A collaboration of doomy proportions, this supergroup featured members of multiple metal mainstays including the Melvins, Sleep, Neurosis, Saint Vitus, and Big Business. Their self-titled effort took from all members’ experiences, constructing an indelible monument […]
This Irish quartet have endured their fair share of spirited backlash (some of it warranted) in addition to their seismic popularity and well-deserved plaudits. Say what you will; this is a band not determined to […]
It is by some divine miracle that this band managed to achieve not only success but mainstream popularity, with their strange brew of nu metal chugging, Middle Eastern rhythms, and Dadaist excursions. While their output […]
With The Mars Volta on indefinite hiatus, the principal creative forces of that band, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López, recruited Dave Elitch on drums and Flea on bass for a new project that opted for […]
Pioneers of the desert rock sound combining sludgy guitars with psychedelic flourishes, Kyuss put Palm Desert on the map and branched out into several memorable projects (Queens of the Stone Age, Mondo Generator, Slo Burn…) […]
Now famous for his morose compositions and velvety smooth voice, Drake was mostly ignored in his tragically short lifetime. But his stirring, melancholic legacy has shown him to be a hugely influential (if inimitable) singer-songwriter. […]
One of the essential metal bands of the 21st century has gradually taken on more psychedelic and classic rock flavors as they progress, but they always know when to bring the heavy. It’s the combination […]
Essentially the 2010s incarnation of influential 90s band Kyuss, this band was refused that name due to copyright claims but carried on with their desert rock sound anyway. Despite the different name, they might just […]
Rising from the ashes of their postpunk outfit At the Drive-In, this Texas-based band became one of the formative progressive rock bands of the 00s. Marrying the sounds and song structures of prog rock’s heyday […]
Before splitting off into The Mars Volta and Sparta, this punk-influenced art rock band electrified the alternative rock scene in the late ’90s/early ’00s. They would reunite several years later, marking a change in their […]