Swedish godfathers of stoner rock Dozer release their highly anticipated sixth studio album "Drifting in the Endless Void on Blues Funeral Recordings today, and announce summer festival appearances in Europe and the UK, as well as a fall Australian tour!
“A genuinely forward-thinking take on stoner from this comeback band.” Metal Hammer UK
“There's a lot going on in Drifting in the Endless Void, and it's clear that Dozer spent the last fifteen years dreaming of what could be, not what was.” Invisible Oranges
“With a ferocious vigour and explosive power, Drifting In The Endless Void is a perfectly executed stoner album and then some.” Distorted Sound Magazine
“Cleaner, prettier and light years more lyrical, it's a comeback that re-casts the group aural eons from its origins.” Decibel Magazine
Check out new album "Drifting in the Endless Void"
Over a decade since their last outing, DOZER have now reawakened with a vengeance: "Drifting in the Endless Void" is an undeniable affirmation of their status not just as forefathers of a movement, but as champions of volcanic energy and pure riff worship. The foursome still brings the tumultuous churn that longtime fans expect, but their sound has become a gravitational mass that also pulls in massive sludge, fuzzed-out doom, space-tripping grooves, red-eyed psychedelics, and whatever else they find floating in the vast cosmic expanse. The explosive playing and fiery purpose is what makes "Drifting in the Endless Void" a truly unmissable experience. Watch new videos "Ex-Human, Now Beast" and Dust For Blood!
Dozer European & UK shows:
May 6 - Desertfest London (UK) The Electric Ballroom, London
May 19 - Desertfest Berlin (DE) Berlin
June 15-17 - Wasted Open Air (DE) Lake Obernzenn
June 18 - Hellfest (FR) Clisson
July 6-8 - Alive Festival (SE) Borlänge
July 28-29 - Rock Im Wald (DE) Oberfranken
August 10-12 - Sonic Blast (PT) Moledo
Dozer Australian shows:
November 4 - Crown and Anchor - Adelaide
November 6 - Bendigo Hotel - Collingwood
November 7 - Stonerfest 2023 at Singing Bird Studios - Frankston
November 9 - The Basement Canberra - Canberra
November 10 - La La La's - Wollongong
November 11 - The Vanguard - Sydney
DOZER "Drifting In The Endless Void"
Available now on Blues Funeral Recordings
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Formed in the mid-’90s in the sleepy town of Borlänge, the Swedish foursome led the first wave of European-style stoner/desert rock in response to the tectonic heft and sun-baked fuzz of American bands Kyuss and Fu Manchu. On their preternaturally confident earliest releases, which included albums In the Tail of the Comet (2000) and Madre De Dios (2001) on the legendary Man’s Ruin label and a split LP with John Garcia’s bright-burning though post-Kyuss outfit Unida, DOZER's fuzz-rock hypnosis was at cosmic levels, thanks to guitarist Tommi Holappa’s rolling riffs and fried psychedelics and singer/guitarist Fredrik Nordin’s blistering vocal power.
The third album Call it Conspiracy was a milestone in perfectly crafted high-energy anthems, as the lockdown grooves of rhythm section Johan Rockner (bass) and Erik Bäckwall (drums) along with heaping helpings of ‘70s hard rock heroics saw the band established as a live force, leveling audiences across the UK and Europe with their white-hot eruptions. Even as DOZER achieved greater recognition on European, US and Australian tours supporting the likes of Clutch, Spiritual Beggars and Mastodon, Holappa also started side project Greenleaf as an outlet for jammier, less-structured digressions.
An inflection point came with Dozer’s fourth album Through the Eyes of Heathens, which saw them drive the intensity into the red and push the tempos to match. Their fuzz-groove attack now infused with heightened aggression and crush, the shift was consecrated by the appearance of Mastodon’s Troy Saunders lending vocals to the song “Until Man Exists No More”. DOZER pushed ahead in this vein with 2008’s Beyond Colossal, which All Music called, “arguably their heaviest and darkest song cycle yet,” and which included a career watermark in the form of mini-epic “Empire’s End” with guest vocals from Neil Fallon of Clutch.
But, although the album was a triumph in channeling the various tributaries of the members’ decade-plus growth and influences, it would also be their last proper album for quite some time. Nordin returned to school for his Master’s degree, Holappa turned Greenleaf into a full-time band, and Dozer went on indefinite hiatus. If the band seemed to sleep while Greenleaf roamed, DOZER have now reawakened by signing a worldwide deal with US label Blues Funeral Recordings, which will release their first studio album in fifteen years.
DOZER is:
Fredrik Nordin - Guitar & Vocals
Tommi Holappa - Guitar
Johan Rockner - Bass
Sebastian Olsson - Drums
DOZER links
Website⎜Facebook⎜Bandcamp⎜Instagram⎜Youtube⎜Spotify
BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS links
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