THE DOOMED & STONED SHOW
In this edition, Billy Goate (Editor, Doomed & Stoned) and John Gist (CEO, Vegas Rock Revolution) explore new music from Wo Fat, Steak, Somali Yacht Club, Ufomammut, Beastmaker, and more, with plenty of fresh discoveries along the way. Talk and rock to scratch your itch for all things slow ‘n low, heavy and fuzzy.
PLAYLIST
INTRO (00:00)
1. Karma Vulture - “Cheer Up” (00:31)
HOST SEGMENT I (04:59)
2. A Tribe of HorsmanK - “Try” (13:49)
3. Black Tongue Reverend - “Chewing Stones” (19:05)
4. Greasefire - “Sleep” (24:34)
HOST SEGMENT II (28:39)
5. Samavayo - “Afghan Sky” (45:15)
6. Steak - “Ancestors” (51:05)
7. Carson - “The Last Laugh” (56:39)
8. Somali Yacht Club - “Pulsar” (1:00:35)
HOST SEGMENT III (1:09:43)
9. Witchpit - “The Weight of Death” (1:25:14)
10. Beastmaker - “Possession” (1:29:03)
11. Schubmodul - “Cosmic Haze Keeper” (1:32:18)
12. Ufomammut - “Psychostasia” (1:37:07)
HOST SEGMENT IV (1:43:46)
13. Electric Monolith - “Nightmares” (1:59:30)
14. Wo Fat - “Orphans of the Singe” (2:06:21)
15. Early Moods - “Isolated” (2:20:14)
16. Greenbeard - “Creatures of the Night” (2:24:40)
OUTRO (2:28:02)
17. Grave Next Door (BONUS) - “As Heavy as Texas” (2:29:09)
CREDITS
- Theme: Dylan Tucker
- Incidental Music: Hellvetika
- Thumbnail: Wo Fat
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Austin’s GREENBEARD Takes Us Along For A Saturday Night Ride in New Video!
Oh the hedonistic ways of rock ‘n’ roll and heavy metal have not changed since Poison got us singing “Nothin’ But A Good Time” in the crazy '80s. In fact, there’s a new documentary into the current state of said good times in the visual evidence before us.
The subject: Texas tokers GREENBEARD. Their story is told in video before us, all of which plays out in one of Chance, Jeff, and Buddy’s favorite Austin hangs, Nickel City. As we kick off the weekend, Doomed & Stoned is happy to give its official premiere!
The director is Holly Jee of Static Stills, who accompanied Greenbeard on their recent winter tour for the Doom Charting album 'Lödarödböl’ (2018). “She would record footage from the live shows” drummer Buddy Hachar tells me, “and edit it in real-time from the van while we were driving to the next gig. She was able to put out 30-second trailers for every city that we played in before we got there.” In other words, mad video production skills, people. It wasn’t long before she got the job of turning “Young Concussion” into a full on music video.
“Holly is a bad mother fucker,” Buddy adds. “Slangin merch, chopping videos, and punching rucas in El Paso.” Wait, ruca ruckus? When? Where? I sensed a story, and Buddy dished it out to me. “We were playing a show in El Paso and Holly got into it with some girl because she used her lighter by accident. The girl pulled her off the bench threw on the floor by the hair. Holly whipped around on top of this chick and started annihilating her face.” Now that is some real badassery right there!
The debauchery continues this spring, as Greenbeard rolls right into a city near you. Catch them at FireBreather Festival in Indianapolis on Saturday, April 14th! And don’t forget to get your hands on a good soundtrack for the drive there, like Greeenbeard’s Lödarödböl on Kozmik Artifactz records!
The sound of electricity pops as plugs are slapped into cabs, jarring feedback startles you as amps light up, and then, a rumbling, crackling fuzz as guitar and bass get ready for action. The stage is setting up and it’s almost festival time in Indianapolis! On Saturday, April 14th, 2018, the first ever FireBreather Fest comes to Indy – home of the annual Doomed & Stoned Festival. One weekend from now, the midwest’s finest talent will converge upon Indiana City Brewery for a solid day and roaring night of doom metal and stoner rock.
In this episode of The Doomed & Stoned Show, Melissa Marie (our longtime Executive Editor for the Midwest) interviews Drew Smith from the band Archarus (and the other half of sound engineering wizards, Tonesmith) to talk about how FireBreather came together and what it hopes to accomplish. He is joined by Adam Nohe of Horseburner, who pitches in his two cents, as well.
Join us as we talk about the big, bad ten-band bill and audit tracks Telekinetic Yeti, Greenbeard, Toke, Horseburner, Heavy Temple, Stonecutters, Howling Giant, Super Moon, Void King, The Mound Builders, and Archarus!
Tickets are $15 and can be purchase here. Receive the latest updates on the festival and stay connected with those who are going here.
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Members of Inter Arma, Primitive Man, Greenbeard, Urchin Talk Top Shelf Spins
Well, I had this write up basically all finished a couple weekends back and had it disappear from my computer so, here I am, trying this again, it’ll probably be better this time around anyways. Last year was probably one of the more trying ones for most of the people I know – more so than any I can recall in recent history, either because personal struggles or the social turmoil that was inevitable with President Nutlid taking charge of our shithole government. Fortunately for those of who create and enjoy rock ‘n’ roll and heavy metal, struggle is some of the best writing fodder there is. And I think there was plenty to go around in 2017, but thank goodness we had a worthy soundtrack to keep us semi-sane in the midst of a world going mad.
When Billy asked the Doomed and Stoned team for end of the year lists, I constructed mine which can be found in piece showcasing The Heavy Best of 2017. Afterwards, I started thinking, “Who cares what I think?!” and came up with the idea of asking some of the very musicians who brought us some of the biggest, nastiest, and tastiest riffs of the year what they were listening to. Who better to judge good music than the very people who’ve consistently brought so many good vibes in our last trip 'round the sun?
'17 may have sucked as a whole, but it saw plenty milestones for myself musically – playing Psycho Las Vegas, sharing bills with Weedeater, Truckfighters, and so many others. With new heights reached, it’s important to remember some of the connections and friendships you’ve made along the way that helped get you to those places. With this in mind, I’ve reached out to some of the notable people in the world of stoner-doom that I’ve come acquainted with over the past handful of years. These artists have left their mark on the heavy underground and have assembled what I consider a top shelf list of records from the past 12 months.
Michael Paparo
Inter Arma
While Michael may have not released a new album in 2017, I saw two Inter Arma sets last year that justified reaching out to him. Plus, Paradise Gallows is still sticking with me two years following its release. Here is a word from Michael, plus a unique to Virginia best of list, which is nice, because, I don’t live in Virginia, and all of these would have been unnoticed by myself without his recommendation.
“I tried to compile a top five list of all the music I enjoyed this year,” Michael says, “but other than the number one and two spots (Drab Majesty - The Demonstration and Krolok - Flying Above Ancient Ruins, respectively) it proved to be way too daunting of a task. So here are my top five releases from Virginia, instead.” Here they are:
Earthling – Spinning in the Void
Antichrist Siege Machine – Morbid Triumph
Chino Amobi – Paradiso
Prisoner – Beyond the Infinite
Asylum – Modern Hysteria
Ethan McCarthey
Primitive Man
We’ve been talking a lot about Primitive Man, with the October release of their astonishingly heavy Caustic. I met both Ethan and Jon back around 2012 or 2013, when I was going to heaps of shows in Denver (being the only legit metal scene near me, the six hour drive was worth it). I was going to Denver either for work or for shits and giggles close to a dozen times a year, so I was able to catch many early Primitive Man shows and developed a cool friendship with some of the nicest and most brutal song writers in doom.
Lingua Ignota – All Bitches Die
BIG|BRAVE – Ardor
Godflesh – Post Self
Altarage – Endinghent
Unearthly Trance – Stalking The Ghost
Freddie Gibbs – You Only Live 2wice
I listened to this last record and god damn, it’s hard as fuck. Highly recommend it. It’s put me on a serious hip-hop kick for the last month, so thanks to Ethan for the guidance on this EP. It was written while Freddie was being held in prison on false accusations in Germany and if that’s not good fodder for lyrics, then what is?
Jonathan Campos
Primitive Man
Drab Majesty - The Demonstration
Weregoat - Pestilential Rites of Infernal Fornication
Vassafor - Malediction
Spectral Voice - Eroded Corridors of Unbeing
Ascended Dead - Abhorrent Manifestations
Buddy Hacher
Greenbeard
Buddy was one my main points of contact for basically anything Urchin needed for our set at the Psycho Las Vegas pool party. He also plays drums in a dank band I caught at the same event one year before called Greenbeard. I 'em again in November, while they were on tour in support of their multi-month Doom Charting album, Lödarödböl. It was a busy Friday, Mothership was across town at Ash Street Saloon, the show which would ultimately be the last I’d attend at the iconic (and now defunct) Portland venue – the first venue I played at in the Pacific Northwest. I was glad I made a point to catch Greenbeard’s set before heading to the Westside, because they rip.
Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
Horisont - About Time
Goya - Harvester of Bongloads
Destroyer of Light - Chamber of Horrors
Ruby the Hatchet - Planetary Space Child
Eliese Dorsay
Urchin
Eliese was one of the first friends I made in Portland when I first moved here in 2015. She was introduced to me through mutual friends I knew in South Dakota as someone who liked all the same bands as I do and wanted to play drums in a band really bad. At the time, I was in a pretty weird transitional period and wasn’t really wanting to start a project that soon after moving. We decided jam anyway, she asked if it was okay, but I was already convinced 30 seconds in it was going to work and Urchin was born. Eliese is a treasure trove for underground death metal and puts me to shame in the pit and with regard to the number of shows I attend any more these days. A few months back, we self-released our latest collaboration, Cavalcade Past a Forbearing Ruin. I hold her music tastes in high regard and respect her opinion when it comes to shit that is heavy and you should, too, hence why her list is incorporated into this write up!
Necrovorous - Plains of Decay
Gatecreeper - Sweltering Madness
Toke - Orange
Undergang - Misantropologi
Goya - Harvester of Bongloads
Well there you have it, I would like to thank everyone who got back to me with a list. I waited as long as I felt like I should for some other folks, but I understand how crazy the holidays and the beginning of the year can be. As for the Doomed & Stoned writers, you can check out my list along with the others here. I hope everyone has a dank '18!
DOOM CHART COUNTDOWN
The Doomed & Stoned Show
After a much needed hiatus, The Doomed & Stoned Show returns with Billy and Bucky, bringing you their favorite tracks from the rankings in the monthly Doom Charts. This one’s a bit behind the current chart, so we’re playing a bit of catch-up after the time off. Nevertheless, I think you will very much enjoy the program we’ve put together for you – both the music and the conversation. Look for one more program later this month to bring our countdown up to date.
In this episode, tracks by:
- Cardinals Folly - “The Island Where Time Stands Still"
- Fireball Ministry - "The Answer”
- Spacelord - “That Witch Rises”
- Red Mountains - “Rat King”
- Radio Moscow - “New Beginning”
- Spaceslug - “Bemused and Gone”
- Amenra - “Children Of The Eye”
- The Age Of Truth - “Holding Hands Like Thieves”
- Hobo Magic - “Frostbite”
- Beerwolf - “Hunters of Night’
- Hällas - “Star Rider”
- Greenbeard - “Young Concussion”
- Year of the Cobra - “Burn Your Dead”
- War Cloud - “Give’r”
- Motherslug - “Staring at the Sun”
- Black Road - “Bloody Mary”
- Moon Mother - “Black Hole Demons”
- HELA - “Repulsion”
- UFOMAMMUT - “Warsheep”
- With The Dead - “Egyptian Tomb”
- Wucan - “The Rat Catcher”
- Ruby the Hatchet - “Killer”
- Bell Witch - “Mirror Reaper” (radio edit)
- R.I.P. - “Unmarked Grave”
- KADAVAR - “Die Baby Die”
- Clouds Taste Satanic - “Wrath” (radio edit)
- Monolord - “At Nicaea”
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THE DOOMED & STONED PODCAST
Doom Chart Countdown (episode 2.8)We’re getting close to a new month, which means another edition of the Doom Charts is imminent. While you’re waiting, catch up with this month’s picks with Billy Goate from Doomed & Stoned and Bucky Brown from The Ripple Effect as The Doomed & Stoned Show presents the eight installment of the The Doom Chart Countdown!
INTRO
1. Taiga Woods – “Slow Burning” (00:39)
2. Sanhedrin – “Demoness” (04:08)
THE TOP 25
3. The Midnight Ghost Train (#25) – “The Echo” (18:30)
4. Toke (#24) – “Weight of the Word: (23:26)
5. Cities of Mars (#23) – "Envoy of Murder” (27:10)
6. Howling Giant (#22) – “Circle of Druids” (37:10)
7. Kal-El (#21) – “Atmosphere” (41:12)
8. Poseidon (#20) – “Chainbreaker” (46:17)
9. Devil Electric (#19) – “Lady Velvet” (58:37)
10. SHROUD EATER (#18) – “Another Skin” (1:02:27)
11. Monolord (#17) – “Dear Lucifer” (1:07:44)
12. Demon Eye (#16) – “In The Spider’s Eye” (1:22:03)
13. Venomous Maximus (#15) – “Spellbound” (1:25:37)
14. Greenbeard (#14) – “Love Has Passed by Me” (1:29:56)
15. Cortez (#13) – “Dead Channel” (1:37:58)
16. Elder (#12) – “Staying Off Truth” (1:42:54)
17. The Judge (#11) – “Darkest Daze” (1:53:12)
18. Olde (#10) – “Maelstrom” (2:04:22)
19. Sasquatch (#9) – “Window Pane” (2:10:28)
20. Destroyer of Light (#8) – “Whispers in the Threshold” (2:15:52)
21. High Priestess (#7) – “Earth Dive” (2:22:10)
22. Red Mountains (#6) – “Oak” (2:28:41)
23. Blues Funeral (#5) – “Shadow of the Snake” (2:33:37)
24. Eternal Black (#4) – “The Lost, The Forgotten, and the Undying” (2:44:12)
25. The Necromancers (#3) – “Black Marble House” (2:48:27)
26. Ruby the Hatchet (#2) – “Planetary Space Child” (2:54:18)
27. Youngblood Supercult (#1) – The Great American Death Rattle (3:03:27)
For more information on the albums featured in this month’s podcast, visit: www.DoomCharts.com
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SXSW: The Unofficial Showcases
This week, The Doomed & Stoned Podcast focuses on SXSW….well, sorta. Actually, the official SX events kinda suck this year, at least from the perspective of heavy music. Just a bunch of corporate hipster bullshit, but I mean, to each his own. What do I know? Good music is what I know! I sniff out the tunes, man. And the best action for your time and money is happening this week in unofficial showcases: Ripple Music’s Black Smoke Conjuring (Tuesday, March 14th) and SX Stoner Jam Free Show! 23 Heavy Tripped out bands (Wednesday, March 15th).
On the program (in order of play): White Light Cemetery, Psychotic Reaction, Salem’s Bend, DUEL, BoneHawk, Greenbeard, Buffalo Fuzz, Switchblade Jesus, Smokey Mirror, Plastic Daggers, Fox 45, Blackwülf, Crypt Trip, Great Electric Quest, Forming the Void, Ancient VVisdom, From Beyond, Illustrations, the Munsens, and Tia Carrera!
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Northwest Hesh Fest Preview!
The Doomed & Stoned Podcast
The second annual NORTHWEST HESH FEST from American Icon Presents, coming to Dante’s in Portland, Oregon on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September 22nd, 23rd, and 24th.
In this episode:
1. Red Fang - “Sharks”
2. Witch Mountain - “Burn You Down”
3. American Sharks - “Cocaine”
4. American Sharks - “XVI”
5. Red Fang - “Shadows”
6. Red Fang - “Into the Eye”
7. Uncle Acid & the deadbeats - “Ritual Knife”
8. Uncle Acid & the deadbeats - “Downtown”
9. Danava - “The Illusion Crawls”
10. Danava - “The Last Goodbye”
11. Banquet - “Touching the Grave”
12. Greenbeard - “Swimming in the Grass”
13. Diesto - “High As The Sun”
14. The Blood Royale - “The Watchers”
15. Deafheaven - “Come Back”
16. Greenbeard - “Love Has Passed Me By”
Doomed & Stoned Concert Report
Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3: Day II
Words & Photos by Darren Cowan
Films by Stephanie Cantu
Saturday, March 19th: Day Two of Heavy Metal Parking Lot wasn’t as stacked with touring bands (read our coverage of Day One here). Friday’s show featured two national tours with local and regional acts intertwined. Saturday’s show was mostly local bands supporting one touring act: Pentagram. Many of these bands are local, though, only in the sense that they’re in or around the Austin area. The Blood Royale played this event on the last date of a ten-day tour. Destroyer of Light has embarked on many tours around the U.S. and garnered fans from those areas that were on hand today. Normally, meeting so many attendees from out of state or even the country would bewilder me, but this was SXSW, so there was no confusion at all.
Greenbeard
Greenbeard is green in age and in smoke. Being just a couple years old, the band plays stoner rock in a traditional, Kyuss sort of fashion. Bassist Dan Alvarez, who has played with the black metal group Skan, played with immense skill. Chance Parker rocked smooth and steady in a classic rock fashion until the psychedelic ending, when he started stomping pedals and let his guitar ring out waves of meditative feedback.
Wrong
Wrong possesses a name perfect for this festival. Before they performed, one friend may tell another, “Oh, here’s another stoner/doom band we don’t know.” The friend could reply, “Wrong! These guys sound nothing like that.” While singer Eric Hernandez says you may catch a hint of Melvins sludge in their style, this Miami-based band seemed weaned from the groove of ‘90s heavy hitters Helmet and Unsane. Their riffs were much shorter, but much deadlier than many of the longer notes of the weekend. Watch out for their first album on Relapse Records, dropping April 29th.
Destroyer of Light
Destroyer of Light’s sound is bit more ominous than many of the good-time stoner bands that played the festival. Even though Destroyer of Light is a staple around town, many out-of-towners took in the band for the first time. Their reaction to the group was quite strong. Playing songs from their EP, 'Bizarre Tales Vol. 2’ (2014) and from their split with Godhunter, the group mesmerized the crowd with diabolic notes, spooky samples, and science fiction sections. Destroyer of Light put on one of the best shows of the day.
Sabbath Crow
Sabbath Crow sounds a bit like its name sake, a cross between Black Sabbath and Crowbar, but Texan through-and-through. J Bybee and Kristian Bybee seem connected while on stage, especially during major string slides, often resembling Primus. Like Johnny Cash, J was decked out in all black, including a black-rimmed hat. He really stomped the ground to his southern-fried grooves.
Tower
Members of The Blood Royale mentioned playing several shows with Tower while on tour. The two bands weren’t touring together, but tripped wires across state lines. Tower, a young group from New York City, was the closest to resembling the style of 1980s heavy metal represented in the festival’s namesake documentary, likely raised on their parents LPs. Imagine Doro, Warlock, etc. While not a brand new sound, those speedy licks and soaring vocals were warmly welcomed by the Austin crowd.
The Blood Royale
The Blood Royale is one of the hardest working bands in Austin. The group ended its ten-day stint on the road here at The Lost Well. Frontman Tim Corken kept telling the crowd how good it felt to be home. Many friends resounded that claim. The Blood Royale was another band not of the stoner ilk that really pushed the tempo with their D-beat, crusty, crossover sound. It’s hard telling this is a local band after the guitar heroics were of a rock star fashion.
Sweat Lodge
Sweat Lodge was one of the more cerebral bands on the bill. The Austin-based band had a pro-quality to their heavy blues and psychedelic style. As mentioned before, some of the bands seemed like throwbacks to a time before the Heavy Metal Parking Lot film, to the ‘70s. Sweat Lodge was certainly one of those groups. Guitarist Bones not only looked like he was from the ‘70s, from head to toe, but played guitar licks from that era. Cody had a mystic presence about his stage performance, reminiscent of Jim Morrison. His saturated vocals left the crowd in a dream-like state.
Venomous Maximus
At times, Heavy Metal Parking Lot was a bit like swimming in the ocean, music crashing in waves and then softly receding. Venomous Maximus was definitely a crashing wave. This group played many riffs seemingly out of the 1980s metal like Crüe and Ozzy, but with a modern-day take. At SXSW last year, singer/guitarist Gregg Higgins told me about their forthcoming album. A year later and I’m hearing newer songs like the epic “Angel Heart” from their ‘Firewalker’ album. While never reaching the speeds of The Blood Royale or Black Cobra, riffs like the doomier parts on “Moonchild” wield an intensity that’s hard to match.
Mondo Drag
After Venomous Maximus, Mondo Drag was a drag for some people. They were definitely a band worthy of a few tokes to get in the right frame of mind. I hear some compare them to Uriah Heap and it’s easy to see why with their Hammond organ sound. There were no doomy passages here, just throwback sounds to a time when keyboards were much more sought after (unless we’re talking atmospheric black metal), when bands like Deep Purple ruled the airwaves. Mondo Drag was engaging enough, though probably not carrying the heft required to precede the mighty Pentagram.
Pentagram
I imagine most reviews of Pentagram show start by explaining how old singer and band mastermind Bobby Liebling appears, so I’ll just skip over that. Since the release of the ‘Last Days Here’ documentary and the recent album ‘Curious Volume,’ Pentagram has been in the public eye like never before. While playing expected, classic material such as “Sign of the Wolf,” “Forever My Queen” and “20 Buck Spin,” the band introduced many listeners to its newer tracks, songs like “Dead Bury Dead” and “Close the Casket” - ample proof that Pentagram is a band with a whole lot of life left in it.
An Interview with Victor Griffin (by Stephanie Cantu)
Saying the crowd that night was full of life is an understatement. I was up front taking pictures and there were so many people barrowing forward that I couldn’t keep both feet on the ground! A clumsy oaf of a man fell straight to the side onto my knee. Another fan fell into one of the PA’s and a stage tech kept telling the crowd to move back lest they would destroy the PA’s altogether. Doom is obviously a much larger commodity than it was in the ‘80s, ‘90s, and even most of the ‘00s. Pentagram has cleared the path for a whole new crop of sticky-fingered doom fanatics, who found a welcome home at Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3.
