Release Date: April 20th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Lesbian Weed Coven - Tracklisting
1.From the Soil 09:35
2.I Feel Everything 07:00
3.Dysphoria 07:41
Members:
Vocals: Ashley Cackle
Guitar: Tessa Walsh
Drums: Sophie Mongrain
Review
Psych/Doom/Stoner Rockers Lesbian Weed Coven are a self described “dykedelic anguish stoner metal trio” from Montreal, Quebec. The band conjures up a “LOW & SLOW” style of down-tuned Doom/Stoner Metal with a harsh vocal performance from lead vocalist Ashley Cackle on their excellent debut EP. There are moments of aggressive trippy soundbytes and murky sound effects that sees Lesbian Weed Coven inspired by the likes of Windhand, SLEEP, Electric Wizard and Black Sabbath within the grooves department.
The tracks on the EP are similar to each other with the band employing nightmarish DRONE soundscapes and landscapes for a slightly warped and distorted sound. The added use of Guitars and Drums played superbly by Tessa Walsh (Guitars) and Sophie Mongrain (Drums) is quite vicious and unsettling with projections of MONOLORD and SUNN 0))) jamming together in places. There’s plenty of great solos and riffs waiting to be found especially on the superb opening track of From The Soil.
From The Soil could be classed as a little bit more experimental, metallic and hardcore based compared to the standard Doom/Stoner Metal riff. However, Ashley’s vocals have a demented and intense presence to them especially when they reach violent horrific growls which gives the “LOW & SLOW” dynamic of Lesbian Weed Coven quite an “extreme” texture in places.
The music is superbly slow, dense, heavy and thick with the sense of anguish being created with a demonic appetite which makes it perfect for BONG IN HAND and DRONE OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS sessions. The EP is quite raw and unhinged in certain places especially with some of the sludgy guitars and trippy effects but there’s method to the madness here as the final two tracks I Feel Everything and Dysphoria have quite an emotionally charged feel within the lyrics.
Perhaps not the easiest record to listen to at first but Lesbian Weed Coven are onto something very cool, bleak and monolithic here which I’m hoping will develop into a slightly more refined sound on future releases. However, this is still a superbly realized EP that deserves some love and recognition from the Doom/Stoner Metal underground scene.
Words by Steve Howe
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