Set to take place over the course of Dec. 5 and 6 in Cagliari and Ossi, in Sardinia, the Electric Valley Festival is put together at the behest of the label of the same name. Electric Valley Records has been a home to many cult, doom and stonerized underground outfits for well over a decade, and of the 10 acts confirmed to appear, the only ones without releases listed on the imprint’s Bandcamp page (linked below, also here) are Tons, Indigosaur and Crobu, and maybe I should just add “yet” there to be safe. You never know how it might all pan out.

What’s striking about the bill though is the sense of tone and riff worship that come through so plainly. Tons and Stonus and 1782 lead a charge of dark and gritty riffing that’s Sabbathian of course at its foundation, but that has committed itself to exploring atmospheres, stoned, ritualistic, or if you’re lucky, both. I’m making the narrowminded assumption that if you’re going or thinking of going to this maybe-seventh edition of the fest (going by the VII on the poster below; find it like Waldo), you’re either already familiar with the label and the bands or you’re planning to be by the time you show up to either of the night.

About that. Knowing nothing of Sardinian geography, I looked up Cagliari to Ossi and it’s about a two-and-a-half-hour drive south, cutting through a good portion of the island of Sardinia. If it seems nuts to think of flying to a place, going to a show, renting a car and driving basically the whole way across the island for the next night, consider how much of Sardinia you’ll have seen by the time you get to Ossi. You could do far worse, is what I’m saying.

The following confirmations came from social media:

ELECTRIC VALLEY FESTIVAL 2025

⚡️FULL LINEUP REVEALED ⚡️
– TONS (Torino)
– Stonus (Cyprus / UK)
– 1782
– Loose Sutures
– Hemplifier (Malta)
– Elepharmers
– Fuzzriders
– Indigosaur
– basaltic.plateau
– Crobu

December 5 & 6
FABRIK – Cagliari
Alex Bar – Ossi (SS)

⚠️ Apertura prevendite: Martedì 23 Settembre

Artwork by @evr_studio

http://electricvalleyrecords.com
https://evrecords.bandcamp.com/
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Stonus, Live in Zen (2024)

Of all the Sabbath songs to take on — and there are so many covers out there, live and studio-recorded — “Solitude” can’t be an easy one. The soft, psychedelic penultimate cut from 1971’s Master of Reality was that album’s answer to “Planet Caravan” sonically, but came from a much more emotional place in terms of its lyrics, lonelier as its title would indicate and the record’s most brooding moment, adding depth to the anger rooted in tracks like “Lord of this World” and “Children of the Grave.” Black Capricorn, who announced a hiatus earlier this summer after releasing their second album, Born under the Capricorn, in March, today posted a studio take on “Solitude” that both echoes their own rich tonality and the original version’s resonant forlornness.

Whether Black Capricorn are off their hiatus or not, they’ve made “Solitude” available as a free download, and as you can see below, Sacred Sword‘s Alessandra Cornacchia guests on flute. I’m a sucker for this song anyway, but they legitimately do it justice and it’s worth checking out, particularly with the video of classic-looking shots of countryside and coast. Hope you dig it:

Black Capricorn, “Solitude” (Black Sabbath cover)

This summer we had some recording session among some brand new songs we have also recorded our version of Solitude by Black Sabbath. This is the very first time we had female vocals and also we’ve guested miss Alessandra Cornacchia (from the band Sacred Sword) playing the flute on it.

Here is the link for a free download of the mp3 track: http://www.mediafire.com/?ucmo6tch5jw4gtl