Thedus born in Parma (IT) at the end of 2018. The components Roberto Amoruso (guitar), Ivan Belisardi (bass) and Simone Silvestre (drums) find themselves working in the room on songs elaborated from Rob’s ideas and, between a rehearsal and the first live shows, they meet again in February 2019 to[…]
Helsinki-based riff worshippers ORBITER have revealed full details of their debut album “Hollow World”. The album was created as an atmospheric trip through light and shade, with both crushing heaviness and fragile sensitivity, and these themes are perfectly reflected in the album artwork created by visual artist Akatius. Today, the[…]
EGO PLANET is a Heavy Rock band based in New Jersey, formed in 2020 from a collection of instrumental demos founder, Chris Baker, wrote in the midst of the Covid-19 quarantine. After several months of writing, Chris partnered up with vocalist/lyricist, Jarrett Mead, to add a voice to his music.[…]
“What gave us life, took care of all – we can be sure all suffering ends.” In their songs, HAVEN deal with topics such as self-reflection, consequences of action, and questions about the meaning of human life as part of an all-encompassing energy cycle. The Berliners combine their impressive musical[…]
The band OCKRA arose in early 2018 in Gothenburg from what was left of the stoner doom band Sulphur Dreams. With a strong desire to stretch musical barriers away from what is known as classic stoner or doom metal, the trio around Jonas Nyström, Erik Björnlinger and Alex Spielhaupter set[…]
Hailing from Athens (and now based in Berlin), SIDUS have carved a reputation for crafting cinematic, instrumental compositions in the same vein as bands like God Is An Astronaut, Russian Circles and The Ocean Collective. The band started out as a one-man project by Spyros Olivotos, which has seen the[…]
Following their latest album, “Panspermia” (2020), Blackened Ritual Sludgers NIBIRU have re-signed with Argonauta Records for the release of their seventh studio album, titled “Anamorphosis”, that will be seeing the light of day on Friday the 26th of May 2023, celebrating their tenth year of activity. Vocalist Ardat says: “ANAMORPHOSIS[…]
Born out of a series of jam sessions in 2019 in Fasano (Italy), KING POTENAZ began to write their own music by drawing heavily on the work of doom/stoner bands like Sleep, Electric Wizard, Kyuss, Monster Magnet and, of course, Black Sabbath. After a change on drums, the lineup solidifies into[…]
“We are thrilled to announce our signing with Italian powerhouse Argonauta Records that shares and embraces our passion for heavy riffage and sound reversions to the 70s and 80s. For us it’s a very special occasion to work with a label that has such an impactful history of supporting thriving[…]
Montana-based Stoner Rockers UNCOMMON EVOLUTION recently released their new album “Fry” via ARGONAUTA Records, honing a sound truly all their own, though their wide ranging influences shine through in a cornucopia of flavour. Whether you call it ‘doomy and sludgy stoner rock’ or ‘southern heavy mountain rock’, for sure it’s[…]