NEUROSIS x FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE Short Film Created By Young Voices Of The Blackfoot Nation Featuring “We Are Torn Wide Open” And “Mirror Deep” Premiered As Fire In The Mountains Gathering Begins

Watch the FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE x NEUROSIS short film now playing HERE.

FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE is proud to present an original short film created in collaboration with the legendary NEUROSIS, bringing together their music, storytelling, and young voices of the Blackfeet Nation.

At the heart of the project is the extraordinary work of filmmakers Jason Nix and Bobby Cochran, whose vision, creativity, and unwavering dedication transformed an ambitious idea into a powerful cinematic experience. Through countless hours of travel, filming, editing, and collaboration, they captured not only the breathtaking landscape of Blackfeet country, but the spirit of the people who call it home. Their artistry is a visual testament to the strength and power of this community.

The production also reflects the remarkable contributions of four amazing Browning Public Schools students who were deeply involved throughout every stage of the project. These incredible students served as actors, production assistants, location support, creative collaborators, and storytellers, working shoulder-to-shoulder with professional filmmakers and musicians. Their creativity, commitment, and lived experiences helped shape each aspect of the film, making it an authentic expression of youth leadership and community collaboration.

The film is set against two emotionally powerful tracks from NEUROSIS’ An Undying Love For A Burning World – “We Are Torn Wide Open” and “Mirror Deep.” It tells the story of four young people from Browning confronted by a malevolent spirit, expertly played by the wildly creative Sim Schildt. Rather than facing this darkness alone, these protagonists ultimately confront the entity and find strength through connection and a sense of belonging, demonstrating FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE's core belief that our greatest protection against suicide can be one another.

Director and founder of Firekeeper Alliance Charlie Speicher states, “The film serves as both an artistic collaboration and a reflection of FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE's mission to reduce suicide by strengthening the protective factors that sustain life. Through authentic human connection, we believe hope grows stronger when we stand together. This project represents what is possible when internationally respected artists, visionary filmmakers, educators, students, and the Blackfeet community unite around a shared purpose. We are deeply grateful to NEUROSIS, Jason Nix and Bobby Cochran; our student participants - Haley Running Crane, David Fast Buffalo Horse, Reb Pollock, and Paul Medicine Horse; "dark entity" Sim Schildt; Larry Ground and Lee Little Mustache, and everyone who helped bring this vision to life. We hope this film reminds viewers that even in our darkest moments, we are never meant to walk alone. Keep the fire burning.”

NEUROSIS’ Steve Von Till adds, “We are humbled and honored to have our music associated with the mission of FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE and deeply moved by the collective work of tall involved. We have always believed that this emotionally intense underground music has provided us with a sense of purpose, community, and has been a creative outlet to help us make sense of our place in the world. We stand with FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE in their mission to build connection, celebrate resilience, and strengthen protective factors against suicide.”

Watch the FIREKEEPER ALLIANCE x NEUROSIS short film now playing HERE.

To learn more about Firekeeper Alliance and their mission visit their website here: https://firekeeperalliance.org/`

Photo Credit: Jason Nix and Bobby Cochran

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Thanks to Neurot Recordings for the details.

Sergeant Thunderhoof - Kickstarter for the next album coming next week!

Kickstarter Launching Next Wednesday!

A quick heads up for Sergeant Thunderhoof fans and friends. Next Wednesday we will launch a Kickstarter campaign for the new album. This will be your chance to get exclusive items not available at any other time, and also get your name immortalised in the finished album for eternity! Click the link below to go to the launch page where you can follow the project so you get notified the moment it goes live.

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Stay Dead - Beneath The Weight Of Worlds (Album Review)

Release Date: July 24th 2026. Record Label: Ripple Music. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Beneath The Weight Of Worlds - Tracklist

1. Empty Pages

2. White Noise (feat. Troy Sanders)

3. Electric Mistress (feat. Matt Pike)

4. Chrysalis (feat. Eryka Fir and Aiwass)

5. What Happened To Rock N' Roll

6. Fever Dog (Original cover)

Lineup

Ryan Garney – Vocals

Rusty Miller – Lead guitar

Blake Carrera – Guitars & synths

Christopher Borrelli – Bass

Kenny Shillingburg – Drums

Review

Stay Dead is the latest supergroup to emerge from the Heavy Underground scene who are made up of members from High Desert Queen, Hollow Light and Fear The Victor, However, that only tells half the story with guest appearances from legends such as Matt Pike and Troy Sanders. You also have appearances from Eryka Fir (Coma Hole) and AIWASS along for the ride. Stay Dead’s debut album Beneath The Weight Of Worlds is quite a complex, brooding, philosophical and emotionally charged statement of the human condition.

The record blends levels of Doom, Sludge, Stoner Metal, Prog Metal and Psychedelic elements with some detours into areas of Post-Rock, Thrash, Space Rock and Groove. This is a very multi-layered record from the very start with influences ranging from Mastodon, High On Fire, ELDER and NEUROSIS with also the band’s members ever present musical projects. Lead vocalist Ryan Garney seems to be everywhere these days and that’s a good thing where he can shine a light to his incredible vocals once more. 

Ryan leaves the musical heavy lifting to his colleagues and famous friends where they all brilliantly succeed in laying down pummelling grooves that will give your body a tough physical challenge whilst rewarding your mental wellbeing when everything is said and done. The whole record relies on hard-hitting lyrics and intense vocals which come alive through tracks such as Empty Pages, White Noises, Electric Mistress and Chrysalis. 

Beneath The Weight Of Worlds does have a grimy and sludgy exterior where the Post-Doom and Post-Stoner thematics work amazingly well with the intense gloomy melodic moments. The most hard-hitting track has to be the excellent second track White Noise which really does touch upon some tough themes which gives Stay Dead a more vindictive appearance than you initially realise until you hear the actual song which leaves you on a more hopeful message.

The flashes of Post-Whatever and Psychedelic melodies is a great way for Stay Dead to introduce a natural way of creative storytelling with the guest appearances of their friends to find common ground to play great music with. The majority of the album is emotionally wrought with complex grooves allowing Stay Dead to align themselves more closely to the likes of Pallbearer and YOB but with a distinctive Hard Rock quality keeping everything grounded.

However, I will say my favourite aspect or track of the album is Stay Dead’s insane and gloriously entertaining cover of the classic track Fever Dog. Fever Dog is from the classic movie Almost Famous. A classic movie directed by Cameron Crowe which was inspired by his early days in the Seventies working for Rolling Stone Magazine and being shown the seedier side of the Heavy Rock scene from the legendary bands of the day. If you haven’t seen the movie then I implore you to watch it now. Watch both versions, the theatrical cut and the even better director’s cut.

Within that movie, there’s a fictional band called Stillwater whose “famous” track “Fever Dog” is played throughout the movie. That song was written by Nancy Wilson of the band Heart and film director Cameron Crowe. This track is pure Seventies HARD ROCK excess but Stay Dead give this a slamming modern day Sludge Rock/Stoner Rock makeover which stays true to the original. (Apologies for the slight historical lesson there. Almost Famous is one of my all-time favourite movies).

Beneath The Weight Of Worlds is how a “supergroup” should deliver their debut album with its fearless attitude and non-stop supply of impactful grooves from start to finish. The legendary record label Ripple Music is releasing this album so you know this is going to sound great. As Ripple Music never put out a bad record within their entire lifetime. 

As we say sometimes in the United Kingdom, Beneath The Weight Of Worlds is the “MUTTS NUTS” or “DOGS BOLLOCKS”  which means outstanding, top-quality, or one of the absolute best things out there. Well, you get the picture!!!

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the details.

Beneath The Weight Of Worlds is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via Ripple Music. 

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Monkey Ham - Hound With No Name (Single Review)

 

Release Date: July 24th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

Hound With No Bone - Tracklist

Hound With No Bone

Review

Hound With No Bone is the latest single from Grunge/Stoner Rockers Monkey Ham. The band have been going for quite a while and released an excellent EP called Pulled The Trigger back in 2022. They’ve released a couple of songs over the last year or so which continues a similar style of music as Hound With No Bone. The song is quite grounded with Monkey Ham delivering a great blend of Doom, Grunge, Hard Rock, Psych and  Blues Rock that’s all lovingly wrapped in a fast-paced Stoner Rock package.

If you’re a fan of the likes of CLUTCH, Black Sabbath, QOTSA and Soundgarden then you’ll know what to expect with Monkey Ham conjuring a great riff-fest for you to fully explore. It’s not the most original but Monkey Ham has this where it counts and that’s the RIFFS. The sound is upbeat and never tries to explore areas of Progressive melodies. This is good old fashioned music which is packed full of Stoner Rock goodness whilst delivering a great style of Classic Hard Rock with some spicy Psych Rock and Blues Rock soundscapes along the way.

The vocals are superb as well which gives this an soulful attitude from start to finish. Monkey Ham knows how to have a real good time and I’m hoping there’s more great songs being released in the near future. As they have their own “winning formula” of writing great music that will stay with you for a long time. 

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

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Doom/Stoner Metallers WITCHTHROAT SERPENT Announce New Album DEMONS LEFT TO ROAM And Premiere New Song/Video For CURSED NIGHT CIRCLE

Doom/Stoner Metallers Witchthroat Serpent return their new album DEMONS LEFT TO ROAM due out on October 09th 2026 via Heavy Psych Sounds.

About The Album

Recorded at the legendary Kerwax Studio by Christophe Chavanon on analog tape and gear, Witchthroat Serpent's new album “DEMONS LEFT TO ROAM” is yet another hymn to the last century’s sordid dreams and fears, moral panic and the creepy costumes from Halloween in the 30’s. Huge and gritty walls of guitars, rumbling stereo bass and plundering ritual drums. Songs of horror tales and satanic litanies, carried by haunted vocals.

Thanks to the amazing folks over at Purple Sage PR and Heavy Psych Sounds we're excited to premiere the epic new song CURSED NIGHT CIRCLE from their upcoming new album.

About the band

Witchthroat Serpent was formed in November 2011 in Toulouse, France to spread occult and powerful doom stoner across the living world's borders. The band has toured extensively in Europe, playing both underground shows and major scene festivals such as Hotsabbat and Sonic Blast. After their second critically acclaimed LP “Sang-Dragon” Fredrik Bolzann & Niko Lass have been joined in their act by Ügo Greifengeier & Djé Cndrs for a split with cult fellows Dead Witches published by Heavy Psych Sounds Records and followed by the third LP “Trove of Oddities at the Devil’s Driveway”. Now a maniac 4-piece band wholly dedicated to the dark arts and the everlasting quest for The Tone, they are set to release their new album on HPS Records this fall.

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Thanks to Purple Sage PR for all of the details.

Heavy On The Ride - Heavy On The Ride (Album Review)

Release Date: July 24th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: CD/DD

Heavy On The Ride - Tracklist

On Deaf Ears

Red Walls

Somewhere In Between

Chef’s Kiss

Cheshire Cat Grin

Interludes

Almost Alive

Sunseeker

I Owe You Nothing

Catharsis

Album personnel

Jordan Huxtable - Guitars / Vocals

Michael Bale - Bass / Vocals

Jason Young - Drums

Heavy on the Ride current line up

Jordan Huxtable - Guitar / Vocals

Michael Bale - Bass / Vocals

Sam Wood - Drums

Ryan Williams - Guitar

Review

I still find it hard to believe that Heavy On The Ride have been going as a band since 2009 and they’re just getting round to releasing their self-titled debut album. The band have released various releases over the years and have shared the bill and stages with the likes Mondo Generator, B’Last, Avon, Alain Johannes, Star & Dagger, Hippie Death Cult, Black Moth, Green Lung, Sky Valley Mistress, Goat Major and more.

Their debut album is a mixture of classic grooves and super tight anthems inspired by the likes of Melvins, Baroness, Mastodon, BORIS, Torche, The Sword, Monster Magnet and QOTSA. That doesn’t tell half the story as Heavy On The Ride deliver a deliciously daring POP sound behind the scenes with melodic vocals and super-tight DOOM-POP melodies which have a certain Space Rock element to them. However, Heavy On The Ride aren’t afraid to explore some classic Alt Rock and mainstream elements whilst keeping close to a vibrant Sludge Rock attitude.

This is Sludge Rock and Stoner Metal with a danceable energy to it which comes on from the very start with sublime riff structures and some kick-ass Indie Rock sounds. The band always feel like they’re always one step ahead of the competition with the sudden appearance of Stadium Rock movements throughout the album but it’s when the pure metallic energy fully takes centre stage with a sudden influx of Space Rock soundscapes that makes this such a great album to fully explore.

With classic influences from the likes of TORCHE and QOTSA giving Heavy On The Ride a hip and happening sound of their own making. The songs vary in different styles of Sludgy Aggression with freaky amounts of Psychedelic flavours on different sections of the album. Songs such as On Deaf Ears, Red Walls, Somewhere In Between and Cheshire Cat Grin are the standout tracks within the first half of the record that allows Heavy On The Ride to set the whole scene on where the action packed second half that contains the best songs, sounds and experiences on the whole album.

As that’s where the band really find their creative rhythm where they deliver the heaviest and spaced out songs that actually become quite progressive on the likes of Interludes, Sunseeker, I Owe You Nothing and the amazing final track Catharsis that offers a sludgy instrumental of the highest order.

Heavy On The Ride can be quite experimental with perhaps that heavy MELVINS of areas of overlapping distortion and massive slabs of sludge rock hysteria allowing the vocals becoming quite freakish along the way. The sound can be quite abstract and zoned out but in the best possible way. Thanks to the great work by Joe Garcia and Jordan Huxtable on recording duties, Dave Tidmarsh on mixing duties and the legendary Brad Boatright on mastering duties. This is a powerful combination of gritty underground attitude which propels Heavy On The Ride’s debut album as one of the strongest and brilliantly entertaining debut albums I’ve had the pleasure to listen to this year.

Heavy On The Ride have delivered a record with massive potential that should only enhance their musical reputation onto bigger and better things.

Words by Steve Howe

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Gothenburg Occult Rockers TERRA BLACK Announce New Album and ‘IN STONE’ Single

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Following their acclaimed debut and recent signing to Bonebag Records, Gothenburg occult rock collective Terra Black return with their haunting new single, ‘In Stone’, the first offering from their forthcoming album, Mirage, due for release on 18th September.

Steeped in ancient mystery and crushing atmosphere, ‘In Stone’ explores the unsettling pull of forgotten worlds and the unseen forces that continue to shape the present. The song evokes the feeling of being trapped within something timeless – a world that should have ended long ago yet still refuses to release its grip.

"'In Stone' is about the ominous threat of the hidden and otherworldly,” explains the band. “It’s being stuck in something ancient, like you're part of a world that already ended a long time ago, but it's still not finished with you. Old worlds, old beliefs, and everything beneath the surface that refuses to disappear. Forever merged in stone."

Written and recorded over the course of three years, Mirage is Terra Black's most ambitious and immersive work to date. Travelling from roots buried deep beneath the earth, through the ruins of forgotten civilizations and into the silence of space, the album explores shifting states of existence where reality, memory and illusion become increasingly difficult to separate.

Recorded live by the band in Gothenburg, Mirage captures the raw immediacy of Terra Black's performances. Rather than polishing away imperfections, the band embraced natural room ambience and microphone bleed, allowing the recording to retain an honest, organic character that mirrors the weight and intensity of the music itself.

Drawing from atmospheric doom, occult rock and stoner traditions, Terra Black combines towering riffs with haunting vocals, powerful choral arrangements and primal darkness. Inspired by nature, mythology, ancient beliefs and the mysterious corners of human imagination, the album moves effortlessly between the familiar and the unknowable. Like the illusion from which it takes its name, the album constantly shifts perspective, inviting listeners ever deeper into its enigmatic world.

Compared to their previous work, Mirage presents a heavier, darker and more visceral sonic landscape, where ancient forces, forgotten civilizations and cosmic vastness collide.

Since forming in 2020, Terra Black have steadily built a reputation for immersive songwriting and commanding live performances. With Mirage, the band expands both its sonic scope and artistic vision, delivering its most confident and fully realised work to date.

Mirage, the brand-new album by Terra Black will be released via Bonebag Records on 18th September | Pre-order

Album: Mirage
Artist: Terra Black
Label: Bonebag Records
Format: LP/Digital/CD
Release Date: 18/09/2026



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