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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Twenty-First Trip’

5th December 20255th December 2025 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

If I’m being honest, I was curious to see if LA’s always‑awesome RidingEasy Records was going to continue its iconic,

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Review: HÖG ‘BLACKHOLE’

16th September 202527th December 2025 Martin Williams HÖG, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

Now, HERE is a sound that I can completely get behind. HÖG, hailing from Portland, via Central Valley, California, have

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Zig Zags
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Zig Zags: Interview With Guitarist & Vocalist Jed Maheu From The Thrash Punk Trio

3rd June 20253rd June 2025 Martin Williams Punk, RidingEasy Records, Thrash Metal, Zig Zags

As I mentioned in my recent review, I’ve made no secret of my love of thrash/garage/punk ragers Zig Zags. The

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Review: Zig Zags ‘Deadbeat At Dawn’

29th May 202529th May 2025 Martin Williams Punk, RidingEasy Records, Thrash Metal, Zig Zags

As anyone that is around me on a regular basis, or follows me on social media, can attest to, I

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid – The Twentieth Trip’

14th May 202514th May 2025 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is here, and all that comes with it, warmer weather, zombie Jesus, the universal stoner holiday and another installment,

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Review: Granicus ‘Granicus’ [Reissue]

10th April 202510th April 2025 Rob Walsh Granicus, Heavy Rock, Proto-Metal, RidingEasy Records

YouTube might not be the site it was twenty years ago, but if there is one silver lining aspect, it

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Review: The Death Wheelers ‘Ecstasy Of Möld’

17th March 202517th March 2025 Martin Williams Instrumental, RidingEasy Records, Stoner, The Death Wheelers

Do you hear that unearthly rumble coming from the frozen north of Canada? It can only mean that The Death

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Various Artists ‘Brown Acid The Nineteenth Trip’

18th December 202418th December 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

At this point, stoner rockers, doom-metal mavens, garage rock collectors, heavy psych-heads and proto-metal worshipers around the globe can practically

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Review: Zig Zags ‘Strange Masters’

2nd July 202418th September 2024 Martin Williams Punk, RidingEasy Records, Thrash Metal, Zig Zags

Despite being intimately familiar with RidingEasy Records catalog, not only through reviewing a few of their releases, along with multiple

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Review: Various Artists ‘Brown Acid The Eighteenth Trip’

9th May 202418th December 2024 Martin Williams Brown Acid, Heavy Rock, Permanent Records, Proto-Metal, Psych, RidingEasy Records, Various Artists

Spring is in the air, and with that we can count on warmer weather, everyone’s favorite, annual stoner holiday, and

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Review: Psychic Trash ‘Psychic Trash’

16th November 202316th November 2023 Martin Williams Noise-Rock, Psychic Trash, Punk, RidingEasy Records

I knew absolutely nothing about the two musicians, Max Dameron (guitar/vocals) and Sam Ford (drums/vocals) who comprise the stoner/sludge/psychedelic/noise/punk duo

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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