Now on their fifth album, Dutch trio Komatsu have stripped down to a leaner lineup and finally locked into that brutal yet focused sound that’s been pulsing beneath the surface for years. A Breakfast For Champions doesn’t ease you in — it punches you straight in the face and never lets go. This…

Act I  – The Beginnings While the early '90s rock world had its eyes set on Seattle, something entirely different was brewing in the industrial backstreets of New Jersey. Among smoke-stained garages and comic-book-fueled dreams, a man named Dave Wyndorf was preparing to blast off into the…

There are record labels that don't just release music – they create worlds. Ozium Records was one of those rare labels: a small Swedish imprint that, for over a decade, unearthed and shared the finest in fuzz-drenched stoner, psychedelic and doom rock – often from deep within the underground.…

Few bands have left such a lasting mark on the underground scene as Sweden’s Astroqueen did around the turn of the millennium. Their album Into Submission reached near-cult status for many – and then came silence. Twenty years passed before we heard from them again, and now, with the release of the…

The name Pilot The Dune might ring a bell for those deep into the desert rock world – and for good reason: it's a nod to a classic Slo Burn track. The band formed in 2020 and since then they've been steadily delivering heavy grooves and carving out a place in the UK stoner/doom underground. They…