Bongzilla

Live Reviews 

Heavy Psych Sounds Fest Los Angeles 2022 – Sunday

21st June 202227th July 2022 Rob Walsh (Big)Pig, Bongzilla, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Psych Sounds Fest, The Atomic Bitchwax, Warlung

Murphy’s Law. A cosmic force from which few touring bands are safe from. And on this sunny Sunday, the law

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Live Reviews 

Through The Lens: Heavy Psych Sounds Fest San Francisco 2022

10th June 20223rd October 2022 Tyler Johnston Bongzilla, Danava, Dead Meadow, Heavy Psych Sounds, Heavy Psych Sounds Fest, Hot Lunch, Nebula, The Atomic Bitchwax, Through The Lens

The Shaman’s resident live music photographer Tyler Johnston took a trip to this year’s Heavy Psych Sounds Fest in San

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Live Reviews 

Desertfest London 2022 – Sunday Review & Photos

27th May 20221st July 2022 Ian M Bongzilla, Desertfest, DVNE, Electric Wizard, EyeHateGod, Naxatras, Wallowing, Yob

Suffering somewhat on Sunday, I dragged my weary body and head up to The Devonshire Arms in time for a

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Album & EP Reviews B T 

Review: Bongzilla & Tons ‘Doom Sessions Vol. 4’

16th April 202124th May 2021 Harry Holmes Bongzilla, Doom Sessions, Heavy Psych Sounds, Tons

The fourth part of Heavy Psych Sounds split series brings together two monsters of drug-driven tone worship, first up the

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G-Q Interviews 

In Search Of Tone: Mike ‘Muleboy’ Makela Of Bongzilla

14th April 202124th May 2021 Josh Schneider Bongzilla, Heavy Psych Sounds, In Search Of Tone, Mike ‘Muleboy’ Makela, Sludge, Stoner, Weedsconsin

Mike ‘Muleboy’ Makela is about as cool of a guy as you would expect in a band named Bongzilla. He

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Review: Bongzilla ‘Weedsconsin’

13th April 202124th May 2021 Harry Holmes Bongzilla, Heavy Psych Sounds, Sludge, Stoner, Weedsconsin

Bongzilla are back, with their first full album since 2005(!) and their first as a three-piece. The crucial elements are

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Live Reviews 

Roadburn Festival 2017 – Day 1 Review By Guido Segers

8th May 20172nd September 2019 Guido Segers 013 Venue, Ash Borer, Bongzilla, Coven, Crippled Black Phoenix, Dälek, Deafheaven, Drow Elixer, Extase, Forn, Gnod, Guido Segers, Het Patronaat, Jinx Dawson, Roadburn, Roadburn Festival, Roadburn Festival 2017, SubRosa, Those Poor Bastards, Tilburg, Unearthly Trance, Vanum, Wolves In The Throne Room, Wretch

We meet up in the Weirdo Canyon to discuss the plans for the day. Many a bearded fellow walks aimlessly

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Live Reviews 

Temples Festival 2015 – Day 1 Review By Dave Bowes

13th July 201513th September 2019 Dave Bowes Bongzilla, Bristol, Converge, Dave Bowes, Enabler, Leng Tch'e, Live Review, Motion, Oblivionized, Pig Destroyer, Sea Bastard, Teef, Temples Festival, Temples Festival 2015, The Afternoon Gentlemen, Throats, Trap Them, Weak, Weedeater, YAITW, Young And In The Way

As far as I can tell, there are two types of festival people. There are the rare few who’ll have

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News 

BONGZILLA (Stoner-Sludge legends, Relapse Recs.) Comeback! Selected Gigs in Europe and Russia!

25th March 201517th September 2019 Lee Edwards Bongzilla, Euro Tour 2015, Gure Hitzak, News

Gure Hitzak proudly presents the comeback of the Stoner-Sludge legends BONGZILLA after a hiatus of several years. BONGZILLA became a

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News 

CONVERGE To Headline Temples Festival 2015; GOATSNAKE, BONGZILLA, NAILS & More Also Confirmed

8th August 2014 Lee Edwards Between The Buried And Me, Bölzer, Bongzilla, Bristol, Celeste, Converge, Goatsnake, Goatwhore, Impetuous Ritual, Leng Tch'e, Magrudergrind, Motion, Nails, News, Pig Destroyer, Portal, Temples Festival, Temples Festival 2015, Today Is The Day, Torche, Trap Them, Triptykon, Will Haven

Temples Festival are ecstatic to welcome their first headliner of 2015, performing in Bristol for the first time ever as

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News 

Hydro-Phonic Records Set To Release BONGZILLA Back Catalogue On Vinyl

30th July 2012 Lee Edwards Bongzilla, Gateway, Hydro-Phonic Records, New LP Details, News, Shake:The Singles, Stash

Stoner-Sludge band BONGZILLA’s back catalog is receiving the vinyl treatment through a licensing agreement with Relapse Records.  Underground boutique record

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