Howling Giant, In the Company of Serpents, Woorms, Insomniac, Kult Ikon, Hot Ram, Shadowcloak and Hashwitch are the new additions to complete the lineup for Asheville Doomed and Stoned Chapter II, joining Duel, 16, Horseburner and the rest from the prior announcement for the two-dayer set for July 17-18 at The Odd and Sly Grog.

The festival is put together at the behest of Grasping Air Booking, and of the new names, Hashwitch — also stylized HashWitch — are a new one for me, so I took like two seconds to open up a new tab and hit their Bandcamp, where I found 2023’s WitchTracks demo, which is just as raw as you please and likely the stonedest thing you’ll hear today unless you’re partying with Toner Low or Bongzilla. It’s three songs and dank enough for twice that.

It’s cool to see Insomniac continuing their momentum here, but I’ll note as well Howling Giant making a deserved forward step to headliner status following 2025’s Crucible & Ruin (review here), which was my pick for album of the year and won the year-end poll too, handily. They’re on the West Coast now and will do UK/Europe in May, and I can’t help but wonder if the East Coast isn’t next up over the summer, but they’re in Nashville, so if this is a one-off, fair enough. We’ll see.

Either way, they’re topping a badass bill here. The lineup announcement follows, as per social media, and I included the HashWitch stream because damn that’s stoned. Enjoy:

Asheville Doomed and Stoned Chapter II: July 17th and 18th complete lineup announced!

Absolutely stoked to announce the Full Lineup for Asheville Doomed and Stoned Chapter II.

Howling Giant
Duel
-(16)-
Order of the Owl
Horseburner
In The Company Of Serpents
Woorms
Crop
Insomniac
False Gods
We Follow The Earth
Kult Ikon
Ice Howl
Hot Ram
Weight Shift
Shadowcloak
Hashwitch

Limited Weekend passes are on sale now and single day tickets will be on sale soon! Link in bio!

Epic flyer by: @ramza_illustration

Thanks to the sponsors: Black Doomba Records and Metal Forge Radio

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HashWitch, WitchTracks (2023)

Some quick (and fun!) math tells you that if eight bands have been announced and there will be 17 total featured at Asheville Doomed & Stoned Chapter II, then there are nine still to come for the two-nighter set to take place July 17-18. The first batch brings 16 — their take on the Bee Gees‘ “Tragedy” at the bottom of this post comes from their impending covers LP, Forgeries Vol. 1, 1972-1984, out soon on Heavy Psych Sounds — as well as Austin heavy rockers Duel, who are unto themselves at this point in live performance, Crop, Horseburner, We Follow the Earth, False Gods, Ice Howl from Indiana (who recently announced a new drummer), and Weight Shift.

It’s an enticing prospect, and I don’t know what you’ve got going in July, but my calendar’s pretty wide open at this point and I’m down for a little travel. I last drove to Asheville in 2009 for a fest (I also wound up getting some custom sandals made that carried me for years), and dug the weirdo-enclave aspect of the town for sure. I’ll keep an eye on who else gets added here for the second edition of Asheville Doomed and Stoned, but already there’s a lot to like.

Social media has it like this:

Asheville Doomed and Stoned Chapter II: July 17th and 18th first wave of bands announced!

I’ve been waiting a long time to share the first wave of bands and cannot wait any longer! Absolutely stoked for Duel, -(16)-, Crop, Horseburner, We Follow The Earth, False Gods, Ice Howl and Weight Shift an grateful of each of them making the trip and playing Asheville Doomed and Stoned Chapter 2!

$50 Weekend passes are live and good for both nights! July 17th at The Odd and July 18th at Sly Grog.

A total of 17 bands will be playing and a limited quantity of tickets will be available for both nights to act now!

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16, “Tragedy” (Bee Gees cover)