Recent Articles
- Supersonic 2008
- In the spirit of post festival 'Top 5s' I'm picking my personal Top 5 to give you a brief taste of Supersonic 2008.
- Saviours - Interview With Drummer And Leader Scott Batiste
- Marek Steven interrupted Saviours' US tour to speak to drummer and songwriter Scott Batiste..
- Taint - Interview With Jimbob
- After coming top of our reader's album of the year poll with 'Secrets and Lies', following on from their first place with their debut in 2005, we felt it time again to get in touch to see how the Welsh trio are facing up to 2008.
- The Sword - Interview With Drummer Trivett Wingo
- With a second album due and a huge UK headlining tour, Marek Steven spoke to The Sword's drummer Trivett Wingo...
- Will Haven - Interview With Guitarist Jeff Irwin
- ninehertz interviewer Worth caught up with Will Haven's guitarist before their Manchester show back in November...
- The Albums Of 2007! - The Results Are In.
- The best year for stoner rock, doom, sludge and drone music ever? Possibly. The results for the reader's top ten albums of the year, plus our own choices are revelaed within.
- Diagonal - Interview With Rise Above's Latest Signings
- Diagonal are band creating a lot of buzz right now. With gigs lined up with Acid Mother's Temple, Witchcraft, Circle and Gentlemans Pistols, and a freshly inked record deal with the one and only Rise Above, Marek Steven caught up with them for ninehertz.
- Slomatics - Checking In On The Amazing Three Piece And The Irish Doom Scene
- It's practically impossible not to notice the buzz around the doom scene in Ireland at the moment, and, following a recent trip to England and the release of their excellent new album 'Kalceanna', Slomatics seem the perfect band to speak to about that and more...
- Danava - Interview
- Danava are four uncompromising musos from Portland, Oregon and their self-titled debut album is a five-song feast of super-heavy, synth-rock craziness. They have an element of space-rock, late 70's prog, some 'Technical Ecstasy' era Black Sabbath riffing and a little of Flash Gordon for good measure. It's retro but also very modern in its general feel, extremity and outlook. I caught up with main man Dusty Spinkles.
- Om - Interview With Al Cisneros
- Om bassist / vocalist Al Cisneros chats about recording their third album (with Steve Albini), Sleep and riffs.