Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday

 

 

Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday

Every week the amount of albums we would love to write about gets bigger and bigger. Unfortunately, we do not have all the time in the world. Cause well, the rent must be paid and we need to keep Mr. Charley of our back. So, we can only do as much as we can. It is however a necessity and obsession. We cannot do without it. And to give a few more singles, eps and albums a bit more attention, albeit little, we started doing that Stoner HiVe Quick Fire Friday thing. And guess what, it’s Friday again! So here it is, another Stoner HiVe Quick Fire Friday! And it burns hot like molten lava!

 

Bandshee – Bandshee III

We assume that the title of their new EP hints at the mount of tracks on their new release. Cause, yes sirree, Bandshee III has tracks numbered to the amount of three. Which delivers highly bluesy heavy rock, seventies inspired and touched by a little bit of psych here, grunge there or even stonerrock. Turning it all beautifully soulful and warm. Bandshee III, isn’t enough for me! I personally can’t wait a Bandshee Eight!

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Der Mancha Red – Shame

Very soon the very cool Face Your Underground compilation disk will be out, edition Number 27. Featuring all sorts of heavy underground bands from the Lowlands. Among them, Eindhoven’s ten ton dead body heavy hitters Der Mancha Red! Recorded solely for this compilation, their new single Shame. An emotive, howling and slow-moving dance into the firepits of despair. Or as they stated themselves: “Just in time to spend a nice and melancholic Christmas in the light of witch burning and Gotterdammerung!”

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Saturna – The Never-Ending Star

Its only about two weeks before the release of their new studio album 'The Reset', but last week Barcelona hard psych rockers Saturna dropped a new single titled "The Never Ending Star". Progressive and seventies oriented, in both metal and hardrock genres, The Never Ending Star brings the goodness for five and a half minutes. So, set your alarm for December 1st and keep an eye out on Spinda Records and Discos Macarras Records for the release!

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Dark Shaman - Evil Ceremony

Italian trio Dark Shaman delivers their new Evil Ceremony EP with a truckload of fuzz and scuzz! Grimy occult, garage doom, dipped in acid and licked by the Four Horsemen. There is something extremely inescapable about this, and as soon as opening track The Black Skull starts its unholy ritual, you know you are in for a hell of a good time. Twenty-two minutes of it to be precise!

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Onda – Onda

Bella zio! More Italy for ya. We mentioned the opening track Ancients back in July, and Italian quartet Onda has now released their self-titled four track EP. Precious alternative rock that moves into progressive, post and has that lovely gothic touch. For yes, the three other tracks deliver all that was good about Ancients, but in abundance. Prized compositions and instrumentation, and on top of all that a wonderful vocalist named Erika Maffi. I’m a fan!

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Glue - Black Earth at His Feet

Glue is a trio from Switzerland, and with the new single Black Earth at His Feet deliver a wild and sprawling instrumental stonerrock and psychedelic metal track. Nine minutes that riff off their progressive side and uses extra ambient touches to paint an extremely detailed atmosphere. Blown away by the entire composition and then to find out they’ve been releasing music since 2019. Onwards and backwards through their music we shall go! Glue'd to the stereo for more heavy Swiss goodness!

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Vantre – Sanji

You in for a fifteen-minute-long adventure through a landscape that marries droning elements to those of freak out rock? Vantre does a whole freaking lot in those fifteen minutes, its math rock, psychedelic, progressive, stoner and so much more! Noisy ruckus one moment and jazzy subdued, yet disturbing confusion the next. Like a predator lying in wait to pounce and eat you whole!

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Northern Heretic - Killing Floor

Heavy band featuring members of Kings Destroy, Eternal Black, Begotten, Reign of Zaius, and End of Hope, straight out of New York, New York the new three called Northern Heretic deliver their Killing Floor single. Doom metal, with attitude! Slow, almost morose grooving, straight out of the gutter and into the filthiest dive bar you can imagine. No pineapple on pizza here, you will get thrown out of the city for trying to order that filth, and the three will see you out. And that end minute or so is them pummeling you silly if you try to get back in…

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Der Mancha Red – Der Mancha Red

 

 

Der Mancha Red – Der Mancha Red
Self-released – 2023
Metal, Doom, Atmospheric,
Rated: ***

Heralded as the new Doom metal sensation and one to watch, from my hometown of Eindhoven, it’s fourpiece Der Mancha Red! Their self-titled three track debut EP is out today and gives you almost thirty minutes of highly atmospheric metal. But since we have been so lucky as to see them live, we must confess the EP, albeit good, does not do them justice in regards to their live sound. Cause when you experience them live, the four turn their atmospheric ability into their main forte and mainline their twisted and dark ambience straight into your heart. The vocalist, stalking, skulking across the podium like a maniac priest, proclaiming, shouting, screaming, grunting and blazing his words through the venue is on record simply not as intense. Although, on the other hand, during the live gig his doom metal approach to some sort of Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Ian Curtis character, didn’t always come across fully formed. And in fact, when he offers his best Curtis drawls on this EP, it sounds way more interesting than live and we might suggest that this should be the direction he should seek to develop. Well, what a juxtaposition we have here, a vocalist who can take on so many different colors, some of which work better live while others work better on this recording. How about the other three? When one knows the entire band is made up from members of Souldust, Burn the Iris, Offerblok and Blaskowicz, you know they’ve earned their spurs and will surely be bringing you a crushing and devastatingly low groove. And when you hear guitar player Felan Renjaan do that heavy sound quake with his axe, the tremble you feel is not just your anxiety, your trepidation but that pure doom energy slurring through you. Complemented by a bass player and drummer that know how to turn that energy into something even more ominous and grimy. Der Mancha Red’s first, three track EP holds a lot of promise indeed! So, let’s keep a close eye on these devilish dudes!

(Written by JK)

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