Dan Sierras, from The Heavy Desert Podcast and I discussed our top 10 favorite albums from the third quarter of 2026. Although it wasn’t as dense as the last quarter, it was still a solid three months of excellent releases coming out from all over the world. The Heavy Underground Music scene is thriving and you can listen to the...
Russian Circles is post-metal/ post-rock instrumental juggernaut from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 2004, the current lineup consists of Mike Sullivan on guitar, Dave Turncrantz on drums, and Brian Cook on bass. They have released nine studio albums including: 2006’s Enter, 2008’s Station, 2009’s Geneva, 2011’s Empros, 2013’s Memorial, 2016’s Guidance, 2019’s Blood Year, 2022’s Gnosis, and their latest, 2026’s Nine....
Kitsa is a hard rock band from Port Orchard, Washington. They consist of Skot Davis on lead vocals, Chris Pound on guitar and vocals, Randy Fort on drums, and Jeremy Deede on bass. Kitsa released their debut album called Dead By Dawn in 2023 and they just released their sophomore album, entitled II on Music Abuse Records. They worked with...
Mr. Bison is a heavy psych stoner rock band that mixes in progressive elements into their music. Each album has progressed from the one before into a more expansive and atmospheric landscape of heavy rock. Their discography includes: 2012’s We’ll Be Brief, 2016’s Asteroid, 2018’s Holy Oak, 2020’s Seaward, 2020’s Turned to Stone Chapter 1: Enter Galactic Wasteland– Split with...
Live at Terminus Underground in Nashua, New Hampshire USA *October 9th 2026* It is always a wonderful experience when I can share the gift of this excellent music with a friend. When I started working at one of my current jobs over a year ago, I met this guy Jeff and introduced him to the heavy underground music scene. We...
Vulture Neck is a trio from Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden. Formed in 2018, they play a style of music that incorporates stoner metal, doom, sludge, and hard rock. The band consists of Östen Jäderberg on drums, Magnus Öhrn on vocals and bass, and Martin Sällström on vocals and guitar. They have released 2020’s Mountain Giant (2 song single), 2023’s Scavenger Kings EP,...
GrimeStone is a hard rocking metal quartet from Eskasoni, Nova Scotia. They incorporate occult and doom metal into their heavy and fuzzy sound. The band consists of Keefe Denny on lead vocals and guitar, Charlie Joe on drums, Gabriel Prosper on guitar, and Kaisan Stevens on bass. They released their debut full length album called Killing Floor on August 29th...
Pelegrín is a heavy psych stoner rock band from France. They consist of François Roze on guitar and vocals, Jason Recoing (studio bass), Nacim Virieux (live bass) and Antoine Ebel on drums. They have released 2019’s Al-Mahruqa, 2023’s Ways of Avicenna, and their latest Ripple Music release, 2026’s The Curse Of Nephtar. The Curse Of Nephtar was released on September...
Hazemind is a stoner rock band from Montreal, Québec, Canada. They consist of Jonathan Lachapelle on vocals, Elliot Cadieux on guitars, Mathieu Pelletier on bass, and René “Bits” Hosson on drums. They just released their debut full length album called Inner Sanctum on September 4th 2026. It contains nine tracks at forty six minutes long. Sometimes I discover bands that...
Saturna is a hard rock band from Barcelona, Spain. They consist of Rod Tirado on bass, Enric Verdaguer on drums, James Vieco on electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, percussion, and keyboard, and Max Eriksson on electric guitars. Saturna have released 2012’s The Kingdom of Spirit, 2013’s Ignis, 2017’s III – Lost in Time, 2020’s Atlantis, 2022’s Turned to Stone Chapter...
