Get well soon, Tony Iommi!
As I’m sure all of you are aware by now Black Sabbath’s guitar legend Tony Iommi has recently be diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, a type of cancer. With the recent death of Dio still fresh in Sabbath fans’ minds lovers of the riff everywhere are wishing the original “Iron Man” all the [...]
Such Hawks Such Hounds
I’m sure that many of you are already well aware of Such Hawks Such Hounds but if you’re not then make sure you check it out. This is a documentary about the American hard rock scene and the rise of Stoner. Featuring interviews with the likes of Wino, Gregg Anderson, Matt Pike and many others, [...]
Astrohenge gear stolen.
Astrohenge had their gear stolen from The Unicorn in Camden (London) on NYE. If by any chance you come across any of the stuff on the list please get in contact with the band. Here’s their post from Facebook; “People of Camden/London: If you stumble across any of the gear listed below in cash converters, [...]
Happy new year!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Just thought I’d get that out of the way early on. Now that 2011 is finally over and fading like a bad dream, and once the seasonal hangover has started to clear we can all start looking forward to the treats that the virgin 2012 has to offer. I’m not talking about [...]
Enos merch now available!!
Yes, it’s true, Enos now have merch available direct from the band themselves!! Visit the band’s Big Cartel page to pick up physical copies of Chapter 1 and the first Enos The Chimp comic, shirts or all three. If you’re based in the US you can also pick up merch via Enos’ Reverb Store. Keep [...]
We’re baaack!!
As some of you may have noticed Thee Big Black was down for quite a while. This was basically down to a cock up with our server and us being idiots. We’re now up and running again and the gnomes responsible have been whipped and thrown to the hounds. Sorry about that! Anyway…. A fair [...]
Another free compilation for ya…
They just keep coming! Here’s yet another free compilation for you, this time from Exhilarate Records. Beware the Gelatinous Gloop features 22 tracks from some of the best doom, stoner, sludge, black, death, drone, progressive and industrial bands the underground has to offer and, like most things we bang on about on here, it’s completely [...]
Hipster metal. Or is it just popular?
Now here’s a hot topic if ever there was one; ‘Hipster metal’. This is something that I’ve been giving a fair bit of thought to recently, mainly thanks to the release of The Sword’s new album, Warp Riders. Regular visitors to Thee Big Black’s forum will probably have spotted the thread Ed from Doom Metal [...]
Black is Thee New Black Vol 1 is here!!!
Here it is, the first ever mix tape from Thee Big Black!! We have compiled a selection of some of the best underground artists for you to download completely free of charge, just follow the link. Black is Thee New Black Vol 1 comes in two parts due to the size of the folders (side [...]
Yet more new releases and free downloads!!
Seeing as how popular our last new releases/free downloads post was we figured that we should make it a regular thing. So here’s our latest post in what should hopefully be a regular thing. Doomanoid Records are repressing Italian ‘doom ‘n’ rollers’ Misty Morning’s “Martin Pope” due to demand, the first pressing has now sold [...]
