Live psych "Seed to Stoned" from DESERT MAMMOOTH

420 is just around the corner so let's get ready with some excellent stoner music from Portugal's DESERT MAMMOOTH. Besides being excellent instrumental stoner with synths, this album was recorded live using incredible production quality which captures the vibe and energy from the show yet holds up to high volume listening. Check out Desert Mammooth's Seed to Stone:


The whole set has such a high quality to the music and production that it's hard to pick a favorite track. "Random Constellation" reaches the highest peak in terms of flat-out energy, and "Yellow Monkey" captures the band at its most psychedelic.

The synths add a layer of psych to stoner foundation and sends this album right into heavy psych outer space.

OCCULT HAND ORDER stoner doom debut EP

The debut stoner doom EP from France's OCCULT HAND ORDER is exactly how I like my stoner doom -- fucking heavy while delivering the riffs. These 4 tracks stay dark and heavy but have their moments where they take off across the desert of doom. Already I cannot wait for the full album! Check out OCCULT HAND ORDER:


I also dig the variety in song lengths. We all love the long songs that take you on a journey, but sometimes what you need is a short one to kick out the doomy riffs. I like the balance going on with this EP. The transition from "Stolas" to "Witches Are Burning" is exactly what I mean -- one ends and the next one decides to kick in your teeth at twice the speed. These tracks are really the perfect mix of STONER and DOOM.


From the band:

Heavy are the riffs. Dark are the thoughts.
The trio summons a dizzy psychedelism and let the fuzz buzz through the bones.
Occult Hand Order shakes the souls and the bodies with its Stoner Hard Psych.
The band shared the stage with many great artists such as Mars Red Sky, Naxatras and Maidavale.

LOW MACHINE S/T debut album

Debut album from LOW MACHINE is 45 solid minutes of instrumental and vocals stoner with layers of synths and effects giving it a taste of krautrock as they describe it. Each song has a slightly different sound with some going very heavy rock and others going a little doom. And a few great samples. Variety is a good thing when it works, and it works here. A welcome addition to the already amazing amount of music from The Heavy South America. If you are in a hurry then go straight to Fangio which is a really beautiful song with its mix of stoner and synths and fuzz, or check out Reset which showcases the variety of the vocals along with some very heavy fuzz.


Low Machine is Francisco Palavezzati (Guitar, voicing, synths, mixing and mastering), Joni Cabrera (guitars, bass), Matthieu Bellemere (drums).

The Last Second by Their Methlab

A quick glance at Fuzzy's collection on Bandcamp will show you how much I dig instrumental music in general, and heavy psych specifically. And we all know how much great stoner music comes from Greece. So when the guys in Their Methlab told me about their new album, I was definitely eager to listen to it. You should listen to it too:


Oh yea...... this is very groovy! Their Methlab can serve up the psychedelia in heavy doses, or they can deliver it in mellow slices. Arctic Funk starts of strong, gets a little pensive and melancholy, but cranks up the heavy bass and guitar work again well before it's done.

There are several themes going on with the songs on THE LAST SECOND. Of course you are getting the heavy stoner sound, with the psychedelic guitar work on top of that, but also there are places where you get that blending of the two and Their Methlab achieves a very nice desert sound. They way these guys take you from one sound to another in such a smooth fashion might be what I enjoy about them the most.

There are a few places where Their Methlab gets into prog metal and progressive psychedelic sounds, for example in the middle and end of A Call To Arms. I really dig that. The heaviness combined with the fast-paced and excellent guitar work just sounds incredible. There are even some time changes to give it that proggy sound. If you need your stoner music to be super chill all the way through, like a drive along a smooth desert highway, then maybe these tracks might not be your thing. But if you don't mind doing a little bit of 4x4 off-roading then Their Methlab is surely going to please your ears.

If fact, here is how Their Methlab describes their music:

This region of the country (Athens, Greece) thrives with post-apocalyptic-like nature scenery, face melting wind melodies and almighty mountains. This landscape, our way of life as students and the music scene of the city, were the first influences that formed the core of the band. Our music emerged in the form of long, heavy, groovy, psy jams.

One thing that is important to me is to be able to start an album, and just let it play right through to the end. That is definitely the way you can listen to THE LAST SECOND by Their Methlab.


Their Methlab started in 2011 and are from Athens, Greece.

The Last Second by Their Methlab is a really top rate instrumental stoner psych album! Check it out at one of the links below.



You can listen to Their Methlab on Fuzzy's Ides of March compilation of heavy underground music:

La Grande Armée debut EP

If you like your instrumental stoner to have that extra layer of cosmic guitar sound then you have to listen to the debut EP from La Grande Armée:


You know Fuzzy digs stoner, and I dig psych, and always I am into the instrumental. So when you combine all three sounds then I am pretty much getting my mind blown. La Grande Armée delivers psychedelic guitar work on top of a very solid stoner sound. Just play this entire EP on a loop and have a safe trip.

Here's some info the band sent me:

La Grande Armée is a psych rock/instrumental band formed in San Pedro de la Paz, Chile in 2017. The members of the band are Joaquín Landero (drums and percussion), Juan Carlos Márquez (guitars) and Frank, the Franker (bass). Together they make this astronomic experience of sounds and sensations from the 70s come to life. Landero and Márquez started experimenting with sounds in the summer of 2010, creating a number of music projects. During this period, Frank was also working with other bands. After a few months of rehearsal, La Grande Armée recorded its first EP in February 2018 with Ático Records LTDA record label and it was released in January 28th, 2019. Nowadays, the band is on the songwriting process for their LP record.