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Astral Festival VIII Lineup Announced and Tickets on Sale

Posted in Whathaveyou on December 7th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

I know what you’re thinking, and before you start, just indulge me. Yes, it’s another post with another festival lineup. And yeah, I’m about to tell that with Gnod and Mars Red Sky and SlomaticsEcstatic Vision1782, Vinnum Sabbathi and all the rest on Astral Festival VIII, it’s a pretty killer assemblage. I know you’ve heard it a lot lately. I get it.

Here’s the thing. Human memory is fickle, but I recall vividly a couple years ago when you, me, nobody, had any fucking clue if this kind of thing would ever be able to happen again. So you know what? I actually feel pretty god damned good about being so onslaughted with festival lineup announcements that I’ve run out of shit to say about them other than, “Hey cool fest bruh, would go if I could,” which is pretty much where I’m at here. A bunch of bands getting together for a two-dayer in a place? Great. There’s about zero chance I’ll be there to see it, but I would much, much rather live in a world where it’s happening than the one where it wasn’t.

That’s my two cents. Here’s the lineup set for April 29-30 in Bristol, UK:

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Astral Festival VIII Line Up & Tickets

APRIL 29TH – 30TH STRANGE BREW

Tickets: https://www.astralfestival.com/tickets

We still have a few more surprises lined up. Grab weekend or day ticket now!!

As always huge thank you for your support. It goes without saying there is no festival without you. Tickets are very limited so act fast!

Saturday April 29 Th
Gnod
Vinnum Sabbathi
Phoenician Drive
Slomatics
Terror Cosmico
Ivan the Tolerable and His Elastic Band
Black Ends
El Universo
Dan Johnson

Sunday April 30 Th
Mars Red Sky
1782
Wyatt E.
Ecstatic Vision
Chew
Dusty Mush
Sum of R
Bonnacons of Doom
Margarita Witch Cult
Solar Corona

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Desertfest Berlin 2023 Makes First Lineup Announcement

Posted in Whathaveyou on October 24th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

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This is always an exciting time of year, when the next Spring’s festival season in Europe begins to take shape. Between Desertfest Berlin and the same festival brand’s London edition, you can tell a good bit about who’s going to be on tour, and in the case of an act like Church of Misery coming from Japan, maybe even glean some idea of when their album is coming out just by the fact that they’re making the trip.

I have to wonder too if Uncle Acid won’t have their next record out by then — as I recall they were gearing up for a release more than two years ago — and I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if King Buffalo managed to put together at least an EP to take over for the merch booth. Dozer as well will have a record coming if not out by then, and if that doesn’t make you feel warm inside, then I have absolutely nothing for you.

My big question is with whom Ecstatic Vision will be on tour, since there’s some serious potential for package runs. So you see it’s exciting to think of these festivals as the anchors they’ve become — you’ll notice Desertfest Berlin has a new venue to call home — for the touring season. Precisely my kind of fun to see who’s headed where and why, and I hope you share my nerdy enthusiasm as the announcements continue to roll in.

Weekend tickets go on sale Friday. From the fest’s social media:

Desertfest Berlin 2023

FIRST BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR 2023 EDITION ⚡️NEW VENUE COLUMBIAHALLE ⚡️ WEEKEND TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 28th AT 12PM CET

DESERTFEST BERLIN has announced the first names for its 2023 edition, and is happy to welcome UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS, THE OBSESSED, KING BUFFALO, CHURCH OF MISERY, DOZER, BLOOD CEREMONY, L.A. WITCH, SOMALI YACHT CLUB, GNOD, ECSTATIC VISION, DAILY THOMPSON, GAUPA and PSYCHLONA, with many more acts to be announced soon!

Taking place between May 19 – 21, 2023 will see a venue change from the Arena to Columbiahalle and Columbia Theater, with additional outdoor space & stage.

Weekend tickets for DESERTFEST BERLIN 2023 will be on sale this Friday, October 28th at 12PM CET via www.desertfest.de

Address: Columbiadamm 13-21, 10965 Berlin.

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Desertfest London 2023 Makes First Lineup Announcement

Posted in Whathaveyou on September 30th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

Some considerable names in the first announcement for Desertfest London 2023. The festival set for next May 5-7 in Camden Town will be kind of the first to be removed from the effects of pandemic delay — many artists who played earlier this year had been originally booked for 2020. Seeing them move forward is encouraging.

All the more so given the bands playing, from Uncle Acid and Kadavar to High Desert Queen and Plainride. With Mars Red Sky, Ecstatic Vision and Gaupa included, Blood Ceremony, Spaceslug and a ton of others in just this first round, it looks like Desertfest is ready to throw down after a few rough years, now a survivor event hopefully that much stronger for the experience as it moves past its first decade into the next.

Announcement follows, as seen on social media:

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DESERTFEST LONDON – FIRST BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR 2023 EDITION

Tickets via www.desertfest.co.uk

Returning stronger than ever thanks to the unyielding support of our steadfast fan base, Desertfest is now entering its eleventh year next May. Kicking off the initial 2023 announcement, we welcome cult heroes Uncle Acid and the deadbeats to headline the Roundhouse for the very first time. As one of the most widely-requested bands in the Desertfest-sphere, the Uncle Acid amalgamation of riff-driven hard-rock & trippy melodic weavings has allowed a uniquely original, yet utterly timeless beast to form.

Swedish heavy-blues maestros Graveyard join once again, eliciting raw emotion with their lyrical prowess & introspective compositions. One of the greatest live acts of all time, German groovers KADAVAR and worshippers of vintage occult folklore Blood Ceremony, all of whose boundary pushing retro-rock sounds make a gratifying return.

For those with a heavier appetite, macabre Japanese doom legends Church of Misery, genre-bending nihilists INTER ARMA & London’s own gloom heroes Grave Lines should be a delectable entrée to proceedings.

Ukraine’s Somali Yacht Club will undoubtedly meet a rapturous reception when their flawless musicianship makes its long awaited Desertfest debut. Dynamic US rockers Valley of the Sun will also make their first DF appearance, as they quickly propel themselves onto ‘must see’ lists across the globe.

Poland’s own Spaceslug will bring revellers into a world of atmospheric sci-fi influenced proto-doom, whilst the unique sounds of Mars Red Sky, GAUPA & Ecstatic Vision also up the ante with their progressive fusions of stoner & psychedelia.

Rounding off this first announcement, we also warmly welcome Celestial Sanctuary, High Desert Queen, Plainride, Everest Queen, Venomwolf & Margarita Witch Cult.

Weekend tickets for Desertfest London 2023 are on sale now, with much more still to be announced – www.desertfest.co.uk

Artwork by Callum Rooney

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Review & Full Album Premiere: Ecstatic Vision, Elusive Mojo

Posted in audiObelisk, Reviews on May 10th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

Ecstatic Vision Elusive Mojo

[Click play above to stream Elusive Mojo by Ecstatic Vision in full. It’s out Friday, May 13, on Heavy Psych Sounds.]

Not that fucking elusive, apparently.

Maybe you’ve ripped a hole in the spatial-temporal fabric and aren’t sure what to wear to the celebratory Timebreakers Ball later. Maybe you’ve just hit the green button on your quantum slipstream drive and discovered that artificial gravity glitched off and your body along with everything else nearby has been pushed to the back wall and crushed by a level of gravity that should be impossible in terms of physics into a puddle of so much space-traveling goo. Maybe an insectoid alien showed up on your doorstep and, when you opened the door thinking it was pizza, he said, “Take me to your boogie.” In these cases and many others, Ecstatic Vision have you covered.

The central ethic of Ecstatic Vision‘s fourth album, Elusive Mojo, is found on side A’s “Time’s Up” as guitarist/vocalist Doug Sabolik gruffly declares over Ricky Kulp‘s motorik shuffle, “Take it easy/Enjoy the ride/But you gotta go fast/There’s not enough time.” Take it easy but you gotta go fast. With seven songs and 35 minutes, the Philadelphia-based four-piece of SabolikKulp, guitarist/saxophonist/flutist Kevin Nickles and bassist Michael Field Connor do precisely that. This is Ecstatic Vision‘s second LP for Heavy Psych Sounds, following 2019’s triumphal For the Masses (review here) and the 2018 covers EP, Under the Influence (discussed here), as well as their Relapse-issued first two full-lengths, 2017’s Raw Rock Fury (review here) and 2015’s Sonic Praise (review here). And while it’s true that their mission has remained largely unchanged for the seven standard Earth years that have comprised their tenure, their hard-edged space-madness rock sounds all the more ready to fire up the big engines and leave this dimension behind with the live recording by returning engineer Joe Boldizar and Bob Pantella of Monster Magnet at the helm, with mastering by Tim Green.

In terms of timing, their restlessness is well met. Kulp joined the band in time for Under the Influence, but as this is the second record he’s played on with them, the effect he’s had on the band’s dynamic is all the more resonant. It is a fervent shove. Momentum begins in the first second of the minute-long takeoff “March of the Troglodytes,” amid Nickles‘ howling echo-sax, synthesizer swirl and turning, maybe-looped-but-hypnotic-either-way guitar and bass. And as they crash into the title-track like nothing so much as a city-sized asteroid shredding an atmosphere en route to a devastating collision, Kulp can be found on the toms and the kick, wailing away, always moving, the fuel burning behind the punch-in-face wah of Sabolik‘s guitar and his buried in mix vocal declarations. I’m not saying there aren’t moments of comedown — there is, after all, the penultimate inclusion here, aptly-titled “The Comedown” — just that even among Ecstatic Vision‘s four long-players to-date, Elusive Mojo feels geared toward the physical motion within the music itself.

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Made for the stage, maybe, where Connor‘s bass most reveals itself as the secret component holding everything together while sax is traded for guitar is traded for sax throughout the set, as “Time’s Up” burns its hole in the sky, as centerpiece “The Kenzo Shake” lands its surprisingly hard-edged riffs amid a rhythm set to elicit whatever the hell dance they’re talking about, as, as, as “Venom” spits through each head-whirling measure and troglodyte treads on any number of sacred grounds, be it Stooges or Hawkwind or whoever, building, tense, rising and receding to allow “The Comedown” its fluidic transition, the four-piece shapeshifting albeit momentarily via the fading noise of “Venom” and daring a mellow moment of standalone guitar that reminds just how ready they stand to present the lessons inherited from Monster Magnet on how to rock faces, shake asses and blow minds. “The Comedown” is a bluesy cosmic trip, its first half stood out through a lead guitar still cutting in tone but not necessarily as frantic as some of the other solos. The full breadth is uncovered at 2:48 and soon enough Sabolik offers some rough-edged spoken parts, slurred like someone who’s not so much in any kind of altered state but just tired from all their recent non-lucidity. To say it fits would be understatement, whatever the hell is actually being said.

The next solo is the one that really bites down, and there’s some more echoing stretch, but they’re on the tail end of the surge and they drop it as quickly as it arrived, entranced by the steady progression beneath in a way that could jam out on it probably for at least another 20 minutes or so and see where it ends up, but doesn’t, instead “The Comedown” doing as its told by capping with an edge of regret. This turn is key (pun intended, screw off) as it brings about the scorching 3:55 closer “Deathwish 1970” and Elusive Mojo‘s landmark hook, wrapped around lines about being the devil and an all-go skullrattler of an instrumental push. Somewhere in there, it’s coherent, it’s controlled chaos, and it’s structured, but on the outside, it’s a plasma fire and the only way to put it out is open the airlock and vent the atmosphere, which is basically what Ecstatic Vision do as they careen and sax-blast through the last chorus and sudden, cold finish. Did you take devil’s hand? Would you remember if you did?

As compares to For the MassesElusive Mojo is both clearer in its intent and fuller in its execution. Apart from the into and the closer, the songs are more evened 0ut in terms of length on either side of six minutes, and each one finds a way to imprint itself on the audience such that, if it was a show, you’d come out of it afterward likewise dizzy and energized, excited and falling over. That may or may not be what Ecstatic Vision were shooting for, but their mojo has never been more present despite its apparently fugitive nature, and their execution of this material is kinetic and rife with the chemistry of undiscovered elements. There’s a lot of psych out there right now, but I’m hard pressed to think of another band who wield it with such righteous viciousness. Feel free to fuck around and find out.

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Ecstatic Vision Announce European Tour

Posted in Whathaveyou on March 31st, 2022 by JJ Koczan

Ecstatic Vision (Photo by JJ Koczan)

Ahead of releasing their new album, Elusive Mojo, on May 13, Ecstatic Vision announce a round of European touring to follow-up on prior festival confirmations. The Philadelphia-based band are nothing less than a righteous bee in the bonnet of stagnant psychedelia, ready and willing to blow minds out the airlock instead of impressing you with the obscurity of their own record collections. Their music wants nothing for nuance, but theirs is a psych for rejoicing, energetically delivered and engineered to be an unrepentant good time rather than something more cred-seeking and, often, staid. If you can keep up with them on their way, you’re doing awesome. Psych of body and much as mind.

The run starts at Heavy Psych Sounds Fest back to back nights in Switzerland and Austria, then continues from there through Hellfest and so on, capping at Red Smoke Fest in Poland. I note a couple empty dates circa Germany around the start of the tour, so there may be another announcement coming for that. Or maybe they’re just gonna hang out with Heavy Psych Sounds labelmates after the fests and live it up like that. Who knows?

From the PR wire:

Ecstatic Vision tour

ECSTATIC VISION Announces European Tour Dates!

New Album, “Elusive Mojo”, out this May on Heavy Psych Sounds Records!

Philadelphia’s psychedelic hard rockers ECSTATIC VISION have announced an extensive European tour kicking off this summer, with selected club shows as well as festival appearances at such as Hellfest, Heavy Psych Sounds Fest, Red Smoke and many more! The band will release their fourth studio album, Elusive Mojo, on May 13, 2022 through Heavy Psych Sounds Records.

Elusive Mojo finds ECSTATIC VISION firing on all cylinders with this unhinged, raw and dangerous new album. The band continues down their unique warpath mixing heavy psych rock, Detroit-rock, proto-punk, and world music. The album contains caveman grooves that would rattle the remaining teeth out of the Asheton brother’s skulls, scorching saxophones that would make Nik Turner feel high on a potent mix of speed and Viagra, and basslines hot enough to melt down the Lemmy statue.

Just recently the band shared a first album single, “March Of The Troglodytes/Elusive Mojo”! Listen to the track right here.

Their upcoming album, Elusive Mojo, was recorded live to 2” tape in Philadelphia by Joe Boldizar (Sonic Praise) with Bob Pantella (Monster Magnet), and was mastertered by Tim Green (Melvins). What emerged was a burly, timeless and unique sounding record that is hard to tell if it was recorded in 1971 or 2022. It will be out on May 13th in various Vinyl formats, CD and digital via powerhouse label Heavy Psych Sounds, the pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm#HPS228

03.06.22 CH Winterthur HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST
04.06.22 AT Salzburg HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST
05.06.22 DE Stuttgart Komma
10.06.22 NL Nijmegen Doornroosje
11.06.22 NL Utrecht dB’s
13.06.22 BE Brussels Magasin4
14.06.22 UK Brighton The Hope & Ruin
15.06.22 UK Liverpool Kazimier Stockroom
16.06.22 UK London Black Heart
17.06.22 UK Bristol Crofters Room 2
19.06.22 FR Clisson Hellfest
20.06.22 FR Tours Canadian Café
21.06.22 FR Bordeaux L’Astrodome Open Air
22.06.22 FR Clermont-Fd Blackmoon
23.06.22 FR Paris Supersonic
24.06.22 FR Bourlon Rock in Bourlon
25.06.22 FR Bourlon Rock in Bourlon
26.06.22 FR Bourlon Rock in Bourlon
29.06.22 IT Sardegna secret location
30.06.22 IT Cagliari Corto Maltese
01.07.22 IT Bologna DEV
03.07.22 IT Schlanders BASIS
04.07.22 AT Linz Kapu
05.07.22 SK Kosice Collosseum Club Kosice
06.07.22 SK Bratislava Kulturák Klub
07.07.22 PL Wroclaw Akademia
08.07.22 PL Krakow Klub RE
09.07.22 PL Pleszew Red Smoke Fest

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Doug Sabolik
Michael Field Connor
Kevin Nickles
Ricky Kulp

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Heavy Psych Sounds Finalizes Day Splits for Swiss & Austrian Festivals

Posted in Whathaveyou on March 28th, 2022 by JJ Koczan

In this year of returned-so-far live music, and with the eternal asterisk looming overhead as a reminder to hold such things precious while one can, I’m very much enjoying posting about so many festivals taking place over the last few days/weeks, as well as the inevitable bit of daydreaming that always accompanies. To wit, seeing High on Fire, Geezer and Ecstatic Vision in Switzerland, or watching Duel and Black Rainbows back-to-back in Austria? Yes, that would be just fine.

And attending such a thing would be a great way to sample Heavy Psych Sounds‘ wares when it comes to European bands — DeadsmokeRyte, Hazemaze1782Acid Mammoth, GiöbiaTonsSleepwulfOreyeon, and maybe even a look at something to come in Hellroom Projectors — as well as given headliners Elder.

The arguments in favor are myriad and though I won’t be there, I’m glad these things are happening, because you never know, maybe next time. Or, maybe not, in which case that’s all the more reason for this to happen where and when they can.

From the PR wire:

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HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS RECORDS Announces Final Day-Splits For HPS Fests in Switzerland & Austria!

Featuring ELDER, HIGH ON FIRE, MONDO GENERATOR, BLACK RAINBOWS, ACID MAMMOTH & many more high class live acts!

Headquartered in Rome, Italy, Heavy Psych Sounds Records represents some of the best artists in the global heavy psych, doom, fuzz blues, sludge and space rock realms such as Stöner (feat. former Kyuss members Brant Bjork & Nick Oliveri), Nebula, Yawning Man, Black Rainbows, Belzebong, Acid Mammoth, Alunah or The Sonic Dawn to name just a few. The underground cult label is not only THE adress for all heavy rock record collectors, but has also become an essential part of the live scene with a brisk participation from heavy music fans all over the world. Their festival-series shows no exception, spotlighting the ever-growing label’s dedication to its craft. While the first HPS Fests were held in Italy, the label has since extended its live reach into the UK, Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria and even the USA. Now, after more than 2 long years without any live shows, Heavy Psych Sounds Records has revealed the final day-splits for their upcoming HPS Fest editions in Winterthur, Switzerland as well as in Salzburg, Austria!

“We are so stoked to finally get back on the road with our HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FESTs !“ Rajko Dolhar of Heavy Psych Sounds recently commented. “After bringing our heavy psych vibes to many parts of Europe and the USA in recent years, we wanted to take over Switzerland and now Salzburg, too. Last year, the pandemic put a hitch in our giddy up but we are pretty sure that in 2022 we will succeed. The Line-Ups are some of the best we’ve ever put together so far, with HIGH ON FIRE, ELDER, MONDO GENERATOR, DUEL and so many more, grab your tickets and see you soon in front of the stage again!”

Taking place in both cities between June 3 – 5, 2022, with an eclectic line-up of high class bands such as psych rock kings ELDER, heavy masters HIGH ON FIRE, the desert punks of MONDO GENERATOR and many many more, the day-splits of the festival editions will read as follows.

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High on Fire, “Blood From Zion” live at Brick-by-Brick, San Diego, CA

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Ecstatic Vision Re-Sign to Heavy Psych Sounds for Next Album

Posted in Whathaveyou on February 23rd, 2022 by JJ Koczan

It’s kind of funny. In my head I still think of Philly’s Ecstatic Vision as a relatively new band. But look at their bio below. Formed in late 2013 means they’ve been around for about eight years now, and in that time, they’ve done three full-lengths — soon to be four — and an EP, releasing through Relapse Records and Heavy Psych Sounds while touring like mad throughout Europe and the US, which is a trend they’ll look to continue with a reported seven-week run through the Old World this summer. That’s a pretty big deal in itself, and then you get to the album, for which the details will be announced next week probably right around this time. A fourth Ecstatic Vision long-player. Put that in context. For a band as brash as this, how does their raucousness translate to being veterans in the studio together as well as on the road?

What kind of madness will unfurl here?

I guess we’ll find out at least a little bit next week.

From the PR wire:

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Heavy Psych Sounds to announce ECSTATIC VISION signing for a new album !!!

We are so stoked to announce that the psychedelic riffers ECSTATIC VISION has signed a worldwide deal with Heavy Psych Sounds for their brand new album !!!

PRESALE + first track premiere: MARCH 1st

SAYS THE BAND:
Stoked to be putting out another album with the Gabri and the Heavy Psych Sounds boys! They help us facilitate the rock and actually were able to get our record pressed, which we will need when we sail the pirate ship to Europe this Summer for a massive 7 week tour. See you on the warpath. — Doug

ECSTATIC VISION introduced their brand of heavy primal psych influenced by groups like Hawkwind, Aphrodites Child, Olatunji, Can and early Amon Duul ll in late 2013. Formed in Philadelphia to primarily “play what they wanted to hear,” the band quickly rose to those in the know as a force to be reckoned with.

ECSTATIC VISION signed to Relapse Records on the power of a demo and their psychedelic freak out, primal live concerts. Their debut LP, Sonic Praise saw a release by Relapse in June 2015 and during this time the band toured the US with prestigious acts such as Enslaved, YOB and Uncle Acid & The Dead Beats in addition to numerous shows with the likes of Earthless, Red Fang, Acid King and many others. This was followed by a European run that saw them perform at the legendary Roadburn Festival in addition to dates with Bang, Pentagram, and more.

In April 2017, ECSTATIC VISION returned with their 2nd LP Raw Rock Fury, an even more tripped out showcasing of the band’s raucous mix of troglodyte Detroit rock grooves, soothing Krautian motoric sounds, filthy Beefheartian blues and Hawkwindian primal world heavy psych! The addition of multi-instrumentalist Kevin Nickles (Saxophone/Flute/Guitar) has helped the band reach beyond the void and further create a sense of auditory hallucination with Raw Rock Fury. Prepare for one of the dirtiest sounding recordings since MC5’s Kick Out the Jams. Headlining tours of the USA and Europe followed and saw the band share the stage with John Garcia, Dead Meadow, Bongzilla, and the Cosmic Dead and also included a blistering headlining slot on one of Desertfest Berlin’s stages.

In 2018 the band returned with Under The Influence on the Italian label Heavy Psych Sounds. Under The Influence is Ecstatic Vision’s take on some of their favorite songs by some of their biggest influences ranging from Zam Rock to the kings of early Psychedelia and Detroit rock.

In 2019 fall the band released For The Masses on Heavy Psych sounds and supported Brant Bjork on a USA tour. They then immediately headed to Europe for a packed-out club tour. After the For The Masses tour was cut short due to the pandemic the EV boys took a much needed break.

They re-grouped a year later and started jamming what would become their new album. In fall 2021 the band recorded live at RetroCity Studios in Philadelphia with Joe Boldizar. He brought the band out of the muck and together they produced their best sounding record to date.

The band will release the new album in May 2022 in front of a massive 7 week tour of Europe that will see them play to anywhere from thousands of people at Hellfest to 50 die-hards in some sweaty club.

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Doug Sabolik
Michael Field Connor
Kevin Nickles
Ricky Kulp

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Ecstatic Vision, For the Masses (2019)

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Heavy Psych Sounds Fest Salzburg Lineup Announced

Posted in Whathaveyou on November 8th, 2021 by JJ Koczan

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The first Heavy Psych Sounds Fest in Salzburg, Austria, will take place June 4 and 5, 2022 with Elder, Mondo Generator, Black Rainbows, Duel, Ecstatic Vision, Giobia, Acid Mammoth, Geezer, 1782, Hazemaze, Sleepwulf, Tons, Deadsmoke, Ryte and Oreyeon playing. Because shit, I guess if you’re gonna do a thing, make it count.

This tells us a few things about the European touring circuit for next summer, some of which we knew, some not so much. That Geezer would head abroad again was unveiled with their last Heavy Psych Sounds Fest announcement, but to see others pulled not only from the US — DuelEcstatic VisionMondo Generator — but with a meet-in-the-middle vibe from north and south in Europe as well — Sleepwulf and Acid MammothTons and Black Rainbows, etc. — is enough to make me think that the Rockhouse Bar in Salzburg that’s set to host the two-dayer will be a significant centerpoint for the label’s summertime activities. Maybe not all of these bands will be doing full European tours, but some of them definitely will. Mix and match your favorite combination. See how many killer shows you can make out of this single, also killer festival.

I don’t even remember what I was gonna post before this came down the PR wire, but I guess whatever it was can wait.

Because here:

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*** HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST SALZBURG ***

Heavy Psych Sounds Records & Booking will smash Salzburg with their highly acclaimed mini festival-series, the HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST!

In cooperation with Rockhouse Bar, today Heavy Psych Sounds has announced the dates and full bands line-up of the first HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST – SALZBURG.

The HPS Fest Salzburg will be taking place 4th and 5th of June, 2022 at the Rockhouse Bar in Salzburg !!!

HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS FEST – SALZBURG
@ Rockhouse Bar, Salzburg
June 4th and 5th 2022

feat.
ELDER
MONDO GENERATOR
BLACK RAINBOWS
DUEL
ECSTATIC VISION
GIÖBIA
ACID MAMMOTH
1782
GEEZER
HAZEMAZE
SLEEPWULF
TONS
DEADSMOKE
RYTE
OREYEON

TICKETS PRESALE:
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We’ll have 50 early bird tickets online and 50 more early bird that will be sold at the Dome of Rock festival at the Rockhouse from 2nd to 4th December 2021.

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Elder, “Halcyon” live session

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