Psychedelic Rock

Pale Horse Ritual – Diabolic Formation Review

By Creeping Ivy on November 25, 2025 in Reviews, Doom Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Metal, 11 comments

“2025 must have been a challenging year to occupy the Sabbath-worship lane. Ozzy’s passing on July 22nd—seventeen days after the Back to the Beginning concert—hit metaldom hard, but it surely hit harder for bands that treat Master of Reality as a sacred text. Videos from the concert, especially of a throned Ozzy performing one last time with the original Sabbath lineup, provide solace, as do covers from legends like Metallica and Slayer. Tragically, 2025 has revitalized Sabbath; Sabbath-inspired bands walk a tightrope of honoring the original and wilting under its renascence. Merging into the Sabbath lane late in the year is Pale Horse Ritual, a Canadian quartet.” Take a walk on the Ozz side.

Howling Giant – Crucible & Ruin Review

By Dear Hollow on November 5, 2025 in Reviews, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, 38 comments

“Howling Giant occupies such an odd place within its scene. The Nashville collective is stoner metal and psych rock to the core in an energetic way that recalls the down-and-dirty acts like High on Fire or Mastodon, but layers of melody and creative chord usage feel progressive a la Intronaut or Baroness and the triple vocal harmonies are catchy yet evasive, not unlike Torche or Helmet. They also don’t take things too seriously, with a solid sense of humor and a relatable relationship with fans to bring their formidable technical skill to earth.” Howls from the south.

Insomniac – Om Moksha Ritam Review

By Samguineous Maximus on September 30, 2025 in Reviews, Doom Metal, Post-Metal, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock, 15 comments

“On Om Moksha Ritam, Insomniac manages to craft a sound that is immediately recognizable yet distinctly their own. They merge the progressive psychedelia of Elder with the layered, textural approach of REZN, all filtered through the Southern-gothic tinge of fellow Georgians Baroness. The result is a body of songs that draw equally from the contemplative exploration of ’70s prog, Americana-dipped blues rock, and the anthemic heft of post-metal’s sludgier, power-chord-driven moments.” Stoner for the sleepy.

Regina – Liminal Space Review

By ClarkKent on September 12, 2025 in Reviews, Alt-Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Rock, 36 comments

“At the end of each year, Angry Metal Guy likes to boast of the diverse coalition of readers who flock to these halls from all over the world, including the lone visitor from Vatican City. Just as important as the diverse readership is the diversity in the bands we review. So when Dolphin Whisperer excitedly brought to our attention a promo that would, if reviewed, be our first Uruguayan metal tag, I decided to take up the mantle as explorer to this uncharted frontier. Liminal Space is the debut album from Uruguayan alt-metal act Regina.” Strange nu/new worlds.

Aganoor – Doomerism Review

By Killjoy on June 7, 2025 in Reviews, Doom Metal, Gothic Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Metal, 34 comments

“Of all the genre labels, doom metal is probably the one that most often prompts me to investigate further. This isn’t because it’s my favorite per se, but rather because doom and its myriad subgenres can sound so wildly different from one another, so I try to ensure I don’t miss something good. This time it paid off when I found Aganoor, a brand new doom group from Rome, Italy. Formed as recently as summer 2023, they wasted no time writing and recording a debut LP, Doomerism, which promises an intriguing blend of classic doom, stoner, heavy psych, and goth rock.” Doom for expansion.

Messa – The Spin Review

By Carcharodon on April 9, 2025 in Reviews, Blues, Doom Jazz, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, post-punk, Psychedelic Rock, 100 comments

A double review of Messa’s latest opus, The Spin. Will it spin you round and round?

Delving – All Paths Diverge Review

By El Cuervo on September 4, 2024 in Reviews, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Rock, 17 comments

“I admire artists who change. Considering the trend away from doom metal and towards psychedelic rock across the Elder discography, it should come as no surprise that the new project by frontman Nick DiSalvo focuses entirely on the latter. Diving into layers of synthesizers and guitar haze, All Paths Diverge blazes a new trail into psychedelic music that was only hinted at by Elder previously. Though the remainder of this review will describe their music, the Delving artwork is perfect; it fuses a warm embrace with something fantastic and foreign. Does the album match?” Rise of Delvder.

POHL – Mysteries Review

By Owlswald on August 27, 2024 in Reviews, Heavy Metal, Noise, Noise Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Punk, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, 22 comments

“There was a time when spending my nights playing in tiny, shoulder-to-shoulder music venues with the rank of perspiration, booze, and fog felt like home. These days, however, they are places I frequent rather than dwell, an aftermath of the stark reality that is the present-day music industry. Because— if nothing else— being in a band is hard work. This is a truth UK noise rock duo POHL understand. Despite suffering from various starts and stops over their twelve-year existence, guitarist/vocalist Will Pearce (ex-Hey Colossus) and rhythmist Dr. Linda Westman (ex-Old Hope) overcame adversity to release three EPs of gratifying experimental noise rock that pulled from a platter of influences like psychedelic, punk, stoner, and heavy metal. Four years have passed since their last offering and the Sheffield rockers have now returned with their debut LP Mysteries.” POHL watching.

AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö: Sunnata – Chasing Shadows

By Dolphin Whisperer on July 21, 2024 in Angry Metal Guy's Unsigned Band Rodeo, Doom Metal, Occult Rock, Post-Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Rock, 20 comments

““AMG’s Unsigned Band Rodeö” is a time-honored tradition to showcase the most underground of the underground—the unsigned and unpromoted. This collective review treatment continues to exist to unite our writers in boot or bolster of the bands who remind us that, for better or worse, the metal underground exists as an important part of the global metal scene. The Rodeö rides on.”” Now it rides into the desert.

Octoploid – Beyond the Aeons Review

By Kenstrosity on July 5, 2024 in Reviews, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Rock, 51 comments

“Let’s play a little game, shall we? If I put a gun to your head, and it’s a big deadly gun, what genre would you guess Finland’s Octoploid play based on the album artwork alone? Yes, I know the genre tags are right under the title of this article. I assume nobody reads those. Anyway, my first assumption viewing the artwork was stoner sludge. I couldn’t have been farther off, and that excited me beyond reason. I had to check it out. Pronto. Immediately after smashing the play button on their debut record Beyond the Aeons, I reveled in absolute joy to discover the deceptive artwork was as much a red herring as I had hoped!” Tentacle play is A-OK.