Reviews

Witching Chronicles: Exploring the Rainbows Are Free’s Heavy Petal Music

Rainbows Are Free’s live retrospective album, Heavy Petal Music, takes listeners on a captivating journey through the band’s fifteen-year discography, showcasing their mastery of heavy psychedelic sounds. Recorded live at the Summer Breeze music festival in Norman, OK, on August 8th, 2021, this release captures the band’s explosive energy as they emerge from a pandemic-induced …

Witching Chronicles: Exploring the Dee Calhoun’s Old Scratch Comes to Appalachia

Dee Calhoun’s “Old Scratch Comes to Appalachia” is a captivating musical journey that delves into the realms of darkness and corruption. The album, accompanied by a book of devilish novelettes, weaves a haunting tale of the dark one traveling through the Appalachian region, collecting souls and blurring the lines between good and evil. From the …

Witching Chronicles: Exploring the Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows’ Hail to the Underground

In a time when the world was grappling with the uncertainties and restrictions of a global pandemic, Melbourne’s own psychedelic fuzz rockers, Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows, embarked on a creative journey that resulted in their latest release, “Hail to the Underground.” This album stands as a testament to the band’s unyielding passion for …

Witching Chronicles: Exploring the POLYMERASE’s Dreams And Realities

Polymerase, the stoner rock group from the Philippines, takes listeners on a captivating journey through their two-part album project, “Dreams And Realities.” Seamlessly blending elements of stoner rock, heavy psych, space rock, and experimental rock, Polymerase creates a sonic experience that transcends traditional boundaries. With their hypnotic riffs, pulsating rhythms, and ethereal melodies, the band’s …

Witching Chronicles: Exploring the Wolfnaut’s Return of the Asteroid

Wolfnaut’s “Return of the Asteroid” is a captivating and expansive musical journey that transcends genre boundaries, embracing elements of classic hard rock, metal, and the vibrant desert/stoner rock scene of the late ’90s. With their debut in 1998, Wolfnaut set out on a mission to explore the rich musical landscapes that exist between melodic, guitar-driven …

Witching Chronicles: Exploring the OCKRA’s Gratitude

OCKRA, the Swedish powerhouse, emerges with their latest album “Gratitude,” a stunning exploration of stoner doom that defies genre conventions. Rising from the remnants of the renowned stoner doom band Sulphur Dreams, OCKRA showcases their unwavering commitment to pushing musical boundaries and carving out their unique sonic identity. With “Gratitude,” OCKRA embarks on a sonic …

Witching Chronicles: Exploring the King Howl’s Homecoming

King Howl embarks on a mesmerizing sonic odyssey with their latest album, “Homecoming,” released by Electric Valley Records. In this captivating musical endeavor, the band masterfully blends elements of blues, stoner rock, psychedelia, and classic rock to create a vivid soundscape that transports listeners to the heart of a 1960s American road trip. “Homecoming” represents …