The Church Within Records Releases

BLACKFINGER
Doom/Psych
USA/Chicago

"Funeral Doom with a lot of different instruments and melodies, sabbatic riffs the album becomes a good piece of music. "Blackfinger" comes like a mix of "Pothead", "Creed", "Black Sabbath" and a bit of "Type O Negative" i like it."

6 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

-----------------------------------------------------------

PURPLE HILL WITCH
Doom
Norway/Oslo

"Slow motion riffs, hard hitting toms, screaming guitar solos and a bluesy rhythm of the bass guitar is always a part of the first release of "Purple Hill Witch". Awesome album, thumb up!"

8 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

GET THIS RECORDS HERE

...Tibetian Monks...

DOMADORA

STONER/PSYCH ROCK

FRANCE

BILOCATION RECORDS

"After the first minutes of the intro, i'm sure that "Domadora" will make you happy with some real trippy song structures and interesting worlds of psych tunes. Especially the jams(Domadora Jam, Ziggy Jam) are a true joy for your ears.

The whole album feels like a jam in a timeless room through the ages. On the other hand some song's exhibit a fixed song structure. However, the album definitely has an atmosphere and makes you long for more. 

Tibetan Monk is a varied album and listening to it is like reading a good book...you have to hear beetween the tones to hear the message behind such a kind of sound - absoulutely recommended!"

Text:Stonerhead

facebook

bandcamp

reverbnation

soundcloud

GET IT HERE

8 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

Send us back to space rock days...

SENDELICA

Psychedelic Prog /Stoner/SPace Rock

UNITED KINGDOM

Wanna flow through spicy space? Then check this out!

These 6 psych-heads send your mind into outtaspace and beyond by creating some meditative psychedelic high-class stuff...

Space rock at it's finest.

Their newest record called „The fabled voyages of the Sendelicans“ include 6 songs.

With „Standing on the edge“ they warp you into their orbit.

A Heavy guitar riff combined with hypnotic effects and some mid-tempo drumming.

After this one you'll be pretty hyped for some more to come.

„Manhole of the universe“. 11min Masterpiece. Reminds me of a rough version of Samsara Blues Experiment or even a space-rock version of Tia Carrera mixed with some White Hills.

Updiving from endless delay-riffing they get into a groovy, slow kraut jam. Improving their outtaspace character by getting quiter and shortly more effect-accentuated just before setting up a solid psych-fuzz-wall again. Coolness and highness factor at least 9/10.

 

„ZHYLY BYLY“. Way more electronical and a bit comparable to some slower Ozric Tentacles parts. Get lost in endless space-fogs.

„Screaming and streaming into the starlit nite“. Lee Relfe on sax. Really nice harmonics for some lonely midnight milky way cruising or some sky picknicks.

„Carningli (Hill of angels)“. This one's more into ambient creating atmospheric dreamscapes.

And the last one „Spaceman bubblegum“. Ready to shake your hips? Groovy as hell. Here they come back to their distinctive mix of experimental-, psychedelic- space rock.

Text:Sebastian

GET IT HERE

facebook

Impressive song, impressive sound, outstanding record and fuckin' great band!!!

8 from 10 Stonerheadpoints 

...the art of sludge...

BRUNT

UK

Stoner/Psych Rock

"Lofty riffs floating amongst fluffy clouds pour bursts of flavor creating the ultimate iTunes visualizer. Fluorescent atmosphere combines with 50 shades of groove to bring faith back into the power of instrumental stoner rock. Apt comparisons cannot be denied ranking along the lines of Karma to Burn.

Almost tribal like drum blasts intensify the already psychedelic vibe. Feeling of rapture levitating the mind into a whirlwind of excitement. Soaring amongst the highest kites, Brunt electrify the auditory senses with riff after riff and groove after groove.

bandcamp

facebook

GET IT HERE FOR 2 BUCKS

"Brunt do not only have a graphic artist who does a great job concerning their cover and promotion, they also function as a ingenious instrumental band with a cool jam atmosphere. I like the beginnings of the songs a lot which are very innovative and then turn into the main groove. The solos gave the instrumental music a content and so the guys always guarantee fresh input. Boredom is definitely not to hear, the whole album comes groovy and fat...thumbs up again for another great band from the UK."

Text:Stonerhead

8 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...High delberg

GRIT

GERMANY

STONER ROCK/PSYCH ROCK

High n Hell oh again Stonerheads!

GRIT are from Heidelberg / Germany and plays heavy psychedelic rock with a heartfelt jam-based approach to songwriting and perfonmance.

They currently recordet an EP-sized demo, which is freely avbailable in digital form on their homepage!

I never heard from this Band before, so i was very amazed about their first EP.

The Cover itself inspired me to climb up the snowy hills... (no not what you think! …ok maybe on first sight hehe) crap ...no i want to sit up on the top of the Hill and Chill. Flying high with this windy, nature, psychedelic carped ride.

„First of it All“ is the right name for the first track and starts smooth with some nature sounds and melodic guitar playing. After that, a cool ska riff kick up the whole thing and let funk the fuck of.

A Sabbath like riff inlay brings us a awesome break till the next melodic psychedelic guitar orgy starts again. The Drums are very impressing on the whole album and deffinetliy rounds up to the concept.

The second Track is the same scheme but starts more oriental and fuzzed up.

At the middle of „She“ they get a bit harder, and at the end deeper and slower.

A Didgeredoo rings in the end and let us still in this deep nature ambient vortex wich is over the whole EP.

The „Rhizome Dumpster“ is another Chillout Track with smooth melodics and right placed breaks which are perfectly in touch with the growling bass and drums. The Stuff remembers me a little bit on Hypnos69, Tumbleweed Dealer or Colour Haze but like i always said... clearly different :-)

Yeaaaahhhh now fasten up your Seatbelts.... here comes last but not least my favourite Track on this Baby: „Try Zen“

bandcamp

facebook

homepage

soundcloud

get it here

The experiment goes on... it gets more heavy and doomy, when the song starts.

Some strange sounds and samples show us a panorama of a desert or something. It feels like the sun burns down and the water is out... only the tunes keep us alive for a few minutes. The bassline and drums kicks us back in time. Weired delayed tones leading us the way to the end, but before the Album is over they kick our asses again with some fine Stoner Riffs.

The EP is well-made and for me a really good entry into the Gates of Stonerland!

The whole Project is instrumental and don´t need a Vocalist, it is perfect how it is.

For my opinion their could be more doomy parts like we can hear in „Try Zen“ but for sure thats a question of taste. And there is no Material in the www. Hard to find pics, or any Info about the Band. Thats very sad because, they really show their potential on their first EP.

The mixing and mastering seems to be selfmade and is very good, no barriers for enjoining their sound LOUD!

Text:Daverino

7 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...spooky tunes and a lot of dunst...

DUNST

GERMANY

KRAUT/STONER/PSYCH ROCK

Dunst met each other for the first time in 2009, also the band was founded in this year. After having already played some gigs nearby Berlin, they finally recorded their first album at big snuff studios, which was given the name „Dunst“. In 2012, the 2nd album „Archimedes Waffen“ followed, which is also a basic element in the liveshows. Dunst does a great work on their instruments and keep the songs work well, however especially the mood fits the whole album. Just like the artwork also the songs convey a sacred thing. Personally I think, that the sound and the song's are very epic and enthralling for an instrumental band, as it is hard to make music without vocal parts (if you don’t want your listeners to be bored). Concerning the influences, it is clearly some kind of a Krautrock band like early rock bands (60´s & 70´s Can, Kraan, Rush, Agitation Free, Camel, 2066 And Then, Cream.) I’m really looking forward to see them live in the near future...

Text:Stonerhead

GET IT HERE

8 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

VINTAGE CUCUMBER

GERMANY

PSYCHEDELIC/EXPERIMENTAL

Vintage Cucumber from Germany/Berlin do a very weird sound, they mix a lot of samples with many effects,loops,randoms and other psychful modular special effects. "Yoki Style" has a lot of ...I call them once noisy songs...sometimes spooky and strident and then on the other hand very reassuring and peaceful(maybe my mum can do a meditation and swim with some dolphins in the sea and become a mighty turtle whisperer)but also some really cool tracks with fixed structures you can find on this record. Song's like "Das Mönchsgebrabbel" or "Alles in Butter"(A very funny song with 80's mood and it reminds me on the band "The Wooden Ships"). Enjoy the album and have fun...and get a good old german krautrock mood...

Text:Stonerhead

name your price

5 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...my dead friends...

DEAD END FRIENDS

AUSTRIA

STONER/GRUNGE/PSYCH ROCK

The DEAD END FRIENDS were founded in 2009 as a two man team (Markus - bass/ Daniel – ex-drummer). After some sessions, the line up was finally completed: Markus - bass, Christoph - guitar, Michi- 2nd bass, Daniel - drums. These 4 guys toured for one week in 2011 and released their first EP.

However, after Michael and Daniel left the band, a new drummer, Phil, as well as a new guitar player, Michael the II joined the band, giving all the best for it up to today.

With a fresh and motivated line up, they already toured for two weeks, playing their new album „Black Mental“. ... they are looking forward to kick your asses on the next few upcoming live shows in Austria!

Text:Christina

soundcloud
bandcamp
facebook

get it here

...also listen to the new album here

"I'm very proud to introduce you this awesome band named "DEAD END FRIENDS" they are from Austria and like to psych out your ears with finest hypnotic grunge sound, great licks and solos, atmospheric driving parts and a lot of other heavy shit...on the knees for this cool dudes, hope to see them on stage on a SHLGYBT show...stay tuned!!!"

8 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...los asteroide is back again!!!

 

LOS ASTEROIDE
STONER/PSYCH
Argentinia/Buenos Aires

Los Asteroide is an instrumental psychedelic stoner rock band, they sound like a diverse Radio Moscow if they themselves were an instrumental band. By diverse, I mean they have a great balance between the slow psych parts and their fuzzed out heavier riffs even within one song. 

 

Although it doesn’t quite reach the level of heaviness that bands like Sonic Flower or Karma to Burn have, Los Asteroide definitely stands out among these other bands because of this balance. Los Asteroide hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

bandcamp
facebook

get it here

"I'm proud to show you this great band from Argentinia, maybe they can replace the compatriots LOS NATAS and now they are the first adresse for a stoner rock band in Argentinia...Since the demo record i really listen periodically to their music, it's a very organic and muddy music with a lot of solos and licks...the riffs are mostly simple but
structures contain good and work well with the entire band...especialy the new record
is bursting with a lot of energy and flowerful sounds...check them out, like them on facebook and go to their show's because it's good for you!!!"

9 from 10 Stonerheadpoint

...short cut...

OCEAN TOWERS

ACID ROCK/PSYCH ROCK

CANADA

Ocean Towers is a four piece band from the rugged east coast of Nova Scotia, Canada; trading in thick slabs of heavy psychedelic rock. Made up of longtime veterans, they bring their years of experience to creating a sound based equally on exploratory improvisation and tight riffing. Their debut EP “Chapter 1” was released in Febuary of 2011. Written and recorded by the band it is a true reflection of their diverse approach to modern heavy Rock. From tightly arranged rockers to epic jams, Ocean Towers is a band that isn’t afraid to hoist anchor and set course for destinations unknown.

BANDCAMP

FACEBOOK

GET YOUR OWN FOR FREE HERE

...let's start the engine...

PALMER GENERATOR
ITALY
STONER/PSYCH

Palmer Generator is a Band born in Jesi/Ancona (IT) in spring 2010, thanks to the collaboration between Tom Palmer (the guitarist), his brother Michael (at the bass) and Matt (behind the drums. He's the son of Michael). The idea was to produce a stoner/alternative rock sound delineated by aggressive rhythmic and enriched by experimental cue with dreamlike reference, psychedelic and post-rock influences.

Sharing the same experiences of life they decide to join their musical abilities. 

Letting the melody flowing between the wide empty spaces of their neurons, they translate their mind-trips in long music travels, and thanks to a great flexibility in the composition of music, moving inside their sound, they can develop truth different musical landscapes.

facebook

blogspot

bandcamp

FEEL IT HERE

"I love this trio of family members who create such a fat wall of sound. The album "(e​)​motionless" begins with a showering sleepy intro, sounds interesting...the full first track comes with a drone riff and forms to a very smooth psychy part with exotic instruments and a lovely atmosphere. In the next seven song's you  can experience lots of good moments...the singing does not convince me...but too bad it is not.

My favourite song's:"Enliven, Jargon and Sleep" let my tympanum vibrate...that makes good mood.

The sound is muffled, but heartily...so get your free and enjoy!"

7 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...ruby do it with psych...

RUBY THE HATCHET

PSYCHEDELIC ROCK

PHILADELPHIA/USA

Ruby the Hatchet is a four headed band from Philadelphia and they make truly nice psychedelic rock. Jillian give's with their voice a extra note on flavour of good retro psych mood.

If you like band's like Aqua Nebula Oscilator, Kadavar, Electric Moon or old band's from the seventy's you will love Ruby the Hatchet too.

The band members harmonize very well with each other and that you can hear on the record.

Under flours with a lot of guitar effect's,whistle, beep and of course with a handful of great heavy rock riffs. "Ouroboros"in whole a very good tape

  with all the characteristics of good music taste.

Enjoy their material on bandcamp for free and also the new song "Paralyzed"

myspace

facebook

twitter

tumblr

get it here

8 from 10 Stonerheadpoints

...a psychedelic ear cuter!!!

HOFMANN'S KALEIDOSCOPE: Expiation of the Psychedelic Hunters Vol. I

Proudly powered by VINCEBUS ERUPTUM, PERKELE.IT and EXLAB, HOFMANN'S KALEIDOSCOPE is a journey through the muddy swamps of Italian acid rock. A lysergic funfair set up by a wild bunch of manic bounty hunters, fervent worshippers of the psychedelic cult. A one-way trip aiming at unearthing forgotten gems from the underground of the peninsula, as well as emerging heroes of the most visionary and mind-bending forms of rock.

Coming out as a deluxe edition limited to 200 copies, special artwork by ExLab, HOFMANN'S KALEIDOSCOPE: Expiation of the Psychedelic Hunters Vol. I 

Tracklist:

01. Clark Nova - Gentlemen Start Your Engines

A nice start with a nice psych rock song, sometimes to much information's for my brain but actually good.

02. Enormous - Fly Low Dragonfly

Enormous sound's a little bit more interesting for me but the end is also without a structure, but not bad.

03. Insider - Dark Age

"Dark Age" is a 13-min space oriental folk track with bongo's nice playful guitar solo's and other cool instruments create a nice atmosphere...reminds me sometimes on Hawkwind, Gila...like this old Kraut Rock Stuff...nice!!!

04. Motopolkablacksamba - Astroblues

What a sick name? I want to hear the crowd who screams the bandname...i think that would be funny...to the music i can't say that this band is very stressful and undefined but some people will like this sound.

05. Trip Hill - Fever

Trip Hiil is a one-man project (Fabrizio Cecchi) including this nice percussion sound with a dark and smooth guitar full of hall. Nice song to chill.

06. Anuseye - Thirst For A Fix

The first song with a stoner foundation, great driving song with nice guitar lick's and a big retro rock touch. defently one of the best song's for me on this sampler.

07. Otehi - Sea Witch

The romans are coming...Otehi create a fat and full sound. The track start's very smooth and  the athmosphere seems very flowery...from all over and over again there are new sounds to. Nice song but normally they blow your head of, eat your brain...One of the best song on this sampler.

08. Epstein Superflu - The War Inside Darktown

The first thought was...Iggy Pop...but the name of this band is "Epstein Superflu", i don't have a problem with that...it's a fucking good rock song with the only exception that the recording sounds a little far away.

09. Perizona Experiment - Santa Canapa

"Santa Canapa" is a epilepsy producing 10 min song where a lot of styles are blended creating a very creepy mixture.

10. My Brand Is Grass - Dolce Ginocchiata

A bright acid surf rock sound...the sun shines on my belly...smooth and groovy...nice song.

11. ZiZ - ZiZ

Hmmm...I'm a little surpised about the running of the structure of this song, is rather nothing for me.

comes easy to me electronically and 80's disco style...

12. No Strange - Pogaridade

The Final Song could be named "Final Song" because here to the end, it fits well..hahaha

...drunken indian's talking with whale's...i don't know.

At all "Hofmann's Kaleidoscope Vol. 1 - Expiation of the Psychedelic Hunters" is a nice compilation and a fine way of exploring the Italian psychedelic underground. 

To buy a copy, send a mail to ultramagneticglow@gmail.com – 8€ + 5€ shipping abroad Italy.

get it here

Contents:

NAAM "Psychedelic Myths" by Davidew

UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS "Inside The Acid Coven" by Austin Matthews

WITCHCRAFT "The return Of The Wizard" by Stefano Cerati

BLUES PILLS by Klaus Kleinowski

ORCHID "The Flower Of Evil" by Stefano Cerati

BLACK WIDOW "Dark Sound Sacrifice" by Davidew

STONED HANDBOOK ITALY by Davidew & The Perkele Crew

DOOMRAISER "Heavy Drunken Doom" by Davidew

Reviews: Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell, Bezoar, Carlton Melton, Colour Haze, Diagonal, Electric Moon, Electric Swan, Eternal Tapestry, Farflung/Blackland, Friendship, Funeral Marmorii, Goliath, Heat, Hibagon, House Of Aquarius, Humulus, Kandodo, Linus Pauling Quartet, Lords Of Bastard, Mother Of God, Mr. Peter Hayden, La Piramide Di Sangue, The Shrine, Six Organs Of Admittance, Skanska Mord, Space Lizard, Spiders, Stinking Lizaveta, Tons, Torso, Wight, Wo Fat

Standard Edition: 800 copies

Deluxe Edition: 200 copies (HOFFMAN'S KALEIDOSCOPE exclusive CD) SOLD OUT!

7 from 10 Stonerpoints

...bright sound...

BRIGHT CURSE

DOOM/PSYCHEDELIC

LONDON

Bright Curse's story begins when Main Row, singer and guitarist of Soul Manifest,

 decides to leave the north of France to live in London.

He finds a friend, Sam, together, they rebuild the band with two other musicians (Harry & Karen).

Unfortunately, after many changes of drummers, energy slows down.

The original line-up has been altered so they choose to stop the adventure. Nevertheless,

Main Row and Sam decide to create a new band, darker & fatter.

Their friend JB Pilon (who handled the recording of Bright Curse's EP) introduces

 Zak to them, a French drummer from the metal scene !

A gig at a private party, few psychotropics and a practice later,

 the alchemy was in the air. Bright Curse was born !

facebook

twitter

bandcamp

GET IT HERE

Big thanks to Sylvain

"Bright Curse brings a fresh wind straight 

from the streets of London.

Great melodies with fat guitar sound...and on the 5 track album is enough material at all to give this great band more stonerpoints. Some parts reminds me on band's like Greenhouse Effect so for me it's high quality music with a huge sound!!!"

9 from 10 Stonerpoints

...the force of psychedelic...

Strange Forces

Psychedelic Rock

Australia

Australian Band Strange Forces influences range from Spacerock to obscure New-Age Prophecies. It sounds like a black sanded beach below 20 suns. It’s multi dimensional dark-surf, powered by Peyeote and driven by dark matter induced by their pineal gland. Strange Forces deliver a washed out Lo-Fi Psychedelic experience channeling organic and digital sounds from one swell to another.

facebook

hompage

bandcamp

 Get the first album here

Get this "EP" here

Get the album for free here

or over 3 hours of free mixtapes here

"Strange Forces is a band with a lot of diversity and ideas...you can call it psychedelic, experimental, avant-garde, space rock...say what you want but the whole work of this guys is very demanding and and raises no boredom. Check out their music and so I wish you a lot of fun with that stuff!!!"

7 from 10 Stonerpoints

...short cut...

myspace

facebook

Two years on from the release of their critically acclaimed album II, Spain’s finest instrumental post-rock group Toundra return to the progressive fold with (III); an epic, brutal and beautiful new chapter in their career.

Opener ‘Ara Caeli’ sets out its stall and encapsulates exactly what the band has been about since day one. Pioneering grand and striking song structures with ideas behind each that explore issues surrounding life and death, they chip away at the melodic post-rock landscapes some might find comparable to Mogwai or Pelican, but under the surface (III) incorporates elements of even greater traditional influence. Their appreciation of classic rock groups such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin (check out the heavy folk and swirling string sections of ‘Requiem’) can be heard all over (III), interwoven into the progressive metal of ‘Cielo Negro’ and ‘Marte’, three albums in this is Toundra at their most impressive. A true musical force.

ORDER MERCH AND THE ALBUM HERE

Tour Dates:

20.09.12 Metz, Zikametz Festival, France

22.09.12 Solingen, Pretty In Noise Festival, Germany

23.09.12 Düsseldorf, Session, Germany

24.09.12 Berlin, Schokoladen, Germany

25.09.12 Chemnitz, AJZ, Germany

26.09.12 Winterthur, Gaswerk, Switzerland

28.09.12 Thun, Mokka, Switzerland

29.09.12 Bordeaux, Les Lectures Aléatoires, France

Thanks to Sheltered Life PR

"III" is a beautiful album with a lot of psych parts but also big stomping riffs pared with post-rock and more psych and lovely smooth tunes...great musicians and a killer live band...the album is a must have for all fans of the post-rock and progressive metal. In one sentence i can say it comes like a harder version of my sleeping karma...so rock on and stay tuned...

9 from 10 Stonerpoints

...touch my soul...

SOUL THIEF
Stoner/Psych
studio2recs
England

SOUL THIEF formed in 2009 when Robert Mathews joined Stuart Barton & Marcus Gage for some sessions they had been working on.

An immediate creativity was sparked with haunting etherial vocals and mighty pounding bass grooves. Guitars ripping up those riffs and shredding supernovae solos while drums thump like rocks being split as the band bring pieces to the brink of Armageddon and then lay them down again with sweet soul kisses.

Out of this union a music emerged that they referred to as Space Funk - mix of heavy psychedelic stoner space rock with the odd unusual time signature and a smooth aftertaste.

hompage
bandcamp

facebook

Listen and get "Funk City Revolutions" here or here

"buja...what a fat album...great solo's...psychy tunes and real trippy sound atmosphere...get your brain smashed from this awesome band...a band with a big future!"

9 from 10 Stonerpoints

...today some retro vegetables...

VINTAGE CUCUMBER

GERMANY

EXPERIMENTAL/PSYCH/SPACE ROCK

Toady i will show you a solo project of a crazy dude from germany, he creates sound worlds of the finest somewhere between Øresund Space Collective and the style of old movie's and sound sample's of daily life...not everything is meant but some song's are really interesting and arouse curiosity what is yet to come.

Bewildering parts, playful atmosphere's, broken dream's, crazy songwriting...just different.

Enjoy and support him on his Facebook page and download his album's for free on bandcamp.

facebook

bandcamp

Get "Schadenfreude" here

Get "Tom mit de Bon Style" here

Get "Mc Goyle Style" here