Towards the back of the Vault, just past Reese’s cell, there’s a small staircase that leads to a hidden subterranean chamber where we keep the real underground shit. These are the obscure releases and rare finds that will get you points with the [...]
In my experience, when stoner rock bands borrow influences from outside of the genre, they often pull from the doom or psych ones. You don’t usually hear a lot of punk influence in this style of music, which is what immediately drew me to London [...]
As a recent Doom Charts contributor, I’ve been listening to a LOT of stoner rock and doom music lately. After a while, it’s difficult to differentiate all the fuzzy blues riffs and droning chords, but every once in a while something outside of the [...]
There’s more that goes into making a scene prosper than just the bands and venues. To get people to a show or to buy a band’s album or shirt, you need killer artwork to grab their attention. Luckily, we have a lot of talented artists around Indianapolis [...]
As part of our job, we listen to a lot of metal here at the Vault, so sometimes it’s refreshing when something slightly outside of the genre hits our inbox. As someone drawn to the musicianship required to play metal music, the compositional techniques [...]
Indianapolis’s FireBreather Festival is just a couple of months away with eleven of the best stoner rock bands from around the United States hitting the stage on April 14th. Taking place at Indiana City Beer, and with food provided by Black Metal [...]
Are you tired of watching the same old movies with the same old plot beats or CGI slugfests that seem to always end with a gigantic planet-destroying sky beam? Why not watch something different while supporting your local community at the same time? Not [...]
After the success of the last two Doomed & Stoned Festivals, Indianapolis is putting on several metal festivals this year, including Metalhead Production’s Indiana Metal Fest and the 3rd annual Doomed & Stoned Festival. It’s an exciting time for [...]
