( (( High Energy Fuzz’n’Roll )) ) WEDGE ver binden die Wucht von Heavy Rock mit der Expressivität von Garage Rock und einer potenten Dosis Psychedelia. Ein einzigartiger Mix, der ihnen als Fun dament dient, das sie um individuelle Klänge zu ihrem unverkennbaren WEDGE -Sound erweitern – ein Magnet für hartgesottene Stoner- und coole SixtiesF reaks gleichermaßen. Ihre Liebe zur goldenen Ära des Rock'n'Roll verbindet sie mit Bands wie Wolfmother, The Raconteurs oder den Hellacopters sowie mit direkten Zeitzeugen wie Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, MC5 oder Grand Funk .
Das Berliner Power-Trio um Mastermind Kiryk Drewinski (Gitarre/Ges ang, ex-Liquid Visions, ex-The Magnificent Brotherhood), Holger Grosser (D rums) und David Götz (Orgel/Bass) erblickte 2014 das Scheinwerferlicht der Welt. Benannt nach dem ersten Steinwerkzeug der Menschheitsgeschichte ist ihr Sound ebenso roh, effektiv und „made from solid rock“. Die Gruppe nut zt ihren WEDGE genauso wie das archaische Instrument, um Feuer zu entfache n – besonders live. Dort dominieren Kiryks virtuose Gitarrenarbeit und Hol gers explosive Drums den Klang der Band und treiben ihn oft in epischen Ja ms zu multiplen Höhepunkten. David wechselt dabei geschickt zwischen seine m donnernden Fuzz-Bass und einer Leslie-betriebenen Orgel.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:200@rhine.askapunk.de SUMMARY:MOTORPSYCHO DTSTAMP:20260803T204930Z DTSTART:20260908T170000Z DTEND:20260908T200000Z URL:https://rhine.askapunk.de/event/motorpsycho-1 LOCATION:Zakk - Fichtenstraße 40\, 40233 Düsseldorf STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Psychedelic Rock,Stoner Rock END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:229@rhine.askapunk.de SUMMARY:HOLE DWELLER + Seregost + DragonKeep + Portcullis + Kalle Wyrsch DTSTAMP:20260803T204930Z DTSTART:20260913T160000Z DTEND:20260913T210000Z URL:https://rhine.askapunk.de/event/hole-dweller-seregost-dragonkeep-portcu llis-kalle-wyrsch LOCATION:Club Castell - Regentenstraße 11\, 51063 Köln STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Black Metal,Dungeon Synth END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:202@rhine.askapunk.de SUMMARY:TY SEGALL DTSTAMP:20260803T204930Z DTSTART:20260916T170000Z DTEND:20260916T200000Z URL:https://rhine.askapunk.de/event/ty-segall LOCATION:Gebäude 9 - Deutz-Mülheimer Straße 127\, 51063 Köln STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Garage,Psychedelic Rock END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:199@rhine.askapunk.de SUMMARY:THE DEVIL AND THE ALMIGHTY BLUES + SKYJOGGERS DTSTAMP:20260803T204930Z DTSTART:20261005T170000Z DTEND:20261005T200000Z URL:https://rhine.askapunk.de/event/the-devil-and-the-almighty-blues-skyjog gers LOCATION:Club Volta - Schanzenstraße 6-20\, 51063 Köln STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Blues Rock END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:185@rhine.askapunk.de SUMMARY:THRONEHAMMER DTSTAMP:20260803T204930Z DTSTART:20261008T170000Z DTEND:20261008T200000Z URL:https://rhine.askapunk.de/event/thronehammer LOCATION:Die Trompete - Viktoriastraße 45\, 44787 Bochum STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Black,Doom,Sludge END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:212@rhine.askapunk.de SUMMARY:Audrey Horne + Motorowl DTSTAMP:20260803T204930Z DTSTART:20261008T180000Z URL:https://rhine.askapunk.de/event/audrey-horne-motorowl LOCATION:Gebäude 9 - Deutz-Mülheimer Straße 127\, 51063 Köln STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Doom Metal,Heavy Rock,Metal END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:222@rhine.askapunk.de SUMMARY:MONOLORD + DOPELORD DTSTAMP:20260803T204930Z DTSTART:20261017T170000Z DTEND:20261017T200000Z DESCRIPTION:MONOLORD are a Swedish doom/stoner power-trio known for their m assive\,\nearth-shaking riffs\, hypnotic grooves\, and emotionally heavy a tmospheres. Formed\nin Gothenburg in 2013\, the band—guitarist/vocalist Th omas Jäger\, drummer Esben\nWillems\, and bassist Mika Häkki—quickly rose to the forefront of modern doom\nwith a run of globally praised albums and relentless touring across Europe\,\nNorth America\, South America\, and m ajor festivals like Hellfest\, Desertfest\,\nPsycho Las Vegas\, and Roadbu rn. Their records\, including Empress\nRising\, Vænir\, Rust\, and No Comf ort\, cemented their reputation for blending\ncrushing fuzz with melodic u ndercurrents and immersive repetition. Now one of\nheavy music’s most cons istent and beloved bands\, Monolord are gearing up for\ntheir next chapter with a new album arriving in 2026—produced by legendary\nengineer Sylvia Massy and released via Relapse Records.\n\nDOPELORD released their debut M agick Rites in 2012\, a record that flaunted their\nlove of vintage heavy rock and proto-metal\, which The Sludgelord noted for its\n"huge unstoppab le riffing in every song." 2014’s Black Arts\, Riff Worship & Weed\nCult w as a leap forward in songcraft\, and as the band got serious\, they began\ ntouring abroad in Western Europe. Critically-acclaimed 2017 album "Childr en of\nthe Haze" found their formula for drawn-out psych-sludge behemoths perfected\, as\nconfirmed by The Heavy Chronicles\, which proclaimed\, “No thing will be the same\nagain. There used to be doom\, now there is Dopelo rd.”\n \nAs if heralding the actual end times\, fourth LP "Sign of the Dev il" arrived on\nMarch 10\, 2020\, just as the covid-19 pandemic took terri fying hold of the planet\nand called the knowable future of humanity into question. Supremely confident in\ntheir infectious bludgeon and thematic o vertness\, DOPELORD presented a record\nthat stepped more fully than ever into both melody and rebellious\niconoclasm. Naming "Sign of the Devil" th eir album of the week\, Worship Metal\ncheered it as\, “a torrent of ear-p leasingly suffocating riffs which crush all in\ntheir path\," adding\, "Sa tan would be pleased."\n \nDerailed from their aggressive live schedule fo r two years\, DOPELORD blasted out\nthe “Reality Dagger" EP in 2021 before setting to work on their boldest\nstatement yet. On October 6th\, 2023\, their fifth album "Songs for Satan" will\ninduct the mighty foursome as on e of Europe's heaviest and most faithful doom\npurveyors of the new era\, crushing everything on their path under the Blues\nFuneral Recordings bann er.\n URL:https://rhine.askapunk.de/event/monolord-dopelord LOCATION:Gebäude 9 - Deutz-Mülheimer Straße 127\, 51063 Köln STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:Doom,Stoner Rock X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:MONOLORD are a Swedish doo
m/stoner power-trio known for their massive, earth-shaking riffs, hypnotic
grooves, and emotionally heavy atmospheres. Formed in Gothenburg in 2013,
the band—guitarist/vocalist Thomas Jäger, drummer Esben Willems, and bass
ist Mika Häkki—quickly rose to the forefront of modern doom with a run of
globally praised albums and relentless touring across Europe, North Americ
a, South America, and major festivals like Hellfest, Desertfest, Psycho La
s Vegas, and Roadburn. Their records, including Empress Rising,
Vænir, Rust, and No Comfort, cemented their reputation for blend
ing crushing fuzz with melodic undercurrents and immersive repetition. Now
one of heavy music’s most consistent and beloved bands, Monolord are gear
ing up for their next chapter with a new album arriving in 2026—produced b
y legendary engineer Sylvia Massy and released via Relapse Records.
DOPELORD released their debut Magick Rites&nbs
p;in 2012, a record that flaunted their love of vintage heavy rock and pro
to-metal, which The Sludgelord noted for its "huge unstoppable riffing in
every song." 2014’s Black Arts, Riff Worship & Weed Cult&nbs
p;was a leap forward in songcraft, and as the band got serious, they began
touring abroad in Western Europe. Critically-acclaimed 2017 album "Childr
en of the Haze" found their formula for drawn-out psych-sludge behemoths p
erfected, as confirmed by The Heavy Chronicles, which proclaimed, “Nothing
will be the same again. There used to be doom, now there is Dopelord.”
As if heralding the actual end times, fourth LP "Sign of the De
vil" arrived on March 10, 2020, just as the covid-19 pandemic took terrify
ing hold of the planet and called the knowable future of humanity into que
stion. Supremely confident in their infectious bludgeon and thematic
overtness, DOPELORD presented a record that stepped more fully t
han ever into both melody and rebellious iconoclasm. Naming "Sign of
the Devil" their album of the week, Worship Metal cheered it as, “a torren
t of ear-pleasingly suffocating riffs which crush all in their path," addi
ng, "Satan would be pleased."
Derailed from their aggressive
live schedule for two years, DOPELORD blasted out the “Reality D
agger" EP in 2021 before setting to work on their boldest statement yet. O
n October 6th, 2023, their fifth album "Songs for Satan" will induct the m
ighty foursome as one of Europe's heaviest and most faithful doom purveyor
s of the new era, crushing everything on their path under the Blues Funera
l Recordings banner.
“A Light So Dim” is malevolent melancholia
mood music and the fifth full-length studio album by German contemporary (
black) metal band ULTHA in their 12th year of playing together. Again, to
be released by their long-time collaborator VENDETTA RECORDS, it marks the
next step in the evolution of the band’s trademark sound, moving even fur
ther away from rather stagnant tropes of a scene still very much enamored
by ‘purity’ and ‘old values’.
After finishing their trilogy of albums
(Converging Sins, 2016; The Inextricable Wandering, 2018; All That Has Nev
er Been True, 2022), focusing on the journey that is the downfall of a sou
l, the band took four years to craft this next chapter in their artistic j
ourney. Musically the goal for this new album was to write the most cinema
tic and adventurous in the band’s catalogue. By stepping away even further
from classical black metal elements, whilst deeper exploring the other so
nic realms the band always had drawn influence from, they redefined what b
lack metal can be for them: a living and breathing ecosystem of feeling, s
pirit and absolute creative freedom. There was barely any (traditional bla
ck) metal music that influenced the writing of this album. Instead, the ba
nd’s love for movie soundtracks, trip hop, post punk, dark “pop” or countr
y, as well as proggy and weirdo outsider music, sparked what ended up beco
ming their most ambitious work to date.