Dopethrone is a three piece band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Active since 2008, this DIY band is known for their abrasive mix of sludge and doom with lyrics based in the self destruction, cannabis, sleazy drug abuse, and the macabre.

Influenced by rock n roll, punk, black metal, and blues, the band refers to their music as “Slutch”, the Canadian term for cold sludge, a.k.a. dirty mud snow. They once described it as “frozen sludge, snow covered in addiction, blood, tears, and broken dreams”.

After their second release, the band started drawing some attention to them and were invited by Voivod to perform at Roadburn 2012. They since haven’t stopped growing their audience in Europe, their adoptive land.
Since their formation, Dopethrone has release five full length studio albums to date, joined some collaborations with other artists, and have regularly toured Europe and Canada.

After a series of massive tours in 2019, the band has not hit the road since, and focused on the ‘delicate’ baking of their new release. The new effort, to be out early 2024, will come with North American tours, and even a return to Europe for select dates.

We are two individuals that make heavy music.

Bass and drum duo that sound like a four piece. Dreamy female vocals over occult doom grooves.

Emerging from the shadows and plumes of smoke, Chicago, IL ensemble HUNTSMEN make their return with their third album, The Dry Land. The album traverses the liminal space between the living and the dead by lifting the veil of the abyss itself. Born of suffering and hardship, The Dry Land unifies the dark and light that resides in all of us through allegories of purgatorial strife and human spirit.

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LAVISHERS’s second full-length album Aligned & Vital delivers twelve diverse songs rooted in nostalgia and exploration. As they continue to carve their niche in the modern rock landscape, their message is clear: the future of heavy, heartfelt rock is here—and it’s dressed in velvet.