Heavy Planet's Reader Takeover Volume 5

Have you ever listened to a band and said to yourself...holy shit is that band awesome , I wish more people could hear them? Well, here is your chance! Similar to Sirius Radio's Liquid Metal in which a fan guest DJs playing some of their favorite tunes, you the reader are here to takeover the pages of Heavy Planet for the day. Today's edition features five bands courtesy of Muhammad Athif from Indonesia. 

To those that have participated in our "Reader Takeover" we truly appreciate your time. Unfortunately, we did not get as many requests as we had hoped for this feature and will no longer be accepting submissions.

Now, on with the show...

1. Seringai

The fastest southern rock thrashers alive in my country, it's a combination of Sabbath and Motorhead and other influences from Kyuss to Turbonegro.

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2. Komunal

They started as a grindcore band, but now they play stoner metal and prehistoric heavy metal sounds.

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3. Auman

The freshmen in the scene, they released their debut in 2013 as a catchy southern heavy rock from Palembang, North Sumatra.

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4. Suri

Maybe they are the one that can really beat Sleep on the stage. The trio stoner from Jakarta.

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5. Matiasu

Here comes the stoner doom hero from my country. Recently released their EP entitled Doom Dance.



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Heavy Planet's Reader Takeover Volume 4

Have you ever listened to a band and said to yourself...holy shit is that band awesome , I wish more people could hear them? Well, here is your chance! Similar to Sirius Radio's Liquid Metal in which a fan guest DJs playing some of their favorite tunes, you the reader are here to takeover the pages of Heavy Planet for the day. Today's edition features 4 bands from Diesel Burner drummer Ronald. Short, sweet and to the point.

If you are interested in submitting your picks, please click the link at the end of the post.

Now, on with the show...

1. The Witch (France)

Very cool sounding metal band which kicks serious ass, especially live.



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2. Liar's Dice (Netherlands)

Booze rock and roll on acid or something.



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3. Mantar (Germany)

Should be very well known already. 2 piece heavyness.



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4. Tank86 (Netherlands)

Instrumental 4 piece, new album coming soon.



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Heavy Planet's Reader Takeover Volume 3

Have you ever listened to a band and said to yourself...holy shit is that band awesome , I wish more people could hear them? Well, here is your chance! Similar to Sirius Radio's Liquid Metal in which a fan guest DJs playing some of their favorite tunes, you the reader are here to takeover the pages of Heavy Planet for the day. Today is a really cool edition as it features bands from Down Under as introduced to you by Swamp Dan. If you are interested in submitting your picks, please click the link at the end of the post. 

Now, on with the show...

Hey, its Dan here from Australia.

It's not massive but it contains some really killer bands from down here in Oz and New Zealand. We sometimes get forgotten about down here, so bands have to be extra loud and heavy to get noticed overseas. For a fan like me that's a good thing. Here's the heavy:

Slavedriver

Apocalyptic sludge-grind from Auckland, New Zealand. Fast sludgey noise with cool Blade Runner and Fallout samples. Welcome to the Wasteland.



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Grandmother

Heavy sludge doom from Perth, Australia. Slow. Crushing. Death.



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People Problem

Power violence from Perth, Australia. Savage stuff.



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Lizzard Wizzard

Stoner doom from Brisbane, Australia. Will you play the Game of Cones? Its fun. Trust me.



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Frown

Pure DOOM from Brisbane, Australia. Be sad and eat the cosmic space shroom.



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Heavy Planet's Reader Takeover V2

Welcome to the second edition of Heavy Planet's Reader Takeover. The amount of submissions have been a bit underwhelming so far (only two), but since another reader took some time to send in his bands we decided to give it another go. This round of bands comes from Daniel. He has chosen to feature some bands from his home state of Colorado as well as a bonus band from Germany. If you are interested in submitting some bands for this feature please click here. Now, on with the show!

ABRAMS – riff heavy rock.



Black Lamb – singer Brian Hagman is one of the most dynamic frontmen ever.

Cloud Catcher – 70’s psychedelic heavy rock.



The Worth – straight up stoner rock.



Wovenhand “Refactory Obdurate” – read someone else’s review. genre defying. all around good people and Chuck is one of the nicest, coolest people I know (features Chuck and Neil from Git Some, PMFS)



Bonus band from Germany:

Giant Sleep – proggy psychedelic desert stoner rock.



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Heavy Planet's Reader Takeover

Welcome to our first official post of "Heavy Planet's Reader Takeover". This is a post in which one of our readers submits some of their favorite band's in hopes that they can get a little more well-deserved attention. These next four band's come from John Fadden. John is the vocalist for one hell of a killer band out of Boston called Ichabod. If you have yet to to hear this band, do yourself a solid and check them out sometime. Now...on to John's picks.

"Hey this is John from the band Ichabod. I'd like the readers to enjoy some of the amazing up and coming talent we have had the privilege of sharing stage time with leading up to the half-way point of 2014. Any song available by any of these bands is a guaranteed homerun."

Bedroom Rehab Corporation

2 words: Awe Inspiring.
Adam [bass/vocals] & Meghan [drums] have an undeniable chemistry and put on a live show that rivals any 5pc. dual gtr. riff fest on the planet. Adam's brooding stage presence compliments Meghan's bombastic and passionate drumming perfectly. Their songs are heavy on hooks, flawless execution, & fuzz. They are a lethal duo who I assume won't be a band that goes unrecognized nationally for very much longer.



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Set

Visually ominous & nothing short of a full-scale auditory assault SET brings together elements of 70's/80's occult rock, an at times not so subtle mixture of hardcore from all corners of the US [Boston, NY, LA, & DC]...well don't ask me how they do it so seamlessly, but they do...... and top it all off with a crusty/DIY style presentation which is unmistakably genuine. Not too mention that just like Bdrm Rehab Corp. this group is as friendly and personable off stage as they are a gang of denim vested, bearded warriors on it.



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Side Effects May Include [S.E.M.I.]

This 4pc outfit from NH falls more into the experimental/progressive metal category than the rest of this playlist but they deliver their stony goods as well as anyone. Obvious comparisons to Faith No More/Mr. Bungle aside, these guys are as animated physically as they are musically. I'd suggest the track "Wakizashi"



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Four Speed Fury

Lastly, we have Massachusetts' own FOUR SPEED FURY. The band features original Ichabod vocalist and founding member Ken Mackay. The band formed in late 2013 and have already crafted a set of songs that are custom made for live performance and they surprised and delighted the audience last month as the opening act for Swedish riffmeister's Deville in Worcester, MA. alongside the before mentioned Bedroom Rehab Corporation and us[Ichabod]. Ken's unmistakable trademark vocals that brought Ichabod's multi-dimensional musical constructs one step beyond their own sonic event horizon have once again become realized and shine for all who listen. We cannot and could not be any happier for Ken and the rest of 4SF.

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Thanks John for the awesome bands! If you would like to takeover the pages of Heavy Planet for the day you can do so by going HERE.

Heavy Planet's Reader Takeover

Is there a band or two that you love and want more people to hear? Well, now is your chance. Starting today we will be accepting submissions for a new feature that we like to call "Heavy Planet's Reader Takeover". All you have to do is send us four or five bands that you think deserve more attention and provide a little blurb about each band. You can be as creative as you want, we will even accept you doing a YouTube video of your submissions if you you'd like. It is your takeover of Heavy Planet for the day. Please make sure you provide any necessary links as well, such as Bandcamp, Facebook, Soundcloud, etc. 

Don't worry, we will put the post together and schedule it for you. 

Alright, that's enough bullshit, let's hear some music!

Please put "Reader Takeover" in the subject line.

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New Band To Burn One To: Special Reader Takeover Edition

I believe what I am about to do here is a first for Heavy Planet. The other day I was a bit hesitant to open up an e-mail with the heading "Tips For Heavy Planet", thinking uh-oh, what are we doing wrong? Anyways, I decided to open it and to my surprise it was a dude named Thomas proclaiming that he loved the blog and was happy to discover Grey Widow, Haddock, Demon Head and Fortress though us. He also wanted to suggest a few bands, his "tips" so to speak, and that is exactly what I am going to do right now. Here are four incredible bands brought to you by one of our readers. Thank you Thomas!

Smokin' Aces

Southern Blues Rock with a Bite. Heavy and Metallic laden. With a voice that reminds me of Lemmy. From the Uk.



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Obese

A new Stoner / Sludge band.
Just released their first video/song.
But it's so good I can't keep it to myself.



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Dieselburner

A 2 headed fire breathing and earth stomping monstrosity! Heavy Rock!



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Stonehawk

Stoner Rock and groove metal



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Well, that's it, I hope you enjoyed the bands chosen today by Thomas. Also, Thomas has his own Dutch Radio show about Heavy Music called Bang Your Radio. Go to his Facebook page and give him a "like".

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