STONERHEAD FESTIVAL 2015

GET READY FOR THE FIRST 

STONERHEAD

LET GROOVE YOUR BRAINS 2 NIGHTS

FESTIVAL 

2015

Das Festival "Stonerhead let groove your brains 2 nights” geht in die erste Runde und präsentiert euch am 4. Und 5. September das härteste Spektakel des Jahres in der besten Konzertlocation Salzburgs. 

In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Rockhouse Salzburg sind wir stolz euch zwei verschiedene Bühnen mit einer großen Auswahl an nationalen, sowie internationalen Acts anzubieten, welche euch mit einem einzigartigen Mix aus Stoner Rock, Sludge, Doom, Stoner Metal und Psychedelic Rock um den Verstand bringen werden.

Seit Februar wurde das Lineup langsam veröffentlicht und wird bald zu seinem grandiosen Ende finden. Auch die Early Bird Tickets stehen sehr bald zum Verkauf, also breitet eure Flügel aus und holt euch eins bevor es zu spät ist. Die Nachfrage ist groß! 

The festival “Stonerhead let groove your brains 2 nights” goes into the first round and wants to offer you from the 4th until the 5th of September the heaviest event of the year at the greatest concert location in Salzburg. In cooperation with the Rockhouse Salzburg we are proud to provide you two different stages and a huge variety between national and international acts which will blow your minds away with a perfect mixture of Stoner rock, Sludge, Doom, Stoner Metal and Psychedelic Rock.

Since February the lineup has been announced slowly and will soon be complete. Also the early bird tickets will be available for you soon. So spread your wings and catch your ticket. The request is enormous.

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...WOLVPACK

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM

DRONE/AMBIENT
USA

2014 will see the release of Celestite, an instrumental, experimental companion record to Celestial Lineage. Celestite sees the band take a deeper excursion into the crystalline synthesizer-driven domains that have long intrigued them. With the aid of producer Randall Dunn, the band unearthed a hidden soundscape that is only loosely tethered to their familiar sound, yet is still unmistakably the work of Wolves in the Throne Room.

Celestite will be the inaugural release on the band’s new label, Artemisia Records, which will be their outlet for future releases.

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"Experimental" is just a word but Wolves in the Throne Room work with more than that simple description.
This band lives their music and with all feelings of every tone they create their own world on CELETITE. Every song includes an own beeing and has a function on this album. When you listen through the whole album you can hear something magical like a story. If you chose only one song   you can listen to a part of that story and so its hard to understand the whole creation. They are not a standard band and thats the point which makes this duo so unique. I'm very proud that one idea of a song "Initiation at Neudeg Alm"  is inspired of a mountain in salzburg/abtenau. Celestine is definitely not what most of the fans would have expected because it's very different to their albums before but i would say that this work is successful and would fit as a good soundtrack of a movie.
Thumb up for this album and also check out the great events of Speckjaga!

Big thank's to Rarely Unable for the Promotion Package

8 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...Monachus for President...

Monachus

Sweden

Doom/Post-Hardcore

Alerta Antifascista Records
MONACHUS are back with their new 4 track heavy album "below" and I have the pleasure to write about it, while the vinyl is turning on my phonograph in full power, volume 30 (it's loud). 

At first have a look at this awesome cover art, the green is beautiful and has a nice contrast with the sketch-like drawing, a very successful design. Next we will check out the material on the vinyl...

 The first coloss of the album lasts 12 minutes without any trace of boredom, it's an atmospheric, psych doom song, slow and straight from the darkness. Sometimes the structure and the vocals remember me of NAAM, for sure a great opener. The Intro of "Curse" begins with a typical doom thing...to wit cheap and squeak and a first fat drowning riff. This song raises the tempo a little bit and sounds very rich and fat. The next song "Circles" has also a nice duration, some 12 minutes. This track functions as a mix of Post Rock, Doom and the melody really is a catchy tune and remains in memory.

Also the back vocals of the woman and the melancholic part of Erik agrees well with the entire song. "Onward" builds the exciting end on "Below" and the band once again gives the best to get my head shaking on and on. It is formed by some deep and crushing doom riffs up to slowmo parts and shows off the finest ballads. A song to sing along and drink beer with your friends... 

To cut a long story short, Monachus from Sweden have figured out how to make high quality music. Thumbs up!!!

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9 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...Opium Drone shots...

CULTO

ITALY

DOOM/DRONE

You like stoner rock but always wondered why these guys don't keep it slower?

You discovered some ass-kicking doom stuff but still thought why so hectical?

And you still believe in the brown tone?

Well then you should check out Culto, a Drone Duo from Italy.

The self-titled debut album got 2 earth-spin-stopping noise colosses of 15 min each, which soak you into endless Cave-Swamps. Massive soundwalls, depressive mood, tones lower than Hip-Hop-pants and an almost apocalyptic atmosphere infiltrated by some whispered vocals what fits pretty well. 

Imagine doom Kings „Conan“ playing without drums on a neverendless Opium Trip.

These guys arranged it not to vary that much. You find heavier parts with great guitar-riffing and the bit quiter ones with mentioned ritualistic whispering on it. That leads to a certain bouncing structure.

But keep in mind we're talking about ambient drone. Well...convince yourself...

If you like it more slow and atmospheric but still heavy, Culto seems to be a good choice.

Let's see what comes next. 

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7 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...dark tunes...

HIPOXIA

SPAIN
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DOOM/SLUDGE

HIPOXIA was born in Madrid in 2009 when JK, E, and K pooling his music interests and started to play and drink beer together.

In summer 2010 Hipoxia published their first reference: "Doomrehearsal". As the name suggests, it is a 40 minutes rehearsal with three songs full of hateful and filthy doom/sludge/drone with black metal and punk influences. That year, the band began to play live. The debut live was in 2010 december with Dispain. Since that moment, Hipoxia has shared the stage with bands like Monkeypriest, Reznik, Ali Agca, Iron Batasuna or ROLF.

In 2011, the band recorded a new 40 minutes record, but after many misunderstandings with the producer and a change in the band line-up (O. S. entered as the new bassist in october 2011), Hipoxia decided to record again the recording, the three old songs from "Doomrehearsal" and a new track, this time recorded and mixed at Mantis Studio by F. Trych and V. Brown and produced by F. Trych, V. Brown and Hipoxia.

In 2012 21th september Hipoxia published that re-recording, called as the band, in cd format and limited to 500 copies, through three labels: Le Crepuscule du soir, Strange Records and Féretro Records. More than 50 minutes of nihilistic and misanthropic doom. Hatred made noise. Hipoxia.

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" Hipoxia from spain makes a very spooky music and i love it. Long song's, dark atmosphere and a angry vocal work. Get your doom out of your ass and listen to Hipoxia...and don't forget to take your anti depressiva pills befor listen to it...doom on!!!"

8 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...down on your knees...

TONER LOW
Holland

Doom/Drone

Toner Low are a band from Leiden (Holland), having been around for fourteen years now. Starting off as a more or less traditional, yet quite directionless stoner/space/guitar rock-band they gradually evolve into doomy psychedelic droners that emphasize on repetitive riffing and minimalism with an overwhelming massive and heavy sound. This sound is first heard to its fullest on Toner Low"s debut cd, that got released in 2005.

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"I know this band since their beginnings and i'm really a fan of this band...they create a amazing downtuned wall of sound and a energyful moment...the sound of the record is so heavy that you feel the pressure on every tone...and the tones blades long and convincingly. This third album comes with a really big destructive cock and!

8 from 10 Stonerdoompoints

...hammer time!!!!

HAMMERHANDS

SLUDGE/DOOM/DRONE

CANADA

HAMMERHANDS debuts with an unforgiving epic. Aptly titled as “Glaciers,” HAMMERHANDS explores the coldness of the human condition in a matter-of-fact manner. With long droning parts, mixed with slowed down crushing riffs, amongst eerie death-march beats, the record plays as a requiem mass for the ill-fated. Fearlessly crafted, this Streetsville quartet has created a bewildering companion piece to natural disaster and manmade calamity alike. 

Citing influence from musical acts such as Neurosis, Converge, The Melvins, and Sleep, HAMMERHANDS take the aggressive temperament of their contemporaries and present it in a poetically charged arrangement that is hauntingly engaging. This atmosphere translates well to their live show which is jarring and peculiar—hypnotic and apocalyptic. 

HAMMERHANDS’ intent isn’t easy to pin down, but perhaps that is the power of their essence. Sanctified by soured attitudes, a commanding presence, and a proclivity towards retribution, HAMMERHANDS is the architect of our own devastation.

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"If you like band's like Morkobot,Talbot, Eyehategod, Sleep...you will maybe like the Hammerhands...sometime it's seems like a chaos on music but similar it's hard,raw and evil sound who come's out of their cabinets, the vocal's remember me sometimes on Neurosis, not so deep but hard and rare. The sound of the cd is in the midfield, After a few songs makes the asynchronous and the comic rhythms of the listening pleasure but a little strong. A hard piece of music, somebody some are the teeth like a tough time...other's will love it...make your own mind!"

6 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...new bedroom doom...

JUDD MADDEN

DOOM

AUSTRALIA

Judd Madden:

"Just wanted to send a special shout out to you all, and thank you for your support over the years.

listen to  my music has been an insanely massive help to me - to build up a bit of a fanbase and spread the doom around the world!"

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...NEW released the 5th masterpiece of the Australian one man doom band from the one and only "JUDD MADDEN" thank this guy for great music, enjoy his work for free or   support this artist with some obolus on bandcamp. DOOOM ON!!!"

ENJOY JUDD MADDEN'S DISCOGRAPHY HERE

9 from 10 Stonerpoints

...sons of kings...

SONS OF KINGS

Finland

Drone/Doom

Emersion draws thick grey lines between borders of alternative music. Meditative psychedelia and spacey soundscapes are both present on this new album which continues the journey of Sons of Kings. The creation is served in two parts, and with even more low frequencies with additional bass player, which renders the original trio into a quartet. The ambitious plan behind Emersion is to connect the dots between soundtrack-like atmospheres, non-typical progressions, kraut-continuity, stoner-fuzz, and post rock mentality. The outcome is, at least, an alternative way to approach the music.

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" A world of ambient sound, drone parts and deep and dark doom escapees...a music for the darker people...great!!!"

8 from 10 Stonerpoints

...spooky bitch...

 BITCHO

DOOM

Hailing from the southern Lowlands, this Dutch 6-piece is out to make the universe trip on their hypnotic, droning and monotonous grooves. Using three bassguitars to pile up low, distorted frequencies as rarely heard these days, analog soundscapes, subsonic drums and intoxicated vocals. 

 

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"...if you like Weedeater, Goatsnake, Wall, OM, Sleep, Sons of Otis and other Doom stuff than you will put BITCHO on your personal "Wall of Doom"...let's try that heavy shit live!!!"

Thanks to Jaap

8 from 10 Doompoints

...united troops of doom...

Meditative Stoner/Doom

Netherlands/Peru/Brazil/Unitated States

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Formed in November 2010, Ayahuasca Dark Trip its conformed by 

Buddy Van Nieuwenhoven , Brayan Buckt, Pedro Ivo Aráujo, Floris Moerkamp,

Indrayudh Shome and Sifis Karadakis.

The sound is based in the sacred rituals,

trying to evoke the ancient ceremonies experience.

Now they have a new great record named "Mind Journey" you can buy it here.

I have test it for you, nice music to relax...i think sometimes ADT sounds like OM, the titlesong "Mind Journey" and  "To the holy  Mountain" grooves your brains like "At Giza"...so kick back and buy!!!

 

This Album is the beginning of a nice working concept, 

start very atmospheric, smooth and psychy, but there is no stoner or doom...

This hard parts starts at the second plant, so buy it...

 

The first album is for free, you can doom it here

Only one album is not enough to build a complete mind, 

you need the second...so i rate the two albums together...

8 from 10 Stonerpoints

  

...alunah rocks...

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Stoner, doom & psychedelic grooves with occult inspired lyrics and female vocals, they hail from the English Midlands and have spent the last five ears relentlessly touring and gigging with artists such as Paradise Lost, Trouble, Fu Manchu, Karma to Burn, Firebird, Roadsaw, Witchcraft, Graveyard, Orange Goblin, Doomraiser, Black Spiders, Lord Vicar and Nebula. In 2008 and 2009  Alunah released their "Fall to Earth" EP and "Song of the Sun" 7" vinyl split with Hong Kong's Queen Elephantine. The "Fall to Earth" EP was later released on 10" vinly by German psych label Nasoni Records.

Alunah unveiled their debut album "Call of Avernus" through Catacomb Records in 2010, which was recorded and mixed by Greg Chandler (Serpentcult/Moss) and mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate/Sunno/Earth).
In 2011 Alunah signed with Psychedoomelic Records; an Austrian label dedicated to doom metal (Ramesses, Pale Divine, Penance, Orodruin, Voodoo Shock, Wall of Sleep). Psychedoomelic will release their second album number in 2012.

The band consists of Sophie Willett, Dave Day, Gaz Imber and Jake Mason...

...great band and cool album...

feel ALUNAH in your brain...here...

...or buy the stuff...here

thanks to Jake and the great band...see ya on stage...

7 from 10 Stonerpoints

...atmospheric tunes straight from greece...

Space Tunes comes from Greece, this morbide kind 

of rocking shit storm your brains and lay an egg full of noisy musiccells...strange?...not at all, great riffs a good singing performance,  dark atmospheric doom prog-metal with stonerroots. If you like tool, then you will hear THE BLISS just as happy. Enjoy the video and the following links to this strange world. My favourite is the song in the video, the track is called "Zapukletska" and also mighty is the song "Liabatyd" who has this certain something. A track over 12 minutes, with hard tunes, aggressiv riffs and some sludge parts. And this nice albumartwork...a concept...that rocks....

The Bliss - Zapukletska (VIDEO)

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 THE BLISS - GABBATHA 2011 

 Progressiv/Stoner Metal

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01. Zapukletska
02. Liabatyd
03. The Curse Of Lucio and Simplicio Godina
04. To The Son
05. Five Units
06. The Great Unknown
07. Dementia
08. Ah Dawn
09. Joe Mazzotti

FEEL THE BLISS

9 from 10 Stonerheadpoints 

 THANKS TO THE PIRAEUSHEROS

zervos krist and the other Stonerheads

...the belgian drone...

Pektop is an instrumental band with Adriaan De Raymaeker on
guitars, Ivo Rensen on drums and Steven Eembeek on Bass,this dudes
playing together since end of 2007 and have released our first album
in December 2010 called The Antikythera Mechanism. They have played
shows with a ton of nice bands, also some big names like Ufomammut and
Los Natas!

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Listen to "DROWNING"...amazing song.

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