Bands to listen to

Baroness is an American heavy metal band from Savannah, Georgia, whose original members grew up together in Lexington, Virginia.

Baroness formed in mid-2003, founded by former members of the punk/metal band Johnny Welfare and the Paychecks. Singer John Dyer Baizley creates the artwork for all Baroness albums, and has done artwork for other bands. Much of their early material was written by John Dyer Baizley and Pete Adams at a music store in Savannah and then later in a small apartment. They recorded 14 hours of two guitars, and Baizley later repurposed this material for Baroness's earliest EP.

From 2004 to 2007, Baroness recorded and released three EPs, named First, Second and A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk (aka Third), with the third one being a split album with Unpersons.

Lord Dying ist eine US-amerikanische Sludge-Band aus Portland, Oregon, die 2010 gegründet wurde.

Die Band wurde 2010 gegründet und bestand aus dem Gitarristen und Sänger Erik Olson, dem Gitarristen Chris Evans, dem Bassisten Don Capuano und dem Schlagzeuger und Sänger Jonathan Reid. Nach einer selbstbetitelten EP folgten Auftritte zusammen mit Unsane, Red Fang, Yob und Valient Thorr. Hieraus entstand die 2012er Live-EP Fall Tour. Danach hielt die Band auch Auftritte außerhalb des Nordwestens der USA ab, wobei sie dann nationale mit Danava, Lecherous Gaze, Black Cobra, Gaza, Witch Mountain, Black Tusk, Down und Ghost bestritt. Durch die Konzerte wurde Relapse Records auf die Gruppe aufmerksam, woraufhin sie einen Plattenvertrag zur Veröffentlichung von mehreren Alben bei diesem Label unterzeichnete. Nachdem das Debütalbum unter der Leitung von Sanford Parker aufgenommen und abgemischt worden war, erschien es im Juli 2013 unter dem Namen Summon the Faithless. Danach ging es auf eine nationale fünfwöchige Tournee mit Howl, ehe eine weitere Fünf-Wochen-Tour mit Ramming Speed und Valient Thorr folgte. Nach einer ersten Tour als Headliner, wurde der Band ein Auftritt auf Phil Anselmos Housecore Horror Film Festival in Austin, Texas, ermöglicht. Nach einer längeren Pause zum Schreiben von neuem Material, ging es im Januar 2014 auf eine Europatournee mit Red Fang und Shrine. Im Februar ging die Band als Headliner auf Tour durch die USA, ehe im März und April eine weitere Tour durch Europa mit Red Fang und Shrine abgehalten wurde. Die Tour wurde mit einem Auftritt auf dem Roadburn Festival beendet. Zwei Wochen vor den Aufnahmen zum nächsten Album verließ Reid die Besetzung und wurde durch Rob Shaffer ersetzt. Im Januar 2015 erschien das unter der Leitung von Joel Grind von Toxic Holocaust aufgenommene Album Poisoned Altars. Hierauf ist Aaron Beam von Red Fang als Gastmusiker zu hören. Danach kam Nickolis Parks als neuer Schlagzeuger hinzu. Im Oktober und November 2016 ging es zusammen mit Entombed A.D. und Voivod auf Tour durch Europa. In ihrer Karriere spielte die Band auch unter anderem zusammen mit Floor und Corrosion of Conformity und war auf dem Scion Rock Fest, dem Project Pabst und dem Stumpfest zu sehen.

Bongripper is an American doom metal band from Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Basil Konstantine Poledouris (; August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film and television scores, best known for his long-running collaborations with directors John Milius and Paul Verhoeven. Among his works are scores for the films Conan the Barbarian (1982), Red Dawn (1984), Iron Eagle (1986), RoboCop (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Free Willy (1993), Starship Troopers (1997) and Les Miserables (1998). Poledouris won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special for his work on the four-part miniseries Lonesome Dove in 1989, and was a four-time recipient of the BMI Film Music Award.

The Sword was an American heavy metal band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2003, the band was composed of vocalist and guitarist John D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III for most of its tenure. Originally signed to Kemado Records, the group released its debut album Age of Winters in 2006, the material for which had been largely written by Cronise prior to the band's formation. Gods of the Earth was released two years later, giving the group its first entry on the US Billboard 200 chart when it reached number 102.

Roadburn Festival is an international music festival held in Tilburg, Netherlands every April since 1999. It was set up as a spin-off from the Roadburn music blog founded by Jurgen van den Brand and Walter Hoeijmakers. Originally focused on stoner rock, Roadburn grew into a major event spanning the entire spectrum of heavy rock and experimental music. The key staff involved with running the festival are Frens Frijns, Walter Hoeijmakers and Becky Laverty.

"Tom Hark" is an instrumental South African kwela song from the 1950s, believed to have been composed by Jack Lerole. The song was arranged for penny whistle and first recorded by Elias and His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes—a South African band formed by pennywhistlers Jack and his brother Elias Lerole—and released in 1956. It was later released in the UK after it was used as a theme on a TV series, and it reached number 2 on the UK chart in 1958.

Weedeater are an American stoner metal band formed in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1998. The group's most recent album, Goliathan, was released on May 19, 2015.

Black Tusk is an American sludge metal band from Savannah, Georgia, formed in 2005.

KCYN is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Moab, Utah, United States, the station is currently owned by Moab Communications, LLC and features programming from CBS News Radio, Compass Media Networks, Premiere Networks, and Westwood One.

Torche was an American heavy metal band from Miami, Florida. The group formed in 2004 and has released five full-length studio albums, four EPs, two split albums, and three singles. They released their fifth full-length studio album, Admission, on July 12, 2019.

Church of Misery is a Japanese doom metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1995. Church of Misery's musical style melds early Black Sabbath-style doom with psychedelic rock; most of the band's songs are about serial killers and mass murderers.

High on Fire is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1999. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, also plays guitar for doom metal band Sleep. High on Fire won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance with their song "Electric Messiah".

High on Fire was founded in 1999 by Sleep guitarist Matt Pike, drummer Des Kensel, and bassist George Rice (from Dear Deceased, who originally auditioned to be the band's vocalist). The band's first full-length album The Art of Self Defense was released on 12th Records, and released later on Man's Ruin Records. (The album would later be re-released by Tee Pee Records, with two bonus tracks, as Man's Ruin Records had become defunct.)

The Atlas Moth is an American post-metal band from Chicago, Illinois, that formed in 2007.

Sleep is an American heavy metal band from San Jose, California. Guitarist Matt Pike and bassist and vocalist Al Cisneros have been the only constant members throughout its history, with several changes of drummers throughout their history. Critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes them as "perhaps the ultimate stoner rock band" and notes they exerted a strong influence on metal in the 1990s. The band first gained attention with their second album, Sleep's Holy Mountain (1992). However, conflict with the band's record company contributed to Sleep's breakup by the end of the decade. Sleep's third album, Dopesmoker, was released after the band's dissolution. The band reformed in 2009 and has played sporadic live dates internationally since. In 2018, Sleep surprise-released their comeback album, The Sciences, on Third Man Records, to critical acclaim.

Bison is a heavy metal band from Vancouver, formed in 2006 by vocalist and guitarist James Farwell. The band was formerly signed to California-based Metal Blade Records. The band was released from its contract with Metal Blade Records in February 2013, and shortly thereafter, they reverted to their original name Bison.

Ramesses is a British extreme metal band from Dorset, initially featuring former members of Electric Wizard.

Ramesses was formed in February 2003 by Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening (ex-Electric Wizard) with Adam Richardson formerly of Lord of Putrefaction, Spirmyard, and Hexed. Their second album titled Take the Curse was released in 2010.

In 2011, the band released their 3rd full-length album Possessed By the Rise of Magick. They shortly followed it up with the studio/live EP Chrome Pineal, which featured three new studio tracks and three live tracks recorded in 2007.

In 2012, it was announced that Bagshaw had left the band. He had moved from England to the United States and formed the sludge / doom metal band A Serpentine Path with all 3 members of the band Unearthly Trance. Mike Vest of the band Bong filed in on guitar for live performances.

Bloodhorse is an American heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, that formed late 2005. In 2007 they signed with Translation Loss Records, releasing their debut record "EP" in July of the same year.