Boston Prog Metallers Momentary Masters releasing new single "Body Tells" September 25th

Out this Friday, September 25th, prog metallers Momentary Masters will release their newest single "Body Tells" from the forthcoming album "Rheospect". Heavy, crunching riffs, ethereal vocals, and winding grooves are the name of the game for this crusher of a track.

Momentary Masters is a four piece Boston-based prog-lite rock band. Subtly weaving prog moves into a digestable, heavy riff-driven format, they are looking to share prog sensibility with the greater rock community throughout New England and beyond.

Their debut album, Rheospect, is a love letter to the album format as a narrative arc. In spirit it tells the story of the creative process from inception (“Prospect”), through the flow state of creation (“Rheospect”), and eventually to letting the product go (“Retrospect”).

Laid out in a palindromic structure, Rheospect plays straight through the roughly 70 minute run time and features big riffs, soaring choruses, dynamic instrumental shifts, and thematic easter eggs.

The band plans to support the record live in the Fall in the greater Boston area and is looking forward to digging into their sophomore record.

Momentary Masters - Rheospect

Album out Fall 2026
Self-released (Digital)
Boston, Massachusetts, US
FFO: Tool, Mastodon, Coheed and Cambria, and Karnivool

Momentary Masters is:

Peter Balogh - Guitar
Corey Fyfe - Bass
Jacob Josefsberg - Drums
M Levesque - Vocals

Tracklist:

1. Prospect
2. Doom and Gloom
3. Turning
4. Ghost
5. Midnight Oil
6. Still Life
7. Rheospect
8. The Waves
9. Farsight
10. Everyone Knows
11. Body Tells
12. Through the Veil
13. Retrospect

Links:

Bandcamp | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Spotify

Thanks to Good Boy PR for the details.

KONGH - Dissolved In Time (Album Review)

Release Date: September 25th 2026. Record Label: Trust No One Recordings!. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl

Dissolved In Time - Tracklist

1.Staining the Ether

2.Guided to the End 

3.Dissolved in Time

Members

David Johansson – vocals, guitar, bass, electronics

Christian Augustin – drums

Jörgen Sandström – backing vocals

Review

Doom/Sludge Metal heavyweights KONGH return after a decade long silence and their first album in thirteen years. The main creative force of the band (David Johansson) is still leading the band but this time round David has called upon the talents of Christian Augustin and Jörgen Sandström who are well known names within the Swedish Heavy Metal scene in their own right.

Dissolved In Time is a different kind of record from KONGH as it aligns itself more closely to the Psychedelic Doom movement with crushing Sludge Metal destruction. The whole sound is helped along by that classic Post-Metal delivery with intense Atmospheric Metal melodies forging a great progressive Doom Metal sound that reminds me of YOB in places. The vocals from David Johansson are superbly inventive which is quite different to KONGH’s early records as David feels more aware of the musical environment around him.

Sometimes David is helped along by Jörgen Sandström who provides excellent backing vocals along the way where the mood does become quite violent and ferocious as KONGH level the playing field with haunting COSMIC DOOM surroundings especially within the mindblowing opening epic track Staining The Ether.

Staining The Ether runs for almost nineteen minutes which is classic KONGH through and through with the music changing from Sludge Metal, Post-Metal, Doom Metal and Heavy Psych soundscapes which is made more technical and highly efficient by the clever use of electronic passages. The lyrics are quite grounded and slightly fantastical at the same time with KONGH developing a cool sounding Post-Doom and Post-Rock aspect into their musical on the later stages of the song.

Second track Guided To The End is a more riff driven affair with KONGH bringing a brooding and pounding style of Doom/Sludge Metal that has a distorted Stoner Metal aspect forming which gives the band a more urgent drive to their music. The FUZZED OUT exterior is quite aggressive with a low-key Doom Metal flow behind David’s vocals. Sometimes the music has a certain Industrial Metal feel which allows KONGH once more to expand their musical horizons once more. Sometimes the record has a disjointed approach but the music is always thrilling and this track has some of heaviest, meanest and thickest grooves on the whole record.

The third and final track Dissolved In Time blends eerie Space Rock sounds to a destructive Post-Rock and Post-Metal playing field which slowly takes time to form that fully branches out into KONGH’s trademark style of Progressive Sludge Metal. The song does have a wicked slow-to-mid delivery where the different flavours of Psych, Space, Fuzz and Post Doom generate some interesting musical and creative choices being made on the track. This is a track where KONGH let their music do their talking and allowing Dissolved In Time to end on a highly aggressive flourish.

Dissolved In Time is expertly created from top to bottom with great work by everyone who helped behind the scenes with the making of the album. This is a breathtaking album from KONGH who have delivered the goods yet again. This is a masterclass of modern Doom/Sludge Metal that is meant to be truly delivered.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to All Noir PR for the promo.

Dissolved In Time is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Trust No One Recordings!

Links

https://www.facebook.com/KonghDoom
https://www.instagram.com/kongh_official
https://www.kongh.net
https://www.facebook.com/tnorec/
https://www.tnor.se/

DESERTFEST BERLIN 2027: THE FIRST BANDS ARE IN + BLIND-BIRDS SOLD OUT!

DESERTFEST Berlin is coming back heavy as ever in May 2027! After an absolutely packed edition in 2026 with a monstrous lineup and two of three days entirely sold-out – the legendary festival comes back with an equally heavy and versatile first wave of bands: Lead by experimental stoner masters MELVINS the lineup highlights Oli Ackermann’s modern noise–renegades A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, the epic Swedish adventure rockers HÄLLAS, the colossal riff machinery of BONGRIPPER, VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY, GNOME and many more including the new heavy garage punk supergroup PRIMITIVE RING and scene-favorite newcomers SPOOKY EYES from Tasmania, playing one of their very first EU shows ever at Desertfest Berlin in 2027!

With 15 years of relentless affords under our belt to push the Berlin, German and European heavy music scene alongside other great festivals, promoters, labels, media outlets and bands to live vibrantly as it does today – with an ecstatic festival atmosphere, a sweet community, cheering crowds in front of stage and amazing young bands sharing stages with absolute legends, it looks like our scene shines brighter than the seemingly dark times around and this is the DESERTFEST Berlin energy to go for 2027 – pushing this unique scene celebration even further at Columbia Venues from May 14th to 16th!

Blind-Bird Tickets are already sold-out, but there are still some of the limited Early-Birds available, so plan ahead for 2027 and save some!

We can’t wait to see you next May at Desertfest Berlin!

Your Sound of Liberation Crew

DESERTFEST Berlin 2027 - 14. - 16. May 2027 - Columbia Venues

First wave of bands:

MELVINS / HÄLLAS / A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS BONGRIPPER / VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY / SMOKE BLOW / GNOME / INTER ARMA / PRIMITIVE RING / CARDIEL

SPOOKY EYES / PINK FUZZ / SPECK / VINNUM SABBATHI

And dozens more to come!

Plan ahead and safe on Early-Bird Ticket prices!

TICKETS & INFO

MR. BISON - The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams (Album Review)

Release Date: September 25th 2026. Record Label: Heavy Psych Records. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl

The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams - Tracklist

1. Cosmic Tide

2. The Garden of Forgotten Dreams

3. Bright Shadow

4. Astray

5. Turn to Stone

6. The Sunrise

7. River Moan

8. Old Hue

Members

Matteo Barsacchi - Guitar / Synth

Matteo Sciocchetto - Voice / Bass

Davide Salvadori - Guitar / Synth

Lorenzo Salvadori - Drums

Review

Heavy Psych Rockers MR. BISON return with their sixth album The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams that sees the band develop their dreamlike style of Progressive Stoner Rock into more soulful and hopeful Cosmic pastures. The record does feel like the natural step for MR. BISON to takeafter their acclaimed last two records that is finally allowing them to be mentioned in the same breath as the mighty ELDER and KING BUFFALO.

MR. BISON has a direct Space Rock sound merging with a grounded Heavy Rock approach which appears quite early on within the stunning opening track Cosmic Tide. A song that delves into the heavier style of Cosmic Doom, Space Rock and fast-paced Stoner Rock/Metal rhythms with some wonderful vocals by Matteo Sciocchetto adding a sublime narrative into the mix.

The second title track The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams is perhaps the turning point for the album as a sudden shift into Sludge Rock atmospherics allows this to be one of the heaviest and spaciest tracks MR. BISON has delivered in quite some time. The use of dramatic ambient shifts remind me of HUM in places which allows the music to be quite slow and emotionally effective before MR. BISON moved into the Heavy Psychedelic arena once more. There is always a different style of psychedelic and frenzied Stoner Rock aggression forming even when the vocals offer a “less is more” appearance to let the whole creative narrative of the album to fully form. 

Third track Bright Shadow offers a great style of Prog Rock, Psych Rock and Post-Rock with that forward thinking Ambient Rock approach allowing MR. BISON adds Alternative, Doom Pop and Indie Rock themes to fully appear. There’s a trance like energy that can be heard within the most laid back parts of the song. The synths add a level of worldbuilding theatrics to be contained in the record as MR. BISON expertly create some highly original psychedelic melodies of their own making but some great o familiar strands that offer a warm hearted feeling. 

Fourth track Astray is a straight forward song where the band opt for a riffier style of music instead of the Prog heavy masterclass that came before this. The music is quite direct but MR. BISON still plays a wide array of different Psychedelic and Cosmic themes with a subdued atmosphere holding everything together. Though, this allows the band to move further into the Sludge/Stoner Metal abyss with fast-paced grooves being the main order of play.

The second half of The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams sees MR. BISON returns to their roots in places with some expertly constructed Space Rock sounds that keep with warm hearted nature that changes into some intense extended instrumental musical soundscapes. The Ambient Synths impress yet again with great vocals helping MR BISON sell their dominant area of Psychedelic Doom which forms a great Prog Rock alliance on tracks such as Turn To Stone, The Sunrise and Old Hue.

You can hear some great Eighties Heavy Rock influences within this record which gives MR. BISON has quite a mature and reflective nature which develops into some surprising musical developments along the way.

The lyrics are excellent throughout and superbly insightful with some real passionate and singalong moments that I always find myself singing to myself. The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams is full of non-stop uplifting parts that leave you in a hopeful mood even if you’re facing some of life’s tough challenges.  

The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams is an absolute triumph from MR. BISON that continues their great run of releasing unmissable and essential albums that everyone should add to their collection right now.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the promo.

The Garden Of Forgotten Dreams is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Heavy Psych Sounds.

Links

Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram

Celestial Haze - Celestial Haze (EP Review)

Release Date: September 18th 2026. Record Label: Suwereen Records. Format: DD

Celestial Haze - Tracklist

1.The Ruin 11:50

2.The Mending 11:46

Members

Darek Luja - Everything

Review

Celestial Haze debut EP is a twenty four minute release spread over two epic musical compositions which draws influences from the likes of ELDER and WEEDPECKER. However, Celestial Haze relies on a grounded Spaced Out attitude with a sludgy and bass heavy Progressive sound that allows everything to form within the Stoner Rock landscape.

The sound is quite vivid with its stripped back recording methods that have been applied to this EP. The vocals are slightly reminiscent of ELDER’s Nick DiSalvo in places with a deeply committed performance from Darek Luja. Derek started this project as a one-man project back in his home country of Finland before he relocated to Austria and now Celestial Haze is in the process of becoming a fully formed band.

There’s a lovely sense of warmth and belonging emitting from the speakers with Celestial Haze creating a great style of Post-Rock, Space Rock, Heavy Psych and Stoner Rock surroundings with sublime deft touches of Ambient themes that appear throughout the whole record. The record could have done with one more song just to develop the eerie mood that appears on the later stages of both songs. 

However, Celestial Haze are fully committed in creating heavy monolithic soundscapes with plenty of Sludge Rock aggression when it’s needed most especially within the standout opening track The Ruin. The sound is quite raw and superbly honest which feels like this is how Celestial Haze would sound like in the real world. 

If you miss the early days of ELDER (ELDER and Dead Roots Stirring) then Celestial Haze are the closest thing to reach that level but adding their own great sound into the mix which they apply on the excellent final track of The Mending. The sweeping Sludge Rock landscapes that develop transform into massive waves of Classic Rock, Desert Rock and Prog Rock grooves. The song can be calm and melodic but also unruly disruptive which gives Celestial Haze a rebellious edge that should serve them well if the guys are in this for the long haul.

I know it’s early days but I’m feeling within time that Celestial Haze will explore other creative avenues within the Doom, Sludge and Stoner Rock scene which will make them a force to be reckoned with. I have it on good authority the band are already working hard on their next chapter and I’m absolutely excited to hear what Celestial Haze come up with next as this is an unmissable release.

Words by Steve Howe

Links

BandCamp

Ken Wohlrob - Forgotten Music (Album Review)

Release Date: September 18th 2026. Record Label: Obsidian Sky Records. Format: CD/DD

Forgotten Music - Tracklist

1.Snowdrift 07:51

2.William 11:37

3.Simulacrum 06:24

4.The Naked Floor 07:28

5.Rorschach 513 06:18

Members

Ken Wohlrob - Everything

Review

Forgotten Music is the latest record from Ken Wohlrob who is best known for his work with bands such as Eternal Black and Northern Heretic. This time round Ken is flying solo with his latest collection of experimental tracks that are superbly experiential but also have a personal energy attached to them. The whole record operates within a gloomy cinematic and soundtrack landscape with echoes of music created in the Seventies and Eighties with that instrumental approach having a dramatic slow-to-mid paced delivery throughout the whole thing.

The songs are quite hard to categorize as Ken moves between areas of Post-Rock, Ambient, Drone, Doom, Electronica, Movie Soundtracks and Progressive Rock with the exquisite opening track Snowdrift being painfully slow to listen to at first, However, by the end of that track you do feel quite quite refreshed listening to the heavily slow played Droned aspect of the whole musical journey. There’s a creeping sense of Psychedelic doubt appearing which thrusts the song further into video game / movie soundtrack territory.

Second track William is cautiously slow once more but Ken adds fractured instrumental passages with hazy guitars, keys and synths which remain unapologetically in the same musical lane with a low-key melody appearing. The song does have layers of distorted drone and blues doom sounds emerging but the highly unconventional tone makes this even more emotionally rewarding. 

Third track Simulacrum is mostly from the Ambient/Post-Rock world with Ken feeling influenced by the likes of MONO, Russian Circles and SUNN 0))) in places. Though, the music is beautifully slow with strands of melodic Post-Doom and Psychedelic melodies forging an ice-cold alliance that's quite ethereal. The sound does become slightly aggressive and louder when some Shoegaze guitars enter the equation. This is perhaps where Ken shows a few tricks learnt for his other great bands for a great style of heaviness to appear but without being too heavy at the same time. 

The final two tracks of The Naked Floor and Rorschach 513 doesn’t change course with the music becoming more withdrawn but also showing another level of uplifting Ambient soundscapes to emerge from the musical catacombs. Trippy Electronic sound effects and weird Psychedelic glitches offer a chilling emotional insight that’s quite hard to ignore with the music diving right into it’s creative core of Experimental music. 

There’s some musical interludes inspired by the likes of John Carpenter, Vangelis and GOBLIN but that’s my own observations with the great music that Ken has written and played here. Forgotten Music isn’t going to be for everyone. It’s superbly stubborn with the music only changing creative course when the time actually demands this.

Forgotten Music offers a highly peaceful and meditative journey into the more experimental side of Ambient Metal and Post-Rock which shows a totally different side to Ken Wohlrob. This is the type of album that you can easily find “inner peace” with but one that does offer a challenging experience along the way. That's the sign of a great “solo” record for me.

Words by Steve Howe

Links

BandCamp

Pale Wizard Records Announce Signing Of Psych Stoner Rockers MUSHROOM BEARD And Details Of Upcoming Debut Album

We’ve been keeping this one a secret for a while, but we’re delighted to finally announce the debut self titled album from Mushroom Beard! These guys have been great friends and supporters of ours for a long time, so we were naturally inclined to want to help them out with the release of their album. But holy smokes, we were absolutely blown away when we heard it!

If you like psychedelic, progressive, other-wordly concept albums, you’re going to absolutely fall in love with this! The album was mixed and mastered by Josh Gallop (Sergeant Thunderhoof, Phoxjaw, Urzah) and also features a guest vocal from Dan from the Hoof.

Support fantastic, underground British music and check this one out if you get a chance!!

PRE ORDER HERE

Band Bio

Hailing from Stoke-on-Trent, Mushroom Beard are a psychedelic stoner doom trio forging colossal riffs from fuzz, groove, and cosmic haze. Formed by three members of Quiet the Thief, the band marks a deliberate shift into heavier territory—slower, thicker, and unapologetically immersive.

Blending crushing doom with swirling psychedelic textures, Mushroom Beard create a dense sound built on down tuned guitars, thunderous low-end, and hypnotic rhythms. Their music draws listeners into a tripped-out atmosphere where melody and distortion collide.

In 2026, Mushroom Beard bring their fuzz-fuelled ritual to stages including Idlefest (Bradford) and Smoke on Trent VI, while preparing to unleash their self-titled debut album.

Album Overview

Mushroom Beard was born from a desire to explore heavier, slower, and more immersive sounds. The self-titled debut concept album is rooted in colossal riffs, psychedelic atmospheres, and a fascination with mythology, nature, transformation, and escapism.

Across six tracks, the band weave stories of ancient beings, cosmic journeys, woodland spirits, and strange encounters. The album balances crushing heaviness with moments of reflection and wonder, creating a listening experience that feels both primal and otherworldly.

The record also features a special guest appearance from Dan Flitcroft (Sergeant Thunderhoof), whose vocal performance, vocal melody and arrangement on Speech of Leaf and Beard adds another dimension to the album's woodland mysticism.

At its heart, Mushroom Beard is an invitation to get lost in the groove and emerge somewhere unexpected.

Track Listing

March of the Shroom Elephant
Elden Beard
Bringer
Speech of Leaf and Beard
Fungal Haze
Khala-Shai (Instrumental)

Songwriting Credits

All songs written by: Stig Chell, Gareth Harding, Norbert Hussey

SPECIAL GUEST

Dan Flitcroft (Sergeant Thunderhoof) - Guest vocals on: Speech of Leaf and Beard

Personnel

Stig Chell – Guitar, Vocals
Gareth Harding – Bass
Norbert Hussey – Drums

Production Credits

Recorded by: Paladin Studio’s, Stig Chell
Label: Pale Wizard
Mixed by: Josh Gallop (Pale Wizard)
Mastered by: Josh Gallop (Pale Wizard)
Album Artwork: Vic Silverchild
Video: March of the Shroom Elephant courtesy of Very Metal Art

Social Media & Contact

Facebook: Facebook
Instagram: Instagram
Bandcamp: Music | Mushroom Beard
Spotify: Spotify
Website: mushroombeard.com

Thanks to Pale Wizard Records for the details.