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~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

Cover design by Alan O'Neill

It's been quite a few years since we last checked in with Italian doomers DEADSMOKE, whom we last encountered with the release of the monstrous LP 'Mountain Legacy' (2017), followed by the short but effective EP 'Forest of the Damned' (2018).

Now the Bolzano four return in tow with the London sludge lords Conan to bring us 'The Doom Sessions Vol. 1' (2020) on Heavy Psych Sounds. It's a label we've traditionally linked with stoner rock and heavy psychedelia, but gradually the Gabe Fiore has been curating a collection of downtuned doomers, the likes of which include Acid Mammoth, 1782, Alunah, High Reeper, Dead Witches, Throneless, and one of my favorites originals, Tons.

As any fan of the genre would likely expect, the collaboration between Conan and Deadsmoke absolutely works. Two juggernauts of the genre, though Deadsmoke deserves to be better known and perhaps this is their chance to grab the ears of some of you doomers out there. Conan's A-side "Beheaded" may be (and correct me if I'm wrong) their longest track yet at over 17 minutes. I first listened to it at four o'clock in the morning and I fear it rumbled my roomies awake.

The B-side is no less eventful with the 11-minute "Dethroned Concrete" slowly lulling us into Deadsmoke's world with an eight note dirge that finally erupts into mad primate howls. The record concludes with the definitive rhythms of "Dead Minds Army," which I listened to while a sci-fi movie called Lifepod (1981) was rolling in the backdrop (hmmm, I sense fan video potential).

The album comes out July 17th in three varieties of vinyl, on compact disc, and of course in digital format (pre-order here). And now, Doomed & Stoned presents the world premiere of Deadsmoke's "Dead Minds Army." Its merciless tone, rabid shrieks, and unrelenting strength may well inspire you to delve deep into the Deadsmoke discography.

Give ear...

HPS_agent · DEADSMOKE - Dead Minds Army

Some Buzz

Deadsmoke is a doom sludge Italian band sounding like deep entombed amplifiers and downtuned monolithic guitars scraping the soil down to the core of the sphere.

Slow hypnotic not-harmonic cadences refresh the eternal need of isolation and the atavistic fear of nothingness. Sub lowered frequencies corrode the one last trace of human cognition, apprehension and judgment.

Your soul already burned, smoke is what remains.

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THE DOOMED & STONED PODCAST

It's been way, way, way too long since our last podcast, so I figured it was time to do something about that. Seeing that Halloween is around the corner, I thought to myself, "I can't leave all these wonderful Doomers & Stoners out there without a soundtrack to scare off the neighbor kids!" Sooooo, I put together this playlist of dark, dank, and dreadful doom metal and stoner rock songs -- some of my favs, in fact -- all centered around a strange, hip little drive-in classic called, 'Mark of the Witch' (2017).

PLAYLIST

INTRO (00:00)

Acid Witch - "Evil" (00:10)

WITCHCRAFT '70 (03:37)

Angel Witch - "Angel Witch" (05:56)

THE HANGING (09:20)

Soundgarden - "Heretic" (10:04)

WHAT'S NEW IN THE WITCH WORLD? (13:53)

Black Witch - "Sitra Ahra" (14:52)

THOSE WHO CAST OUT WITCHES SUFFER TERRIBLY (20:26)

Witch Mountain - "Burn You Down" (20:49)

WHO'S READY TO SUMMON A WITCH? (28:27)

Disenchanter - "A Thousand Times" (29:59)

THE CEREMONY (37:32)

Spiritual Void - "Remains of a Strange World" (39:37)

IT'S A RITUAL KNIFE (48:36)

Uncle Acid and the deadbeats - "Ritual Knife" (48:52)

LÂMINA - "In The Warmth of Lilith" (53:39)

YOUR DOG IS DEAD (1:03:19)

Deadsmoke - "Hiss of the Witch" (1:05:24)

YOU LIVE IN A STRANGE WORLD (1:13:18)

HELA - "Dark Passenger" (1:14:40)

ALAN AND THE WITCH (1:23:34)

The Sleer - "His Horse is in The Gallows" (1:25:32)

SUMMONING SPIRITS (1:32:39)

Astral Witch - "King of Swords" (1:33:11)

SEDUCTION OF THE WITCH (1:38:23)

Troll - "The Witch" (1:40:09)

Brutus - "The Witches Remains" (1:46:31)

YOU CANNOT STOP ME! (1:51:29)

Shrine Of The Serpent - "9 Gates of Slumber" (1:52:30)

THE DEVIL'S BROTHERHOOD (2:00:38)

Rituals of the Oak - "I'm So Down" (2:02:19)

THE COUNCIL OF THE DEVIL (2:09:59)

Burning Witch - "Warning SIgns" (2:11:40)

A MURDER IN THE PARK (2:20:04)

Demon Lung - "Binding of the Witch" (2:21:00)

FINAL CEREMONY - PART ONE (2:31:42)

UZALA - "Dark Days" (2:33:07)

FINAL CEREMONY - PART TWO (2:40:47)

Electric Wizard - "Supercoven" (2:43:45)

THE EXORCISM (2:49:52)

Angel Witch - "White Witch" (2:54:25)

CREEPY FOLK SONG (2:58:57)

Cutty Sark - "Drag" (3:03:30)

THE WITCH IS DEAD (3:07:20)

The purpose of the Doomed & Stoned Podcast (and the weekly radio show it is culled from) is to foster interest in the music of the heavy underground.  In other words, this is a labor of love, done in interest of the heavy music community, so I encourage you to support the bands by buying their albums and merch -- and especially clearing your evenings to see them perform live when they visit your city. 

Every Sunday at 3 pm PST / 6 pm EST / 11 pm UTC, Doomed & Stoned takes to the airwaves of Grip Of Delusion Radio to bring you the latest and the best in the heavy underground! Don't miss it! Archived broadcasts here. 

Conan • Deadsmoke – Doom Sessions Vol.1 (Heavy Psych Sounds, 2020)