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Tomorrow’s Dream: 200+ of 2017’s Most Anticipated Releases
Looks like it’s going to be another busy 12 months ahead. It’s been a busy better-part-of-a-month already, so that stands to reason, but you should know that of the several years now that I’ve done...
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Desertfest Berlin 2017 Adds Farflung, Giöbia, Duel and Glitter Wizard
A couple weeks ago when Desertfest Berlin 2017 announced Saint Vitus as its final headliner, the festival noted that it was in the process of partnering with other promoters on smaller shows to...
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Sonic Ritual Fest 2017: Yawning Man, The Cosmic Dead, Giöbia, Ecstatic...
Heavy Psych Sounds enters the Spring festival game with Sonic Ritual Fest 2017. The announcement of the new fest comes only days after a Heavy Psych Sounds night was also confirmed for Desertfest...
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Duel Announce Witchbanger Details; Out April 28
Kind of hard to imagine the band meeting whereby Austin heavy rockers Duel decided which track they’d choose for the name of their second full-length for Heavy Psych Sounds, but you have to figure at...
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Duel Announce European Tour Dates; New Album out May 28
It would seem the release date for Duel‘s forthcoming second album, Witchbanger, has been pushed back a month since it was first announced with the cover art and tracklisting about two weeks ago. Fair...
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Heavy Psych Sounds Announces Volume II Label Sampler; New Music from Black...
The label compilation is kind of a lost art in this age of digital whathaveyou. Used to be imprints put together comps on the regular. Some had rough mixes, some had exclusive tracks or things that...
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Quarterly Review: Alcest, Galley Beggar, Pontiak, White Light Cemetery, Fever...
Always a special moment in the Quarterly Review when we pass the halfway mark. That’s where today’s batch brings us, and in rocking style as well. You might say I’ve been taking it easy on myself with...
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Duel Announce Fall 2017 European Tour
Austin, Texas, heavy rockers Duel have already been to Europe once this year. They went in Spring to herald the arrival of their second album, Witchbanger (review here), via Heavy Psych Sounds. Now...
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Maryland Doom Fest 2018 Announces Full Lineup with The Obsessed, Windhand,...
Invariably there will be some change between now and next June, and there’s the tradition of the pre-show to consider the night before, but right out of the gate, Maryland Doom Fest 2018 impresses with...
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Descendants of Crom 2018 Announces Initial Lineup with Geezer, Devil to Pay,...
There are still headliners to be announced and others to come as well, and no doubt between now and then there will be one or two shakeups to what’s listed here between bands being added and bands...
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Thin Lizzy Tribute Bow to Your Masters Available to Preorder
While one could hardly at all argue that the title Bow to Your Masters is in any way inappropriate for a tribute to Irish heavy rock legends Thin Lizzy, it seems the intention on the part of Glory or...
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Electric Funeral Fest III Lineup Announced; Speedwolf and Weedeater to Headline
I wanna go to this. Let me not mince words. I know it’s the week after Maryland Doom Fest and that for a dude who lives in Massachusetts and has a baby and is already planning on hitting the...
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Onségen Ensemble Post Video for Title-Track of New Album Duel
I don’t have an excuse for missing out on Onségen Ensemble‘s early 2016 debut release, Awalaï. I’m sure you heard it, because you’re on your stuff like that. The album was released by Pink Tank...
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Review & Full Album Premiere: Duel, Live at the Electric Church
[Click play above to stream Duel’s Live at the Electric Church in full. Album is out May 18 on Heavy Psych Sounds.] On Cesar Chavez St. in Austin, Texas, far enough from the 6th St. epicenter of the...
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The Obelisk Presents: Heavy Mash 2018, Oct. 13 in Arlington, TX
After being fortunate enough to have been asked last year, there was no way I wasn’t going to be up for having The Obelisk on board to present Heavy Mash 2018. The second edition of the Arlington,...
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Live Review: Maryland Doom Fest 2018 Night Three, 06.24.18
Before I get started on the last night of Maryland Doom Fest 2018, I want to thank JB Matson and Mark Cruikshank for the incredible work they’ve put into making this event something truly special....
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Quarterly Review: Khemmis, Morag Tong, Holy Mushroom, Naisian, Haunted,...
I always say the same thing on the Wednesday of the Quarterly Review. Day 3. The halfway point. I say it every time. The fact is, doing these things kind of takes it out of me. All of it. It’s not...
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Duel Touring to Descendants of Crom Fest
After touring Europe last Fall and appearing earlier this year at the Maryland Doom Fest, kickass Texas four-piece Duel will make their way north this month to Pittsburgh to take part in the...
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Monolith on the Mesa Lineup Confirmed; Om, Dead Meadow, Wovenhand, The...
So, uh, you wanna go get weird in the desert for a weekend? Sure, we all do. And if you’re up for making it the trip of a lifetime, Monolith on the Mesa has a bunch of decked-out vintage trailers...
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Desertfest New York 2019 Makes Final Lineup Announcement; Here Lies Man,...
Desertfest New York 2019, the first one ever, has completed its lineup for this April. Taking place at The Well and Saint Vitus Bar, the three-night event will be headlined by Black Cobra, Windhand...
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