The Mighty BELZEBONG Return with Scorching New Track “420 Horsemen”
The one, the only, the legendary BEZELBONG are back and better than ever. Few bands make it past their first year together, fewer still make the 10 year milestone. Poland’s four-member stoner-doom metal crew have been at it since 2008, approaching 20 years of heavy, unrelenting riffdealing.
Most of us discovered BelzebonG with their monolithic debut, 2011’s Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves. Its influence was immediately felt, inspiring scores of instrumental stoner-doom acts that followed. Since that storied beginning, the band has released new sounds every three or four years, their last being a live record in 2021. Their latest offering brings together four brand new songs, as has been their custom with the previous three albums.
On ‘The End Is High’ (2026), BelzebonG conjure some of their dankest jams yet in full sonic fury (the recording captures it all beautifully), including “Bong & Chain,” “420 Horsemen,” “Hempnotized,” and “Reefer Mortis.” All of them bear the trademark BelzebonG songcraft. The band has always had a knack of building on a few catchy ideas, building dire atmosphere around them, and doubling down on slow, powerful grooves.
“420 Horseman” kicks off with a whinny and a furious trot. Get ready little lady…hell is coming to breakfast. A headbanging trance ensues with emphatic riffing and slow chug, surrounded by a swirling flurry of guitar madness. The mood is ominous, plowing ever deeper into a nihilistic abyss, a fiery chest swelling of grim determination and abandonment.
Look for Belzebong’s triumphant return The End Is High on Heavy Psych Sounds, one of my favorite all-time labels in the scene. Release date is slated for February 20th and you can pre-order the LP soon on 12" limited run variants and straight black vinyl (available soon here).
I had the privilege of meeting these guys at Psycho Las Vegas, filmed their set and interviewed them, and I can say their live act absolutely backs up what you’re about hear with full conviction.
Give ear…
SOME BUZZ
Poland’s loudest riff dealers, Belzebong have been spreading their fuzz-drenched gospel of bong metal since 2008. With no vocals and no compromises, they summon crushing instrumentals soaked in doom, sludge, and psychedelic haze. Their hypnotic live shows and cult-like following have turned them into underground legends, delivering slow, sinister grooves straight from the green abyss.
With acclaimed albums like Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves, Greenferno, and Light the Dankness, Belzebong have toured extensively across Europe and the U.S., leaving trails of blown minds and smoke-filled venues in their wake. Belzebong is not just a band—it’s a ritual of riff worship for those who live by the fuzz and die by the bong.
The skies crack, the world coughs, and the smoke clears only to reveal the end. From the depths of the riff-choked void, Belzebong return with a new sermon for the final days — The End Is High. Recorded and mixed by Satanic Audio at Sound of Records, this new chapter drags you deeper into your doom — where the incense burns green, and time moves slower than death itself. This is the soundtrack for the final procession. No salvation. No redemption. Bong. Fire. Death