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KAL-EL: new single ‘B.T.D.S.C.’ streaming now

Norway’s heavy rock explorers KAL-EL announce the release of their new album Astral Voyager Vol. 1 this May 16th on Majestic Mountain Records (Europe) and Blues Funeral Recordings (North America), and unleash the fuzz-fueled power of their new single ‘B.T.D.S.C.’ on all streaming platforms. Rising from Stavanger’s frozen wastelands, KAL-EL returns with Astral Voyager Vol. 1, their most mind-expanding expedition yet and the first chapter of an ambitious double-album assault to tear through space and time. Stream new single ‘B.T.D.S.C.’ Summer and fall 2024 saw the crew locked in at Bridge Burner Studios, building on 2021’s Dark Majesty momentum and […]

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GREENLEAF: Revolution Rock Deluxe 2xLP announced on Blues Funeral Recordings

Blues Funeral Recordings team up with Swedish heavy rock giants GREENLEAF to present Revolution Rock Deluxe, a special reissue of their first two classic records in one fully remastered and redesigned package to be released on March 28th. Stream a rocking first excerpt with ‘Sold My Lady (Out The Back Of An Oldsmobile)’. Led by guitarist Tommi Holappa of European desert rock icons Dozer, GREENLEAF began as an informal collective of friends making music inspired by their shared love of ’70s riff rock. Having transformed into a proper band in 2013, Greenleaf enters 2025 at the forefront of the global […]

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MAMMOTH VOLUME: new album coming on Blues Funeral Recordings

Swedish godfathers of progressive stoner rock MAMMOTH VOLUME announce the release of their new album, Raised Up By Witches, on August 23rd through Blues Funeral Recordings and present its first single with ‘Serpent In The Deep’. Watch MAMMOTH VOLUME’s new video ‘Serpent In The Deep’ andListen to the official single on all streaming services. MAMMOTH VOLUME return with a new album that harnesses their absolute fluency with the somehow compatible genres of ’70s progressive rock and modern stoner riffage. The result is an absorbing trek through head-nodding grooves, wispy instrumentation and quirky brilliance that’s riveting. MAMMOTH VOLUME has made it […]

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PERSEKUTOR: ‘Suck City’ video streaming

Los Angeles-via-Romania black’n’roll cultists PERSEKUTOR unleash an anthemic third video taken from their new album Snow Business, out on Blues Funeral Recordings. Enjoy the sleaze and electricity of ‘Suck City’ right now! “Drawing on influences from Bathory to AC/DC, the Transylvanian black ‘n’ roll cult heroes stack frosty riffs and even frostier vocals on Snow Business.” – Revolver Magazine Following the recent release of their headbang-inducing videos for ‘Night Job’ and ‘Snow Business’, PERSEKUTOR are ready to set the motherland of all sins (Los Angeles) on fire. With a muscular riff-heavy rampage from guitarists Inverted Chris and Blake Meahl, a […]

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THE OTOLITH: SubRosa members return with new project on Blues Funeral Recordings

Rising from the ashes of Salt Lake City’s beloved avant-garde and symphonic doom juggernauts SubRosa comes THE OTOLITH, who will release their debut album Folium Limina on October 21st through Blues Funeral Recordings. First single ‘Sing No Coda’ is available on all streaming platforms, with album preorders now online! When SubRosa announced its breakup in 2019, the heavy music community felt the loss of their uniquely elegant and intensely heavy atmospheric doom devotionals. Rather than wonder what velvet darkness might still await, however, SubRosa’s Kim Cordray, Levi Hanna, Andy Patterson and Sarah Pendleton swiftly emerged as a new entity called […]

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Stoner psych trio JOSIAH stream new album We Lay On Cold Stone via The Sleeping Shaman

After months of anticipation, it’s time for JOSIAH to unveil their brand new album We Lay On Cold Stone exclusively courtesy of The Sleeping Shaman! This groovy, heavy and infectiously psychedelic beauty is out now on Blues Funeral Recordings. “A journey of both heart and soul, the album’s a real trip from edge to center.” – Doomed and Stoned“A jubilant sense of groove that isn’t going stale anytime soon.” – Invisible Oranges“One hell of a comeback album.” – The Sleeping Shaman Listen to new album We Lay On Cold Stone at THIS LOCATION Forging ahead to reclaim their legacy as […]

Interviews

Interview: SOMNURI

Brooklyn progressive sludge trio SOMNURI know a lot about overcoming obstacles, as witnessed on their sophomore full-length. Recorded pre-pandemic, placed in somewhat of a forced hibernation for 2020, this Summer will find the threesome decimating eardrums upon the June release of Nefarious Wave. RIDING THE WAVEInterview with Justin Sherrell [Vocals, Guitars] and Phil SanGiacomo [Drums] of SOMNURIInterview By: Lord Randall Rebel Extravaganza: Your bio mentions “The strength of will to survive in New York” being a reason for the heaviness found in what SOMNURI does. These days, that’s anywhere, right? Being from Detroit, there’s obviously a lot of pride in […]