2021-12-31 18:52
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2021-01-27 23:34
Let's face it, 2020 was an absolutely horrible year. Fortunately, one positive thing from 2020 was the tremendous amount of amazing music that was released this year. It seemed that there w… Read More
2020-10-03 21:39
In addition to the BMA-Beer Music Art page, I have decided to re-visit my love for sharing awesome music with everyone. Although, this time around I will combine it with food and drinks. The… Read More
2020-07-05 02:09
So, I bet you guys have all been wondering what the hell has Reg from Heavy Planet been up to these days, probably not, but I may as well stroke my ego a bit. Anyways, I have been brainstorm… Read More
2020-05-01 00:16
This is happening, Take a listen and join!Saturday May 2, 2020 at 7:00 PM ESThttps://w2g.tv/xmaybddb1lew03vytg Read More
2020-04-15 22:01
Join us this Saturday at 7:00 PM EST for a listening party. Click below for more details.https://www.facebook.com/events/667443500684582/ Read More
2020-04-04 17:31
Got the Covid-19 blues? Need something to help keep your mind off all the crazy shit going on in this world? Then join us for a listening party. The first hour is dedicated to a killer full… Read More
2018-02-05 11:38
As per usual 2017 had it’s fair share of amazing releases. These are the ones that I listened to the most. This is also, unfortunately a very bittersweet list as this will be the last… Read More
2018-01-18 19:52
If you have not heard of Tony Reed he is the guitarist and vocalist for the Mos Generator, Stone Axe, Heavy Pink, Hot Spring Water and Twelve Thirty Dreamtime, he has played in more bands… Read More
2018-01-14 11:52
Ok, we'll admit it, we've got no idea how to pronounce this band's name either, but what really matters when it comes to these Danish dudes is that they fucking rock! This self-titled… Read More
2017-12-26 14:33
Let's do this shall we?10. Hark - Maschinations It's a damn shame that these guys have just announced they're splitting up as they're one of the most technical and experimental with their r… Read More
2017-11-12 18:33
Back in June of 2015, we said of Forest of Legend's demo that they 'have the potential in them to make an incredible record. Watch this space'. Well, we write this review with big gloating g… Read More
2017-11-01 04:00
First off, please forgive me as I have not written a review in ages so I may be a little rusty. I felt compelled to write a review of Philly-based band The Age of Truth's debut "Threshold" s… Read More
2017-10-07 21:59
Some quick words on one of my Northwest favorites Year of the Cobra's new release. 5 songs that show a band who's growing and maturing at a rapid rate not unlike a face grabber bursting onto… Read More
2017-09-20 04:00
On Saturday September 30, 2017 at 3:00 PM EST all hell will break loose on the City of Pittsburgh, PA. An event of epic proportions, 17 killer Stoner Rock/Doom/Metal bands are set to ignite… Read More
2017-09-19 17:20
The mighty Swamp Ritual hail from Missoula Mt. (as does yours truly), so I was more then pleased to see this 5 song gem of fuzzed out heaviness in my emails. Being a fan of the loud bass an… Read More
2017-09-15 17:38
At the beginning of 2015, we were introduced to a sludge/doom band from Bengaluru, India, with their debut full-length record Stereolithic Riffalocalypse, and it blew us away (review here)… Read More
2017-09-14 04:37
This! This. This is something special. The attraction was immediate, unstoppable and obviously inspiring as it got me to write my first review of the year and this is Sept… Read More
2017-09-02 23:37
You may have noticed that our posts have been few and far between as of late. Rest assured, we are still here and we will have new bands for you to check out but possibly in different ways t… Read More
2017-08-09 19:11
Ooooh, now this is a bit fucking tasty! Vermont trio Sachem have put out a teasing demo for an upcoming release, and it's all kinds of nasty sludge metal with huge riffs that we love to get… Read More
2017-07-24 13:53
WHOA!! This album is a veritable treasure trove. Strip away all it's magnificent, invaluable regalia and you are left with it's music, music that defies the genre labels we tend to utilize i… Read More
2017-07-21 14:02
A stunning blend of great late 60s, early 70s style psych-rock with heavy stoner fuzz sensibilities has been captured on this nearly 2 decade old album by Orange Sunshine. Listening to it is… Read More
2017-07-20 14:10
Yesterday's post was from the far south reaches of the UK in Bournemouth. Today we fly with the raven due north for over 400 miles, shedding the robe of grunge garage fuzz along the way in o… Read More
2017-07-19 13:16
Directly from the sandy beaches and hot sun of...London, England...comes a raunchy, bawdy, in your face trio of rockers who deliver a high energy brand of rockabilly retro skate surf punk fu… Read More
2017-07-18 14:35
Europe gives us a TON of great underground rock bands that run the gamut of styles we lump into stoner/doom/psychedelic/desert/retro/blues rock (even the genre lump is sizeable), and the UK… Read More
2017-07-17 13:16
Doom is the tenor of the day, with psychedelic bracing, stoner overtones, and profligate subterranean darkness, emanating from the capital of wholesome goodness, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Cobr… Read More
2017-07-13 14:47
There are lots of quality EPs out there, both from known and established bands as well as from artists just trying to get something out there that might garner interest in what they've newly… Read More
2017-07-12 14:44
Stoner Punk? That's the label I'd give Simple Jack's music, perhaps. As with all labels, though, it never tells the complete, or even correct story. Simple Jack's music isn't punk necessaril… Read More
2017-07-11 15:58
Veteran Boston rockers Cortez have advanced their long, high caliber legacy with a new, full length LP, their third album since inception back in 2006. This latest album by the quintet is a… Read More
2017-07-10 12:54
Trios kick ass much of the time. There's just no getting around it. The Lausanne, Switzerland trio Hey Satan kick ass from a number of angles on their debut eponymous release. To begin with… Read More
2017-07-07 14:43
Back before the internet us elders had to know what music to buy from either the radio, magazines, MTV, word of mouth, tape trading or seeing bands live. On more then a few occasions you'd g… Read More
2017-07-07 14:23
Earth Witch have been producing and playing high energy, heavy metal doom rock since they first formed on Halloween night in 2012 playing Black Sabbath covers. An early EP, released on Hallo… Read More
2017-07-06 14:51
So far it has been a banner year for album releases with several albums either released or soon to be released from many of our favorite bands such as Sasquatch, Mothership, Elder, Steak, Ge… Read More
2017-07-05 13:55
North Dakota's premier stoner/doom rockers Egypt return with a darkly sizzling 5 track scorcher of an album that once again showcases their penchant for wielding massively heavy, wickedly sh… Read More
2017-06-28 17:07
As a great big fat choking smoke cloud descends upon you, filling your lungs with a dense clogging clawing, commanding every gap and hole it finds, becoming one with you, you manage to exhal… Read More
2017-06-28 12:51
Steady, subterranean, and filthy clean, Green Druid duskily flows with the drone of a thousand rusty amps through the cracks and pores of forgotten, ancient crypts. This sophomore EP from th… Read More
2017-06-27 13:46
Mega-Fuzz rockers Ruff Majik have quite quickly returned with a new release....of sorts. It's only been two months since they issued the brilliant "The Swan", but Ruff Majik have something q… Read More
2017-06-26 15:15
STEAK have assiduously become a staple of underground fuzz, having previously released quintessential stoner/psychedelic hard rock albums in 2012, '13, and '15. Now, having signed with Rippl… Read More
2017-06-22 16:23
Alright! The fifth album from one of rock's unsung practitioners has been released. Any spin through any one of the, now five, albums put out by the Los Angeles retro/stoner rock trio Sasqua… Read More
2017-06-21 14:50
In June of 2014 Attalla released their self-titled first album which quickly garnered acclaim from consumer and critic alike. It was the type of album that, by the time you'd taken in all it… Read More
2017-06-20 14:55
Clan are a stoner rock band from Norwich, UK that exemplify the sound of the genre as well as any band of this century or the last. The mix of sound and style they are able to seamlessly inc… Read More
2017-06-19 14:07
I'm always amazed when just two musicians are able to pull off the sound of four. This duo from Wiesbsden, Germany lay down some raunchy, ebon tar, paving a road of grim shadows, black cowle… Read More
2017-06-16 13:16
MegaStonerRetroPunkFuzz has been quite brilliantly captured on this raw, garage rock of an album from a threesome of young and imaginative musicians out of Phoenix. It's a simple sound, yet… Read More
2017-06-14 14:01
Smallstone Records has been a 'go-to' place for great fuzzy music since their inception back in 1995. There is north of 80 rock bands in the annals of Smallstone, many of them pioneers of un… Read More
2017-06-13 11:42
Cold Dezert are another in a burgeoning line of established and emerging Grecian stoner/doom bands, and just like so many of them, they have developed a hefty, gargantuan sound. But they've… Read More
2017-06-12 12:32
Jukebox Monkey have created a wonderful mix of contradictions with "Grey Skies Red Planet", delivering a clean sound via a wonderfully nasty disposition, a southern rock style of frankness w… Read More
2017-06-09 13:29
I think perhaps I need to place a permanent office in the midst of the fertile stoner/psych/doom/retro rock country of Belgium. Many of the bands and albums I've highlighted in the past few… Read More
2017-06-08 13:24
Something a bit different today. The 'New Band To Burn One To' feature is meant to showcase bands that haven't gotten much attention and perhaps are just starting out in the underground wor… Read More
2017-06-07 12:51
Every now and then I come across a band whose music I've not yet heard but who have been around for a fair amount of time, with more than one release to their credit. Today's Band Spotlight… Read More
2017-06-06 12:37
A potent sound of high energy, agile vocals, bruising drums, brawling bass, and riffs galore are the hallmarks of this threesome from the north of France. They have mastered the art of combi… Read More
2017-06-05 12:40
From that little ol' band from New York comes yet another exceptional release of guitar-racked brilliance in the form of "Psychoriffadelia", Geezer's latest foray into heavy hitting blues ro… Read More
2017-06-01 13:35
Sautrus are a traditional 4 piece band consisting of one guitar, one bass, one drummer, and one vocalist. But that's where the traditional ends. They managed deserved notoriety in 2014… Read More
2017-05-31 12:51
Take a trip today with Child. A trip that floats on psychedelic fabrics of deep Indigo Blues, propelled ever onward by the steadfast strength of Cerulean Blue guitar riffs, solos, and mind-c… Read More
2017-05-30 13:14
Retro Kick-Ass is the theme today with Hyvinkää, Finland's Magpie Toes who have released their initial foray into blues-rock fuzzery with their eponymous EP of 4 Hi-Fi t… Read More
2017-05-29 15:23
I don't know about you, but every now and then I like to go through my massive collection of great music and see if I can find something I haven't played in a long while, or perhaps discover… Read More
2017-05-26 14:57
Yesterday's Quick Hit was a band from Belgium. While cruising through the land of chocolate, beer, and diamonds I stumbled across another fine act, King Hiss, who have been expertly wielding… Read More
2017-05-25 14:21
The focus today is on Ghent, Belgium's Fire Down Below and their debut album "Viper Vixen Goddess Saint". There is everything to say about this album. It's an injection of intense musical ex… Read More
2017-05-23 17:56
Now this is a fucking powerful record!Godhunter, from Arizona, Tucson, have been producing stoner sludge for a number of years now, and when several members of the band left at the end of 2… Read More
2017-05-23 11:40
It's early, but a heads up is perfectly warranted for the beautifully rendered, dark and haunting, doomscape album, "Chamber of Horrors", by the Austin, Texas-based doom band Destr… Read More
2017-05-22 15:15
The world of hard rock, of heavy metal, is wonderfully varied, so much in fact, there are distinct genre silos underneath the hard/heavy umbrella, many of them having filled up decades ago… Read More
2017-05-18 12:03
You're just standing there, innocently, expectantly, hoping to engage with the new discovery when Georgie and Simon begin a bisensual assault of straight stinging jabs to your ears… Read More
2017-05-17 22:22
OHHMS are back pushing the envelope of normalcy with their incredibly unique brand of sludge covered punk doom that pays no direct homage to the progenitors of metal while delivering an… Read More
2017-05-16 08:00
Isn’t it sweet when as a music community we get together to show solidarity and an appreciation for the things we care about? Leicester (UK)-based Mage are certainly grateful. Aft… Read More
2017-05-15 14:28
Hailing from London, Kujara are a three piece delight of conglomerated brilliance. They have brought a big metal pot of thick, viscous rock stew to a bubbling, gurgling roil on the… Read More
2017-05-14 18:35
I think I just found my first entree into the top albums of 2017.For those of you not aware Summoner were formerly called Riff Cannon..and true to their former name they do wield said cannon… Read More
2017-05-12 13:58
Cloud have been around for a short minute, releasing their first EP on bandcamp back in 2015. "Indeterminate" is their second release. It's savory. It's toothsome. It's intoxicating. I very… Read More
2017-05-11 13:28
Resplendence and shadow could easily be the hallmarks of the exquisitely rendered "Servus" from Bathsheba, a Belgian quartet of low-tuned and penetrating boulder crushers, who take hallmarks… Read More
2017-05-10 12:25
Greece rockers Half Gramme of Soma are on the verge of dropping a new album, "Groove is Black", an eight song all-out assault on each and every pleasure sensor. It's all here. Endearing… Read More
2017-05-09 12:12
Wielding binary guitars of power and force and a vocalist for the ages Blood Mist are unleashed upon the earth as part of Baltimore's Grimoire Records. Their music is bold, atmospheric… Read More
2017-05-08 13:54
Talk about prolific. Greek veteran Vmetal rockers Nightstalker recently dropped their SEVENTH studio album. Only one of those seven are an EP, the other six being song-full LPs. Can you… Read More
2017-05-05 13:08
English rockers Cybernetic Witch Cult appear to be cruising comfortably at high speed right now, not only releasing albums in short order, but releasing albums of immense quality and gusto… Read More
2017-05-04 13:46
May 5th is the official release date for Blackbird Hill's latest EP, "Midday Moonlight (maxi)", but the music is available for streaming a day early on their bandcamp page. This duo fro… Read More
2017-05-03 14:04
Ordos are a 5 piece group of dark, heavy riffsmiths, hailing from the fertile stoner/doom breeding grounds of Uppsala, Sweden. With their two-pronged six-string attack bolstered by an array… Read More
2017-05-02 14:53
Obscure, but incredible. Unheralded, but magnificent. Disbanded, yet eternal in legacy. This describes too many capable stoner/doom/psych/blues rock bands across the globe that vie for our a… Read More
2017-05-01 14:19
There was a time relatively early in the decade of awesome rock that was the Seventies in which bands used an organ as much as they did their guitars, and the sound was incredible because of… Read More
2017-04-28 16:04
Progressive, psychedelic, doom, stoner, fuzz, seventies.......Dead Quiet tick all the boxes and then some. Melodic, great vocals, deep metal, mesmerizing, moody, sticky, and toothsome … Read More
2017-04-27 16:06
Today's Quick Hit is infused with a bit of doom and a heaping effusion of psychedelic fuzz. A lively bass accompanies ethereal vocals and a wicked guitar, floating in a stew of chunky drumbe… Read More
2017-04-26 15:02
Late in 2013 I had stumbled across an up and coming band and their initial release, "Predator", naming it my Number 9 favorite album of 2013. The 4 gentlemen from Chicago are back with… Read More
2017-04-25 15:56
I have 2 artists' works to share with you today, so this'll be two Quick Hits in one, which surely can be classified as a double toke, right? The theme today is a punky, garage-y, grungey&nb&hell…Read More
2017-04-24 15:52
Fresh stoner/blues produce from the Auburn, California trio of Brett, Dylan, and David, better known as Shotgun Sawyer, has just been released on a split EP with fellow rockers BandMaster Ru… Read More
2017-04-21 13:05
This might not be what you would call standard stoner rock, but what is quite evident with this 4 song EP is that a meaty fuzz generator cranks out plenty of rough and ready riffage wrapped… Read More
2017-04-20 13:41
Releasing today, "Stoner Circus" is Swanmay's second recording, the first being the excellent EP "Metronome". The band's trio of riff-slingers, hailing from the Steel City of Linz, Austria… Read More
2017-03-31 18:59
Shirts off! and congrats to Wounded Giant for signing with STB Records.Out tomorrow (April 1st) on STB records is the new release from Seattle's own Wounded Giant, you'd best get on STB's si… Read More
2017-03-27 19:14
The artwork to Forming the Void's second release depicts a cloaked figure carrying a trident, riding a harnessed piece of earth with a chain of other rocks through the cosmos with a hawk by… Read More
2017-03-15 17:38
Now this is just what we needed! It's been a pretty slow start to the beginning of 2017 for us guys at HP, we needed a bit of a wake up call to get our arses into gear, and it turns out tha… Read More
2017-02-22 16:41
Feast your eyes on that simple, beautiful album cover above. It's a bellwether for what is packaged inside. Los Angeles trio Aboleth have kicked off their career with a sweet three song 7" r… Read More
2017-02-20 23:39
The pre order for the new Mothership has landed!Mothership brings 8 new songs of ass shaking, beer downing, riff rippin' ditties.Ride the Sun and Speed Dealer bring the uptempo boogie… Read More
2017-02-19 15:05
Everything about this Nuremberg, Germany band screams rock and fuckin' roll.-Passionate vocal delivery-✔-Wailing guitar lead trade-offs-✔-A definite prowess for making a catchy… Read More
2017-02-13 14:29
A big loud noisy 3 piece comprised of Tyler, Ryan and TJ who manage to dial in everything from screaming vocals and seriously heavy guitars and drums to softer quiet melodies which crescendo… Read More
2017-02-12 13:44
Well, it's been quite a while since I have done any sort of review for the site. So, I felt today would be a great day to shake off the rust. Yesterday, I was perusing through thee old Bandc… Read More
2017-02-11 13:59
Ever since catching these guys headline at the Cluny venue in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, towards the end of last year, we’ve been waiting for this record to drop, and by god how mi… Read More
2017-02-06 21:20
Anybody like theoretical physics? The fuzzy world of quantum mechanics?Who doesn't right?Holy mount, a four piece from Canada lay down 7 psyched out tracks of the kind stuff I w… Read More
2017-02-05 14:59
Well, if you were to get technical, Heavy Planet actually started in 1999 while I was working for National Record Mart. I wanted to start a website that would feature new bands that no one e… Read More
2017-02-03 19:38
There are album cover artists out there in HeavyPlanet land that crank out beautiful covers for a myriad of Doom and Stoner metal bands and musicians, but one such artist, Alex von Wied… Read More
2017-01-18 14:32
"Dance on the pelts of your enemies, drunk on the blood of a jaguar..." Dryland™ formed in the winter of 2014. Members Brad, Clapper, Ryan, Luke and Hollie are here to play you s… Read More
2017-01-17 11:03
It’s that time of year people, there is snow on the ground, the fireplace is flickering its satanic majesties in the background and I just curled up in my red and green SnuggieTM with… Read More
2017-01-16 16:59
Being that we’re already two weeks into 2017, let me be the last to wish everyone a happy new year. My words don’t grace the pages of Heavy Planet as often as they once did… Read More
2017-01-11 09:20
As always, this has become a huge undertaking. 2016 delivered some pretty amazing records from the Stoner/Doom/Heavy Rock genre. I have finally narrowed it down to basically the albums that… Read More
2017-01-10 19:12
Now THIS is the shot to balls we've been waiting for this new year to attack us with! Energy and aggression are the two prominant things on display on the self-titled debut EP from Sweden's… Read More
2017-01-09 00:40
Ever been walking in the woods, alone, at dusk and can't shake the feeling that you are being watched? When from out of nowhere a rabbit bounds out of the bushes causing you to chuck… Read More
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