Stony Brook-based psychedelic doom newcomers KING BASTARD deliver their mind-bending debut album 'It Came From The Void' in its entirety exclusively via The Obelisk website. It's out this January 14th on CD and digital streaming platforms.

  • Doom-psych jams from the unruly realms of outer space.” - Metal Hammer Magazine
  • "King Bastard confronts their spacefaring audience with the universe's darker side." - Invisible Oranges
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It took only one fateful moment of 2018 in Stony Brook University to make planets align and the passion of Izzy Guido (synth), Arthur Erb (bass), and Mike Verni (guitar) coalesce to create the fearless and gargantuan beast that would soon be known as KING BASTARD. While their initial drummer couldn’t cope with the crushing force of the threesome’s cosmic convergence, the arrival of drummer Matt Ryan behind the kit...

KING BASTARD's debut album ‘It Came from the Void’ follows the journey of a group of cosmic colonists by invoking a synesthetic experience: the journey begins on suffering Earth and quickly ascends into the cosmos, bringing visions of disaster and human failure. Melding 70’s sci-fi horror imagery with a modern doom sound that incorporates synths, percussions, saxophone, violin and viola, ‘It Came from the Void’ plays with contrasts: it is...

Young and fearless Long Island-based psychedelic doom metallers KING BASTARD head to the far reaches of space with their engulfing new video "Black Hole Viscera". This is the second single taken from their debut album 'It Came From The Void", to be released on January 14th on CD and digital.

"Whereas spacey, psychedelic stoner rock often takes a good-vibes-only approach to the cosmos, King Bastard confronts their spacefaring audience with...