The stoner part of the underground metal scene made a welcome return to my 'Best Of' 2023 for March with six bands either lacing their doom with it, or just going all out with the fuzz.
~ Deathrattle Podcast Dirty Dozen For March '23~
WITCH RIPPER - THE FLIGHT AFTER THE FALL
Stoner/Sludge
Seattle/ USA
Magnetic Eye Records
https://witchripper.bandcamp.com/album/the-flight-after-the-fall-2
SANTO ROSTRO - DESPUÉS NO HABRÁ NADA
Stoner/Doom
Jaén, Spain
Discos Macarras
https://discosmacarras.bandcamp.com/album/despu-s-no-habr-nada
DIRGE - DIRGE
Sludge/Doom
Mumbai, India
Immersive Sounds
https://dirgeindia.bandcamp.com/album/dirge-2
NEPENTHES - GRAND GUIGNOL
Doom
Tokyo/Japan
Daymare Recordings
"Featuring ex Church Of Misery ex Coffins and G.A.T.E.S members. Heavily blues and stoner influenced doom, punctuated with chaotic solo's that only the japanese can pull off." Steve - Deathrattle Podcast
No Bandcamp
ACID MOTH - ACID MOTH
Stoner/Doom
Gatineau/Canada
Self Released
https://acidmoth1.bandcamp.com/album/acid-moth
ISOLE - ANESIDORA
Epic Doom Metal
Gävle/Sweden
Hammerheart Records
"The dual harsh and clean (mainly clean) vocals sets the tone for Isole's new album Anesidora an album that spans the full range of emotions dragging the listener from the depths of despair one moment to a rapturous sense of elation the next. It's like attending a wake yet leaving with a smile on your face. Isole doesn't need fuzz or effects to conjure an epic, aural funeral. Instead, this doom ceremony is sanctified by heavy, metallic crunchy guitars punctuated with solo's that sound like the anguished crying of a grieving widow.
Bereavement has never been this glorious." Steve ~Deathrattle Podcast
https://isolehhr.bandcamp.com/album/anesidora
THE SOUTHERN ORACLE - THE MOST CORRUPTIBLE SOULS
Hardcore/Punk/Thrash
Budapest/Hungary
Self Released
Steve Woodier - Deathrattle Podcast
https://thesouthernoracle.bandcamp.com/album/the-most-corruptible-souls
TRIBE OF PAZUZU - BLASPHEMOUS PROPHECIES
Blackened Death Metal
Canada
Vic Records
https://tribeofpazuzu.bandcamp.com/album/blasphemous-prophecies
WYNDRYDER - WYNDRYDER
Stoner/doom
Tennessee/USA
Self Released
https://wyndrider.bandcamp.com/album/wyndrider
THE FALLEN PROPHETS - PERPETUAL DAMNATION
Death Metal
Cape Town/South Africa
MMD Records
https://thefallenprophets.bandcamp.com/album/perpetual-damnation
VISION DEPRIVED - SELF ELEVATING, DEEP INSIDE THE VOID
Death Metal
Milan, Italy
Slaughterhouse Records
"Unsettling Italian death metal that spits and snarls in your face in an unrelenting, frenzied attack. The riffs just keep coming, charged with adrenaline, like a serial killer stalking his next kill. Self Elevating, Deep Inside The Void, hurtles from one toxic tempo to another with crust armoured grind vying with mid paced crunch in a withering dance of ferocious extremity."Steve Woodier - Deathrattle Podcast
https://slaughterhouserecords.bandcamp.com/album/self-elevating-deep-inside-the-void
CRATER - DEGENERATE
Doom/Sludge
Shenzhen/China
SloomWeep Productions
"Chinese doom/sludge heavy enough to make your eyeballs burst and your teeth rattle out of your skull. All the warmth and moisture you normally get from standard doom riffs have been sucked out and the fuzz sandblasted away to leave an arid musical wasteland of slow, hateful tempos. Salvation does lie within Degenerate as there is a slight stoner element that resonates within the tide of toxic sludge dissonance that gives the album a remarkably accessible feel to it, but generally, the Eyehategod influenced doom leaves a debilitating sense of hopelesness and nausea for which there is no known antidote."Steve Woodier - Deathrattle Podcast
https://crater420.bandcamp.com/album/degenerate
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