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REZN’s ‘Cycles in the Infinite Dream’: Two Cent Review

After a decade together, Chicago psych-doom quartet REZN craft a second album for Sargent House, Cycles in the Infinite Dream, that’s as deadly serious in story as it is in execution.

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See Florida’s Face-Flattening Fearsome Foursome Florist Say Adios to Their Stomping Ground, Crowbar

Posted in Interviews, Videos with tags Crowbar, doom, Florist, Ripple Music, stoner rock on 07/27/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

One chapter ends and another one begins.

Florist – a band from Tampa, Florida – left desert-doom devourers speechless after releasing their first album, Contact, in 2023. They’ve been on a roll since then and just signed two weeks ago to Ripple Music, perhaps the fastest-growing heavy-metal record label on the planet. But while Florist’s prospects are bright – Ripple is reissuing their Adrift EP on August 21 – the band was bittersweet when The Bad Penny caught up with them on Friday.

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Belzebong: Psycho Las Vegas Preview

Posted in Interviews with tags Belzebong, desert rock, Elder, Psycho Las Vegas, stoner rock on 07/23/2022 by Kurt Orzeck

For obvious reasons, most “desert rock” bands shun the phrase “stoner rock.” Even though many musicians overindulge from time to time, the phrase itself can be confining for any band that wants to grow.

Poland’s Belzebong — due to play Saturday, August 20 — are a red-eyed exception to this rule. Not only did the band members incorporate a pot reference into their moniker, but guitarist Alky Dude openly talked about his infatuation with pot (almost as much as he enjoys talking about music).

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