# Heavy Blues Rock/Psych Rock recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 5, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707 "2014-05-05T13:53:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/41 "2014-05-10T07:24:11Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > There’s even an online store that sells nothing but this kind of music. > > [All That is Heavy](http://www.allthatisheavy.com/) Aye, Dan is a good guy with a great store. For heavy music in general, including thrash, death metal, black metal, and other more extreme forms of metal, I can also highly recommend [Hellride Music](http://www.hellridemusic.com/index.php). My favorite Doom site is [Doommantia](http://www.doommantia.com), btw. ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/42 "2014-05-10T08:48:26Z")
…or we could all just listen to Maggot Brain again. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JOKn33-q4Ao/maxresdefault.jpg "Funkadelic - Maggot Brain [HQ]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKn33-q4Ao) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/43 "2014-05-10T23:02:16Z")
There’s still a lot of great music that fits the bill for the OP, but I’m also still working 16 hour shifts, so y’all will have to settle for some quick fixes. For retro arena blues rock with a slightly psychedelic touch, I offer: Graveyard - Hisingen Blues [Witchcraft - Dead End](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG_te2VMq5Q) For some moderately accessible doom, check out: Doomriders - Heavy Lies The Crown The Gates Of Slumber - Ice Worm ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/44 "2014-05-10T23:33:14Z")
hehe I’m letting my crew do all the work today How about some serious stoner doom psych rock? [Harsh Toke - Light Up And Live](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYgOK9tfak) [Shrinebuilder - Solar Benediction](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3NKCQCOdgw) ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/45 "2014-05-11T06:36:10Z")
[All Them Witches](http://youtu.be/T3nuB53IHoo). I just found these guys yesterday, and they fit the op to a T. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/46 "2014-05-11T06:45:38Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > hehe I’m letting my crew do all the work today > > How about some serious stoner doom psych rock? > > [Harsh Toke - Light Up And Live](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuYgOK9tfak) > > [Shrinebuilder - Solar Benediction](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3NKCQCOdgw) Ooh… Harsh Toke is new to me. What about Sons of Otis? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jqvZRar3fbg/hqdefault.jpg "Sons Of Otis - Diesel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqvZRar3fbg) ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/47 "2014-05-13T03:52:54Z")
Vista Chino. It’s basically Kyuss without Josh Homme, and they’re pretty awesome… [Link](http://youtu.be/3LWvOl8ZqRY) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/48 "2014-05-13T14:24:30Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > Vista Chino. It’s basically Kyuss without Josh Homme, and they’re pretty awesome… > > [Link](http://youtu.be/3LWvOl8ZqRY) New Kyuss…thanks! That album is on Spotify too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/49 "2014-05-13T17:10:39Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > New Kyuss…thanks! That album is on Spotify too 🙂 Listened to the whole album now…Love it! Need to listen at home so I can turn it up a bit 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/50 "2014-05-18T05:58:30Z")
Brant Bjork and the Operators. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z-V5PBzw-Wg/hqdefault.jpg "Brant Bjork & The Operators - Smarty Pants") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-V5PBzw-Wg) Brant has drummed for Kyuss, Fu Manchu and Queens of the Stone Age. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/51 "2014-05-18T19:29:29Z")
If you haven’t heard it, **Oedipus** , you really must listen to the original version of the tune you linked to in the OP. [Neil Young - Down by the River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1gxkRve4Q0) mmm ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/52 "2014-05-18T22:47:39Z")
Well, if we’re going to pull out Neil Young, [Hey, Hey, My, My (Into the Black)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQhEvfeJocM) must be mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/53 "2014-05-19T06:08:29Z")
I see the thread won’t die; excellent! I’m now recovering but I saw the thread still floating and I wanted to offer a couple more recs: From Los Angeles, here’s [Black Prism - Satan’s Country](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J-mO1dc1hQ). Doom-y doom. (WARNING: the audio levels are a bit hot on this track; not distorted, just really really hot.) For pure stoner/desert/groove rock, check out [SpiralArms - Dropping Like Flies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT8MmiJC43U). Think _Wiseblood_-era **CoC** crossed with a pissed-off **Kyuss**. And for post-punk/stoner groove so laid back it’s practically in a hammock may I present [Whores of Tijuana - Trip Manhattan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRo8g9gPMYk). Bonus points if anyone can figure out what those three bands have in common (besides all being in my post, eh! :p). No points awarded after 7 June 2014, natch. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/54 "2014-05-19T15:30:40Z")
Check out the first two albums by Deep Purple: [“Shades of Deep Purple”](http://www.allmusic.com/album/shades-of-deep-purple-mw0000651951) and [“The Book of Taliesyn”](http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-book-of-taliesyn-mw0000195135). Some utterly amazing covers of Joe South’s “Hush,” Neil Diamond’s “Kentucky Woman,” and Ike and Tina Turner’s “River Deep, Mountain High.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/55 "2014-05-19T15:35:23Z")
The Deep Purple cover of _Hush_ is about the least “slow, heavy” song I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/56 "2014-05-20T03:23:57Z")
Wow! I’m surprised with all the attention this has gotten! I can’t believe I forgot about making this thread. I’ve loved a lot of the stuff posted here. Lets just remember to slow it down. - Too fast - [SpiralArms - Dropping Like Flies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT8MmiJC43U) and I don’t want to get into a semantics/metal genre argument but these guys seem way too metal for classic psych rock. - Heavy as shit for what I was looking for originally but great all the same - [Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO7VP34n2Ps&feature=youtu.be) - Beautiful - [Dead Meadow - Breeze Always Blows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqvgcME1FtI) - Too heavy for the OP, but I shed a tear nonetheless. [Candlemass - Solitude](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woe_4gkS4XU) **Orchid** was alright, but it just didn’t hit a nerve for me, sorry. **Black Angels** are pretty amazing. Are there a lot more tracks out there like the first one from the album? \*\*Morgen \*\*was pretty awesome from what I heard. Trust me, I listened to a large majority of the links posted, but I can only write up so much and these were the ones that struck me. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707/57 "2014-05-20T05:32:40Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > **Black Angels** are pretty amazing. Are there a lot more tracks out there like the first one from the album? Their first two albums are amazing. #3, _Phosphene Dream_ was tighter and slightly more sterile. Their last album, _Indigo Meadow_ was shite: pop songs with a '60s garage rock veneer only. Okay, if you really like **Electric Wizard** (and who doesn’t?), maybe you’re ready for stuff like [Acrimony - Hymns To The Stone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHBGwhmokJ4) (awesome Welsh stoner/doom outfit) **Belzebong** (seriously stoned doom from Poland) [Bong Thrower](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgn9QU60jcA) [Witch Rider](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAg6whO8gs4) **Bongzilla** (seriously stoned doom from Madison, Wisconsin) [Stonesphere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf3Nenq7vPI) [666lb Bongsession](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW1enu9YAJY) **Church Of Misery** (the best Japanese doom band from Tokyo that sings almost exclusively about serial killers, ever) [Master Of Brutality (John Wayne Gacy)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJccMA4Oq_s) [Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itCQrrUnsxo) **Conan** (doom from Liverpool, England, UK) [Crown Of Talons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auQyFjwlmu4) [Gravity Chasm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkJ4zwN0Hh0) **Cough** (extreme doomsters from Richmond, VA) [Mind Collapse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ast-3YUKW3o) [A Year In Suffering](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ2iJJinol0) I’m only up to C but I’m getting sleepy and if I’m gonna go and mention **Cough** I might was well mention what is generally acknowledged as one of the finest, if not the finest, American doom bands ever: **YOB** (drone doom masters!; one of my favorite bands) [Adrift In The Ocean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnijxVBQ1A4) [Prepare The Ground](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AanI4VZe-E) Gotta sleep now. G’night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-blues-rock-psych-rock-recommendations/687707.md?page=2)