Cigarette Vagina: ‘Cosmic Empathy’ Album Review

Cigarette Vagina formed in 2015 and is a four-piece Stoner-Doom band from Pinhal Novo, Portugal. The band name may turn some heads, as the word Vagina isn’t one that’s normally used in a band name, but the strange and unusual moniker was a part of the initial attraction for this writer. The music isn’t your […]

Milana: ‘Milvus’ Album Review

If a band is featured on one of Weedian’s releases, you can bet your ass they play some of the best Stoner/Doom/Psych out there. That’s the case with Milana, a four-piece Heavy Psych Blues band from Mallorca, Spain. Featured on the Weedian Trip to Spain in March 2022, Milana’s name derives from a bird of […]

Heezer: ‘Sungrinder’ Album Review

There are a select few bands who come out with all cylinders blazing, burning with a skill that is in direct contrast to their brief time together as a singular unit. Today’s review focuses on one of those groups, a Finnish quartet known as Heezer and currently signed to Italy’s Argonauta Records, and who released […]

Godsleep: ‘Lies to Survive’ Album Review

I love the Greek Stoner Rock scene. While much of the European Heavy Rock/Metal love goes to Scandinavia (or, in some cases, Italy or Germany), Greece has a huge number of excellent underground bands, including genre touchstones like 1000mods (popular for their Stoner Rock staple, “Vidage”) and Nightstalker (a band that has become the stuff […]

Isaak: ‘Hey’ Album Review

Monster Riff recently published a review of fellow Italian doom rockers Warcoe and mentioned that Italy doesn’t get nearly enough credit for the heavy output… but here we are again! Another fantastic Stoner Rock band from Italy. No frills necessary, Hey is a straightforward album, never hiding what it is. What it is, though, is […]