L.A.'s Max Boogie Overdrive's 'Stoned Again' album out now!

“Right in line with fellow SoCal tokemeisters Fu Manchu and Nebula, with plenty of hazy Sabbath rifferama and a generally sludgy, laconic approach.”  — Decibel Magazine

"A classic blend of stoner, doom, and boogie rock, reminiscent of Orange Goblin and Motorhead." -- Metal Insider 

“An absolute blast of non-stop grooves which will surprise you in many ways.” – Outlaws of The Sun

Los Angeles band Max Boogie Overdrive release their debut album Stoned Again today. Hear/share Stoned Again on DSPs HERE (Direct Bandcamp.)

Decibel Magazine recently shared the album title track "Stoned Again" HERE. Watch/share the video for "Suffer Sister" on YouTube HERE. 

Hailing from greater Los Angeles, Max Boogie Overdrive was originally conceived in 2022, as a recording project between guitarist Max Boogie a.k.a. Jim Bacchi (Hittman, Fuzzbubble, The Tikiyaki Orchestra) and Drop Dee a.k.a. Daren Ford (Red Square Black, Ravine, The Generals) as a way to pursue their passion for all things Stoner and Boogie... mammoth guitar riffs, bellowing vocals, and the swagger of early '70s Detroit rock nʼ roll -- dirty, fuzzy, with just a dusting of doom, and whole lotta boogie (not Disco... Heavy Boogie Rock.)

The cyclonic drumming of Tom ʻKnucklesʼ Hernandez (Lords of Altamont, Superbeez) propels the band past the sludge and doom pace, and guitarist Richard ʻRCʼ Clarkʼs guitar adds the necessary beef to the mix, fattening up the tone, and added vocal duties.

Presented here in its full length album glory, the bandʼs debut, Stoned Again serves up a classic blend of all the aforementioned genres in its own unique hybrid. Listeners have drawn comparisons to Orange Goblin, Fu Manchu, even Motorhead... Of course the Sabbath influence is there, but throw in some old Kiss, UFO, Budgie and classic early 80ʼs metal as well... “Stoned Again" focuses on songwriting more than any particular “sound”, so there is a bit more of classic rock structure to the songs, but all heaviness is there, a bit of space-out psychedelia, some epic guitar jams, and of course... riffs o' plenty. Dig it!

Stoned Again will be available on CD and download on March 29, 2024. 

MAX BOOGIE OVERDRIVE LIVE 2024:

05/04 Las Vegas, NV - Red Dwarf

05/17 Costa Mesa, CA - Wayfarer (w/ Hippie Death Cult, Hashtronaut)

06/20 Palmdale, CA - Transplant Brewery

Artist: Max Boogie Overdrive

Album: Stoned Again

Label: Future Primitive Recordings

Release Date: March 29th, 2024

01. The Devil Knows My Name

02. Suffer Sister

03. Freakazoid

04. Van Boogie

05. Bomb Incoming

06. Demonaire

07. King of Fire

08. Stoned Again

Links:

instagram.com/maxboogieod

linktr.ee/maxboogieod

maxboogieoverdrive1.bandcamp.com

Oak, Ash & Thorn premiere "Dying Culture" video via Metal Sucks from forthcoming album

"I've absolutely fallen in love with their d-beat inflected, richly expressive take on death metal. This is nothing more than well made, thought out, and passionately performed metal that runs on the wild and epic sound we love here on Heavy Blog." -- Heavy Blog is Heavy

“Oak, Ash & Thorn combine their varied influences well, channeling Amon Amarth and Kataklysm smoothly alongside the power metal influences they clearly love. It’s an accessible sound and it wouldn’t be surprising to see Oak, Ash & Thorn quickly rise to new heights with it.”  -- Decibel Magazine

Denver quartet Oak, Ash & Thorn share the official video today for "Dying Culture" from their forthcoming full length, Our Grief is Thus today via Metal Sucks. Watch & share video HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Decibel Magazine recently shared the official video for "Auras" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Our Grief Is Thus is a monumental album, loosely constructed as a concept album with every song dealing thematically with grief from loss in some form. Album opener, “Dying Culture”, for example, is about the loss of tradition by way of urbanization and generational decline, “Light My Pyre” tackles betrayal and the dissolution of friendship, and “Auras” deals with the loss (and renewal) of honor and identity in the face of withering familial ties.

The album was recorded at the Blasting Room (founded by Black Flag/Descendents drummer Bill Stevenson) in Ft. Collins, CO in June-July of 2023, and marks the first time in Oak, Ash & Thorn's history that the band walked out of a studio with an album fully representing their vision. The songs on Our Grief is Thus are tighter than on prior recordings, with the band reaching beyond their pagan death/black metal foundation to take novel influence from the galloping energy of crust punk, power metal's soaring triumph, post-punk's brooding dynamics, and the unconventional melodies of prog metal. 

Vocalist/guitarist Adam Armstrong uses his clean tenor/baritone more than ever before, reinvigorating it with a newfound grit and power. Lead guitarist Jason Harding truly shines in his playing, and his unique melodic leads - including his first proper solo on "Ten Years on the Tundra" - have elevated the band's songcraft to new levels. Bassist Erik Hoffman can be heard coming into his own with his distinct knack for both accentuation and lead-weighted groove, while drummer Cierra White, already notorious for her unstoppable kit-killing, has taken inspiration from gospel drummers, evident in her choppy fills and use of unorthodox patterns. Producer/recording engineer Colton Krohn and guest producer Taylor Hahn, meanwhile, were instrumental in the making of the album, as Armstrong notes, “they pulled the absolute best performances out of us, and their expertise and advice on arrangement were like nothing we'd ever had before.”

Oak, Ash & Thorn arose along the Colorado Rocky Mountain's Front Range out of a collective passion for heavy metal and a shared pagan worldview. Their debut full-length, May Every Altar Linger from 2018, was a patented blend of dual clean vocals/death growls, anthemic riffing, and athletic drumming, inspired by the likes of Týr, In Flames, and Immortal. On 2021 follow-up EP To Gaze on Stars of Frost, the band refined their sound further by enlisting Fabian Jiru of Trollfest (Napalm Records) for production duties. In 2023, the band would work with Jiru once more on the Eternal EP, issued by new label Lost Future Records directly before an extended east coast tour with Brooklyn melodeath up-and-comers Solemn Vision. Previously, Oak, Ash & Thorn had shared stages with the likes of Cradle of Filth, Borknagar, Rotting Christ, Týr, Arkona, Metsatöll, and Kalmah, amongst many others. 

Our Grief is Thus will be available on LP and digital on April 19, 2024 via Lost Future Records. Pre-orders are available HERE. 

Artist: Oak, Ash & Thorn

Album: Our Grief is Thus

Record Label: Lost Future Records

Release Date: April 19, 2024

01. Dying Culture

02. Like The Sea, I Raged

03. Ten Years On The Tundra

04. Bury Deep My Tired Bones

05. Light My Pyre

06. Auras

07. Distant Mountains, Distant Gods

08. Unchain The Wolf

On The Web:

oakashandthorn.bandcamp.com

linktr.ee/ofoakashandthorn

lostfuturerecords.com

instagram.com/lostfuturerecords

lostfuture.bandcamp.com

Convinced Friend debut album out now on Solid Brass Records, largehearted indie rock FFO: Magnolia Electric Co., Low, Pedro the Lion

“A blown-out folksy rock number narrating the new precarity of remote work...The season's newest can't-miss band.” — Post-Trash

Providence, RI band Convinced Friend releases their debut self-titled album today on Solid Brass Records. Hear/share Convinced Friend on all DSPs HERE. 

Convinced Friend is the project of Providence-based Songwriter A.S. Wilson. Recorded at Big Nice Studios, the self-titled album features members of Nova One, and Burr resulting in a collection of largehearted songs that Various Small Flames has called:

"An intimate and attentive sound in the lineage of Jason Molina and David Bazan... pushing beyond the melancholic surface so common to indie rock, looking instead to explore the deep possibilities beneath."

The songs are marked by Wilson's time spent growing up in oilfield towns south of New Orleans -- focused on the little indignities of love and work, with the sense of impermanence that comes with a home slowly sinking underwater.

Convinced Friend will be available on LP and digital on March 29th, 2024 via Solid Brass Records. Pre-orders are available HERE,

CONVINCED FRIEND LIVE 2024:

04/26 Providence, RI - Machines with Magnets (Solid Brass showcase w/ Pines of Rome, Early Day Miners)

Artist: Convinced Friend

Album: Convinced Friend

Label: Solid Brass Records

Release Date: March 29, 2024

A1: White Collar

A2: Wander

A3: Taken Apart

A4: Sackcloth

A5: Safeway

B1: When I Go

B2: Open Bloom

B3: Weekend

B4: Muttering God

B5: All At Once

On The Web:

solidbrassrecords.com

instagram.com/solidbrassrecs