Posted in Whathaveyou on September 22nd, 2025 by JJ Koczan
First of all, this art frigging rules. Kuba Sokolski Illustration is apparently the party responsible for the look of Desertfest Berlin 2026, and I dig it. The colors, the theme, the implication of narrative in becoming part of something bigger than yourself. Oh yeah, and the first band announcements are pretty killer too.
Russian Circles, Hermano, The Sword, Acid King, King Buffalo, Truckfighters, Earthless, Crippled Black Phoenix, Pelican, Mother’s Cake, High Desert Queen, Zerre, and Dope Purple comprise the first cohort to join the lineup, and aside from having me at Acid King and King Buffalo — which, yeah; also Hermano — it’s good to see The Sword will take their reunion to Europe next Spring, and Truckfighters will likely be out supporting their new album, which is due around that time as well.
This won’t be nearly all of it, but it’s plenty and it’s a killer start. As with every year, I look forward to seeing how Desertfest and the European underground circuit will shape up for next Spring. Here’s the announce from social media:
BERLIN, THE DESERT IS CALLING! 🌌
We’re beyond stoked to drop the first wave for Desertfest Berlin 2026 // 14.-16. May 2026 – and it’s a riff-heavy ride straight into the void 🌙
Russian Circles will crush you with their cinematic post-metal soundscapes, while desert rock legends Hermano return with John Garcia at the helm. Texas riff titans The Sword are back to shake the ground, and the mighty Acid King keep the doom thick and smoky. King Buffalo invite you to drift away on cosmic psych grooves, while fuzzlords Truckfighters bring the Swedish desert storm with their first new album in 10 years.
Earthless will melt your mind with endless space jams, and Crippled Black Phoenix deliver apocalyptic rock full of grandeur. Expect instrumental heaviness from Chicago pioneers Pelican, plus wild progressive energy from Mother’s Cake. Adding Texan groove power from High Desert Queen, new wave of würzburgs thrash metal Zerre, and psych-doom freakouts from Taiwan’s Dope Purple – the storm is real.
If this line-up speaks to your soul – better grab your tickets now before they vanish into the haze:www.desertfest.de
DESERTFEST BERLIN 2026 14.-16. MAY 2026 COLUMBIA VENUES, BERLIN
⚡FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTS⚡ RUSSIAN CIRCLES HERMANO THE SWORD ACID KING KING BUFFALO TRUCKFIGHTERS EARTHLESS CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX PELICAN MOTHER’S CAKE HIGH DESERT QUEEN ZERRE DOPE PURPLE AND MANY MORE!
Posted in Whathaveyou on September 1st, 2025 by JJ Koczan
Green Lung to headline at Desertfest London 2026! How about that. A celebration on the festival’s part of the homegrown, the London outfit’s ascent will mark a decade next May as the band take the stage at The Roundhouse for what I can only imagine will be an over-the-top, absolutely-classic-metal-style s-h-o-w. Do you think the unspoken part here is a new album to follow-up 2023’s Nuclear Blast label debut, This Heathen Land (review here)? Because I kind of do. Green Lung aren’t the kind of band to let an opportunity like that slip, and you might say that’s how they got to the point of headlining Desertfest in the first place. Also they’re killer.
Desertfest has already had Elder headlining, and if you’re looking for next-generation blood, I believe Green Lung are ready for that next level. Note also the reunion of instrumentalists Capricorns here, as well as Earthless, Truckfighters and The Sword, whose reunion began earlier this year. I was stoned on Facebook the other night when I saw they posted the dates and I left the comment “can I come this year?” It got 10 likes. Sadly I don’t think that’s going to be enough to get me there, but golly it would be one to cover.
This of course is just the start. At some point in the process, Desertfest always drops a bundle of like 30 names, so keep your eye over the coming months and make your travel plans accordingly.
From the PR wire:
GREEN LUNG TO HEADLINE DESERTFEST LONDON 2026 AT THE ICONIC ROUNDHOUSE. PLUS, THE SWORD AND CAPRICORNS TO PERFORM EXCLUSIVE REUNION SHOWS, ALONGSIDE EARTHLESS & TRUCKFIGHTERS
Desertfest London is extremely proud to announce that Green Lung will headline the 2026 edition of the festival. A band whose story is almost inseparable from our own, Green Lung formed amidst the electric atmosphere of Desertfest 2016 and their journey has nigh on mirrored the spirit of the festival – rooted in the underground, nurtured in Camden’s sweat-drenched venues and propelled into the wider world on the strength of unfathomable riffs.
What began as a cult phenomenon has since flourished into one of the UK’s most celebrated heavy bands and now, a decade later, their ascension reaches a fitting peak as Green Lung return to Desertfest London to take their rightful place at the top of the bill.
Vocalist Tom Templar shares the following; “Back at Desertfest 2016, our guitarist Scott, drummer Matt and ex-bassist Andrew met in the hallowed confines of the Black Heart, and over a few ales decided to form the band that would go on to become Green Lung. Ten years later, we couldn’t be more honoured to be headlining the festival. This will undoubtedly be the biggest moment of our career to date and an opportunity to take our stage show to heights we’ve always dreamed of. It’s also a testament to the power of the incredible London heavy rock scene that launched us, and we can’t wait to bring together friends and fans old and new to celebrate a decade of the Lung at the Roundhouse! Bring on the May…”
Desertfest & Green Lung have a gargantuan amount of news to reveal for this very special performance, so prepare yourselves for a colossal celebration of our culture and community with our favourite folklore fiends.
An undeniable influence on re-shaping modern stoner metal, 2026 sees the return of heavy legends The Sword for an exclusive UK performance at Desertfest London.
Blending doom-laden riffs, mystical lyricism and a primal groove that speaks directly to the stoner/doom/psych scenes – fans can expect a career-spanning set for The Sword’s first UK show in eleven years. It’s going to be heavy, loud and utterly unmissable.
San Diego’s seminal psychedelic power trio Earthless will make their return to the Desertfest London stage for a one-off exclusive UK show. Acid-drenched riffs and transcendent improvisations are at the hypnotic centrepiece of these instrumental icons.
Continuing the theme of Desertfest London lore, we welcome back stoner rock veterans Truckfighters to the 2026 edition. Having played the inaugural edition back in 2012 and returning over the years to deliver a dose of Swedish fuzz, Truckfighters are Desertfest family.
Historical reunions continue as instrumental doom legends Capricorns will make a seismic return to the stage for a very special show at Desertfest London 2026. Marking their first live performance in eighteen years and reuniting for the first time since disbanding in 2008, this is a truly rare opportunity to witness a band that helped define the progressive doom underground of the 2000s. If you know, you know.
With much more still to announce, Desertfest London 2026 is already shaping up to be a historic edition, it’s a pilgrimage no disciple of the riff can afford to miss.
Posted in Whathaveyou on June 25th, 2025 by JJ Koczan
The fuzz kings of Örebro, Truckfighters, will return to the troubled shores of the United States this August for an East Coast tour taking them from Boston to wind up in Tennessee for the end of the month’s Muddy Roots fest. They’ll dip into the Midwest as they fill in ground not covered on the corresponding West Coast run they did this Spring. They say in the announcement below that this tour will be the last on their current visa, and the part about ‘who knows when we will be back’ is because of the prohibitive costs involved in obtaining travel documents for foreign acts to come tour the US. Thousands of dollars, on top of travel expenses.
There are myriad reasons the US has enacted those price hikes, all of them shitty. Ultimately, if you narrow the marketplace of ideas, your population becomes easier to control. We wouldn’t want strangers coming in from countries that have things like healthcare and decent public infrastructure and asking questions, now would we? Better to just make it cost $15k to get through the door and say it’s because America is so wonderful it should cost that much to sell t-shirts here.
No gods, no masters, no borders, just fuzz.
RestlessSpirit were on the West Coast run as well, so this is a bit of a reunion too. And having just seen Truckfighters in May at Desertfest Oslo (review here), I’ll happily confirm they’re up to their own high standard of performance. Best advice I have is the same they have. See them while you can.
Dates from socials:
U.S.A. we return in August for the last bunch of shows on this VISA, who knows when we will be back next time so don’t miss out. Come out and get your doze of Swedish Fuzz!!!
8.20 Cambridge MA Sonia 8.21 New York NY The Meadows 8.22 Baltimore MD Metro Gallery 8.23 Cleveland OH The Foundry 8.24 Grand Rapids MI Pyramid Scheme 8.25 Detroit MI The Magic Bag 8.27 Greenville SC Radio Room 8.28 Charleston SC Music Farm 8.29 Orlando FL Conduit 8.30 Atlanta GA Masquerade (Purgatory) 8.31 Nashville TN Muddy Roots Festival
Got to the hotel and slept. Slept on the plane as much as I could, but I was pretty much collapsing by the time I made it to my room. No problem checking in, and the flight was fine; a week’s worth of anxieties dissipating like water vapor only to condense again soon. The nervous cycle. Evaporation, condensation.
I watched a bit of Graveyard’s soundcheck from the balcony of the Rockefeller, which along with John Dee, Revolver Bar and the back garden outside the latter are the locales of the four stages. They’re kind of around the block from each other, but they have it set so you can walk through, all kind of in a Desertfest nook, not entirely dissimilar from how The Black Heart and The Underworld become a pocket for the Desertfest in London. At least that seemed to be the idea to me. Oslo, of course, is its own kind of party.
Restlessness takes hold. No photo pits means get there early. You start to get the lay of the land. You meet Ole Helsted, also in SÂVER and who also is part of running Høstsabbat, in the lounge after Graveyard are done. He’s apparently been living your secret dream of being a goat farmer. You say a quick hi to Elephant Tree and get a Bear Bones tape off Pete before they clear out and DVNE soundcheck on the John Dee stage, club-size, and come to think of it the smallest stage you’ve seen them on. Cool. There’s a bit to go before that, though.
I was reading a review earlier, on the train from the airport. Mistake. The dude who wrote it was talking about how this scene is old, uncool, like a bunch of weird uncles trying to break away from their dayjobs or somesuch. Seems pretty needless to pick on grayhairs who’ve probably been going to shows for decades, or even if not, just unnecessary. The gatekeeping of the insecure. Fact is, I wouldn’t trade the community spirit of the heavy underground for all the arthouse cred in the world, and I’m somebody who very much enjoys being well thought of on the occasion I might come to anyone’s mind other than my own.
There’s a longer discussion to have there about genre, audience aging and the need for fresh generational blood, and the heavy underground for sure has its issues — diversity most glaring — but I was more interested in checking out the merch and getting a sense of the vibe taking shape here, now. It was nice out. Yeah, maybe nobody’s getting any younger. Still here though. That seems worth seeing in a more positive light, is all I’m saying. In a world actively putting itself to shit on multiple fronts, some of them existential, I’m gonna take the next two days and check in with the deep value this music and the community around it has in my life. It’s not just restorative, because the fact is I’ll go home Sunday more tired than I am now — believe it — but it’s more like an equilibrium unto itself.
I popped up the alley to see Håndgemeng at the Revolver Backyard, but no dice — ‘too many humans,’ as Buzzard might say — so I scooted back to John Dee well in time for the start of DVNE. I met the guys from King Potenaz, who seemed very nice and came here from Italy, and ran into a couple other familiar faces, but by the time DVNE actually went on, I was good and ready.
The UK-based five-piece are out celebrating their 2024 LP, Voidkind (review here), and they recently underscored the point with the follow-up Live at Biscuit Factory. I knew what was coming but that didn’t stop it from being rad, and DVNE continue to impress in bringing the fullness of their studio sound to the stage. Of course there’s more direct attack and energy as one would expect, but they still build textures well around those big, strides-the-behemoth grooves, and as hard as they hit, the melody is right there.
Extra glad to have seen their soundcheck since I didn’t get to stay all that long before I was pulled away to Revolver — a smaller, basement-type club you enter from out by the backyard stage; I tried going in the front door, and there may be a way downstairs, but I didn’t know it. I’d never seen Gjenferd before and knew I wanted to, so I made my way down and in front of the stage. It was humid and packed and there was a technical problem with the camera that I needed to work out, so I was kind of in and out of there too, and not wanting to do basically the same thing for Pallbearer, the ol’ in-out, I decided to socialize a bit and say hi to folks en route to disappointing them. A bit of stress about the camera — if it breaks for real, I’m basically stuck — but I figured out the issue and to no surprise it was human error.
Gjenferd, however, do rock, and it was nice to confirm that for myself in-person. Their self-titled debut (review here) came out last year and in my mind they’re very much a part of the generational turnover happening in Norway right now. Slomosa are the elephant in the room there, I suppose, but there are new and new-ish bands all over this country and it seems like more all the time. I don’t know if it’s a movement, but it’s definitely a fresh perspective, and even for just a few minutes until the crowd press got to be too much, I appreciated the chance to see them for the first and hopefully not last time.
Back at John Dee, DVNE were loading out as Lowrider were setting up for their set, plenty of time. This would be my first time seeing them live since they put out both 2020’s Refractions (review here) and last year’s split LP with Elephant Tree, The Long Forever (review here), so I was excited to see what would be in the set, even though I could probably look that up on the internet by now. Still, I’d only seen the band once before, at Desertfest London 2013 (review here), and I can only speak from my own limited experience, but a Lowrider set is a thing to catch while you can because you don’t know when or if the chance will come again. For example, given my druthers, it wouldn’t have been 12 years between Lowrider sets for me.
So how were they? You’d have to tell me, because I kind of lost time there, to be honest. All of a sudden they were into “Ode to Ganymede,” and the set was like half over which I think means it wasn’t long enough. But was it really going to be? Lowrider were not at all the only reason I came to Desertfest Oslo — but for sure they’re high on the list. They did their three tracks from The Long Forever, opening with “Caldera” and pushing into “And the Horse You Rode in On,” which was a blast, and “Into the Grey” later on. That would have been the likely point of onstage collaboration if it was going to happen with Jack or Pete from Elephant Tree, who’d close the room later, but no dice.
“Lameneshma” is Lowrider’s “Gardenia” and even though they played “Caravan” that’s a hill I’m willing to die on. But how were they? Look. They’re one of the bands who made it okay for desert rock not to be from the desert — do you understand how good you have to be to do that shit? And they were like 20 at the time. That’s insane. I was looking forward to the newer material — nothing against the classic 2000 debut/then-swansong Ode to Io (reissue review here), mind you — and between “Through the Rift,” “Ode to Ganymede,” “Pipe Rider,” which could only close, and the songs from the split, they 100 percent delivered the set I was hoping for. And they did it as one of the best bands ever to do the thing.
True, there were sets going on when they finished — did I mention they were a five-piece? the organ was splendid throughout — but also true, about 10 hours before, I was stepping off an overnight flight. I needed a break and took one, if only to go back to the room, sort photos, have a bite of the peanut butter I brought (homemade, dry roasted, no salt, medium grind) and drink three bottles of water. I did that and then all of a sudden I was sitting up with the pillows behind me against the wall. Then I was kind of leaning over. Then my eyes started to close and I realized I needed to get the hell out of there because there was still more show to see. After an undeniable peak in Lowrider’s set, my night would wind through Truckfighters, Elephant Tree and Graveyard to close out. Tired I might’ve been, but I had places to be.
Swedish fuzzlords Truckfighters had a new song, but as guitarist Niklas Källgren said from the stage, it’s been around a while. I’d take a record happily and a couple more new songs to throw in the mix, but that new one was mellow early and picked up with a roller of a riff — my point is I firmly believe Truckfighters have more to say as a band and I hope at some point they say it. In the meantime, I very much appreciated the run (mostly, but entirely) through their albums to-date. Källgren and bassist/vocalist Oskar Cedermalm have a drummer with them who absolutely pounds when they need him to, but they have a varied enough catalog and they’re mature enough at this point that they come across as a more dynamic band than they used to be, while still making it the blast on stage that it’s always been.
Granted, Truckfighters have been pro-shop since before they actually were, but they’ve become among the most reliable heavy rock bands on the planet. They’re gonna show up and give people a good time. They did exactly that. It wasn’t a surprise — though I don’t think I’ve seen them play the same show twice, except maybe 15 years ago on successive nights — but it was satisfying. Reassuring, even. They’ll get to a record whenever. I’d rather have them take their time.
I heard Magmakammer were good — can’t see everything, but I’m looking forward to hearing their new single when I get a minute — and went downstairs to catch the start of Elephant Tree, sitting on the floor, forgetting to refresh my water bottle, not really caring. It’s been since before the pandemic that I saw them last, and that was long enough ago for people to have forgotten a vaccine fixed it. The London four-piece announced a few weeks ago that John Slattery, who had been playing keys and second guitar, was out of the band and had been replaced by Charlie, with no last name given. Thanks to the deep investigative reporting you’ve come to rely on The Obelisk for, you can now know it’s Charlie Davis on guitar and synth with Elephant Tree. He’s also in Beggar and Wasted Death. Don’t you feel better now?
The UK contingent in my otherwise too played material from the split, with Peder Bergstrand watching from the side of the stage, but they reveled in older songs as well. Bassist Peter Holland, who I’ve said on multiple occasions is one of the most charming human beings I’ve ever met — charm as a defining feature; we get to hang out sometimes at Freak Valley — got genuinely excited when they were about to play “Dawn” from their 2016 self-titled (review here, discussed here), and even “Wasted” from Habits (review here) had an older-school kick to it. I’ve written a bunch about Elephant Tree the last few years and guitarist/vocalist Jack Townley’s life-threatening accident a couple years ago, coming back from that, and I think part of what they’re most enjoying about being in a band right now is being able to hit it. There’s a lot of fun, some catharsis, and there’s a new dynamic taking shape with the new lineup.
Charlie was a groover on stage, and it seemed like Holland and Townley — that’s not to exclude drummer Sam Hart, but it was kind of hard to see back there where I was standing by the side of the stage out front — fed off that energy a bit, and they were clearly having fun as they let loose a bit through “Bird” from Habits and realized they were running out of time still with plenty left for “Aphotic Blues” to close. The build into the big riff finish brought Townley down from the stage and into the crowd, which lifted him up and surfed him back up to finish the set. Got up there, adjusted the monitor in his pocket, and hit it on the next measure. It was emotional to see them after so long. I hope I get to do it more often.
Graveyard were the close to my night, just as the first non-jet-engine volume push I’d heard in the afternoon had been their soundcheck. They were ripping it up, as they will, but I grabbed my photos and got out, in no small part to wipe off the beer that someone had spilled on my camera bag when I was taking pictures. Glad it’s hard plastic on the front, but the smell of the sides made me want to bury it. Plus I was more than willing to both admit and give in to exhaustion by then. Made some vague and tentative breakfast plans and hoofed it back up to the room to finish sorting the photos and try to catch whatever minimal quotient of typos I could by reading through what I’d written all day. I’ll reserve comment on how that went.
Tomorrow picks up in the afternoon with day two of Desertfest Oslo. It’s awesome here. I might need a new backpack though.
Posted in Whathaveyou on April 1st, 2025 by JJ Koczan
Oh man, I was lucky enough one time to see Dozer take the stage at Fuzz Festival in Stockholm (review here), and I can only recommend it as a life experience. The Swedish spearheads, who’ve been talked about around here a fair bit on Fridays these last few weeks if you’ve been keeping up, join Långfinger, The Big Rip, and Montana fuzzbringers Wizzerd in this announcement, and as you can see on the poster below, Dozer will co-headline the two-nighter with Brant Bjork Trio. One assumes Fall tour dates are incoming for a number of these acts, but even looking past the headliners, that you get Carson, Craneium, Stonus, Domkraft, Gnome and Hellroom Projectors — and of course, the ones behind the whole thing, Truckfighters — in addition to this latest round of names is certainly compelling.
November, huh? I don’t foresee either an invite or a cash windfall, so I can’t imagine I’ll be able to be at this one, but damn it’s a rad assemblage. Don’t sleep on keeping up just because there are a hundred festivals in Europe in October and this is later.
From social media:
🔥More bands announced for FUZZ FESTIVAL #6 14-15 NOVEMBER 2025🔥
Dozer: Swedish stoner legends that need no introduction, heavy fuzz and alot of in-your-face grooves.
Långfinger: A vibrant heavy rock/stoner trio from Gothenburg.
Wizzerd (US): A Fuzzorama Records band hailing from Montana that will bring a doomy, stoner groove to Stockholm.
The Big Rip (NO): The Big Rip plays groovy fast paced stoner/scandirock with elements of doom.
Takes place at Debaser and Bar Brooklyn, Stockholm, Sweden.
Grab your ticket now and join us for a weekend of unforgettable music, good vibes, and like-minded souls. Whether you’re a veteran festival-goer or a newcomer, Fuzzfestival 2025 promises to be a gathering of sonic exploration and celebration.
Stay tuned for even more lineup announcements and festival updates. We can’t wait to see you there!
Posted in Whathaveyou on March 19th, 2025 by JJ Koczan
It’s a cool one. I dig the whole vibe here. The way StonerKras comes across to me is so much more like an open party than a typical heavyfest. It’s six bands in 2025, which isn’t nothing, but consider that part of the intention is that the party goes all night for those who’d be mad enough to ever want it to — I know some humans are still in their 20s, and that’s adorable — and a friendly experiential presentation that includes shiatsu massage and vendors selling probably hippie clothes and I don’t know what, as well as the ongoing encourangement toward family attendance, and it seems like it would be a laid back time either way. I don’t know that the kid would make it to the afterparty, but I know for sure I wouldn’t, so there you go.
And the lineup’s good too. Truckfighters were previously announced, but I saw MR.BISON in January and they were expansive despite such solid groove. Them Moose Rush and Zolle are both righteous in completely different ways. I am less familiar with Veuve — though I know they were on Argonauta at one point — and Black Pope, but if you’re going to a thing like this, you go ready to learn. That’s not to say I’ll be there, sadly, but even the hypothetical is fun.
StonerKras Fest is an open air psychedelic music gathering based on stoner, doom and heavy psych music. The festival has an international footprint but with the aim of enhancing the local heavy scene (both Slovenian and Italian) while attracting spectators from the region but also from neighboring countries.
Youth aggregation and cultural exchange accompanied by good music.
!!! FULL LINEUP ANNOUNCED TODAY !!!
TRUCKFIGHTERS (very exclusive show for Italy/Slovenia/Croatia in 2025) MR.BISON (heavy psych, ITA) THEM MOOSE RUSH (stoner prog, CRO) ZOLLE (lard rock duo, ITA) BLACK POPE (southern metal, ITA) VEUVE (heavy psych, ITA)
+ AFTERPARTY DJSET with Alterative Nite + Satisfaction
Posted in Whathaveyou on February 19th, 2025 by JJ Koczan
If you’re going to pay for a US work visa at this point, you might as well use it. Thus will Sweden’s Truckfighters be following up the Fall 2024 East Coast tour that brought the celebrated fuzz mavens to Desertfest New York (review here) with a West Coast run starting in late April and rolling into May. Neither the past tour nor the one upcoming were the hugest the band has undertaken, but it’s enough to say they’ve covered the ground this time through as they hover somewhere near 25 years since their inception.
Their most recent studio album, V (review here), came out in 2016, and is ready for a follow-up if there’s ever going to be one, but far be it from me to rush anybody, and if there’s a chance to see Truckfighters in the meantime — there usually is; in addition to this tour they’ve already also been confirmed for Desertfest Oslo 2025 and StonerKras 2025, and they’ve revealed part of the lineup for their own Fuzz Festival in Stockholm this coming November; they’ll play, as well as Brant Bjork Trio, Gnome, Domkraft, Craneium, Carson, Stonus and Hellroom Projectors and more to come Nov. 14-15 — doing so should generally be considered the prudent course. Here’s where they’ll be, as per social media:
The time has come to return the the western parts of the USA. See you soon. Spread the word, come enjoy the fuzz!
Support from The Well and Restless Spirit *** TICKET links at our website (if a ticket link is not there now it will be very soon) ***
4/24 Phoenix, AZ @ Last Exit Live 4/25 San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick 4/26 Los Angeles, CA @ The Moroccan 4/27 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent 4/29 Portland, OR @ Star Theater 4/30 Seattle, WA @ Substation 5/01 Boise, ID @ Neurolux 5/02 Salt Lake City, UT @ Ace High Saloon 5/03 Denver, CO @ HQ Denver
Posted in Whathaveyou on February 13th, 2025 by JJ Koczan
After a 2024 lineup that featured Colour Haze and Black Rainbows, among others, the Trieste, Italy-based StonerKras Fest is starting big with its 2025 reveals — no less than Swedish fuzz kingpins Truckfighters will take part. Among the most reliable live acts heavy rock and roll has ever produced, Truckfighters will play this show as a regional exclusive, Trieste being situated near the Italian/Slovenian border.
I don’t know how many acts the festival will ultimately have – last year’s StonerKras was an eminently manageable five bands — but particularly if you’re looking for a smaller fest-type event where you can take your family, this is one to keep in mind. I’m doing the same, for whatever that might be worth. Tickets are up for presale now, and I will do my best to keep up with announcements and details as they emerge.
StonerKras is a psychedelic music gathering based on stoner, doom and heavy psych music. The festival has an international footprint but with the aim of enhancing the local heavy scene (both Slovenian and Italian) while attracting spectators from the region but also from neighboring countries.
Youth aggregation and cultural exchange accompanied by good music.
!!! FIRST BAND + TICKETS PRESALE ANNOUNCED TODAY !!!
*** TRUCKFIGHTERS *** – stoner fuzz rock legends from Sweden –
!!! VERY EXCLUSIVE SHOW FOR ITALY, SLOVENIA and CROATIA IN THIS 2025 !!!
If you are interested in groovy, stoner-influenced, progressive and melodic hard rock you probably know about Truckfighters already. “The best band that ever existed” as Josh Homme said in the 2011 “fuzzomentary” Truckfighters. You might also know the story about how Niklas ‘Dango‘ Källgren teamed up with bassist and vocalist Oskar ‘Ozo’ Cedermalm in a worn down rehearsal space in Örebro, Sweden in 2001 and how the first song they ever recorded, Desert Cruiser, since then has gone on to become a desert rock anthem. You probably also know that the band itself has gone on to release five full length albums and played sold out shows on four continents.
Truckfighters have become a fundament in the ‘stoner rock/metal’ sub-genre with fans all over the world enjoying the crazy live shows and the fuzzy sounds…
After more than 20 years as a band it is safe to say the touring is less frequent than the most intense years of the band. Just as safe as is it to say that the shows will be better than ever and as always with a hell of a fuzzy sound!
