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Released: 2025 Genre: Post metal Sounds Like: Cult of Luna, Young Widows, Rebreather Homeland: Sweden What makes Blodsträngen elite and sit atop OHMs Peak? Blessings are a truly distinctive band in the Post-metal scene. Their innovative approach sets them apart as one of the standout metal bands in 2025. Blodsträngen is far more than just a post-metal album. It incorporates elements of sludge with an angst punk vibe. These seven tracks blend effortlessly to form a captivating album that truly stands out when played on vinyl. Track Listing: Raised on Graves - 5:57 Strings of Red - 5:57 Clean - 8:24 No Good Things - 3:44 Allt Vi Kan Ge Är Upp - 5:47 Copper + Dirt - 1:50 Through Veils - 9:46 Dive deeper into Blodsträngen with our Q&A with drummer Mattias from Blessings. OHMs Peak: Blodsträngen is a beautifully crafted sludgy hardcore journey. The song structure and contract is so engaging we cannot get it out of rotation. This being your third release since 2012’s ‘Bittervatten’ your sound has obviously changed. We find it so cathartic where heavy and beauty collide. What drove the landscape behind this album? We would love some perspective regarding the process. Mattias: That’s a really good question, and honestly, I don’t have a direct answer. From my perspective, the beauty of it all is that I focus entirely on my own part—everything related to drums and drumming. I leave everything else to my bandmates, so I actually know very little about why they do what they do. That creates a real sense of mystery around our music for me, even though I’m one of its creators and performers. We’ve never been the kind of band where one member shows up at rehearsal with a finished or half-finished idea that we just complete together. On the contrary, all of our music is created collectively in the rehearsal space, with everyone contributing. I suppose it’s within that setup that the landscapes of Blodsträngen emerge. When we’re all in a room together, things happen that none of us need to fully understand as long as we all feel it. OHMs Peak: What was Blessings most memorable live performance? Where was it held and why was the night so special? Mattias:  For me personally, I’d have to say Pelagic Fest in Maastricht just a few weeks ago. It was Blessings’ second show ever outside of Sweden, and we honestly had no expectations. The room was packed wall-to-wall with people who seemed to genuinely connect and absorb. Absolute goosebumps from the moment we stepped on stage. OHMs Peak: ‘Clean’ is exactly that, some of the purest bass-work and creeping undercurrent. This could be one of the best tracks of the year in our eyes. The song is impossible to describe in words other than it builds incredibly and absolutely takes ahold in pushing your speakers to the limit. Take us through the meaning and making of this tremendous track. Mattias:  The first thing that comes to mind is how “Clean” came together the same way most of our songs have historically. We get in a room and just jam. We often don’t even talk much—sometimes not at all. Someone starts playing something, someone else follows on instinct, and suddenly we’re in the middle of something, hoping the music takes us somewhere. Sometimes it moves us collectively; sometimes it doesn’t, and if it doesn’t, we never revisit it. “Clean” is roughly eight minutes long, and it’s no exaggeration to say that’s about how long it took to create. The phone recording from the moment the song happened isn’t all that different from the final version. OHMs Peak: We would love any insight as to your current and upcoming tour plans. Have you played the US and are there plans on the horizon to visit from Sweden? Mattias:  We don’t have any concrete touring plans at the moment, unfortunately. We’ve always been a band that rides the wave when it comes, if it comes. We’re planning a release show in our hometown with special guests, and we’ve had a few offers for gigs and festivals, but nothing major. I’ve toured the U.S. a couple of times, but it’s been a long time now. We’d obviously love to come over, so invite us and we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Thank you so much for the kind words, we appreciate it so much!. OHMs Peak: What band NOT in your genre would you love to tour with that would most compliment your sound? Mattias:  I’d love to see Steve Von Till every night, for example. I absolutely love everything he’s ever been part of, and I think we’d make a great package. Or why not Autopsy? They were a big influence on our first album. OHMs Peak: Blessings is stranded on an island with only a solar powered turntable and majestic powered solar blue tooth speakers. The band collectively can only choose one album. Which album to you agree to? Mattias:  There’s an incredible amount of amazing music in the world, and probably a hundred albums that three of us would completely agree on—but not four. Our individual tastes are pretty spread out. Our keyboardist, Erik, threw out suggestions like Neil Young – Harvest , Neurosis – Times of Grace , or "any Slayer record from the 80s", and that’s where we can all meet I guess. It seems like we ultimately agreed on Times of Grace . For me, that’s an album that feels bigger than music and bigger than life itself, absolutely monumental. There's also a version out there with it and Tribes of Neurot - Grace mixed together, as intended. It's otherworldly. Follow Blessings: Bandcamp / Facebook Grab some Blessings Merch Music (vinyl, CDs, digital, shirts, etc.)

Released: 2025 Genre: Heavy Psych Rock, Krautrock Sounds Like: Firefriend, Fomies, Wooden Shijps Homeland: London, UK What makes The Animals Are Coming elite and sit atop OHMs Peak? Black Helium has released one of this year's most creative heavy psych albums. This masterpiece is driven by remote vocals, psychedelic distortion, and a sense of exploration. The six tracks flow seamlessly, making it effortless to become immersed in their brand of heavy psychedelic wonder. Track Listing: Return The Curse 11:44 Saviour Destroyer 6:23 Worm Vision 4:00 They Have Bodies 6:27 Up On A Hill 4:37 Inside The Horror Mask 10:11 Dive deeper into The Animals Are Coming with our Q&A with vocalist/guitarist Stuart Gray of Black Helium. OHMs Peak: We love your library of releases! Your fourth full length,  The Animals Are Coming  is absolutely addictive hitting new heights us. Of the four albums this seems the most cohesive from a concept album perspective as the six tracks are inseparable. Take us through some themes and the intriguing dystopian type title on this one. Stuart Gray: Thank you so much, that makes me happy to hear. We're super happy with this album, we're kinda hitting our stride a bit more with this one. The album title came from Beck, in fact all of our album titles, come from Beck She was talking to a friend who was dealing with grief at the time having lost his Mum, and he mentioned,  that he was having weird moments where animals such as birds, dogs and insects were actually approaching him,comforting him, and how he felt the spirit of his lost one was coming to him in animal form. This was very comforting to him, and when Beck went to sleep that night she awake suddenly with a strange feeling, and the phrase "the animals are coming!" just came to her. I thought it was very moving, but also without that context it feels both reassuring and ominous, especially in these times. OHMs Peak: ‘Inside the Horror Mask’ is such a brilliant closing track. The swirling euphoric height of this track and subtle synths is incredible. We would love to hear more about how this song came about.  Stuart Gray: It's very hard to remember writing songs, especially in this band as we work extremely fast, but also super intensely. I had the first 'song part' for a while, and we'd worked on a quite complex piece for the end, but somehow it never really felt right, too cerebral for us. So we just decided to do something simple, yet dynamic. All the other weird sounds came from synths and Beck playing a bowed bass. It has the strange eerie euphoria of Ecstasy Symphony by Spacemen 3 to my ears. OHMs Peak: You seem aligned with our passion for horror films. If you could go back and lay down the soundtrack for any horror film ….what would it be and why? Stuart Gray: I hardly watch any horror films these days, although I've watched thousands over the years. Eighties slasher films used to give me a warm sense of nostalgia disturbingly. But I guess I'm getting too sensitive to enjoy them nowadays, especially with all that's going on in the world. My friend came over at Christmas and we watched Terrifier 3! fucking hell! what was all that about? Makes Friday the 13th look like Herbie Goes Bananas. But it would be very hard to change a soundtrack to a film we love, so maybe something cheap and silly would be more fun. Something daft like Street Trash or Spasms. But we'd love to do a soundtrack someday, maybe not a horror, but something. OHMs Peak: We have a fetish for echo particularly in the psychedelic rock genre. The Animals Are Coming has the absolute perfect blend and precision of echo within the vocals. Just our ignorance, but take us through how the echo is infused with your music and how you master just the right balance. We hear this butchered by various acts but you guys integrate it so beautifully. Stuart Gray: It's hard to say really, everything we do is 99% intuitive. We lay down our tracks pretty dry as I don't use any reverb on my guitar, but it's a lot more spacious with the overdubs. Ben Turner did an amazing job making these sound worlds actually come out the speakers. I guess we go a bit Reign In Blood with the backing track, and Space Ritual with the overdubs. I like my vocals to have a calm otherworldly vibe to them. OHMs Peak: We would love any insight as to your current and upcoming tour plans? Have you played the United States? Where have you not played that you would love to make an appearance? Stuart Gray: Because we are a small band we don't have the budget to play many places overseas. We played the Netherlands and Germany last year which was absolutely amazing. But we'd love to go to the US someday. I don't know how tricky and expensive it is with work visa and stuff.  OHMs Peak: The album art is very bold on  The Animals Are Coming  with its in your face font. Who created and how did it come about? Are you utilizing the same artist on all four albums? Stuart Gray: Beck has done every cover since our first. We definitely have an aesthetic which is quite fun, yet dark, so I guess its a case of having something bold and direct which suits the album. I always prefer and love bands that do their own artwork. That gives them a deeper and more intuitive sense how  the artwork should look. We're really lucky. I couldn't bear it if we asked someone else to do it and we weren't happy. OHMs Peak: Black Helium is stranded on an island with only a solar powered turntable and majestic powered solar blue tooth speakers. The band collectively can only choose one album. Which album to you agree to? Stuart Gray: Impossible really. but we all love Forever Changes by Love! That's a beautifully dense psychedelically comforting album. Black Helium are: Stuart Gray (vocals, guitar) Beck Harvey (bass, vocals) Diogo Gomes (drums) Follow Black Helium: Bandcamp / Facebook Grab some Black Helium Merch Music (vinyl, CDs, digital, shirts, etc.)

Released: 2025 Genre: Sludge, Noise Sounds Like: Unsane, Young Widows Homeland: Minnesota What makes Leach to Entry elite and sit atop OHMs Peak? SHRIVE have pummeled their way into our rotation with their blend of Unsane-like hardcore and psychedelic sludge. The vocals display a sense of guttural despair, perfectly aligned .with the music. Although on EP, do not sleep on this one. Leach is a beautiful onslaught chaos and psychedlia. Track Listing: Faceless 4:20 Comfortable Haze 6:08 Targeted Sleeper 4:51 Leech 5:56 Dive deeper into Leach with our Q&A with SHRIVE. OHMs Peak: Wow…we are absolutely floored with Leach and its math and noise rock brilliance. Tell us more about SHRIVE and how the band formed.  Did the three of you come from previous project we should be aware of? SHRIVE: We've all been playing in weird and heavy bands around the Twin Cities for over a decade now - Morality Crisis, Nerves and  Kostnatění for example - and have frequently played shows together. A couple of years ago we all ended up in the same practice space and after a few beers and a few jam sessions started writing the music on this EP. OHMs Peak: Albeit an EP, Leach is start to finish absolutely epic. Such heartfelt angst and layered texture. Take us through your song writing process and how the concept of Leach came together. SHRIVE:  Songs typically start as a singular guitar riff which we use as a jumping-off point for the band to work around. With each song we focus on finding an interesting structure with less emphasis on writing a "perfect" piece of music and more emphasis on experimentation. OHMs Peak: What are your touring plans to promote the album? Have you strayed much from the Minnesota area? What is collectively the band’s favorite live performance that we can seek out in the archives? SHRIVE:  No touring plans in the immediate future. Our dickhead drummer had to go off and have a kid (she's amazing, unlike her Dad) so we need to be home by midnight. OHMs Peak: What band NOT in the noise rock, krautrock genre would you love to tour with that would most compliment your sound? SHRIVE:  YHWH Nailgun is making future music -- it sounds like 2025. OHMs Peak: ‘Targeted Sleeper’ is all consuming for us. So many moving parts, unique fretwork and change-ups. Tell us more about the creation and background behind this track. SHRIVE:  Target Sleeper actually started with less than a full riff. Sam was messing around a new pedal which Chris heard from the hallway, sat down at the drums and started jamming. Kyle's bass brought focus to the jam, which shifts between different time signatures for the first half. The overall theme is one of an amphetamine-fueled psychosis. There's also an homage to an early 2000's "alt" rock band in one of the riffs. If you hear it, shoot us an email and if you are right, we will send you a free shirt. Lyricly the song is about driving through an endless, empty highway of billboards in your dreams, every night. OHMs Peak: Shrive is stranded on an island with only a solar powered turntable and majestic powered solar blue tooth speakers. The band collectively can only choose one album. Which album to you agree to? SHRIVE:  We had a spirited debate about this and landed on Portishead's Roseland NYC Live. A perfect 10/10 album. SHRIVE are: Sam Lewis - Guitar/Vocals Kyle Caspers - Bass Chris Woznicki - Drums Follow SHRIVE: Bandcamp / Instagram Grab some SHRIVE Merch Music (vinyl, CDs, digital, shirts, etc.)

OHMs Peak brings you artists and their work in the rock music community. See inspiring album covers and posters in heavy metal, stoner rock, doom, etc. OHMmage to the Artist Artist: Cauê Piloto (Brazil) Inspiration: Bruegel, Hieronymus Bosch, John Martin, Turner, Beksinski Artist: Nicolas Fantoni (Brazil) Inspiration: SYoshitaka Amano, Yoji Shinkawa, Ayami Kojima Artist: Timon Kokott Art Work (Germany) Inspiration: Dan Seagrave, René Magritte, Caspar David Friendrich and H.R. Giger Artist: Soares Illustration & Design (Portugal) Inspiration: Salvador Dali, William Morris, Wes Wilson and Ken Taylor Artist: Bloodyspirit (France) Inspiration: GODMACHINE, Defame and Mark Riddick AlexEckmanLawn (USA) Inspiration: Dave Mckean, Katsuhiro Otomo and Moebius Darren Grealish (USA) Inspir ation: Andy Warhol and Marc Rude Nouvo Creative (United Kingdom) Inspiration: Frances Macdonald MacNa ir and Alphonse Mucha Threadbare Artwork (Belgium) Inspiration: Sarah Moon an d Kyle Cooper Alexander Hettel Artwork (Germany) Inspiration: Salvador Dali, H.R. Giger and John Dyer Baizley Jesse DeNobrega Inspiration: Brian Chippendale, used CD stores, Yoko Ono, Love Love Hill Lex Percepied (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Inspiration: Dali, Drugs, Psilocybe, Spacerock Mihai Manescu Illustrations Inspiration: Al. Durer, H.R. Giger, Zbigniew M. Bielak, Ken Taylor Ghost Ghost Teeth (California) Inspiration: My daughter Missfelidae Illustration (Linz, Austria) Inspiration: Jean Giraud Moebius, Caw Cooper and Moki Mioke Nikita Kaun (Russia) ZONUMENT - Artworks (United Kingdom) Inspiration: 2000AD Artists, John Hicklenton and Simon Bisley Jo Riou (France) Inspira tion: Art Nouveau, Heavy metal artists from 70's, 80's Miodeus (Poland) Inspiration: Old horror and sci-fi movie posters Khoa Le (Vietnam) Inspiration: Myself Irrwisch Art Design (Austria) Inspira tion: LP cover artworks from Dad Vasco Duarte (Portugal) Inspiration: Victo Ngai, Moebius, Sergi Brosa, Alphonse Much a Roberto Toderico (Italy) Inspira tion: Simon Bisley, Roger Dean, Gustave Dore Burning Moon (Belgium) Inspiration: Zoé and Nicolas SkullCult Inspiration: HR Giger, Aubrey Beard sley, Albrecht Dürer Jared Nichols (US) Inspiration: My Alexander Calder, David Gilmour, Frank Zappa Eliran Kantor (Berlin, Germany) Inspiration: John Kricfalusi, Terry Gilliam Antoine Defarges (France) Inspiration: Alphonse Mucha Chris Panatier (USA) Inspiration: Jeremy Geddes, Mucha, John Baizley Marie Bergeron (Montreal, Canada) Inspiratio n: Sam Spratt, Olly Moss, Erik Jones, Kim Jung Gi Barbara Ana Gomez (London) Inspiration: Alphonse Mucha, Yuko Shimizu, Paul X. Johnson Distorted Designs (Berlin,Germany) Inspiration: Pierre-Alain D. and Nekr Merrilee Challiss (Birmingham, Alabama) Inspiration: Gustav Klimt, African & Aboriginal art Sgraffito Art Illustrations (Iceland) Inspiration: Early 20th Century Illustration Dominic Sohor (Bolton, UK) Inspiration: Tony Hart Dale Simpson (England) Inspiration: Rick Griffin Art is the gateway to see and feel what a band represents. When seeking out artists, what draws you in, the album cover? Well, there’s no better feeling than discovering that heavy gem with terrific artistry and music to match. See our favorite artists and their work here. Artist: Eeviac (Brazil) Inspiration: Storm Thorgerson, Winston Smith, Frank Kozik Black Metal (6) 6 posts Black metal (1) 1 post Death Metal (3) 3 posts Doom (32) 32 posts Experimental (1) 1 post Garage Rock (4) 4 posts Grunge (2) 2 posts Hard Rock (14) 14 posts Hardcore (17) 17 posts Heavy Metal (1) 1 post Heavy Rock (17) 17 posts Math Rock (12) 12 posts Metal (11) 11 posts Noise Rock (3) 3 posts Noise rock (5) 5 posts Post Hardcore (1) 1 post Post Metal (19) 19 posts Post Rock (4) 4 posts Power Metal (1) 1 post Progressive Metal (7) 7 posts Progressive Rock (6) 6 posts Psychedelic rock (29) 29 posts Punk (14) 14 posts Shoegaze (2) 2 posts Sludge (29) 29 posts Space Rock (5) 5 posts Stoner Rock (60) 60 posts metalcore (1) 1 post

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Working to develop and unleash our OHMs Top 10 Elite! This list is fluid and based on a variety of editors and fan engagement coupled with shear musical prowess. OHMs Top 10 Elite A fluid ranking of this year's best heavy albums enabled by editors, fan feedback and sheer musical prowess. September 2025 #1 Lower Slaughter Deep Living Post-punk, Noise rock #2 Faetooth Labyrinthine Doom #3 Slomantics Atomicult Space rock, Doom #4 Low Heaven Ritual Decay Post-hardcore, Post-metal #5 Bask The Turning Psychedelic, Hard rock, Stonerrock #6 Blessings Blodsträngen Post metal, Hardcore #7 Castle Rat The Bestiary Doom, Stonerrock #8 The Big Rip Olympus Mons Stonerrock #9 Black Helium The Animals are Coming Heavy psych rock #10 Fleshwater 2000: In Search of the Endless Sky Grunge, Hard rock August 2025 #1 Lower Slaughter - Deep Living #2 The Big Rip - Olympus Mons #3 Blessings - Blodstrangen #4 Lowheaven - Ritual Decay #5 Pile - Sunshine and Balance Beams #6 Adrift - Dry Soil #7 LVMEN - Amen #8 McClusky - The World is Still Here... #9 Black Helium - The Animals are Coming #10 - Sheev - Ate's Alchemist July 2025 #1 Lower Slaughter - Deep Living #2 Conan - Violence Dimension #3 Adrift - Dry Soil #4 Fomies - Liminiality #5 Black Helium - The Animals are Coming #6 LVMEN - Amen #7 Pothamus - Abur #8 Torpedo Torpedo - Arrows of Time #9 McClusky - The World is Still Here and So Are We #10 - Bloodwood - Dark Simulator Black Metal (6) 6 posts Black metal (1) 1 post Death Metal (3) 3 posts Doom (32) 32 posts Experimental (1) 1 post Garage Rock (4) 4 posts Grunge (2) 2 posts Hard Rock (14) 14 posts Hardcore (17) 17 posts Heavy Metal (1) 1 post Heavy Rock (17) 17 posts Math Rock (12) 12 posts Metal (11) 11 posts Noise Rock (3) 3 posts Noise rock (5) 5 posts Post Hardcore (1) 1 post Post Metal (19) 19 posts Post Rock (4) 4 posts Power Metal (1) 1 post Progressive Metal (7) 7 posts Progressive Rock (6) 6 posts Psychedelic rock (29) 29 posts Punk (14) 14 posts Shoegaze (2) 2 posts Sludge (29) 29 posts Space Rock (5) 5 posts Stoner Rock (60) 60 posts metalcore (1) 1 post