an apocalyptic number from t ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~ By Billy Goate It’s good to have new sounds from MOOCH. We introduced you to the three-piece Québec heavy rockers back in 2020, with the premiere of their #4 Doom Charts ranking LP Hounds, which also happened to be recorded with desert rock pioneer Brant Bjork of Kyuss and Fu Manchu fame. Now the team of Ben Cornel (guitar, vox), Julian Iac (bass) and Alex Segreti (drums) are back, after delivering a fantastic cover of Nirvana’s “Something in the Way” earlier this year. “Hangtime” is a bluesy, pulse-pounding number that’ll really get your day going (or help you r ..read more

Doomed & Stoned Debuts By Billy Goate Austin, Texas rockers DUEL can always be counted on for one hell of a good time. They made an appearance on Doomed & Stoned in Texas awhile back and are pushing ten years as a firestarting act. Now the band reveals fresh sounds from their upcoming studio album, ‘Breakfast with Death’ (2024), with a new song: “Satan’s Invention.” Rumbling rhythms meet commanding vocals, with addictive riffs and Sabbath overtones on this ripper of a single. The album promises to flex a “heavier and faster side of Duel” with every song “a beer soaked banger.” If this ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned~ By Billy Goate Today, we’re taking a chance on a new entrant into the crowded field of stoner-psychedelic rock, a three-piece from California that’s a bit of an enigma. The members of STONED SPACE are all anonymous, “a mysterious collective of cosmic voyagers” hailing from somewhere in California “with a love for mind-bending riffs and pulsating rhythms.” Coming down the pike is their debut record, ‘I’ (2024) – seven tracks each designated with a Roman numeral. They’d prefer for us to give them our own titles, I suppose, letting sound pique the imagination. Each of the ..read more

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~ By Billy Goate We introduced you to TEMPLE OF THE FUZZ WITCH in our compilation Doomed & Stoned in Detroit and the band subsequently played Ohio Doomed & Stoned Festival in 2019. Now past the pandemic years, the band’s sound has matured and evolved to encompass frightening black metal textures, in addition to the stalwart doom sound they forged in the beginning. On their third LP ‘Apotheosis’ (2024), Temple of the Fuzz Witch execution is nothing short of tight, demonstrating an uncanny penchant for conjuring apocalyptic atmospheres. Every member of the te ..read more