Dopethrone is a three piece band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Active since
2008, this DIY band is known for their abrasive mix of sludge and doom with lyrics
based in the self destruction, cannabis, sleazy drug abuse, and the macabre.
Influenced by rock n roll, punk, black metal, and blues, the band refers to their music
as “Slutch”, the Canadian term for cold sludge, a.k.a. dirty mud snow. They once
described it as “frozen sludge, snow covered in addiction, blood, tears, and broken
dreams”.
After their second release, the band started drawing some attention to them and
were invited by Voivod to perform at Roadburn 2012. They since haven’t stopped
growing their audience in Europe, their adoptive land.
Since their formation, Dopethrone has release five full length studio albums to date,
joined some collaborations with other artists, and have regularly toured Europe and
Canada.
After a series of massive tours in 2019, the band has not hit the road since, and
focused on the ‘delicate’ baking of their new release. The new effort, to be out early
2024, will come with North American tours, and even a return to Europe for select
dates.
Year Of The Cobra
A Seattle, Washington-based melodic doom unit in the vein of heavy atmosphere-wielders like , , , and , Year of the Cobra is a power duo based around the talents of bassist/guitarist vocalist Amy Tung Barrysmith and drummer Jon Barrysmith. Formed in 2015, the band released their debut EP, The Black Sun, shortly after inception. The record caught the attention of , which brought in Billy Anderson (, , ) to produce their full-length debut, 2016’s …In the Shadows Below. A second EP, Burn Your Dead, arrived the following year, this time via , and in 2019 the band issued their sophomore full-length effort, Ash and Dust. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
