Saturna & Electric Monolith – Turned to Stone, Chapter IV: Higher Selves (Ripple Music 2022)

Ripple Music hit the bull’s eye with the 4th instalment of its “Turned to Stone” series, bringing together two bands in one EP that sound as if they naturally belong together! Released on the 15th of April 2022, I have returned to this release multiple times since then, and not once have I been able to skip a song. Below are a few words that will hopefully get you to lend your ears to an album that is bound to make you love it!

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Sons of Arrakis: New Live Session Video Release – August 25th, 2022

News from the PR Wire:

Montreal band Sons of Arrakis unveils its brand new music video onĀ Thursday, August 25th on YouTube and Facebook. This live session music video has been recorded and shot at Louis-Jean Cormier’s Studio Dandurand in Montreal on April 9th, 2022. The video highlights two singles, Omniscient Messiah and Lonesome Preacher, that appear on the formation’s debut album, Volume I, released on July 15th.

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Firebreather – Dwell in the Fog (Riding Easy Records 2022)

Following their excellent “Under a Blood Moon” on 2019, the Swedish trio returned in February 2022 with what is hands down their best work to date! Ambitiously raw and sonically majestic, “Dwell in the Fog” includes six anthemic and relentlessly melodic songs, with compelling grooves that waltz between the best moments of Mastodon and High on Fire. In all, the new album of the band literally breathes fire!

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Greyborn – Leeches (F2M Planet / Believe 2022)

There are those rare times when I am so genuinely impressed by an album that I really don’t want to write anything about it. All I really want to do is just listen and enjoy. Such is the case with “Leeches”, the brilliant debut EP by Greyborn. Hailing from the French city of Limoges, this power trio is bound to reach massive audiences, and when they do, you will know that you ‘d read it here first.

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