Stoner Rockers Sky Valley Mistress return with 2nd album 'Luna Mausoleum' & share new single 'Thundertaker

Sky Valley Mistress have initiated countdown to the release of their second album Luna Mausoleum, that is due to land on Friday 23rd January 2026 (New Heavy Sounds).

Intended to be the soundtrack of their Hearsecraft ride to the moon, Pilot Kayley “Hell Kitten” Davies and Commander Max “Leather Messiah” Newsome launch you into the Sonic Stratosphere with an audio journey fuelled by 70’s hard rock, driven off the road to a fresh new destination.

Taking you through desert rock grooves and mountainous riffs, you are guided by Kayley’s soulfully smoked voice and her range of soaring, delicate, yearning and understated melodies as the band ride peaks and valleys of dynamics and pace with an eclectic selection of instrumentation of fuzz guitars, organs, real orchestras and a children’s choir.

Twisting influences of Queens of the Stone Age with Portishead and turning from Spiritualised-sized gospel choruses to the gallow heavy swing of Black Sabbath, with sound as fast as light they move between their influential orbit to create a modern classic that is entirely their own. There isn’t space in this genre the band haven’t explored. This is a demonstration of their refusal to wait for permission to create a record that stands in scale with some of the most monumental albums in rock.

The band’s statement on their intent behind creating Luna Mausoleum was that it should be “greater and beyond all reason”.

Today also sees the release of first single ‘THUNDERTAKER’ named after the hearse they drive on tour. Opening with the apocalyptic power of early Black Sabbath before taking you on a joy ride fuelled by some Motörhead grade speed, THUNDERTAKER is a riff rippin’ rocket jam kicked out from the Sonic Strato- sphere for the world to hear.

Listen to the single: https://lnk.to/424Bt6

Not only this but the first pressing of the record will be on ‘Moon Dust’ vinyl in a printed foil gatefold sleeve including a Luna Mausoleum card model that you can build released by New Heavy Sounds.

Pre-order now:

Digital: https://lnk.to/cjQenv
Physical: https://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/products/sky-valley-mistress-luna-mausoleum

Sky Valley Mistress live:

The band who has one member play every instrument so that they sound like a four piece in the studio, defy logic with aspiration with their iconic live show as a Duel-Drumming Duo. Vocalist Kayley “Hell Kitten” Davies takes the sticks and one half of a drum kit whilst original drummer Max “Leather Messiah” Newsome battles the electric guitar with the kick drum under his foot. No samples. No backing tracks. No click tracks. No one is playing rock and roll the ways these two do.

October 2025:

02 - LONDON THE BLACK HEART
03 - SHEFFIELD NETWORK
04 - DARWEN SUNBIRD
17 - HULL DIVEHU5
18 - PRESTON THE CONTINENTAL
23 - THE PURPLE TURTLE READING
24 - FORUM BASEMENT TUNBRIDGE WELLS
25 - THE LIGHTHOUSE KENT

Tickets & info: skyvalleymistress.com

Follow online:

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Facebook - @skyvalleymistress
Website - skyvalleymistress.com
Bandcamp - skyvalleymistress.bandcamp.com

Thanks to For The Lost PR for the details.

Thunderbird Divine - Live, Loud And Lucky (EP Review)

Release Date: September 26th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

Live, Loud and Lucky - Tracklisting

1.Times Gone Bad 05:06
2.These Eyes 04:26
3.Bummer Bridge 05:21

Members

Guitar/Theremin/Vocals: Erik Caplan

Bass: Joshua Adam Solomon

Drums: Michael Stuart

Review

Doom/Stoner Rockers Thunderbird Divine latest Live EP - Live, Loud and Lucky - is a tribute to their keyboardist and friend Jack Falkenbach who sadly passed away. The following below outlines what Thunderbird Divine wanted to capture for this live release.

“THUNDERBIRD DIVINE returns with Live, Loud and Lucky, a collection of three live tracks recorded at Lucky 13 in Brooklyn on June 20, 2025. The recording captures the band during their first extended run of shows after the passing of keyboardist and friend Jack Falkenbach. It marks a transitional period for the band, performing as a trio and confronting both emotional and technical challenges on stage.”

 

Live, Loud and Lucky isn't the most perfect release but it captures the band on electrifying form playing three great tracks that merges Doom, Sludge, Grunge, Blues and Stoner Rock surroundings. There is a certain sense of sorrow appearing within Times Gone Bad and These Eyes which both appear from the band’s acclaimed 2024 album Little Wars. 

The stripped back recording techniques allows Thunderbird Divine to put in a powerful and very direct Sludge/Stoner Metal performance which has a seedy 1970’s Proto-Metal atmosphere emerging before fully expanding into 1990’s Stoner Rock/Metal riff explosions whilst keeping within a classic Blues Rock attitude.

The band continue to explore a hard-rocking mix of Psychedelic excursions into full-on Classic Hard Rock melodies which fully dominate within the later stages of These Eyes and right through to the standout final track of Bummer Bridge (which is from their 2019 album - Magnasonic).

Live, Loud and Lucky is a superb way for Thunderbird Divine to honour their friend’s legacy and I’m hoping the band will be releasing more short, direct and action packed EP’s such as this. As it gets straight down to the business of playing EPIC, HUGE and CLASSIC sounding grooves right from the very start.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to C Squared Music for the promo.

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Dune Sea - New Wave Of Cosmic Heavy Metal (Album Review)

Release Date: September 26th 2025. Record Label: All Good Clean Records. Formats: DD/Vinyl

New Wave Of Cosmic Heavy Metal - Tracklisting

Fremen

Omuamua

Molduga 

Voyager I

H.T.B / Voyager I Slight Return

Voyager II

The Void

Astromental

Cosmoholic

Members

Ole Nogva - Guitar/Vocals

Petter Dahle - Bass/Synth

Vebjørn Numme - Drums

Review

New Wave Of Cosmic Heavy Metal is the fourth album from Psych/Space/Stoner Rockers Dune Sea and continues their musical obsession with heavier, thicker and aggressive Doomed Out melodies. Taking cues from Weedpecker, ELDER and King Buffalo along the way, the album title is perhaps a false flag if folks are expecting a HEAVY METAL assault on the senses. The record is superbly heavy but it’s not HEAVY METAL but perhaps more Alt Rock and Cosmic Rock based with the band experimenting with different soundscapes, landscapes, psychedelic shifts and musical instruments throughout the album.

Dune Sea play at a brilliantly addictive fast pace which doesn’t give up for a second especially within the early stages of the album on tracks such as Fremen, Omuamua and Molduga which sees KYUSS sonic landscapes developing within a muscular FUZZ ROCK attitude with a certain Prog Rock flavour. The vocals are quite varied and highly interesting that Dune Sea operate with a classic Nineties Alt-Rock attitude to tell the narrative of the whole album.

This is perhaps Dune Sea’s heaviest and most diverse record to date though I still prefer their previous two records for the sheer entertainment factor of it all. However, Dune Sea create the biggest and wildest ideas of their career to date on this record especially on the longer tracks on the album such as: Molduga, H.T.B ( Voyager I Slight Return) and Astromental where they let the true progressive and outlandish themes of the album to really take centre stage.

The record does feel like a SPACE ROCK / STONER ROCK opera come to life at times with its small touches to science fiction and fantasy storytelling running throughout the record. Another major strength of the record is how the tracks feel quite different to each other which allows Dune Sea to play themes from Post-Rock and Classic Rock that adds a fresh musical perspective at the same time.

New Wave Of Cosmic Heavy Metal is a big, bold and brash musical adventure which serves Dune Sea superbly well. This is a record that will no doubt appeal to a huge section of the Psych/Stoner Rock fan-base with its hugely exciting sounds and cool cinematic vision.

Words by Steve Howe

New Wave Of Cosmic Heavy Metal is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via All Good Clean Records.

Links

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Sunniva - Hypostasis (Album Review)

Release Date: September 19th 2025. Record Label: Svart Records. Formats: DD

Hypostasis - Tracklisting

1.Mercurial Bloodstreams 05:03

2.Peine Forte Et Dure 07:22

3.Valovaltimo 07:29

4.Opening the Key 07:06

5.Sun Funeral 08:16

6.Hung from the Sky 08:00

Review

Sunniva’s debut album Hypostasis blends Funeral Doom, Sludge Metal and Post-Metal atmospherics against a blend of nihilistic Black Metal passages. There’s a dark sense of brooding mystery forming against the backdrop of Ambient Metal textures and sudden shifts into Psychedelic warfare based tactics. This is a highly accomplished debut which is their first new material in over five years. This is time that has served Sunniva well as the band have crafted an ice-cold and emotionally calculated release that blends the sounds of Neurosis, ISIS and Cult Of Luna but with a Post-Black Metal philosophy.

The vocals are harsh, aggressive and very precise but Sunniva deserve high praise for their high reliance on Shoegaze and Alt-Metal themes which gives this record quite a different feeling compared to other Post-Metal albums being released recently. There’s an aura of DEFTONES and DEAFHEAVEN lurking in the midst especially with how Sunniva weave the claustrophobic elements of Alt-Metal against the punishing backdrop of Blackened Sludge Metal especially on the albums early opening tracks of Mercurial Bloodstreams and Peine Forte Et Dure.

Sunniva operate on a Progressive Metal landscape which allows them to add layers of twisted Post-Metal grooves and thrilling Psych Metal melodies with an abstractive Industrial sound holding everything together. This course of creative action stays quite similar throughout the whole album but when Sunniva goes off-script and delves into other areas of music then the album really starts to shine especially when the emotionally driven clean vocals appear.

The other tracks on Hypostasis are really beautiful to listen to and fully experience with moments of delicate Post-Rock energy appearing before transcending across the Post-Black Metal abyss that still leaves a refreshing burst of heavy sonic based aggression on tracks such as: Valovaltimo, Opening The Key and Hung From The Sky.

This is the type of Post-Metal album that dares to be different at every possible opportunity and pulls this off brilliantly with great style and a unique vision which should see Sunniva become more well known in the Post-Metal world.

Overall, Hypostasis is the perfect blend of melody, aggression, sonic interludes and intense black metal soundscapes that allows this to be a wonderfully addictive and highly unforgettable album. 

Words by Steve Howe

Hypostasis is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Svart Records.

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The Mojave Experience Festival Announces Festival Line-Up For First Annual Edition from March 20th-21st 2026

The Mojave Experience festival announces the dates of the first annual event taking place from March 20th-21st, 2026 in Joshua Tree, California. The festival is the brainchild of organizer and longtime High Desert native Patrick Brink, frontman of VOLUME and Superkool Booking.

Co-headliners Earthless and Dead Meadow are the first artists to be announced in the lineup, with many more of the 16 bands confirmed to perform over two nights. The lineup includes legends in explorative and countercultural music, as well as future ones now making waves.

The Mojave Experience takes place over two days at two different venues. Friday kicks off the festival at Mojave Gold in Yucca Valley, while Saturday will be an outdoor event in Joshua Tree, California at the Joshua Tree Lake RV & Campground. Attendees are encouraged to make use of the camping, hiking and rock climbing in the area while taking in the vast beauty and mystery of the region that birthed the Desert Rock movement.

The Mojave isn’t just a backdrop — it’s the raw, unfiltered stage where music, art, and chaos collide. Out here, under endless stars and brutal sun, the desert strips away the fake and leaves only what’s real.

The Mojave Experience was born from that spirit. It’s not another sanitized festival in a city park, it’s a gathering for the wild ones, the wanderers, the true believers who know the desert doesn’t hand out comfort, only freedom.

This is where local desert legends share the stage with national heavyweights, weaving new stories into the myth of the Mojave. No velvet ropes. No corporate gloss. Just artists, misfits, and seekers coming together for a weekend that won’t be forgotten.

We bring the sound. You bring the fire. Together we’ll carve something into the desert that echoes long after the amps shut down. This is more than a festival — it’s a ritual. A pilgrimage into the heat, dust, and sound that will rattle your bones and rewire your soul.

Come ready. Come raw.

The Mojave Experience isn’t here to entertain you — it’s here to change you.

THE MOJAVE EXPERIENCE 2026:

03/20-21/2026

Friday 3/20 Mojave Gold- Yucca Valley, Ca

Saturday 3/21 Joshua Tree Lake & Campground - Joshua Tree, CA

mojaveexperience.net Poster by @mattjadamsart

Danakil Heat - Doomsday Delight (EP Review)

Release Date: September 26th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

Doomsday Delight - Tracklisting

Doomsday Delight

One More Life

Searching The Stars

Review

Doomsday Delight is the latest EP from Doom/Stoner Rockers Danakil Heat which follows their debut EP Life On The Green Planet which was released earlier this year. This EP follows the same path with the band playing a cool style of Grunge, Sludge, Psych and Punk into the mix. The sound has a meaningful Garage Rock vibe which appears within the stripped back production values.

The EP contains three tracks and runs for over sixteen minutes in length. Danakil Heat take influence from the likes of KYUSS, FU MANCHU and Monster Magnet but perhaps operate with a more Spaced Out and Doom Rock focus. It’s not the most original of sounds but Danakil Heat play to their strengths here by writing slightly destructive and apocalyptic lyrics into the mix. The songs hold your interest by moving into different areas of HEAVY RAWK with catchy Punk Rock vocals holding everything together especially on the superb opening title track.

There’s a playful energy to Danakil Heat’s music that does become way more aggressive with each passing moment with the band slowly moving into Scorched Desert Earth territory on tracks such as One More Life and Searching The Stars. I admire the haunting Nineties Grunge atmosphere and melodies that start to appear within One More Life that reminds of SOUNDGARDEN and AUDIOSLAVE in places.

Doomsday Delight is a great way to spend sixteen minutes of your day listening to good old fashioned STONER METAL grooves that will make you fully appreciate the music that Danakil Heat brings to the underground scene. The guys do show signs of huge promise and real potential here and I’m looking forward to hearing new music from the band in the near future.

Words by Steve Howe

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Psych/Stoner Rockers Bentrees Announce Full Album Details For “Silver Veins” And Release New Single “The Sea”

Italian stoner/psych power duo Bentrees return with exciting news: their long-awaited new album Silver Veins will be released on October 17th, 2025 through Argonauta Records, available on CD, limited colored vinyl, and digital formats. Alongside the announcement, the band presents their brand-new single “The Sea”, now streaming everywhere: https://song.link/bentrees_ts

Recorded in 2024 at Sonusville Studio in Siliqua, Silver Veins is an introspective journey that delves into themes of personal and cultural identity. The record explores the tension between remaining deeply connected to one’s roots while also venturing toward new horizons. This duality shapes both the lyrics and the music, balancing Bentrees’ trademark heavy riff-driven sound with moments of experimentation and atmospheric depth.

Silver Veins features six tracks of immersive heavy rock, each carrying the band’s signature intensity and psychedelic touch:

1. The Sky Never Dies – 06:50
2. The Sea – 05:56
3. Away – 08:29
4. Alienated – 07:03
5. Beyond The Mind – 06:35
6. Silver Veins – 07:56

Bentrees, formed in Iglesias in 2012 and established as a duo since 2014, consist of Riccardo Podda (guitar, vocals) and Mauro Cocco (drums). Their sound blends the raw spirit of 70s hard rock with the desert-fueled vibes of 90s stoner rock, enriched by psychedelic explorations and lyrical introspection. Over the years, they have built a strong reputation through their albums Psychollage (2017) and Two of Swords (2021, Argonauta Records), as well as by sharing stages with acclaimed acts such as Yawning Man, Black Rainbows and The Cosmic Dead.

With Silver Veins, Bentrees reaffirm their place as one of the most compelling names in the European stoner/psych scene, pushing their music further while staying true to their roots.

https://www.facebook.com/bentreesband
https://bentrees.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ArgonautaRecords

Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the details.

Stone Machine Electric - Faces (Album Review)

Release Date: September 26th 2025. Record Label: Argonauta Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Faces - Tracklisting

1. Just Another Wizard – 07:53

2. Walls of Hate – 06:32

3. Chroma – 05:24

4. Manic – 09:26

5. Price of It All – 04:51

6. The Alp – 06:25

Members

Mark Kitchens: Drums, HC-TT, and Vocals

William "Dub" Irvin: Guitar and Vocals

Erick Pacheco: Bass

Review

Faces is the sixth full length album from Stone Machine Electric who continue their sonic and trippy journey into the harsh environments of the Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal planes. The record sees the band redefine their own creative existence with their music venturing into heavier areas of Drone, Ambient and Shoegaze for perhaps their most confident record in years. Stone Machine Electric sounds closer to the likes of SLEEP, OM, SUNN 0))) and The Melvins than ever before.

The shamanic vocals from the band are ever present but with the added bonus of the recent addition of Erick Pacheco on bass who provides an electrifying bass line that supplements Mark Kitchens’s brooding drums and William “Dub” Irvin’s sludgy guitars. The TANTRIC environment which appears within the first track of Just Another World lives upto its spaced out theme with amplified sounds that feel like they’re being transmitted from another dimension or the vastness of space itself. The sound is quite sparse and diverse with a direct aggressive performance from Stone Machine Electric I haven’t heard since their earliest recordings.

Second track Walls Of Hate is Stone Machine Electric in full on “PISSED OFF” mode with muscular vocals and powerful lyrics aligning everything up closely to the Droned Out dynamics of the Sludge Metal surroundings that merges into a powerful “LOW & SLOW” performance. The music is wonderfully powerful with the band capturing an atmospheric style of Melodic and Destructive grooves that adds layers of distorted heaviness to the mix. There’s a bleak sense of riff-centric delivery that appears that has a twisted “CAVEMAN” metal effect reminiscent of early-era MASTODON and HIGH ON FIRE at times.

Third track Chroma once again sees Stone Machine Electric swing the creative pendulum further into TANTRIC and MIDDLE EASTERN vibes with a classic Grunge element appearing without sacrificing their Sludge Rock identity. The music is playfully slow at first before Stone Machine Electric once more expand their musical horizons into heavier divisions of AMPLIFIER HEAVINESS and FUZZY REVERB with the vocals having a slight “Doom-Pop” aura within them. Stone Machine Electric then harnesses that classic “MELVINS” creative flow with a superbly executed style of trippy music being projected against a ton of darkly twisted and superbly distorted melodies once more.

The fourth track Manic opts for a slightly Prog Metal delivery with a classic sense of Sludge Metal dynamics that is perhaps all the range today but Stone Machine Electric are wise enough to inject elements of Post-Doom, Space Rock and Cosmic flavours into the song. This is perhaps the standout track of the album as it goes into different and multiple styles of HEAVY RAWK with Erick’s powerful bass being one of favourite aspects of the track once more. Though, Mark and William provide excellent and committed performances as well.

The final two tracks of Price Of it All and The Alp sees Stone Machine Electric continuing to deconstruct the classic lore of Sludge/Stoner Metal and inject a fresh HEAVY perspective with some dynamic riffs that translate into first rate drawn out instrumental passages. 

Faces is perhaps my favourite record from Stone Machine Electric and proves once again why they’re one of the best bands to emerge from the Texas Heavy Rock Scene within the last two decades. This is STONE MACHINE ELECTRIC in their creative element and it’s a brilliant record to fully experience. 

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the promo.

Faces is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Argonauta Records.

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High Downer Rock Duo BURNING SISTER Return With New Song/Video For "SWERVE (DEAD STARS)” From Upcoming New Album "Ghosts"

Here's the excellent new song / video for Swerve (Dead Stars) from Doom/Stoner Rockers BURNING SISTER.

The track is from the highly anticipated new album GHOSTS 

About Burning Sister:

Now operating as a bass and drum duo for the first time since 2019 when the band was merely a seed of an idea, Denver, Colorado’s Burning Sister are set to unleash their sophomore full-length, ‘Ghosts.’ Since much of the material found on ‘Ghosts’ was initially conceived with a three-piece in mind, the band was tasked with reconceptualizing their approach to songwriting and performance. 

Despite the challenges and limitations of a two-piece configuration, Burning Sister looked to other pioneering duos for technical inspiration such as Godhead, Silo, Big Business, and Royal Blood. With a formidable arsenal of bass and guitar amps chosen for their potentiality and tone, an array of effects pedals and ABY boxes, the band was able to embrace and exceed their limitations. 

At its heart, the sound of ‘Ghosts’ delves deeper into the narcotizing haze hinted at on ‘Mile High Downer Rock’—the same haze occupied by space rock veterans Bardo Pond or John McBain-era Monster Magnet. The band’s affinity for doom, noise rock, shoegaze and classic rock heavily informs the six tracks that comprise ‘Ghosts’ as does the repetition-as-psychedelia of “trance rock” greats Loop and Spacemen 3. Burning Sister continues to refine and push their brand of psychedelic downer rock into new and varied dimensions.

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Thanks to Burning Sister for all of the details. 

Shoegaze Duo SOFTSUN (with Yawning Man guitarist) presents new video "Sacred Heart"; "Eternal Sunrise" out November 7th on Heavy Psych Sounds

Californian and Norwegian shoegaze and post-rock duo SOFTSUN share a dreamy new track and video taken from their forthcoming sophomore full-length "Eternal Sunrise" on November 7th, and present the first track "A Hundred And Sixteen" today.

Watch new video "Sacred Heart" via The Sleeping Shaman 

SoftSun is the result of a divine collaboration between visionary musicians from opposite sides of the world: Yawning Man guitarist Gary Arce from the Californian Mojave Desert and vocalist and bassist Pia Isaksen from the cold and ever-inspiring grounds of Norway.

Their environments are nearly palpable in their beautifully heavy yet ethereal sound. Arce’s trademark cinematic guitar soundscapes provide a stark contrast to Isaksen's heavy and melodic compositions, as her ethereal vocals elevate the sound to dreamy shoegaze realms. This second offering and Heavy Psych Sounds debut dives deeper into the duo's dusk-to-dawn reveries, resulting in a masterful and moody exploration, at once beautifully experimental and utterly organic, pushed by the gentle percussions of drummer Robert Garson. Experience the magic with their latest single A Hundred And Sixteen!

New album "Eternal Sunrise" - Out November 7th on Heavy Psych Sounds

SoftSun was formed in 2023 by Gary Arce and Pia Isaksen after they had been wanting to make music together for several years. It all started in 2020 when Arce played guitar on the first album of Isaksen's solo project Pia Isa. Discovering how perfectly their musical expressions fit together, they knew they really wanted to create more music together. With Arce's unique and beautiful guitar melodies and sounds, Isaksen's heavy bass and haunting vocals, combined with Dan Joeright's perfectly patient drumming, SoftSun delivers heavy, mellow, and dreamy music with its own sound.

After a few years of collaborating on two of Pia's albums from opposite sides of the planet (Moss in Norway and Yucca Valley in California) and becoming good friends, Gary and Pia finally met in person in late 2023. They instantly became inseparable and started planning their musical project.

Released in the fall of 2024, their debut album “Daylight in the Dark” on Ripple Music is a profound journey into shadowy, expansive soundscapes. Hailed as “a truly majestic work of art” by UK website Outlaws of the Sun, the record masterfully conjures a vibe where dark and atmospheric psychedelia feel like reverberating out over the desert at nightfall — an immersive experience that creates “something that will haunt you long after you step away from these tracks,” as stated by Joshua Tree Voice.

SoftSun is

Gary Arce - Guitars
Pia Isaksen - Bass and vocals
Robert Garson - Drums

SoftSun links

Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram

Heavy Psych Sounds links

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Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the details.

Cavernous - Primordial Ooze (EP Review)

Release Date: September 17th 2025. Record Label: NCP Records. Formats: DD

Primordial Ooze - Tracklisting

1.Voyage Through Orbs and Valleys 13:29

2.Dark Apostles 04:55

Review

Primordial Ooze is the latest EP from Psych/Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metallers Cavernous who already released their superb debut album Ancestral Thrones in Feb 2025. The album received a lot of attention from the underground scene and it’s not hard to see why. Cavernous play a down-tuned and aggressively FUZZ METAL style that draws in areas of Psychedelic textures which is AMPED upto the max on this EP.

The EP is two tracks long with the centrepiece being the opening thirteen minutes track Voyage Through Orbs and Valleys. The song is a mixture of long drawn out distorted sludgy guitars and weighty  FUZZ passages that are surrounded by harsh vocals and loads of WEEDIAN REVERB being added for a spicy mix of COSMIC DOOM.

This is the type of music that will appeal to the likes of CONAN, SLEEP, UFOMAMMUT, SLOMATICS and SHRINEBUILDER with how Cavernous explores that heavy DOOMED OUT musical galaxy those great bands continue to conjure up. Though, I do fully appreciate how the band play fast-paced melodies to a more LOW  & SLOW droned out perspective which becomes more violently addictive at the same time.

The final track Dark Apostles may be slightly shorter but that doesn’t stop Cavernous continuing to conjure up WARPED and DISTORTED sludgy guitars but perhaps focused on a leaner, aggressive and direct Space Rock approach compared to the excellent opening track. It’s quite minimalistic with the Electronica beats and haunting Synth Rock/Metal approach. Perhaps more suited to VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK territory, this shows how vividly inventive Cavermous can actually become.

Primordial Ooze is an absolute COSMIC TRIP with Cavernous firing on all cylinders which definitely leaves you ultimately fulfilled despite the short runtime of the track. 

Excellent Stuff. End Of.

Words by Steve Howe

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