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Based on frontman Valient Himself, hard-rocking steel clothing Valient Thorr had been birthed on earth Venus many millennia ago, hopscotching over the space-time continuum before finally arriving on the planet in 1957. Upon crashing in NEW YORK, their time-travel machine was taken by Walt Disney, so the group (guitarists Eidan …

When word gets away that there surely is an all-female — Japan, believe it or not — trio which has formed to pay for respect to extreme metal gods just like the oft-misunderstood Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Amebix, and doom, sludge, and dark metal in the overall sense, people have a …

Underground supergroup Kalas (pronounced “Kah-laas”) gathers the abilities of many respected Bay Region indie statistics in guitarists Andy Branton (Econochrist, Samain) and Paul Kott (Cruevo, High Build Son of the Bitch), drummer Scott Plumb (Cruevo), bassist Brad Reynolds, and stepping away seeing that guitar-less frontman for the very first time …

Hail! Hornet certainly are a North Carolina-based supergroup made up of vocalist T-Roy Medlin (of Sourvein), guitarist Vince Burke (Beaten Back again to Pure, Sourvein), bassist “Dixie” Dave Collins (Weedeater, Buzzov*en, Bongzilla), and drummer Erik Larson (Alabama Thunderpussy, the May Could, the Mighty Nimbus, etc.). Initial convened in 2006, the …

Sweden’s the Quill spent years silently creating a name for themselves in stoner and large rock and roll circles, following an inauspicious begin in the coastal city of Mönsterås in 1990. Originally founded by vocalist Magnus Ekwall, guitarist Christian Carlsson, organist Anders Haglund, bassist Peter Holm (who was simply changed …

Although they formed in Oakland, CA, in 2002, the Saviours certainly are a deliberate throwback to a youthful time and place, specifically THE UK in the past due ’70s and early ’80s. Deeply influenced by the brand new Wave of English Heavy Metal in addition to first-generation thrashers like Slayer …

The secretive instrumental artwork metal clothing Pelican was formed in Chicago by guitarists Trevor de Brauw and Laurent Lebec, in addition to bassist Larry Herweg and his sibling drummer, Bryan. Owing an excellent personal debt to pioneering forefathers Neurosis and frequently in comparison to Boston’s Isis, Pelican coincidentally also discovered …

Chicago’s Lair from the Minotaur was created in springtime of 2003 by former 7000 Dying Rats users Steven Rathbone (vocals/electric guitar) and Donald Adam Barraca, alongside Pelican drummer Larry Herweg. Motivated with the vulgar, misanthropic, proto-black steel pioneered decades previously by famous brands Venom and Hellhammer, after that adding lyrics …

The Swedish retro-doom-psych-folk band referred to as Witchcraft was were only available in 2000 by vocalist/guitarist Magnus Pelander, whose initial objective was to record an individual in tribute to Pentagram’s Bobby Liebling and Roky Erickson — how frequently does that happen? Contacting his friend John Hoyles (acoustic guitar) and brothers …

Possibly the ultimate stoner rock-band, North California trio Sleep had a career that wafted in and away of focus from of their self-mandated cloud of marijuana smoke. Within their short time collectively, they issued a number of the heaviest, many uncompromising doom steel albums ever documented, leaving a star far …