Groan Release Ride the Snake EP; Touring this Week
I’ve done a pretty lousy job in keeping the secret that I dig Groan. Though their lineup has seen some consistent shakeup over the last couple years and their sound has gone from fuzzed-out stoner...
View ArticleGroan, Ride the Snake EP: By the Slice
UK reefer metallers Groan don’t leave much room for ambivalence. With their new Superhot Records EP, Ride the Snake, as with their 2012 full-length, The Divine Right of Kings (review here), they...
View ArticleGroan Slice and Dice in New Video
The heat is hot. Don’t look for it to make sense, and don’t look for the live footage in Groan‘s new video to necessarily be in sync with the song. I guess it’s more about the vibe, which,...
View ArticleDr. Crazy Release Debut EP Demon Lady; Members of Mos Generator, Groan &...
So you’re telling me that you’ve got an intercontinental heavy rock band with dudes culled from the ranks of Groan, Trippy Wicked and the Cosmic Children of the Knight and Mos Generator? Well, yeah,...
View ArticleBongCauldron Touring UK with Nomad Next Month
Leeds aggro sludgers BongCauldron, who made their debut with a blistering EP earlier this year on Superhot Records — speaking of things I should’ve reviewed a long time ago… — will hit the road next...
View ArticleGroan Premiere “Witchfinder General Finder” from Highrospliffics EP
London heavy rock troublemakers Groan have always asked the hard questions. How black was our Sabbath? What happens when wizards sleep? Now they return with the answer to another query that has...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Stubb, Stubb
It was brought to my attention this week that it’s been six years since Stubb‘s self-titled debut (review here) made its way to public ears via Superhot Records. Not an insurmountable amount of time;...
View ArticleNamed by the Sun Announce Debut EP Deathcap; Premiere “Dogfight”
The debut release from London’s Named by the Sun is comprised of three songs and will be out April 27. It’s been given the title Deathcap, and if you don’t know what that is, it’s a poisonous fungi...
View ArticleReview & Full EP Stream: Named by the Sun, Deathcap
Deathcap by Named by the Sun [Click play above to stream Named by the Sun’s Deathcap EP in full. It out April 7 on Superhot Records and available now to preorder.] “Band begets band” is a familiar...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Stubb, Stubb
Stubb did not emerge out of London’s heavy underground as a band trying to keep secrets. There was no asking how they did what they did on their 2012 self-titled debut (review here) — it was all right...
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