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    Posted: January 21 2025 at 10:09

I can enjoy a lot some Heavy Psych albums, and yet, I haven't found so many of them so far. Those I've found are more or less:

Captain Beyond  (USA)  -  Captain Beyond  (1972)

Flower Travellin’ Band  (J) -  Satori   (1971)

Flower Travellin’ Band  -  Made In Japan  (1972)

Groundhogs  (UK)  -  Split    (1971) 

Iron Butterfly  (USA)  -  In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida  (1968)

May Blitz  (UK)  -  The Second of May   (1971)

Morgen  (USA)  -  Morgen    (1969)

T2  (UK)  -  It’ll All Work out in Boomland   (1970)


Which are your favourite?



Edited by David_D - January 26 2025 at 06:11
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Those are all strong albums.

Have you tried more current bands like Elder and Howling Giant?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2025 at 16:02
Originally posted by IncogNeato IncogNeato wrote:

Those are all strong albums.

Have you tried more current bands like Elder and Howling Giant?

As far as I remember, I've heard some of Elder's Dead Roots Stirring, and I might give them a new listen. Anyway, thanks for recommendations.

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Groundhogs- Split
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 21 2025 at 23:54
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What is that? The logo looks like it's a death metal band. LOL
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^ It's a stoner band from Santa Cruz called Mammatus .
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Psych??

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2025 at 14:28
Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Psych??

Not exactly, any better proposition? Tongue

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Finnforest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2025 at 15:02
Spiral is pretty awesome if you don't mind extreme vocals and the occasional production issues that come from self-releasing projects (though they've gotten much better at the years went by).

While there are some very cool quiet and spacey sections, it is most often massively sludgey and stoner-doomy, dark stuff that you will either love or hate, but if you love it, there's a lot there to throw yourself into. Another notable thing is that they are huge on storytelling. It's not just all focus on the music. They put a lot of work into constructing their own little worlds where colorful characters live and big, wild themes can carry over from one album to other albums. Cool artwork too on many of the covers.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 26 2025 at 06:14

One more of my fond-ofs, which is more on the borderline of Heavy Psych, but which I've added to my list:


May Blitz  (UK)  -  The Second of May   (1971)


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2025 at 09:29

It may be interesting to see RYM's top 5 of Heavy Psych, and that is (with popularity weighting on 4):

1. Flower Travellin’ Band  -  Satori   (1971)

2. T2  -  It’ll All Work out in Boomland   (1970)

3. Captain Beyond  -  Captain Beyond  (1972)

4. Elder  -  Reflections of a Floating World  (2017)

5. Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats  -  Bloodlust  (2011)


(https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time/g:heavy%2dpsych/pop:4/)


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^Captain Beyond and Elder are two of my favorites.

I stumbled upon the 2014 album riza by Villagers of Ioannina City recently. Good stuff.




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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Valdez Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2025 at 11:09
Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

^Captain Beyond and Elder are two of my favorites.

I stumbled upon the 2014 album riza by Villagers of Ioannina City recently. Good stuff.





Loved this!  a lot!
https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/sleepers-2024

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