Uptempo kick, killer shred, the vocals cutting through like early Uncle Acid in a rush, due bluesy shred breaking into slower ethereal groove with organ and the vocals in layers, yeah, you could say Electric Citizen‘s “Static Vision” — not to be confused with now-Heavy–Psych–Sounds-labelmates Ecstatic Vision, who are from Philly — bodes well for what’s in store on their fourth album and first for the aforementioned new label, EC4.

It’s also their first new work in seven years — isn’t it odd how so many artists and bands are, oh, I don’t know, two or three years behind what you might expect a ‘normal’ schedule to be? it’s like there was some shared planetary trauma for two-plus of those years that nobody wants to talk about anymore let alone attempt to process; as a species we are so perpetually dumb — and I think if you dug what I guess we can now call their ‘RidingEasy era,’ the first three records the last of which was 2018’s Helltown (review here), then “Static Vision” should be a ready reminder of their specific brand of kickassery.

The PR wire has details and here they are:

ELECTRIC CITIZEN to release new album “EC4” on June 27th via Heavy Psych Sounds; first single “Static Vision” streaming!

Cincinnati, Ohio proto-heavy and psychedelic rockers ELECTRIC CITIZEN have signed to Heavy Psych Sounds for the release of their fourth studio album “EC4”, this June 27th and unveil the first single.

Seven years after their last release “Helltown”, Electric Citizen returns with their fourth album “EC4” — a powerful statement of renewal and raw energy. Written by Ross Dolan with contributions from the full band, the album was meticulously crafted over several years and recorded with Mike Montgomery and John Hoffman at Candyland Studio in Dayton, KY. It was mixed by Collin Dupuis (Lana Del Rey, The Black Keys) in Detroit and mastered by JJ Golden (Ty Segall, Calexico) at Golden Mastering in California. The album art was created by Neil Krug (Lana Del Rey, Tame Impala, Weyes Blood), who the band worked with for their first album “Sateen”.

Now signed to Heavy Psych Sounds, Electric Citizen is ready to unleash their most potent work yet: a fusion of hypnotic grooves, searing guitars, and Laura Dolan’s mesmerizing vocals. “EC4” is both a homecoming and a rebirth. Electric Citizen is back!

ELECTRIC CITIZEN “EC4”
Out June 27th on Heavy Psych Sounds – Preorder: https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/shop.htm#HPS357

Electric Citizen is a Cincinnati-based rock band known for its fuzzed-out riffs, haunting melodies, and electrifying live shows. Since forming in 2012, it has carved out a distinct sound, blending vintage psychedelia with heavy rock ‘n’ roll. With three acclaimed albums under their belt, Electric Citizen has toured extensively, sharing stages with acts like The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Pentagram and Fu Manchu.

ELECTRIC CITIZEN is
Ross Dolan – Guitar
Laura Dolan – Vocals
Nick Vogelpohl – Bass
Nate Wagner – Drums
Owen Lee – Keyboards

www.electriccitizenband.com
www.facebook.com/electriccitizen
www.twitter.com/electriccitizen
www.instagram.com/electriccitizenband

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https://www.facebook.com/HEAVYPSYCHSOUNDS/
https://www.instagram.com/heavypsychsounds_records/

Electric Citizen, “Static Vision”

Electric Citizen, EC4 (2025)

Calgary trio Woodhawk have got that swing on their new single “Strangers Ever After,” which is the first single to come from their aspirationally-titled new album, Love Finds a Way, due out June 6 on Grand Hand Records. There’s classic-style, organ-enhanced boogie meeting with a modern production and tonal fullness, all aligned around a central push and tense sections of chug — skillfully wrought, melodic, clear in its intention to engage but not without expressive purpose either. It keeps its balance after spinning around in a few circles, and the solo is class before the bluesy verse returns to round out.

Been six years, but that happens sometimes. Cool to have a new one coming from these guys either way. Here’s the info from the PR wire, and of course the song with all its bodes-well vibes:

WOODHAWK Reveals First Single “Strangers Ever After” From New Album “Love Finds A Way” Out June 2025

Album pre-order: https://woodhawk.bandcamp.com

Canadian stoner rock powerhouse Woodhawk returns with the announcement of their highly anticipated third studio album, “Love Finds A Way,” set for release on June 6, 2025, via Grand Hand Records. The Calgary trio of Turner Midzain (guitar/vocals), Mike Badmington (bass), and Kevin Nelson (drums) are also dropping the record’s first single, “Strangers Ever After,” today, giving fans their first taste of new Woodhawk material since 2019’s acclaimed “Violent Nature”. The band comments on the new single:

“This was the first song we wrote for this album. And I think we reworked it more than any song. It started out with a completely different feel and timing than what we ended up with. It was way darker. But we kept coming back to it and really loved the result. Strangers Ever After is a kind of demise of a relationship. The farewell to someone that maybe…you were better off never knowing. This is dark and honest.”

“Love Finds A Way” marks an evolution in the band’s creative journey. Their earlier work was very much influenced by bands like The Sword and Black Sabbath, with lyrics about wizards and goblins, but they’ve worked hard on bringing more emotion to their writing. The nine-track album promises to deliver the dynamic range fans have come to expect from Woodhawk, featuring what Midzain describes as ‘some really riff-rocking songs, but also a lot of hardship and honesty’.

“Strangers Ever After” showcases the band’s signature blend of classic hard rock sensibilities and modern stoner metal influences, delivering the infectious grooves and memorable hooks that have earned Woodhawk a devoted following since their formation in 2014. They are recommended for fans of The Sword, Red Fang, and Thin Lizzy.

Track Listing
1. Grave Shaker – 4:41
2. Strangers Ever After – 4:24
3. Truth Be Told – 7:21
4. White Crosses – 6:10
5. The Unholy Hand – 5:21
6. No Place For Hate – 5:18
7. Love Finds a Way – 6:16
8. Relapser – 4:52
9. Killing Time – 8:37

Woodhawk is:
Turner Midzain – Guitar & Vocals
Mike Badmington – Bass & Vocals
Kevin Nelson – Drums

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https://www.facebook.com/WoodhawkRiffs/
https://www.instagram.com/woodhawkriffs/
https://woodhawk.bandcamp.com

Woodhawk, Love Finds a Way (2025)

With five bands, Bergen Doom Collective‘s Enter the Void Vol. 1 is starting out manageable with their inagural edition. Set for May 31 in Bergen, Norway, the lineup is mostly crushing, with Morpholith making the trip from Iceland to join forces with Old Horn Tooth (UK) and native Norwegian destroyers Dwaal and Bismarck. Holy smokes. That is four outfits who make a point of their heaviness. You want to be obliterated by volume? Bismarck into Dwaal into Old Horn Tooth into Morpholith. By the time they’re done, you’ll be little more than thankful goo on the floor.

But don’t forget Gjenferd! It’s a different sound and intention, but the up and coming rockers released their self-titled debut (review here) and are also set to appear at Desertfest Oslo a few weeks prior. They bring a sense of movement to the bill for Enter the Void that’s like your departure point as you make your way into the consuming darkness of the following four acts. They’re a counterintuitive fit on paper, but it’ll work on stage to set up a flow from one into the next until Morpholith finally capture the heat death of the universe and everyone goes home to sleep it off. Glorious.

Info from the PR wire and social media:

Enter the Void vol.1: A Sonic Journey into Darkness

Ticket link: https://kulturhusetibergen.ticketco.events/no/nb/e/enter_the_void

Bergen Doom Collective, in collaboration with Kulturhuset in Bergen, Worship Bookings from Iceland, London Doom Collective, and Helvetes Indre Kretser, presents Enter the Void vol.1 – the first edition of an intense mini-festival that takes you deeper into the sonic abyss. A festival dedicated to promoting heavy underground music across multiple genres!

On May 31st, Kulturhuset in Bergen will be the epicenter of a sonic storm, where some of the most uncompromising bands from the underground scene will perform their mesmerizing rituals. Expect crushing riffs, psychedelic atmospheres, and a total experience that challenges both senses and mind.

The lineup consists of handpicked artists representing some of the finest within heavy underground music. This is not just a mini festival – it is a journey through the void, an echo from the abyss.

• Morpholith (IS) – Crushingly heavy, riff-driven, and atmospheric doom!

• Old Horn Tooth (UK) – Slow, melodic, and psychedelic doom!

• Dwaal (NO) – A raw fusion of doom and post-metal, resulting in a sonic storm!

• Bismarck (NO) – Bone-crushing doom, sludge, and post-metal with esoteric soundscapes!

• Gjenferd (NO) – Hard-hitting riffs, highly catchy vocal harmonies, and a sonic explosion of delicious ’70s rock.

Tickets are limited, so secure your spot before darkness falls!

Sponsored by @orangeamplifiers
Poster by @hypnotistdesign

Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/641193358356395/

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Morpholith, Dystopian Distributions of Mass Produced Narcotics (2024)

Gjenferd, Gjenferd (2024)

Yes, I know this was announced last week. I don’t care if it was announced last year — it’s friggin’ Domkraft and friggin’ Howling Giant touring together. Can you imagine the banger show that must be? Howling Giant, who I think will be playing as a four-piece again, hitting the road after recording their next full-length (oh I’m so nervous for it), and Domkraft making the most of the US visa that brought them Stateside this past Fall to be at Desertfest New York (review here), which they just about rolled into a little ball and tucked into their pocket to save for later. They were incredible.

Getting this post ready yesterday, I put on 2023’s Sonic Moons (review here) again and at the risk of spoiling your own revisit for you, yup, it still destroys. Their massive lurch and Howling Giant‘s careening, hooky uptempo shove should mesh well, and one hopes a second tour puts Domkraft somewhere in the realm of breaking even as regards the cost of artist visas. If you go, buy a shirt. Buy 10.

And I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Howling Giant are in my neighborhood (literally) this week for a show. I can’t attend as I’m traveling, but I’m sending The Patient Mrs. for a rare guest review. I’ll post it next week probably. Will be fun. There’s precedent, but I’ll have more on that later.

Here are Domkraft and Howling Giant dates, as per the announcement on socials:

Here we go! The second and final leg of our US tour starts in June and we will be joined by none other than our ace label mates @howlinggiant. See you in the audiodomes!

Domkraft & Howling Giant West Coast USA tour:
6/26 San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
6/27 Las Vegas, NV – The Griffin
6/28 Garden Grove, CA – The Locker Room
6/29 Palmdale, CA – Transplants Brewing
6/30 San Luis Obispo, CA – Dark Nectar
7/1 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
7/2 Eureka, CA – Savage Henry Comedy Club
7/3 Eugene, OR – John Henry’s
7/4 Portland, OR – The High Water Mark
7/5 Vancouver, BC – Lanalou’s
7/6 Seattle, WA – The Funhouse

Line-up
Martin Wegeland – vocals, bass
Martin Widholm – guitars
Anders Dahlgren – drums

domkraft.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/domkraftband
https://www.instagram.com/domkraftdomkraft/

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http://magneticeyerecords.com/
https://www.facebook.com/MagneticEyeRecords
https://www.instagram.com/magneticeyerecords/

Domkraft, Sonic Moons (2023)

I wrote the bio that appears below for Dwellers‘ first album in 11 years, Corrupt Translation Machine — starts at “Dwellers’…,” ends at my name — so you’ll pardon me if I don’t pretend to have not heard it. If you caught the righteous return of guitarist/vocalist Joey Toscano‘s other band, Iota, last year, and if you heard the two records Dwellers put out during their initial post-Iota run, in 2012 and 2014, you’ll probably have high expectations going into this third LP.

They’ll be met, if perhaps not in the way one anticipates. Corrupt Translation Machine‘s first single is “The Sermon,” which is a heavy culmination that comes late in the record, but so much more of the material is about the texture and the atmosphere being molded through the songwriting, the soulful melodies, and the emotional expression. The 11-minute finale shows a range Dwellers have never had before, and the entire journey of a record sets the band on a path distinct from Iota while still brimming with progressive construction.

Release date just got posted as May 23. Here’s the info (mostly the aforementioned bio) as hoisted from Bandcamp:

Dwellers’ story has always been one of diversion and redirection. Begun in Salt Lake City by guitarist/vocalist Joey Toscano – also of Iota – the band’s 2012 debut, Good Morning Harakiri, and its 2014 follow-up, Pagan Fruit, helped establish a distinct creative voice in psychedelia and Americana-tinged blues rock, expressive and vulnerable in ways that heavy rock and roll is rarely willing to be.

Corrupt Translation Machine, which brings bassist Oz Inglorious (Iota, ex-Bird Eater), drummer Kellii Scott (Failure) and pianist/synthesist Chase Cluff (Last) to a completely revamped four-piece lineup, is both a reinvention and continuation of Dwellers’ purpose. The album lays claim to the heaviest sounds Dwellers have yet produced, and meets that head on with poppish fluidity and melodicism as the album sets out with “Headlines,” only to take greater risks later. Love and the potential of its loss meet with expansive, sometimes cinematic texturing, and just as Toscano led Iota into a career-defining reignition with 2024’s comeback LP, Pentasomnia, so too do Dwellers declare themselves with Corrupt Translation Machine.

“In the context of the album, the Corrupt Translation Machine is the human being,” reveals Toscano. “The songs on this album seem to be mostly about impermanence, addiction, loss, love, and the intangibility of perception. I say ‘seem to’ because there was no contrived concept for the album to be one thing or another, and when I listen to it, I have a strong feeling that I’m interpreting it just the same as when I’m listening to someone else’s songs. I could tell you exactly what each song is about, but that would go against the title of the album.”

The evocative tapestry of Dwellers’ sound has evolved in craft, intention and performance. It’s not just about having new people on board or about not sounding like Iota. Corrupt Translation Machine posits Dwellers as a singular entity as it engages classic progressivism and breadth in the 11-minute “Marigold (Heart of Stone)” or shifts into the outright tonal crush of “The Beast” or the weighted push of “The Maze.” No one song is just one thing, however, and as Dwellers bring together ideas from across a range of styles from space rock to dirt-coated grunge, the listening experience becomes less about genre and more about soul.

In this way, and despite the title, Corrupt Translation Machine could hardly communicate more clearly what and who Dwellers are as a band. And more, it speaks to the greater ongoing thread of their progression, renewed after 11 years and somehow still right on time. – JJ Koczan

Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Headlines – 04:03
2. Spiral Vision – 04:21
3. Old Ways – 04:33
4. The Beast – 05:41
5. The Maze – 04:26
Side B:
6. Inside Infinity – 05:21
7. The Sermon – 05:04
8. Marigold (Heart of Stone) – 11:05

All songs written, arranged and produced by Joey Toscano
Drums tracked at Akira Audio by Gabe Van Benschoten, Calabasas, CA.
Everything else recorded by Mike Sasitch at Man Vs. Music, Salt Lake City, UT.
Mixed by Eric Hoegemyer at Tree Laboratory, Brooklyn, NY.
Mastered by Chris Goosman at Baseline Audio Labs, Ann Arbor, MI.
Artwork by Dani Joy @d_joy_art
Layout by Alexander von Wieding, zeichentier.com
Published by Small Stone Records (ASCAP).

Dwellers are:
Joey Toscano: guitars, vocals, synth, rhodes piano
Oz Inglorious: bass
Kellii Scott: drums
Chase Cluff: synthesizers, rhodes piano

https://www.facebook.com/dwellersband
https://dwellers.bandcamp.com/

http://www.smallstone.com
http://www.facebook.com/smallstonerecords
http://www.instagram.com/smallstonerecords
https://smallstone.bandcamp.com/

Dwellers, Corrupt Translation Machine (2024)

North Carolinian heavy rockers HolyRoller hereby officially declare a June 6 release date for their second full-length, Rat King, as their first release through Ripple Music. To coincide with this officially-official-official-type of announcement, the Winston-Salem-based four-piece are unveiling their brand new video for “Crunch Riff Supreme,” the opening track from the record.

The title, as you’ll find upon hearing the song, is not a misnomer, but the melody that surrounds and the atmosphere that results from the spacious effects at use makes the actual listening a deeper experience than going, “yup, crunchy.” I haven’t heard the full album yet, so I won’t guess what’s in store, but there’s plenty to dig in the roll of its lead cut, and the video has charm besides that I won’t spoil except to say it’s about a minute before the song starts, and heads up on that if you’re feeling particularly impatient. No doubt other songs will be streaming soon enough, but as a first listen/look to go with the confirmed release date, cover art and whatnot, by no means are they making it tough for the converted to get on board.

Video is on the player below. Info and such — shout to Scott Spiers of Clean and Sober Stoner, who did liner notes — follows courtesy of the PR wire:

HolyRoller, “Crunch Riff Supreme” video premiere

HolyRoller on Rat King:

Rat King is our heaviest most straightforward album to-date. Our goal was to create catchy Stoner rock with brutal doom laden riffs throughout. We wanted simple songs with undeniable groove at every turn. Vocals you can sing along to & rhythm that keeps you head banging.

Lyrically the themes revolve around navigating mental health. Vocalist Adam Cody’s sings about Suicidal Thoughts, finding peace in being Atheist, our love of cannabis, substance abuse, political ideology, aging in the music industry & more.

A Rat King refers to when a group of Rats has lived in such close proximity that their tails and fur fuse together over time forming a mass that has to work together as one. In a dark twisted way this is our message. Work together to accomplish what needs to be done. Lift up your fellow Rats and be a king in your community however small it may be. Don’t underestimate the little guy. Take a bite out of crime. And most importantly… Smoke em if ya got em.

Tracks
Side A
1. Crunch Riff Supreme
2. Titan
3. Forbidden Things
4. Rat King
Side B
5. Buried Alone
6. Heave Ho
7. Radiating Sacred Light
8. Drift Into The Sun

All music by HolyRoller
except Forbidden Things music by HolyRoller and Jim Mayberry
Recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by Jamie King at Jamie King Audio, Winston-Salem, NC
Front Cover by David Paul Seymour
Photos by Dania Ramos
Liner notes by Scott Spiers

HolyRoller is:
Adam Cody – rhythm guitar & vocals
Jay Ovittore- Drums & gang vox
Steve Poe – Lead guitar
Jason Kincaid- bass guitar & backing vocals

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Progressive heavy rock masters Elder are on tour now celebrating the 10th anniversary of their 2015 third full-length, Lore (review here). A worthy cause, indeed. After this US run — they were in Brooklyn last week; my wife had a Board of Ed. meeting — they’ll do Spring fests and club dates in Europe. Their summer looks to be open thus far — a break would be well earned, but I wouldn’t put it past them to sneak in work on their next record if that’s actual downtime — but newly announced is a Fall run, also in Europe, with All Them Witches.

That’s a one-two bill of two of their generation’s best bands, and accordingly, I don’t need to sell you on it, so I won’t. All Them Witches also announced US dates with King Buffalo yesterday, which tells me to expect their next record sometime around the Fall. Fingers crossed, anyhow.

From the PR wire:

ELDER Announce European Tour Dates With ALL THEM WITCHES!

This year marks the 10th anniversary of “Lore”, the ground-breaking, third studio album released in 2015 on Stickman Records by progressive psych-rock spearheads ELDER. In support, the band is currently touring North America followed by Europe in May, including much-awaited festival appearances at such as Desertfest London, Berlin and Oslo, Sonic Whip and many more, playing the album in its entirety!

The band states: “Lore is turning 10 years old. This album marked a point of departure for Elder upon a path which the band is still walking now. For us, this is the record where the band came into its own as a unique voice in the heavy rock underground. As we approach our second decade as a band, we feel it’s appropriate to look back on this landmark for us and acknowledge it properly, which is why we’re doing a tour performing the entire album along with some other tracks from our earlier catalog; we’ll give this era of the band a proper celebration before turning our attention once again toward the future and the next album, currently being written.”

Furthermore, ELDER have just announced to join neo-psychedelic blues rock masters ALL THEM WITCHES on their House of Mirrors Tour in Europe this October, with many more headlining dates around the tour to be revealed soon! Visit https://beholdtheelder.com/tour/ for tickets & more concert info.

ELDER
“Lore” 10th Anniversary Tour 2025:

11.04.2025 Columbus (OH), Ace Of Cups
12.04.2025 Chicago (IL), Reggies
13.04.2025 Detroit (MI), Sanctuary
14.04.2025 Buffalo (NY), Rec Room
15.04.2025 Toronto (ON), Axis
17.04.2025 Montreal (QC), Theatre Fairmount
18.04.2025 Hamden (CT), Space Ballroom
19.04.2025 Boston (MA), Middle East
08.05.2025 Hamburg (DE), Bahnhof Pauli
09.05.2025 Copenhagen (DK), A Colossal Weekend
10.05.2025 Oslo (NO), Desertfest Oslo
11.05.2025 Stockholm (SE), Hus 7
13.05.2025 Esch-Alzette (LU), Kulturfabrik
14.05.2025 Tourcoing (FR), Le Grand Mix
15.05.2025 Brussels (BE), Le Botanique
16.05.2025 London (UK), Desertfest London
17.05.2025 Nijmegen (NL), Sonic Whip Festival
18.05.2025 Savigny-Le-Temple (FR), Grand Sludge Fest
20.05.2025 Wiesbaden (DE), Schlachthof – Kesselhaus
21.05.2025 Lyon (FR), L’Epicerie Moderne
22.05.2025 Lucerne (CH), Sedel
23.05.2025 Munich (DE), Feierwerk
24.05.2025 Jena (DE), Kuba
25.05.2025 Berlin (DE), Desertfest Berlin
05.06.2025 Gdańsk (PL), Mystic Festival

With ALL THEM WITCHES:
Oct 6: Glasgow, UK – The Garage
Oct 7: Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy 2
Oct 8: Leeds, UK – Leeds Beckett Students’ Union
Oct 9: London, UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
Oct 11: Paris, FR – Le Bataclan
Oct 12: Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
Oct 14: Utrecht, NL – Tivoli/Vredenburg
Oct 15: Tilburg, NL – 013 Poppodium
Oct 17: Copenhagen, DK – Amager Bio
Oct 19: Berlin, DE – Tempodrom
Oct 20: Warsaw, PL – Progresja
Oct 21: Prague, CZ – Roxy
Oct 22: Vienna, AT – Gasometer
Oct 23: Milan, IT – Alcatraz
Oct 24: Berne, CH – Bierhübeli
Oct 26: Barcelona, ES – Razzmatazz
Oct 27: Madrid, ES – La Riviera

Elder is:
Nick DiSalvo – Guitars, Vocals
Mike Risberg – Guitars, Keys
Jack Donovan – Bass
Georg Edert – Drums

http://facebook.com/elderofficial
https://www.instagram.com/elderband/
https://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/armageddonshop/
https://armageddonshop.bigcartel.com/
http://armageddonshop.com

http://www.stickman-records.com/
http://stickmanrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Stickman-Records-1522369868033940/

Elder, Lore (2015)

Checking in from coincidence-land, I was lucky enough to see Dopelord last summer in Budapest (review here), and the band they were touring with, Ukrainian heavy rockers Stoned Jesus, are now their labelmates on Season of Mist. Of course, if you heard Dopelord‘s 2023 Blues Funeral-issued long-player, Songs for Satan (review here), I can’t imagine you’re all that surprised. In its songwriting, grooves, Satan-is-a-blast vibes and audience engagement, it was the band’s best work and given the swath of press quotes that came with this announcement on the PR wire, clearly I wasn’t the only one who thought so.

Congrats to Dopelord and onward to album six. No word yet on what kind of shenanigans the band (and their buddy, the Devil) will get up to this time around, but I look forward to finding out:

Dopelord Sign to Season of Mist

Doomy Stoners Busy Crafting Wickedly Heady Sixth Album

Celebrating 15th Anniversary during Tour of Native Poland + London’s Desert Fest, Farewell Date with Orange Goblin

Season of Mist is proud to welcome Dopelord!

Since budding out of Poland in 2010, Dopelord have cultivated their own heavily psychedelic strand of stoner metal. While they worship at the altar of the almighty riff, the band’s discography is blessed with haunting choruses, catchy trancelike riffs and other signs of the occult.

Dopelord are busy crafting full-length album number 6(66). When they’re not lighting up the studio, the band are out rolling the road with their hazy magick ritual. With highly regarded appearances at festivals like Brutal Assault and tours with current and former Season of Mist labelmates Stoned Jesus and Saint Vitus, the smoke from their weed cult stretches over the world of metal like a dank, dark cloud.

Come party with Dopelord as the band celebrates its 15th anniversary next month with a return to London’s Desertfest and five shows across their home country. Later this year, they’ll join legendary tokers Orange Goblin for the English heavies final show in Finland.

“We are beyond excited to announce that we are joining Season of Mist!” Dopelord says. “We are honored to be working with a label that has such a rich history and supports so many amazing bands. Get ready for some heavy, psychedelic doom that will take you on a journey deep into your mind. See you on the road!”

Dopelord May 2025 15th Anniversary Dates
May 16 – Warszawa, PL @ Klub Mechnik w/ Sanity Control and Head of Cassandra
May 18 – London, UK @ Desertfest
May 22 – Katowice, PL @ Piaty Dom w/ Astral Nomad
May 23 – Poznan, PL @ Pod Minoga w/ Red Scalp
May 24 – Krakow, PL @ Alchemia w/ Sanity Control
May 25 – Wroclaw, PL @ Liverpool w/ Sanity Control

Dopelord with Orange Goblin
November 15 – Helsinki, Finland @ Ääniwalli

DOPELORD is
Paweł Mioduchowski – Guitars and Vocals
Piotr Ochociński – Drums
Grzegorz Pawłowski – Guitars
Piotr Zin – Bass, Vocals and Mellotron

https://www.facebook.com/Dopelord666
https://www.instagram.com/dopelord_666/
https://dopelord.bandcamp.com/

Dopelord, Songs for Satan (2023)