I was a big fan of this French outfit’s second album,Whispering Wild Stories, which came out over four years ago, back in 2011. Their sound melds the stoner grooves of Fu Manchu with some harsh sludge vocals reminiscent of Eyehategod—and while it sounds like an odd combo at first, it actually[…]
Hailing from Finland, LOWBURN are an impressive band able to blend the pure stoner rock frenzy to the doomier as well as more psychedelic fields. Formed by BATTLELORE members Tomi Mykkänen and Henkka Vahvanen, LOWBURN born as a band since the very first jams, recruiting Miika Kokkola and Tommi Havo (replaced by Tommi Lintunen in the[…]
OBESE (Holland) is crunchy, catchy, powerful and above all heavy as hell. Bringing the groove back into stoner and feeding your appetite with fat tunes that will leave you hungry for more. The weight and thickness of sound is being explored one track at a time: corpulency never felt that[…]
Formed between Montpellier and Sète in 2003, DENIZEN released a first demo/EP and the first demo/album “Far From Common Strategy” in 2006. Now, after two albums – “Snatches into Uproar” (2009) and “Whispering Wild Stories” (2011) – the band is ready for the come-back with their stunning fourth album “Troubled Waters”,[…]
TOVARISH is the new exciting name in the ARGONAUTA Records family! Based in Providence, Rhode Island (USA) and combining dark ambient electronics, metal guitars and excruciatingly inhuman vocals, Tovarish explore themes such as bio-terrorism, man-made disasters and paranoia. Glacially-paced, cold, and depressive, their music challenges listeners with dense, aleatory textures offering only fleeting[…]
OBESE – Kali Yuga FILE UNDER: STONER SLUDGE METAL cat. #: REX26 Release date: June 1st, 2015 OBESE hail from Holland, they are authors of a crunchy, catchy, powerful and above all heavy as hell sound! Bringing the groove back into stoner and feeding your appetite with fat tunes that will[…]
NIBIRU – Padmalotus FILE UNDER: PSYCH RITUAL SLUDGE cat. #: REX25 Release date: May 18th, 2015 Since their inception in 2012, NIBIRU gave vent to their ritualized improvisation urge. They totally refused the concept of ordinary song form, leaving their energy flow, and channelling that into live recordings. In Fall 2014NIBIRU signed to[…]
NIBIRU – Netrayoni FILE UNDER: PSYCH RITUAL SLUDGE cat. #: REX02RE Release date: May 18th, 2015 “Imagine BONG jamming with UFOMAMMUT and that is only a glimpse of what to expect on this psychedelic journey into the unknown”. The Sludgelord
NIBIRU – Caosgon FILE UNDER: PSYCH RITUAL SLUDGE cat. #: REX01RE Release date: May 18th, 2015 “Caosgon is a stunning album that will astound you with its heavy psychedelic riffs and tribal chanting based vocals”. The Sludgelord
TOVARISH – This Terrible Burden FILE UNDER: DRONE DOOM NOISE cat. #: REX24 Release date: May 4th, 2015 Based in Providence, Rhode Island (USA) and combining dark ambient electronics, metal guitars and excruciatingly inhuman vocals, TOVARISH explore themes such as bio-terrorism, man-made disasters and paranoia. Glacially-paced, cold, and depressive, their music challenges[…]