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Mephistofeles is a stoner/doom metal trio from Paraná, Entre Ríos, formed in 2013 by guitarist and vocalist Gabriel Ravera alongside bassist Magic Fingers and drummer Ivan Sacharczuk. The band debuted with "Whore" in 2016 and released their fourth studio album, "Violent Theatre", on October 7, 2022 through Helter Skelter Productions, with international distribution on Regain Records.
Molassess emerged from the Netherlands in 2019 when members of the defunct occult rock band The Devil's Blood — including vocalist Farida Lemouchi — convened for a commissioned performance at Roadburn Festival. The project released its debut single Mourning Haze / Drops of Sunlight via Ván Records that year and followed with the full-length Through the Hollow on Season of Mist in 2023, a sprawling, psychedelic occult rock record that carries on the atmospheric and ritualistic spirit of their predecessors.
Founded in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2001, Monkey3 are an instrumental band rooted in stoner rock, space rock, and psychedelic music, known for hypnotic, gradually escalating compositions delivered alongside immersive visual projections in live settings. Signed to Napalm Records, their catalog spans seven studio albums including The 5th Sun (2013), Astra Symmetry (2016), and Sphere (2019). They are a fixture of the European psychedelic rock circuit.
Formed in Red Bank, New Jersey in 1989 by vocalist and guitarist Dave Wyndorf, Monster Magnet helped establish the template for stoner rock with their debut Spine of God (1991) and Superjudge (1993). Their 1998 album Powertrip crossed into mainstream success, earning a gold certification and placing the single Negasonic Teenage Warhead on heavy MTV rotation. Wyndorf remains the sole consistent member across eleven studio albums, and the band is widely credited as one of the genre's founding acts.
My Sleeping Karma formed in the Aschaffenburg region of Germany in 2005 as a side project of stoner rock band The Great Escape, eventually becoming their primary focus. The entirely instrumental group blends psychedelic rock and stoner rock with imagery drawn from Hindu and Buddhist traditions, releasing a series of studio albums including Satya (2008), Soma (2011), Moksha (2015), and Atma (2022). Their meditative, rhythm-driven approach to heavy music has earned them a dedicated international following.
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