Ever since the Fuzzing Nation EP Into the Desert came out, some months ago now, it was immediately blasted at full volume at the Midnight Whiskey Massacre lair, such was the greatness of the opening sound. I couldn’t help but be sucked in and hooked by the opening riff and rather bombastic sound of the […]
Read More Fuzzing Nation: Into the DesertItaly strikes again! Four weeks ago, we covered the Doom-driven escapades of Italy’s Warcoe (check out our review of A Place for Demons). And now we’re once again headed back to Italy to discuss The Clamps, a band that churns together elements of Punk Rock, Alt Rock, and Stoner Rock into a high-octane brew of […]
Read More The Clamps: ‘Megamouth’ Album ReviewThe Italian Doom aficionados of Warcoe describe their sound as “groovy doom from the abyss,” and, boy, they don’t disappoint. When they self-released The Giant’s Dream a couple of years ago, they immediately grabbed attention from music critics and record labels (more on that soon). Channeling all the most exciting bits of bands like Black […]
Read More Warcoe: ‘A Place for Demons’ Album ReviewWe don’t cover a ton of instrumental albums over here at Monster Riff. Sure, occasionally we’ll uncover the Post Metal stylings of Gustavo De Beauville, the Psychedelic Space Prog of Astral Construct, or the Stoner Doom of Hermits Weedsom, but we typically review music with a vocalist leading us through the fray. That’s why it […]
Read More The Endless: ‘The Endless’ Album ReviewIf you asked me to rattle off my all-time top-10 albums of the underground, I’d eventually mention Mars Red Sky’s 2011 self-titled debut. With endless waves of fuzz, hypnotic melodies, and booming bass lines, Mars Red Sky is a flawless debut near the epitome of what blended Stoner-Space-Psych can sound like. It was an impressive […]
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