Solid bill. More than solid, actually. I don’t think I need to argue in favor of Ruination Festival 2023’s headliners in Slomatics and Fatso Jetson, but check out the US/UK blend at the pre-show as well with Thunder Horse and Great Electric Quest with Old Horn Tooth and Oakenthrone and Gandalf the Green. That’s a good time even before you get to Sergeant Thunderhoof and Mastiff and Trevor’s Head and Ritual King and Goblinsmoker et al welcoming High Desert Queen and the aforementioned Fatso Jetson to England’s green and pleasant land.

Of course, the elephant in the room here, fest-wise, is Desertfest London, but there are arguments to be made here for the concise all-dayer/pre-show format, and if you want a curated sample of some of the best up and coming UK acts with some more established names on top, it’s a good way to go and a situation without the rampant timing conflicts that inherently happen at larger festivals. Even with two stages going, this seems doable to me and like a good way to pack in seeing a bunch of bands and not having to miss out on something you want to see.

The fest is a collaboration between Iron Boar Bookings and Riffolution Promotions, and you can see the full lineup and

RUINATION FESTIVAL

Ruination Festival is a joint event from Iron Boar Bookings and Riffolution Promotions. Taking place on the 13th of May across 2 stages, The Underground and Als Juke Bar!

Tickets are £15.

Make sure to RVSP to stay up to date with announcements. With some of the best stoner, doom & psych on the scene, from both UK and US.

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Fatso Jetson
Great Electric Quest
High Desert Queen
Thunder Horse

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Slomatics, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Mastiff, Grave Lines, Trevors Head, Ritual King, Son of Boar, Everest Queen, Goblinsmoker, Boach, Swamp Coffin, Ironrat, Old Horn Tooth, Gandalf the Green, Oakenthrone

Tickets: https://skiddle.com/e/36191054

Event: https://fb.me/e/28SVc4C19

https://www.facebook.com/RiffolutionPromotions
https://www.facebook.com/ironboarbookings

Slomatics, Live at Doomcember Festival, Reykjavik, 2022

If you do a quick interwebs search on the UK town of Rotherham, the first thing that comes up is a massive sexual abuse scandal that spanned more than a decade and included an estimated 1,400 victims. That’s gotta be rough for the Chamber of Commerce, huh? Well, I’m sure ultrasludgy trio Swamp Coffin, who made their debut in 2018 with a two-songer that included a Kylie Minogue cover, will do much for the rebounding tourism economy when they issue Flatcap Bastard Features, their debut EP, next month. Repurposing “Blood in the Water” from the first release, and capping with the streaming-below 11-minute basher “Last of the Summer Slime,” the offering will contain four tracks and I suspect a due amount of aggression throughout, as the band have their own, more personal concerns to deal with as detailed below. Given the crush level of the closer, I’d be surprised if pummel wasn’t a running theme here. Or a lurching theme.

Sounds heavy as shit, is what I’m saying. Get there:

Swamp Coffin Translate Tragedy Into Crushing Sludge On Latest EP

Rotherham based sludge metal three-piece Swamp Coffin release their debut EP, “Flatcap Bastard Features” on 23rd August exclusively via download from Bandcamp and on 1st September through all other digital platforms.

Musically rooted in 90’s NOLA sludge but with strong nods to Sabbathian groove and even death metal elements, Swamp Coffin have forged their own nasty, uncompromising sound. “Flatcap Bastard Features” was conceived during a testing time for vocalist/guitarist Jon Rhodes whose brother-in-law was tragically killed in a car accident in October 2016 and 9 months later watched as a large part of his home burned down in a house fire, leaving him and his family homeless and living at a caravan site for 6 months. Suffering with mental health issues and in need of some catharsis, this has manifested itself into four crushing tracks clocking in at just under 34 minutes, combining personal lyrics with hard-hitting riffs and grooves.

Following on from 2017s two track release and now in their second year as a three-piece Swamp Coffin have already shared stages with such luminaries as OHHMS, USA’s Secret Cutter, Edinburgh’s King Witch and will open up the main stage at this year’s Doomlines festival in Sheffield alongside The Body, Bast, Cattle and others. Swamp Coffin will also be supporting Japanese doom-death legends Coffins on one of only two UK dates in September.

Swamp Coffin is:
Jon Rhodes- Guitar/ vocals
David Wistow- Drums
Shawn Denton- Bass

http://facebook.com/swampcoffinband
http://swampcoffin.bandcamp.com/

Swamp Coffin, Flatcap Bastard Features (2019)