HASHTRONAUT: fall US tour announced - Denver stoner doom trio HASHTRONAUT to take over the West Coast this fall!

Denver, Colorado's stoner doom specialists HASHTRONAUT announce an extensive West Coast fall run, to kick off in Denver this October 2nd, to spread the weedy gospel about their acclaimed debut album "No Return" on Blues Funeral Recordings.

Red-eyed at the crossroads of thunderous stoner sludge and towering doom, HASHTRONAUT daze and inebriate the riff-obsessed masses on this planet and beyond. Released in 2024 on Blues Funeral Recordings, their acclaimed debut album "No Return" is a resiny slab in the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep to Bongzilla, an intoxicating and pummeling trip with a lungful of potent hook-doom and strikingly anthemic vocals, hailed as "the most perfect weedian debut album of 2024" by Outlaws of the Sun and "the next big thing in stoner metal” by Clean and Sober Stoner.

HASHTRONAUT are now set to rise from the Mile High City and descend upon the West Coast with a battery of bone-crushing riffs and earth-shaking low-end, as they announce an extensive string of shows for October. Get those bongs ready...

Hashtronaut fall US tour: October 2026:

10/2 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
10/3 - Albuquerque, NM - Ren's Den
10/4 - Phoenix, AZ - Linger Longer Lounge
10/6 - El Centro, CA - MEXCA
10/7 - San Diego, CA - Tower Bar
10/8 - Los Angeles, CA - The Redwood Bar
10/9 - Palmdale, CA - Transplants Brewing Co
10/10 - Berkeley, CA - Spats
10/11 - Reno, NV - The Alpine
10/13 - Sacramento, CA - Cafe Colonial
10/15 - Tacoma, WA - The Valley
10/16 - Portland, OR - Shanghai Tunnel
10/17 - Seattle, WA - Belltown Yacht Club
10/18 - Port Angeles, WA - Little Devil's Lunchbox
10/20 - Bellingham, WA - TBD
10/21 - Olympia, WA - Wild Child
10/22 - Eugene, OR - John Henry's
10/23 - Boise, ID - TBD
10/24 - Salt Lake City, UT - TBD
10/25 - Grand Junction, CO - Cafe Sol

HASHTRONAUT launched into orbit from their Denver-based Mission Control in the summer of 2020. Coalescing through a string of hazy jam sessions during the darkest days of the pandemic, the four-piece began playing live the minute they could, and it took only a few gigs to solidify their electrifying reputation in the Colorado heavy scene. With a distinct sonic identity that channels classic elements from Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy to mainstays of the modern canon like Windhand and Monolord — along with their collective love of vintage gear, walls of speakers and the sweetest leaf of all — HASHTRONAUT’s galactic tones, colossal riffs and driving rhythms have begun spreading to the farthest corners of the universe.

Keeping momentum high on the heels of a self-released EP and opening slots for icons like Pallbearer, Bongzilla and High on Fire, HASHTRONAUT released their debut LP "No Return" on New Mexico-based independent label Blues Funeral Recordings to great critical acclaim in the spring of 2024. 

Stream "No Return" at this location and get your copy via Blues Funeral Recordings!

HASHTRONAUT is

Robb Park - Guitar
Daniel Smith - Bass/Vocals
Michael Honiotes - Drums

HASHTRONAUT links

Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram | Spotify

BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS links

Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for all of the details.

US Stoner Doom Metallers HASHTRONAUT announce East Coast spring tour; debut album available now on Blues Funeral Recordings

Denver, Colorado's stoner doom specialists HASHTRONAUT are set to spread their skull-crushing, weed-laden gospel with an extensive East Coast tour this spring. Their debut album "No Return" is available now on Blues Funeral Recordings.

“If you've been looking for something that sits comfortably between an angrier Red Fang and early Monolord, this is absolutely the band for you.” - Metal Injection

“Perhaps the most perfect weedian debut album of the year.” - Outlaws of the Sun

"The next big thing in stoner metal.” - Clean and Sober Stoner

Red-eyed at the crossroads of thunderous stoner sludge and towering doom, HASHTRONAUT daze and inebriate the riff-obsessed masses on this planet and beyond. Released in 2024 on Blues Funeral Recordings, their acclaimed debut album "No Return" is a resiny slab in the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep to Bongzilla, an intoxicating and pummeling trip with a lungful of potent hook-doom and strikingly anthemic vocals that will enthrall fans of Monolord, Windhand or Dopelord. Stream their debut album "No Return" at this location and order it via Blues Funeral Recordings!

About the upcoming US tour, the band says: "We couldn’t be more excited to get back out on the road again this spring, and even more excited to visit a whole bunch of new cities along the way!! It’s been a long, cold winter in our bunker somewhere outside of Denver, but we emerge with new amps, new riffs, and a new trick or two up our sleeve! See you out there!"

Hashtronaut upcoming US shows:

4.4 - Chicago, Illinois - Reggies
4.6 - Youngstown, Ohio - Westside Bowl
4.7 - Troy, New York - No Fun
4.8 - Brooklyn, New York - The Woodshop
4.9 - Boston, Massachusetts - Middle East Upstairs *
4.10 - Providence, Rhode Island - Alchemy *
4.11 - Lewiston, Maine - The Cage *
4.12 - New London, Connecticut - Telegraph A.Z. *
4.13 - Washington, D.C. - Pie Shop *
4.14 - Atlanta, Georgia - Bogg's Social
4.15 - Nashville, Tennessee - The Cobra
4.17 - Boone, North Carolina - Lily's Snack Bar
4.18 - Lexington, Kentucky - Legalize Lex @ Al's Bar
4.19 - Kansas City, Missouri - Minibar
4.20 - Denver, Colorado - Hi-Dive
* with Worshipper

HASHTRONAUT launched into orbit from their Denver-based Mission Control in the summer of 2020. Coalescing through a string of hazy jam sessions during the darkest days of the pandemic, the four-piece began playing live the minute they could, and it took only a few gigs to solidify their electrifying reputation in the Colorado heavy scene. With a distinct sonic identity that channels classic elements from Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy to mainstays of the modern canon like Windhand and Monolord — along with their collective love of vintage gear, walls of speakers and the sweetest leaf of all — HASHTRONAUT’s galactic tones, colossal riffs and driving rhythms have begun spreading to the farthest corners of the universe.

Keeping momentum high on the heels of a self-released EP and opening slots for icons like Pallbearer, Bongzilla and High on Fire, HASHTRONAUT released their debut LP "No Return" on New Mexico-based independent label Blues Funeral Recordings to great critical acclaim in the spring of 2024.

HASHTRONAUT is

Michael Honiotes - Drums
Kellen McInerney - Regular Guitar
Robb Park - Stunt Guitar
Daniel Smith - Bass/Vocals

HASHTRONAUT links

Website ⎮ Facebook ⎮ Bandcamp ⎮ Instagram ⎮ Spotify

BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS links

Website ⎮ Facebook ⎮ Bandcamp ⎮ Instagram

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for all of the details.

Blues Funeral Recording Latest Updates With ABRAMS, HORSEBURNER And HASHTRONAUT

HASHTRONAUT No Return (splatter vinyl edition) - (photo courtesy of Igor Lukina)

Holy moley! We try not to be too in-your-inbox with our updates, but we didn't mean to let it get to the end of April without a word. Now we have to catch you up, but we promise you're gonna want to hear all this.

When the year started, we told you 2024 would be a bit of a pivot for us, not in music quality or style, but in bringing out records from some younger bands whose names you might not always recognize.

Don't worry, this doesn't mean we're finished working with legends and heavyweights like Dozer and Acid King! It just means we found ourselves blasting the hell out of stuff from a handful of newer bands that's so good we just couldn't pass up the chance to bring it to the world.

Our goal has always been that the Blues Funeral brand would be a mark of quality, an assurance that fans of colossal riffs, soaring melodies, massive tones and irresistible hooks could rely on being able to dig pretty much any record with our logo on the back.

We're don't literally expect you to love every single thing we release, but honestly, that's always what we're striving for! And we're pretty confident that with what we've got coming in 2024, you'll have a hell of a time finding something that doesn't deliver.

ABRAMS

ABRAMS "Fire Waltz" Official Music Video

First up in the coming months is a band called ABRAMS, whose new record Blue City is a cathartic mix of catchy, driving rhythms, soaring vocals and ethereal ambiance that we think fans of everything from post-metal to classic grunge will dig. Wait, grunge? Really?

So here's the thing: our founder started his first label in 1997, right when desert/stoner rock was coalescing into a worldwide movement. He'd been listening to Kyuss, Monster Magnet and Fu Manchu since 1992, but you know what else he was listening to during that time?

Yep, grunge. And we'd be lying to ourselves if we didn't acknowledge that stoner rock shares a ton of common roots with grunge.

Both came into being around the same time.

Both drew from heavy 70s and classic rock and metal.

Both were a response to the superficiality of late 80s hair-metal and the watered-down commerciality of 90s radio rock.

And both were characterized by total authenticity. Yeah, grunge blew up and stoner rock not as much, but in terms of heavy music styles, the only one on par with stoner rock if you're talking undeniable commitment to unpretentious heaviness is grunge.

We're not afraid to say that you may hear a touch of grunge swirling around in what ABRAMS do. But that's also what's so damn cool, because these guys were barely alive when grunge was happening.

ABRAMS are young, hungry, and they've been guzzling the entirety of heavy rock history and letting it seep into their blood, and now they're unleashing their take on what modern heaviness can be.

That's why we can say without hesitation that if Torche, ASG and Cave In are up your alley, we know you'll be riveted by ABRAMS, but also if you dig Failure, Quicksand, Hum, and hell, even Soundgarden.
We can't say enough about how stoked we are to be working with this band and how bowled over we are by their perfect melodic songcraft. It's cathartic and bittersweet, nostalgic while feeling fresh, and above all, it fucking rocks.

Check out the video above for the first single "Fire Waltz" and if you dig it, head over to Bluesfuneral.com, our Bandcamp or our European Web Shop to preorder Blue City, the new album from ABRAMS that arrives next month.

HORSEBURNER

HORSEBURNER "The Gift" Official Music Video

Speaking of up-and-coming bands who you may or may not know (but should), here's a no-brainer: Blues Funeral will release the new album from HORSEBURNER this June.

Where to start? This is one of Howling Giant's favorite bands. In fact, they've been touring together regularly for years. So yeah, that's point one in their favor.

Point two is that these guys have utterly mastered galloping modern metal in a way that only the absolute topmost tier of heavy bands have; we're talking Mastodon, Baroness, that level of heavy musicianship.

This is breakneck high-energy riff-metal that'll have you swerving toward freeway dividers, you'll be banging your head so hard.

Okay, let's breathe for a second.

HORSEBURNER isn't a "new" band. They've been around a few years, and they put out a killer album in 2019 on Ripple Music. But like every band in our scene, part of making a mark is showing you'll be here for the long haul, that you're gonna keep growing and burning down stages year after year.

Again, going back to examples like Dozer and Acid King, these are bands who've been going for decades, and their greatness wasn't just accepted by any of us on day one. They persevered, and eventually, what they did was in your DNA and ours.

That's the track HORSEBURNER is on. Mastodon didn't go from Remission to Crack the Skye in a week. They built, they tore down, they rebuilt, they set it on fire, they started again.

What HORSEBURNER has made with new album Voice of Storms is them on that path. It's a massive leap, an endless array of musical flexes. It's blistering tempos, fearless hooks and burly crush. Voice of Storms is a sludge-prog triumph full of soaring, obliterating mini-epics. These guys do things a lot of other bands never try, because a lot of other bands just could never do it.

HORSEBURNER will be with us all for some time, but this is their Leviathan... so it's time to get on the boat.

Preorder Voice of Storms at Bluesfuneral.com, our Bandcamp or our European Web Shop, and stream first single "The Gift" right now at the video link above or on all digital platforms. And be looking out for more live dates this summer (yes, some of them with their pals in Howling Giant).

HASHTRONAUT

HASHTRONAUT on Tour!

In January, we introduced you to HASHTRONAUT, a band who represented this label's first foray into the grand tradition of weed-metal odysseys. And you responded by making this one of the fastest growing and exploding bands ever on this label.

Their Spotify numbers, if you pay attention to that kind of thing, went from 300 listeners a month to over 5000.

There was no magic. We haven't figured out any tricks or behind the scenes maneuvers to bump streaming numbers up.

This was all you.

Fans of quality heaviness just love HASHTRONAUT's No Return album, and are letting the world know by streaming the goddamn hell out of it.

We're down to our last few copies of the stunning splatter vinyl version of No Return, but the band will be hitting the road on tour this May and they're carrying a handful with them as well. So order your copy now, or get out and see them to snag one.

Thanks for taking a chance on something completely new. Thanks for giving us the confidence to bring you bands you might not know and showing us you're into it. And thanks for supporting these dudes! We can't say enough great things about HASHTRONAUT, so we highly (get it?) encourage you to check them out if they're coming your way, it'll be worth your while and they sure as hell deserve it.

Catch HASHTRONAUT on tour in May (with more dates coming later this year):

May 9 - Hi Dive - Denver, CO
May 10 - Ace’s High Saloon - Salt Lake City, UT
May 11 - Neurolux - Boise, ID
May 12 - Substation - Seattle, WA
May 15 - High Water Mark - Portland, OR
May 16 - The Eagle - San Francisco, CA
May 17 - Mrs. Olsons - Oxnard, CA
May 18 - Til Two - San Diego, CA
May 19 - Redwood Bar & Grill - Los Angeles, CA
May 20 - The Dive Bar - Las Vegas, NV

And stay tuned for more killer heaviness to come, 'cause we're just getting warmed up!

The Blues Funeral Team

Hashtronaut "Rip Wizard" - Official Music Video

Hashtronaut - No Return (Album Review)

Release Date: March 22nd 2024. Record Label: Blues Funeral Recordings. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

No Return - Tracklisting

1.Rip Wizard 

2.Cough It Up 

3.Carcinogen

4.Dead Cloud

5.Hex

6.Lung Ruiner

7.Dweller 

8.Marsquake

9.Blast Off

Review

No Return is the debut album from Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metallers Hashtronaut who explore similar Spaced Out territories to bands such as SLEEP, Bongzilla, Weedeater and Monolord. The record has its own distinctive WEEDIAN flavour for a debut album with Hashtronaut employing some very cool humour within their lyrics that are delivered by mixture of sublime different vocal styles.

The songs contained within No Return can be quite epic in scope within the more lengthier compositions on tracks such as Carcinogen, Dead Cloud and Dweller where Hashtronuat have more time and space to play about with. The Psychedelic and Spaced Out movements are continuously changing with the mood or melody of the album though there’s a classic FUZZ ROCK sound being heard within the production techniques throughout the album. Shades of BONGZILLA and SLEEP downtuned heaviness is matched against Monolord’s level of COSMIC DOOM with the album still allowing Hashtronaut to stand their own creative ground.

The album flows superbly well with each of the tracks leading into each other perfectly especially within the first few tracks of Rip Wizard, Cough It Up and Carcinogen being considered as one lengthy track broken down into individual chapters. The overall sound crackles with VINTAGE sludgy grooves and modern day Psychedelic Stoner Metal grittiness which sees Hashtronaut play a muscular style of music with that essential SABBATHIAN dynamic power also adding a filthy and seedy attitude to the more extended and progressive instrumental jams the album contains.

Truth be told, No Return has no right to be this great especially for a debut release. Hashtronaut have delivered perhaps the almost perfect WEEDIAN debut album of the year next to KALGON’s upcoming debut album. The whole story of the album is outlandish, superbly realised and all told through the power of music. With first rate production values allowing the album to have an incredible presence from start to finish. 

Hashtronaut are perhaps at the start of a wholly new exciting chapter for themselves to explore within the global Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal scene. No Return is the type of album that could be considered a landmark release within the years to come and that’s the real beauty and power of this amazing record.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the promo.

No Return will be available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Blues Funeral Recordings from Friday 22nd March 2024.

Links

Official | Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram

Stoner/Doom Metallers HASHTRONAUT release ferocious new single off debut album "No Return" on Blues Funeral Recordings; US shows announced!

Denver, Colorado's stoner doom newcomers HASHTRONAUT unleash their intoxicating new single "Cough It Up" on all streaming platforms, and announce a string of US dates in support of the March release of their debut album "No Return" on Blues Funeral Recordings.

Red-eyed at the crossroads of thunderous stoner sludge and towering doom, HASHTRONAUT is more than ready to daze and inebriate the riff-obsessed masses on this planet and beyond. their debut album "No Return" is a resiny slab in the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep, Weedeater and Bongzilla, an intoxicating and pummeling trip with a lungful of potent hook-doom and strikingly anthemic vocals that will enthrall fans of Monolord, Windhand and Dopelord.

Listen to Hashtronaut's new single "Cough It Up"

Their debut album "No Return" will be released in limited Astral High Splatter vinyl edition, limited Heavy Resin vinyl edition, CD digipack and digital on March 22nd, with preorders available on Blues Funeral Recordings. Don't miss their riff-tastic debut video for "Rip Wizard"!

Hashtronaut upcoming US shows:

3/11 - Replay Lounge, Lawrence KS
3/12 - Opolis, Norman OK
3/14 - SXSW Stoner Jam, Far Out Lounge, Austin TX
3/15 - The Lost Well, Austin TX
3/16 - Black Magic Social Club, Houston TX
3/17 - The Living Room, El Paso TX

HASHTRONAUT "No Return"
Out March 22nd on Blues Funeral Recordings
Preorder on Blues Funeral and Bandcamp
 

HASHTRONAUT launched into orbit from their Denver-based Mission Control in the summer of 2020. Coalescing through a string of hazy jam sessions during the darkest days of the pandemic, the four-piece began playing live the minute they could, and it took only a few gigs to solidify their electrifying reputation in the Colorado heavy scene.
 
With a distinct sonic identity that channels classic elements from Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy to mainstays of the modern canon like Windhand and Monolord — along with their collective love of vintage gear, walls of speakers and the sweetest leaf of all — HASHTRONAUT’s galactic tones, colossal riffs and driving rhythms have begun spreading to the farthest corners of the universe.
 
Keeping momentum high on the heels of a self-released EP and opening slots for icons like Pallbearer, Bongzilla and High on Fire, HASHTRONAUT head into 2024 preparing for the release of their debut LP "No Return" — a resiny slab in the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep — on March 22nd through New Mexico-based independent label Blues Funeral Recordings.

"No Return" was recorded by Felipe Patino at Green Door Recordings in Denver and Seanan Hexenbrenner at Helvete Sound in Portland. Mixed and Mastered by Matt Qualls at Easley McCain Recording, Memphis TN. Cover art by Francisco Abril and Nuria Velasco (Welder Wings), album layout by Peder Bergstrand.
 

HASHTRONAUT current lineup:

Michael Honiotes - Drums*
Kellen McInerney - Regular Guitar
Robb Park - Stunt Guitar
Daniel Smith - Bass/Vocals
*all tracks on the album recorded by Eric Garcia

HASHTRONAUT links

Website⎮Facebook⎮Bandcamp⎮Instagram⎮Spotify
 

BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS links

Website⎮Facebook⎮Bandcamp⎮Instagram

US Stoner Doom Metallers HASHTRONAUT to release debut album "No Return" on Blues Funeral Recordings; watch "Rip Wizard" video now!

Denver, Colorado stoner doom metallers HASHTRONAUT have signed to Blues Funeral Recordings for the release of their debut album "No Return" this March 22nd, with preorders and a highly addictive first single available now!

Red-eyed at the crossroads of thunderous stoner sludge and towering doom, HASHTRONAUT are ready to daze and inebriate the riff-obsessed masses on this planet and beyond! "No Return" is a resiny slab in the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep, Weedeater and Bongzilla, an intoxicating and pummeling journey through time and space infused with a lungful of potent hook-doom.

Watch Hashtronaut's new video Rip Wizard below and Stream the official single at this location

Their debut album "No Return" will be released in limited Astral High Splatter vinyl edition, limited Heavy Resin vinyl edition, limited CD digipack and digital on March 22nd, with preorders available now on Blues Funeral Recordings.

HASHTRONAUT "No Return" - Out March 22nd on Blues Funeral Recordings
Preorder on the Blues Funeral store and Bandcamp

TRACKLIST:

1. Rip Wizard
2. Cough It Up
3. Carcinogen
4. Dead Cloud
5. Hex
6. Lung Ruiner
7. Dweller
8. Marsquake
9. Blast Off

HASHTRONAUT launched into orbit from their Denver-based Mission Control in the summer of 2020. Coalescing through a string of hazy jam sessions during the darkest days of the pandemic, the four-piece began playing live the minute they could, and it took only a few gigs to solidify their electrifying reputation in the Colorado heavy scene.

With a distinct sonic identity that channels classic elements from Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy to mainstays of the modern canon like Windhand and Monolord — along with their collective love of vintage gear, walls of speakers and the sweetest leaf of all — HASHTRONAUT’s galactic tones, colossal riffs and driving rhythms have begun spreading to the farthest corners of the universe.

Keeping momentum high on the heels of a self-released EP and opening slots for icons like Pallbearer, Bongzilla and High on Fire, HASHTRONAUT head into 2024 preparing for the release of their debut LP "No Return" — a resiny slab in the grand tradition of weed-fiend odysseys from Sleep — on March 22nd through New Mexico-based independent label Blues Funeral Recordings.

HASHTRONAUT current lineup:

Michael Honiotes - Drums*
Kellen McInerney - Regular Guitar
Robb Park - Stunt Guitar
Daniel Smith - Bass/Vocals
*all tracks on the album recorded by Eric Garcia

HASHTRONAUT links

Website⎮Facebook⎮Bandcamp⎮Instagram⎮Spotify
 

BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS links

Website⎮Facebook⎮Bandcamp⎮Instagram

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for all of the details.