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Ecstatic Vision are a heavy psych quartet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 2013 by guitarist Douglas Sabolik following the dissolution of A Life Once Lost. Drawing from Detroit proto-punk (MC5, The Stooges), krautrock (Can, Guru Guru), space rock (Hawkwind), and Zambian rock, the band signed to Relapse Records for their debut Sonic Praise (2015). Subsequent albums Raw Rock Fury (2017), For the Masses (2019), and Elusive Mojo (2022) continued to push the band's raw, exploratory sound.
El Hijo de la Aurora (Spanish for "Son of the Dawn") is a Peruvian doom metal and psychedelic rock band formed in Lima on May 2, 2008, by drummer and composer Joaquín Cuadra and guitarist Manolo Garfias. The band has explored themes of witchcraft, occultism, and philosophy across four studio releases, including Lemuria (2008), Wicca: Spells, Magic and Witchcraft Through the Ages (2010), and The Enigma of Evil (2015), with the latter released through Minotauro Records.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina project Horseback is the primary creative vehicle of multi-instrumentalist Jenks Miller, who has released more than a dozen recordings since 2007 fusing drone metal, black metal, American roots music, and psychedelic noise into a consistently singular body of work. The Invisible Mountain (2009) and Half Blood (2012) are among the more widely recognized releases in a catalog that has appeared on Relapse, Hydra Head, and Three Lobed Records. Miller's willingness to draw equally from Neil Young's Crazy Horse and the work of Sunn O))) makes Horseback a difficult project to categorize but an easy one to recognize.
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.
Somali Yacht Club formed in Lviv, Ukraine in 2010 as a jam-oriented trio before developing into one of Eastern Europe's most celebrated stoner and psychedelic rock acts. Their debut EP Sandsongs (2011) was followed by full-lengths The Sun (2014) and The Sea (2018), each deepening the band's layered approach to hypnotic, riff-driven post-rock and stoner metal. The Space (2022), released through Season of Mist, broadened their international reach significantly. Working from Lviv throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the band continued to record and tour, making their persistence under extraordinary circumstances as notable as their music.
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