Swedish stoner rockers Ridge return after 20 year hiatus with two new albums: »No Trouble In This Town« and »Hymns From The Renascent Ghost«!
Swedish stoner rockers Ridge return after 20 year hiatus with two new albums, »No Trouble In This Town« and »Hymns From The Renascent Ghost«, which were released on June 20th, 2025 via Daredevil Records and Ozium Records.
Ridge – No Trouble In This Town
Tracklist:
01. No Trouble In This Town
02. Stultus Verba Dei
03. I. Take. Flight.
04. The Kraken’s Blues
05. C’est La Vie (Going Down)
06. Madre De Dios
07. On The Road To Rancho Relaxo
08. My Wolf And I
09. Gin Dancin’
10. The Away
All songs written and lyrically involuted by Andreas Bergström.
All songs on »No Trouble In This Town« and »Hymns From The Renascent Ghost« recorded in Studio R. Forrester during pandemic and fucked times. Or: from 2021 to the summer of 2024.
Mixed and mastered by Andreas Bergström and Jonas Jönsson in Studio R. Forrester and Kattskrällets Kattapult.
Ridge – Hymns From The Renascent Ghost
Tracklist:
01. Gutter Boy
02. The Boxer And The Blow
03. Crossing The Rubicon
04. Christ On A Rhino
05. The Grief, The Burden, The Future
06. The Fuck Off
07. Black Siamese Dream
08. Mephistos Dance
09. The Vile Goat
10. The Monsoon
All songs written and lyrically involuted by Andreas Bergström except »Christ On A Rhino« by Jonas Jönsson.
All songs on »No Trouble In This Town« and »Hymns From The Renascent Ghost« recorded in Studio R. Forrester during pandemic and fucked times. Or: from 2021 to the summer of 2024.
Mixed and mastered by Andreas Bergström and Jonas Jönsson in Studio R. Forrester and Kattskrällets Kattapult.
Ridge – A Countrydelic And Fuzzed Experience In A Colombian Supremo
Tracklist:
01. Afro
02. No Way Near
03. Rancho Relaxo
04. Como Un Toro
05. Avalanche
06. Cayuga 240
07. Fuelle
08. Zeb
09. Godspeed
10. Silver Dragon
All songs written and lyrically involuted by Andreas Bergström.
All songs on »A Countrydelic And Fuzzed Experience In A Colombian Supremo« recorded in Studio R. Forrester
Originally released by the legendary Molten Universe Records in November 1999.
Mixed and mastered by Andreas Bergström and Jonas Jönsson in Studio R. Forrester and Kattskrällets Kattapult.
Courtesy of Daredevil Records:
“These bastards have it all: the fuzziest, dirtiest grooves known to man – effortlessly moulded into songs that sounds like classics as soon as you hear them.” – 4/5 stars in Kerrang! Magazine
Well, that’s old news.
But still true.
Fuzz rockers Ridge emerged in the later half of the 90’s and landed on Molten Universe Records together with label mates Dozer, Demon Cleaner, Freedom Bleeder, Brainpolice and Greenleaf amongst others.
After releasing the monumental »A Countrydelic And Fuzzed Experience In A Colombian Supremo« (2001) which received 4/5 stars in Kerrang! Magazine the band went on hiatus.
Fast forward 20 years – the mighty label, Ozium Records, dug up the old master tapes and re-released the debut album on glorious golden vinyl in 2021.
This sparked Ridge to deliver even more fuzzness to the world. During a three year period more than 50 songs were written and about 30 recorded.
So, here we are.
Two NEW albums will be released digitally on Midsummer’s eve 2025, along with the debut album. So get ready for three albums loaded with a total of 30 tracks of monster-heavy fuzz mayhem!
Responsible for it all is legendary stoner labels Ozium Records (Sweden) and Daredevil Records (Germany).
All hail the mighty riff – all hail Ridge!
Ridge is:
Jonas Jönsson – Bass, Percussion and Background Vocals
Andreas Bergström – Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Keys, Lead Vocals, Percussion, Partial Bass on »The Grief, The Burden, The Future«
Lars Strindelius – Lead Guitars
Alan Smithee – Drums, Percussion and Background Vocals
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well