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KIND ‘Mental Nudge’
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Review: KIND ‘Mental Nudge’

16th September 202026th October 2020 Liam Blanc KIND, Kozmik ArtIfactz, Mental Nudge, Psych, Ripple Music

I’m not sure how much competition there is in the this category, but everyone’s favourite stoner-doom supergroup KIND are back

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Mr Bison
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Lyric Video Premiere: Mr. Bison ‘The Curse’ – New Album ‘Seaward’ Out Next Month

14th September 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Mr Bison, Psych, Ripple Music, Seaward, Subsound Records, The Curse

As the late Timothy Leary said in his 1966 mantra ‘turn on, tune in, drop out’, this can only have

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Crysal Spiders
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Video Premiere: Crystal Spiders ‘Fog’ – Debut Album ‘Molt’ Set To Be Released By Ripple Music

8th September 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Crystal Spiders, Fog, Molt, Ripple Music

Crystal Spiders, a bass and drum stoner doom duo of Brenna Leath and Tradd Yancey are a name you really

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Crystal Spiders 'Molt'
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Review: Crystal Spiders ‘Molt’

8th September 20207th October 2020 Lee Beamish Crystal Spiders, Doom, Molt, Ripple Music

Rising from the depths of North Carolina, coming at you with an absolutely incredible debut, are Crystal Spiders, and they’re

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Psychlona ‘Venus Skytrip’
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Review: Psychlona ‘Venus Skytrip’

13th August 202023rd February 2024 Liam Blanc Cursed Tongue Records, Desert Rock, Psychlona, Ripple Music, Stoner Rock, Venus Skytrip

I can still vividly remember my first encounter with stoner rock all those years ago. It was the first track

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Brimstone Coven 'The Woes Of A Mortal Earth'
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Review: Brimstone Coven ‘The Woes Of A Mortal Earth’

11th August 202014th September 2020 Rob Bryant Brimstone Coven, Doom Rock, Ripple Music, The Woes Of The Mortal Earth

New Brimstone Coven album? Shut up and take my money! That’s what I wrote on the bandcamp page for The

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Howling Giant / Sergeant Thunderhoof ‘Turned To Stone Chapter 2: Masamune & Muramasa’
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Review: Howling Giant / Sergeant Thunderhoof ‘Turned To Stone Chapter 2: Masamune & Muramasa’

4th August 202014th September 2020 Liam Blanc Howling Giant, Masamune And Muramasa, Prog, Ripple Music, Sergeant Thunderhoof, Turned To Stone

Ripple Music kicked off their new series of split vinyl releases back in January with the excellent Enter Galactic Wasteland

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Stonebirds 'Collapse And Fail'
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Review: Stonebirds ‘Collapse And Fail’

28th July 202014th September 2020 Ian M Collapse And Fail, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Ripple Music, Stonebirds

On Collapse And Fail Stonebirds return with their third album and first on Ripple Music. As we have come to

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KIND
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Premiere: KIND Track ‘Bad Friend’

15th July 20208th February 2022 Lee Edwards Bad Friend, KIND, Kozmik ArtIfactz, Mental Nudge, Psych, Ripple Music

It doesn’t feel like it was five years ago when KIND graced us with their debut album Rocket Science and

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Kingnomad ‘Sagan Om Rymden’
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Review: Kingnomad ‘Sagan Om Rymden’

1st July 202031st July 2020 Liam Blanc Kingnomad, Prog Rock, Psych, Ripple Music, Sagan Om Rymden

As I suspect is the case with many of you, I first came across Sweden’s Kingnomad on Ripple Music’s Second

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Wino ‘Forever Gone’
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Review: Wino ‘Forever Gone’

19th June 20201st November 2020 Reza Mills Acoustic, Blood And Strings, Doom, Forever Gone, Ripple Music, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Wino

Scott ‘Wino’ Weinrich should need no introduction but for the uninitiated he is a legend within the doom/stoner metal scene.

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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

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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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