2024-04-18 05:30
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for its 5th edition and announces the first bands to play two Las Vegas venues across the Jan. 30-Feb. 1
weekend, with Fireball Min… Read More
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2024-04-16 05:30
Formed in the gray and dreary fall of 2015, HAUNTED conjure
up sub-sabbathian spells from the dark sources of Etna, in Catania, Sicily.
Long and painful dirges drive the candidate through… Read More
2024-04-15 05:30
Cellist. Vocalist.
Guitarist. This edition of Fistful
of Questions goes out to Iron Jinn co-founder, Oeds.
What is your full name?… Read More
2024-04-13 05:30
Pacific Northwest's
proto-heavy revelers DANAVA announce the release of their "Live"
album this June 21st through European powerhouse Heavy Psych Sounds and present
a thunderous first ex… Read More
2024-04-11 05:30
TRACKLIST:
1. Twilight
2. I Am The Dark
3. They Had No God
4. Garden Tomb
5. Eastward Though The Zodiac
6. Haunt You When Im Dead
7. Fightin' Bleedin'
8. Taker
9. Nyctophilia
 &hell…Read More
2024-04-09 05:30
Texas
desert rockers HIGH DESERT QUEEN release the video clip 'Ancient Aliens' as the
first heavy single taken from their forthcoming sophomore full-length
"Palm Reader", which has been slat… Read More
2024-04-08 05:30
Vocalist. Bassist.
Guitarist. Tech enthusiast. Wrestling aficionado!? This edition of Fistul of Questions goes out to Clint from
Idiot Ro… Read More
2024-04-06 05:30
Find Visual Darkness: The Art Of Mike Hrubovcak preorders HERE.
Commemorating over two decades of delivering exceptional,
chilling, extreme metal artwork to the metal underground… Read More
2024-04-05 05:30
The grandmasters of brutal dooming slowness are back with a
DIY series of 10" EPs - released directly by the band and strictly limited
to 320 copys.
"Invinciblade" starts as an up-t… Read More
2024-04-04 05:30
With sledgehammer riffs and lyrics as bleak as a Michigan winter, blackened doom outfit Temple of the Fuzz Witch brings a unique take
on the doom genre, their nightmarish sonic vision bein… Read More
2024-04-02 05:30
HEAVY SHEET PUBLISHING (@heavysheetpublishing,
heavysheetpublishing.bigcartel.com) is pleased to announce the launch of their
first riff guide, transcribing Spirit Caravan's legendary Jug… Read More
2024-04-01 05:30
Vocalist. Drummer. Pianist. This edition of Fistful of Questions goes out
to Rob Martin from sonic explorers RRRags.
What is your full na… Read More
2024-03-30 05:30
Bay Area metal legends
FORBIDDEN announce their first annual OmegAfest on May 4, 2024 at The UC
Theatre in Berkeley, CA. When Forbidden was reborn last year things got off to
a raucous start… Read More
2024-03-28 05:30
Catania, Silicy-based doom
metal conjurers HAUNTED premiere their dark and sultry "Garden of Evil"
video exclusively on The Obelisk today. The band will release their third album
"Stare At… Read More
2024-03-26 05:30
Athens-based doom metal powerhouse ACID MAMMOTH unleash
their brand new video "Fuzzorgasm (Keep on Screaming)", taken from
their anticipated fourth studio album "Supersonic Megafauna
Collisi… Read More
2024-03-25 05:30
For me, Sundrifter's 2018 album Visitations is one of the
best heavy stoner rock albums of recent years and hardly any other album has
been on my recordplayer more often than this one.
&nbs&hell…Read More
2024-03-22 05:30
What have been your musical epiphany moments?
I think as a band we’ll always have those moments that stand
out, or hopefully that will be the case, but for sure there were a c… Read More
2024-03-21 05:30
European label Heavy Psych Sounds Records welcomes legendary
desert rock collective Orquesta del Desierto — the Palm Desert project founded
by Dandy Brown and featuring former members… Read More
2024-03-19 05:30
To celebrate the beginning of their spring US tour,
Maryland's godfathers of heavy THE OBSESSED share their brand new video for
"Stoned Back to the Bomb Age", taken from their latest album
"… Read More
2024-03-17 05:30
Grayskull Booking and Ripple Music present the first edition
of heavy rock event RIPPLEFEST BOSTON, to take place on May 18th at Middle East
Downstairs in Cambridge, MA with King Buffalo, Bl… Read More
2024-03-16 05:30
Celtic doom metallers GOAT MAJOR released their ripping debut
full-length "Ritual" on vinyl, CD and digital through Ripple Music, and share the official video for the title track!
… Read More
2024-03-14 05:30
'Ateş' is a neo-psychedelic album with a compact and clear
sound, with influences from all over the psych/stoner scene. Between past and
future, from east to west.
The imager… Read More
2024-03-12 05:30
Italy's stoner rock spearhead BLACK RAINBOWS are gearing up
for an extensive string of European shows including appearances at Hellfest and
Palp Fest, and announce the CD reissue of thei… Read More
2024-03-11 05:30
Pianist. Vocalist.
PhD. Podcaster. Writer.
Heavy Metal enthusiast! This
edition of Fistful of Questions goes out to Sara Whiz… Read More
2024-03-10 06:30
Have you seen the BigCartel store recently?There's a lot to love about it. Not only does it often have
cheaper prices than the Bandcamp, it also has our full Heavy Ripples
distribution plu… Read More
2024-03-09 06:30
Tom Spell, the one-man progressive rock sensation hailing
from Düsseldorf, Germany, is set to captivate
audiences with his latest release, "Leid der Liebe" (Suffering of
Love). This ent… Read More
2024-03-07 06:30
Athens-based doom metal pillars ACID MAMMOTH premiere a
crushing excerpt taken from their anticipated fourth album "Supersonic
Megafauna Collision", to be released on April 5th via Heavy P… Read More
2024-03-05 06:30
The first release on new Southern Lord label subdivision,
The Lord Recordings, will be out this May-June. // Pre-order now.
Greg Anderson photo by Al Overdrive.
Having released t… Read More
2024-03-02 06:30
'Honor Roll of Hits’ can now be pre-ordered on transparent
red vinyl! This four-way vinyl split featuring Sweet Teeth, First in Line,
GASP, and Statues will be released on March 8, 202… Read More
2024-03-01 06:30
Name of your band:
Sunflower Fox and the Chicken Leg and we’re Kaity Heart the
vocalist, Mike Schmidt Lead Guitar and Kyle Primus, Drums, percussion, and the
absent cowbell… Read More
2024-02-29 06:30
Portland-based heavy merchants TIGERS ON OPIUM release a new
single taken from their forthcoming debut album "Psychodrama", to be
issued on March 1st via Heavy Psych Sounds. Embrace the po… Read More
2024-02-27 06:30
Detroit up-and-coming doom
metal trio TEMPLE
OF THE FUZZ WITCH unleash
their crushing new single "Bow Down" on all streaming platforms. The
song is taken from their third full-length "A… Read More
2024-02-25 06:30
Heavy Psych Sounds Records announce the release of the
fuzz-driven split album from US
heavy blues rockers GEEZER and Italian stoner rock pillars ISAAK this May 17th,
with preorders and… Read More
2024-02-23 06:30
An often ignored fact is that Eric Bell is the founder of
Thin Lizzy, the legendary Irish powerhouse. When mentioned he is listed as
co-founder, fair enough I guess, but he did bring the ban… Read More
2024-02-22 06:30
“Right in line with fellow SoCal tokemeisters Fu Manchu and
Nebula, with plenty of hazy Sabbath rifferama and a generally sludgy, laconic
approach.” — Decibel Magazine
&nb&hell…Read More
2024-02-20 06:30
Watch "Creating A King" HERE
In an electrifying surge of metal mastery, LUTHARO proudly
presents their latest musical conquest, "Creating A King," now
available worldwide. This re… Read More
2024-02-19 06:30
With "Beneath The Desert Floor", Ripple Music starts its latest series dedicated to the
lost treasures from the early days of stoner rock - and this one starts with a
bang:
The Awesom… Read More
2024-02-17 06:30
Desert rock collective Mario Lalli & The Rubber Snake
Charmers unveils a new track taken from their upcoming debut album
"Folklore From The Other Desert Cities" on March 29th on Heav… Read More
2024-02-16 06:30
What have been your musical epiphany moments?
I usually get them when I’m recording, and producing! I love
bringing a song to life, putting together the individual components… Read More
2024-02-15 06:30
I think every book written by musicians I have read have
been straight ahead recollections of their lives from birth to the present.
Bonafide biographies. And that's what I expected Rik Em… Read More
2024-02-13 06:30
Swedish rock multi-instrumentalist PER WIBERG (ex-Opeth,
Spiritual Beggars, Candlemass) presents the third single taken from his new
solo album "The Serpent's Here", to be issued on March… Read More
2024-02-12 06:30
I admit I was unfashionably late to the party. It took my
lovely partner, who has much more nuanced (i.e. - cooler) taste than I to
introduce me to the world of Chelsea Wolfe.
Ms. Wolf… Read More
2024-02-11 06:30
Photo by Krista B.
Banded together out of mutual respect, admiration, history,
and a strong desire to move ever forward, LEGIONS OF DOOM brings together
split-duty lead singers Sc… Read More
2024-02-10 06:30
Raleigh, North Carolina’s heavy rock supergroup LIE HEAVY
(w/ former Corrosion Of Conformity, Confessor members, also The Skull) have
signed to Heavy Psych Sounds for the physical rele… Read More
2024-02-09 06:30
Blazoner from Fredericksburg,
VA, are a brand new band but the
three members are far from being rookies. Stephen Sullivan, guitars &
vocals, was in Lord and Alluvion as well as having a… Read More
2024-02-08 06:30
Welsh occult doom metal trio GOAT MAJOR release their new
single "Snakes (Goddess of the Serpent)" on all streaming services
today, and present its roaring video exclusively on The Obelisk!… Read More
2024-02-06 06:30
Gilded Sorrow Listening Party
The event is scheduled for:
Monday, February 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM PST
Add to Go… Read More
2024-02-05 06:30
Guitarist. Vocalist.
Local history enthusiast! Unicorn
denier? This edition of Fistful of
Questions goes out to Almost Honest frontman Shayne… Read More
2024-02-04 06:30
Seventh Studio Album "ULTRAPOWER" Out Now!
Produced by Josh Schroeder (Lorna Shore,
Tallah, King 810)
Clockwise - L-R - Dan Cleary - Vocals, John Simon Fallon -
Guitar, Pete K… Read More
2024-02-01 06:30
Sicilian doom metal foursome HAUNTED have signed to Ripple
Music for the release of their third studio album "Stare At Nothing"
on April 19th, with a compelling first video streaming exc… Read More
2024-01-30 06:30
Planet Desert Rock has become the premiere heavy rock
underground show in Las Vegas.
This year Planet Desert Rock IV rocks the stage for three nights of incredible
music. Lots of Ripple ba… Read More
2024-01-27 06:30
US doom metal giants THE OBSESSED release their new single
"Realize A Dream" taken from their anticipated fifth studio album
"Gilded Sorrow", to be released this February 16th through Ri… Read More
2024-01-26 06:30
What have been your musical epiphany moments?
Listening to Nevermind when I was 11, playing in a shed with
a drummer and bassist at 13, playing my first show, releasing this record… Read More
2024-01-25 06:30
West Coast-based progressive and heavy rock project BIG
SCENIC NOWHERE (with members of Yawning Man, Fu Manchu and Mos Generator)
present the hypnotic "Surf Western" taken from their third s… Read More
2024-01-23 06:30
San Francisco rock'n'roll machine GLITTER WIZARD teamed up
with US label Ripple Music for the vinyl reissue of their sophomore album
"Hunting Gatherers" in a brand new remastered version on… Read More
2024-01-22 06:30
Like a whisper on the wind. When a bands time comes it
reverberates through the air. Everyone breathes it in, everyone lines up and
drinks the Kool-Aid. In the mainstream this is called ma… Read More
2024-01-20 06:30
Denver, Colorado stoner doom metallers HASHTRONAUT
have signed to Blues Funeral Recordings for the release of their debut album
"No Return" this March 22nd, with preorders and a highly a… Read More
2024-01-19 06:30
What have been your musical epiphany moments?
Greetings from Sweet Crystal!
Epiphany? As a band, we have a love and affiliation with the men and women of the Armed Services. W… Read More
2024-01-18 06:30
We just dropped the ninth chapter of their "Turned To
Stone" split releases, bringing together Philadephia-based atmospheric
doom merchants RITUAL EARTH and Italian heavy psych duo KAZAK t… Read More
2024-01-16 06:30
Craneium are set to release their fourth album “Point of No
Return” in February 2024 via The Sign Records. The Finnish four piece's
upcoming, studio recorded effort is their mo… Read More
2024-01-13 06:30
What have been your musical epiphany moments?
Back in 2004, when I was 12, I was bored at home and I
started to watch a video tape about 9/11. After a few minutes, the documentary… Read More
2024-01-12 06:30
Joe's been kinda quiet of late, well, quiet with his solo
career, that is. I know he's working on something pretty damned cool but that's
all I'm saying right now. Hence, the lack of his o… Read More
2024-01-11 06:30
Italian avant-garde collective TRAUM (with members of Zu,
Fuzz Orchestra, Lento, Zeus!) present their kaleidoscopic psych-laden first
single "Inner Space", taken from their self-titled debut… Read More
2024-01-09 06:30
Kicking off the newest Ripple series, Beneath the Desert Floor
-- uncovering lost treasures and gems from the early days of stoner/desert/doom
rock. Albums that may have been lost to time… Read More
2024-01-07 06:30
“The Blues had a baby, and they named that baby Rock ‘n
’Roll”. - Muddy Waters
Any serious discussion on the history of popular culture in
the 20… Read More
2024-01-05 06:30
Can't recall exactly where and when I first heard of Twelfth
Night from Reading, England, but I do know it was in relation to Marillion, one
of my all-time favourite bands. The compariso… Read More
2024-01-04 06:30
Welsh occult doom metal newcomers GOAT MAJOR announce the
release of their crushing debut full-length "Ritual" on Ripple Music
this March, and unveil their new single "Evil Eye" exclusiv… Read More
2024-01-02 06:30
Italian fuzz'n'rollers THE CLAMPS team up with The Sleeping
Shaman to unveil their frantic and hard-rocking new single "Blood"
today! Their new album "Megamouth" will be available on Jan… Read More
2024-01-01 06:30
Pianist. Trumpeter.
Guitarist. Vocalist. This edition of Fistful of Questions goes out
to We Kill Cowboys frontwoman Alex.
&nbs&hell…Read More
2023-12-31 06:30
Nameless Grave Records is excited to announce a second
pressing of Pagan Altar's The Story of Pagan Altar on cassette! The Story of
Pagan Altar is that of a once unknown proto-doom band fo… Read More
2023-12-29 06:30
In previous writings I have shared my opinion on cover
versions or tribute albums quite strongly. I wrote that a note for note cover
was next to pointless. This approach combined with the ar… Read More
2023-12-28 06:30
Heavy Psych Sounds signs Mario Lalli & The Rubber Snake
Charmers — the collective formed by desert rock legends Mario Lalli (Fatso
Jetson, ex-Yawning Man), Brant Bjork (ex-Kyuss)… Read More
2023-12-25 06:30
Moth eater. Big Cheese.
Pianist. Guitarist. Vocalist. This edition of Fistful of Questions goes out
to Ruff Majik frontman Johni Holiday.&nbs&hell…Read More
2023-12-22 06:30
Name of your band: ELOAĦ
What have been your musical epiphany moments?
Hello, I am Elmar, the singer and main songwriter of ELOAĦ.
Regarding musical epipha… Read More
2023-12-21 06:30
This January, Ripple Music will release the ninth chapter of
their "Turned To Stone" split releases, bringing together
Philadephia-based atmospheric doom merchants RITUAL EARTH and Italian… Read More
2023-12-19 06:30
This is
SLOWER, the supergroup with members of Fu Manchu, Kylesa, Kyuss, Monolord,
Lowrider and Year Of The Cobra.— six major players from the stoner and doom
metal league reinventin… Read More
2023-12-16 06:30
Watch "Morgoth Tales" HERE
In a thrilling announcement for rock and metal fans, the
legendary bands VOÏVOD and PRONG are delighted to confirm their
much-anticipated co-headline tou… Read More
2023-12-15 06:30
When I was a kid, growing up in a house with Cat Stevens,
Neil Diamond, and Simon and Garfunkel, the first time I ever heard Kiss's
"Detroit Rock City,"
it was a moment of musical epiphan… Read More
2023-12-12 06:30
Yo!
Our GARGANTUAN Ripple Music holiday sale is still ongoing!
This is our annual bonanza, and it's a stoner rock record collectors dream!
We're talking vinyl for just… Read More
2023-12-11 06:30
Fiddler. “Ol Lady.”
Asian food enthusiast. This edition
of Fistful of Questions goes out to WyndRider vocalist Chloe Gould.  &helli…Read More
2023-12-09 06:30
Los Angeles
heavy rock heavyweights FIREBALL MINISTRY join the Ripple Music roster for the
reissue of their most iconic albums as part of the label's new "Beneath
The Desert Floor" series.&n&hell…Read More
2023-12-08 06:30
What have been your musical epiphany moments?
As a band I guess the big breakthrough was our debut record,
‘From Insanity’s Ruin’ that was a turning point in reall… Read More
2023-12-07 06:30
We've got vinyl as low as $7, CD's for just $2, and huge
discounts on limited edition vinyl, test presses, merch and more! This is HUGE
for our bottom line at the end of the year and we are… Read More
2023-12-06 07:00
American guitarist and vocalist Sonny Vincent, known as the
founder of New York punk heroes Testors and bandmate of Bobby Liebling in the
doom metal band The Limit, presents "Primitive 196… Read More
2023-12-04 06:30
Ladies and
gents! This edition of Fistful of Questions
goes out to Tulsa, Oklahoma’s very own Medicine Horse.
What is your fu… Read More
2023-12-03 06:30
I had heard about Lie Heavy here and there. Nothing in depth
or extensive enough to get my distracted brain going to investigate them
further. Then, not long ago, a post on social media from… Read More
2023-12-02 06:30
Ripple Music shares the fourth single off their upcoming
“Burn on the Bayou: A Heavy Underground Tribute to Creedence Clearwater
Revival”, featuring 32 heavy covers of the Am… Read More
2023-12-01 06:30
When I was a kid, growing up in a house with Cat Stevens,
Neil Diamond, and Simon and Garfunkel, the first time I ever heard Kiss's
"Detroit Rock City,"
it was a moment of musical epiphany… Read More
2023-11-30 06:30
Yo!
It's arrived! The world famous, incredibly massive Ripple
Music holiday sale!
We've got vinyl as low as $7, CD's for just $2, and huge
discounts on limited edit… Read More
2023-11-28 06:30
For the third time in 13 months, Eight Foot Manchild - the
genre-fluid quintet from Medford,
Massachusetts - will be releasing
an EP showcasing their self-dubbed "doombrass" style. Bringing… Read More
2023-11-27 06:30
Vocalist. Guitarist.
Star Wars enthusiast. Mr.
Clean!? This edition of Fistful of
Questions goes out to The Fulcrum’s co-frontman Chio.
Wh… Read More
2023-11-26 06:30
Hear the single II Watch the music video
Craneium are set to release their fourth album “Point of No
Return” in the beginning of 2024 via The Sign Records. T… Read More
2023-11-24 06:30
When I was a kid, growing up in a house with Cat Stevens,
Neil Diamond, and Simon and Garfunkel, the first time I ever heard Kiss's
"Detroit Rock City,"
it was a moment of musical epiphany… Read More
2023-11-23 06:30
Last night I attended this concert, at the 3 Arena (capacity
13,000) or as it's eternally known to some the Point (my first gig here
Aerosmith 1993).
I was dragging my heels and cur… Read More
2023-11-21 06:30
Manchester
heavy psychedelic blues trio RITUAL KING team up with It's Psychedelic Baby
Magazine to present their sophomore album "The Infinite Mirror" in
full, released November 17th on… Read More
2023-11-20 06:30
Vocalist. Artist.
Pinball enthusiast! Loather of
sax? This edition of Fistful of
Questions goes out to frontman Bradley Lockhart of Dryland… Read More
2023-11-19 06:30
Ripple Music announce the next chapter of their "Turned
To Stone" split series featuring US and Italian doom and psych metal
purveyors Ritual Earth and Kazak, to be released on January 12th… Read More
2023-11-17 06:30
Well, I hate to sound like a broken rekkid!!! (Don’t you
just hate that expression?! ).
Still, here is another band that I was completely unfamiliar with that Ripple
has brought to my… Read More
2023-11-16 06:30
Yo! After years of demand we have finally added these Ripple
hoodies to the webstore! We partnered with our friends at Made In Brooklyn to do
them, they're super comfortable, warm and cert… Read More
2023-11-14 06:30
American guitarist and vocalist Sonny Vincent, known as the
founder of New York punk heroes Testors and bandmate of Bobby Liebling in the
doom metal band The Limit, presents a second exc… Read More
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