Exclusive Album Premiere Of Sludge/Stoner Metallers PIECE Brilliant New Album RAMBLER'S AXE

Rambler’s Axe: Berlin Sludge Band PIECE Sharpen Their Sound on a Crushing Second Album"

Berlin’s PIECE swing back hard with Rambler’s Axe, their second album and heaviest slab yet.

The production strikes a perfect balance between raw, unfiltered intensity and a fuzzy, huge but still punchy sonic landscape that brings out every riff and nuance of PIECE’s intense performance.

Drawing inspiration from the likes of Crowbar, High on Fire, and Eyehategod, PIECE carve out their own path through molten soundscapes and warlike intensity.

Massive down-tuned guitars, cavernous drums, and vocals that howl somewhere between rage and ritual.

Lyrically, the album drifts through myth, violence, and inner ruin — warlike imagery meets personal collapse. Their second album is darker, deeper, and more focused — out Friday 5th of September via This Charming Man Records.

The Berlin-based band delivers a powerful blend of sludge metal, doom, and rock 'n' roll. Inspired by bands like Crowbar, High on Fire, and Eyehategod, they fuse the raw aggression of their members' musical roots in hardcore and punk with the crushing heaviness and riff-driven sound of sludge and heavy metal.

We're excited to premiere the brilliant and hard-hitting new album from PIECE thanks to the great folks over at CZ! Promotions.

Thanks to CZ Promotions for the details.

Rambler's Axe is available to buy on now on DD/Vinyl via This Charming Man Records.

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PIECE Berlin Based SLUDGE/DOOM/METAL Outfit Unleashes Powerhouse Title Track "Ramblers Axe"

Lisiten to the New Single "Rambler's Axe" from Berlin Based SLUDGE/DOOM/METAL Outfit below:

The Band's New Full-Length Album Nears September 5th Release on THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS. Please find Preorder Options HERE.

With a thunderous drum intro and an unrelenting groove, "Ramblers Axe" emerges as a monumental title track that sets the tone for what’s to come. The song tells an epic tale of conquest and spiritual upheaval, following a group of warriors led by the symbolic “Ramblers Axe” as they storm foreign lands to overthrow a false king and dismantle a misguided faith.

Blending fierce instrumentation with vivid, mythological lyricism, "Ramblers Axe" transcends the battlefield—exploring themes of divine judgment, transformation, and fate. The axe itself becomes a symbol of power and destiny, marking the dawn of a new era.

Berlin-based sludge metal band PIECE announces new album "Rambler’s Axe". The album exemplifies the band’s signature blend of high-energy, fast-paced sludge metal, while simultaneously delving into deeper, guitar-driven doom melodies. The album will be released on vinyl via This Charming Man Records from Friday 05th September 2025.

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Rambler's Axe is available to buy on now on DD/Vinyl via This Charming Man Records.

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PIECE - Rambler's Axe (Album Review)

Release Date: September 05th 2025. Record Label: This Charming Man Records. Formats: DD/Vinyl

Rambler’s Axe - Tracklisting

1.Heria

2.Demigod 

3.Bastard Sword

4.Spheres

5.Hathol

6.Rambler's Axe

7.Owl Eyes

8.Serpentfolk Tyel

Review

Sludge/Stoner Metal bruisers PIECE return with their second full length album Rambler’s Axe which follows a similar destructive and aggressive path to the likes of CONAN, Mastodon, High On Fire and Firebreather but with a NOLA based intensity with shades of CROWBAR to keep things extra HEAVY. There’s a dramatic Progressive Metal sound here which also appeared on their acclaimed  2023 debut album Ancient Greed but PIECE add a richer, fuller and more diverse flavour to the mix which has a certain Spaced Out flavour when the time calls for this.

The record starts off in spectacular fashion with the opening track Heria which fuses High On Fire style riffage and creative themes inspired by CONAN though with PIECE still holding their own ground by putting their own great take on the Sludge/Stoner Metal sound. There’s a lot of psychedelic energy being generated but it’s more of a murky, distorted and drone based kind with a sadistic FUZZ movement that allows PIECE to suddenly change into a more action packed style of musical momentum.

Second track Demigod is a more subdued affair compared to the bombastic opening track though it’s still full on destructive CAVEMAN carnage with a welcome essence of Hardcore Metal and Punk Rock vibes that gives off a street level attitude that appears within the grizzled vocals and battle hardened lyrics. The final stages of the track has some intense complex musical melodies with a raw underground aesthetic that sees areas of Post-Doom and Post-Rock attitude suddenly starting to emerge from the shadows.

The instrumental playing on the record by PIECE is sublime with the band putting in a commanding performance throughout which allows the record to have quite a beautiful organic quality to it despite the world destroying and apocalyptic melodies being played around everything. PIECE confidently adds strands of ambient vibes and haunting soundbytes that adds quite a fantastical feel to the record with the listener essentially becoming part of the overall musical adventure which develops even further on tracks such as Bastard Sword, Spheres and Hathol.

The Hardcore and Punk Rock vibes  is one of the main strengths of the record which allows the more dominant Doom, Sludge and Stoner grooves to develop into a more interesting style of Prog Metal, Psych and Cosmic surroundings that provides a rich level of storytelling as well. The second half of the record keeps up with the fast-paced narrative of the first half with PIECE never wavering from their overall mission of delivering brutal grooves that have a sense of pure melody and harmony.

Rambler’s Axe could be considered Post-Metal at times with the many instances of Psychedelic and Spaced Out pastures though what you can call this is simply an outstanding album that allows PIECE to avoid the dreaded second album / sophomore record curse with flying colours. This is a record that demands to be listened to by the biggest audience possible and it’s backed up by perfectly pitched production values.

PIECE have come on leaps and bounds since their 2023 debut album with Rambler’s Axe without doubt being the much better album and perhaps allowing the band to move onto bigger and better things.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to CZ Promotions for the promo.

Rambler's Axe is available to buy on now on DD/Vinyl via This Charming Man Records.

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Wise Words From Well-Fed Mouths' Debut Full-Length From Mathcore/Sludge Metallers PARK+RIOT Out Now via This Charming Man Records

Wise Words From Well-Fed Mouths' Debut Full-Length From Leipzig Based MATHCORE/SLUDGE Outfit NOW STREAMING in its Entirety Ahead of its Release This Friday, March 15th, on THIS CHARMING MAN RECORDS. Watch the album below:

Buy the album AT THIS LOCATION. New TOURDATES POSTED!

The band had this to say about the album: “We recorded `Wise Words from Well-Fed Mouths´ in our self build studio Kuntergrund together with a friend. Drums and Guitar were recorded live in the same room, with lots of bleeding on each microphone. In the album there are no extra layers of guitar, except for `Cure´ which wes recorded differently. We recorded all the songs in one week and some of them were even written in that time like `The Long Run´or `Seeds´.

Afterwards we didn’t touch the songs for some months and then started recording the vocals. The true beauty of the tracks came out when Magnus Lindberg did the Mixing and Mastering. He did an amazing job, with these tricky signals!

Finding a label who wanted to release something like this was tricky. Chris from `This Charming Man-Records´ listened to it, said it’s bulky and far from popular, and we started working together. We are really happy about that. Last but not least we got a funding for our album, so it was the first time we could do some promotion, bring a cameraman to our tour in Israel before the release and shoot some fancy music videos.”

Earlier this Month the Band Unleashed the 'Boltcutters' Single and Video where you can watch below:

Leipzig's mathcore/sludge duo Park+Riot release third single 'Boltcutters' from their upcoming album 'Wise Words From Well-Fed Mouths'. Boltcutters is a dynamic and propulsive track, inspired by the experience of working in a refugee-camp in Lesvos (Greece). Witnessing violence in various forms against migrants at the EU border inevitably leads to an awareness of one's own privileges. Boltcutters is the resulting outcry for radical change and equal rights for all! The new album, Wise Words from Well-Fed Mouths, is set to be released on March 15th via This Charming Man Records and can be pre-ordered here:

Tour Dates:

Germany

08.03 Tangermünde, Kaminstube (DE)
09.03 Greiz Siebenhitze (DE)
15.03 Leipzig, Plaque (DE)
20.03 Leisnig AJZ (DE)
22.03 Hamburg, MS Stubnitz (DE)
30.03 Dresden, HD Die Rock und Metalbar (DE)
05.04 Halle, Galle (DE)
06.04 Delitzsch, YOZ (DE)
20.04 Warschau, Hydrozagadka (PL)

Ukraine:

21.4 – 24.4 Ukraine TBC

Isarel:

09.05 Ha’arubah Pup at Kibbutz Hama’apil (w/ antigona rex and Rafster Blaster)
10.05 beit alpha TLV (w/ Social Virus and Stress Temple)
14.05 tba
16.05 Pergamon JLM (w/ Alien Fucker, Infuzia)
18.05 Haifa (w/ Nur and Atameo)
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PROG/SPACE/KRAUTROCKERS MOUTH Premiere New Song ONCE From 4th Full Length 'Getaway'

Psych/Prog/Space/Kraut Rockers Mouth from Cologne switch from the prog label Tonzonen to This Charming Man with their fourth album "Getaway"

What a mad trip the three of them throw in here. The very first song almost bursts the duration of a long-playing record. Meandering nicely trippy through the musical swamp rock landscape of the 60s & 70s, Mouth scrape along all the genres you can roam with a classic rock band - prog, rock, space, garage, jazz or krautrock - this is all formed into a coherent, stomping mass on "Getaway".

Previous albums "Rhizome" (2009/2020) , "Vortex" (2017), "Floating" (2018), "Live'71" (2018), "Past-Present-Future" (2019)) were all highly acclaimed works and MOUTH's well matured album "Getaway" will also pick up similar critical acclaim.

And of course the 4th album is an album whose songs are woven together by a narrative concept: A hopeless escape without a happy ending.

We are premiering the absolute crazy and fantastic new song ONCE from the upcoming new album GETAWAY

MOUTH say this about the new song "The Spirit of the sixties with the energy of the nineties"

Gateway is out on June 9th 2023 via This Charming Man Records and can be pre-ordered via This Link