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Elephant Tree / Lowrider – The Long Forever

August 25, 2024August 11, 2024 Vinterd

Given the year that we’ve been having, everyone should be well aware of the time that all things related to psychedelia have been having ever since 2024 got rolling. It has been a wild ride that I’ve been more than … Continue reading Elephant Tree / Lowrider – The Long Forever

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Volt Ritual – Return to Jupiter

February 22, 2024February 12, 2024 Vinterd

Never will it cease to amaze me how we still find ourselves in a time where any given style of music is self-perpetuating so long as we keep being blessed by the passionate and persistent. Even in the face of … Continue reading Volt Ritual – Return to Jupiter

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Stöner – Boogie to Baja

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Vinterd

It hasn’t already been two years since the band’s first offering, and the very name of Stöner has yet to lose even one iota of its luster. Consisting of living legends that have always had more than their own fair … Continue reading Stöner – Boogie to Baja

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Stöner – totally…

April 23, 2022January 20, 2023 Vinterd

Last year, stoner music fans all across the world had great reason to rejoice at the release of the debut album from Stöner, “Stoners Rule”. Consisting of most of the members of Kyuss, how could such a combination not return … Continue reading Stöner – totally…

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Stöner – Stoners Rule

May 31, 2021January 20, 2023 Vinterd

We can’t go far in the world of desert rock when it comes to noteworthy names without encountering some key players not even two feet in. Names like Brant Bjork, Nock Oliveri and Ryan Gut all have a massive place … Continue reading Stöner – Stoners Rule

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Boar – Poseidon

April 15, 2018April 16, 2018 Vinterd

 Doom has long been a style that’s been really hard to correctly pull off even though there are so many different forms of it that you could listen to it all for a solid day and you’ll still only have an … Continue reading Boar – Poseidon

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Mindkult – Lucifer’s Dream

July 31, 2017August 1, 2017 Vinterd

 We live in an age where bands are constantly trying to one-up each other and create something that’s new, fresh, and innovative, or, alternatively, we get bands who are stuck in the past and simply regurgitate what we’ve all seen … Continue reading Mindkult – Lucifer’s Dream

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The Obsessed – Sacred

March 17, 2017 Vinterd

 Imagine being in a band, laying down the foundations for what would later become known as stoner doom, and then breaking up the band after multiple landmark albums. That’s precisely what happened with The Obsessed, granddaddies of stoner doom itself, … Continue reading The Obsessed – Sacred

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Spaceslug – Time Travel Dilemma

March 8, 2017 Vinterd

 As long as mankind has been able to walk, we’ve always wanted to explore. It’s in our very DNA, whether you choose to acknowledge it or not. We’re all explorers at heart. We’ve discovered the forests, the plains, the oceans, … Continue reading Spaceslug – Time Travel Dilemma

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Altar of Betelgeuze – Among the Ruins

February 22, 2017February 23, 2017 Vinterd

 I think it’s a very obvious thing to say that it’s the bands that manage to branch off from the rest that truly makes an impact. Sure, a new yet unoriginal death metal band can make a name for themselves … Continue reading Altar of Betelgeuze – Among the Ruins

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