Scottish prehistoric volume dealers Robot Death Monkey premiere new single and music video »Beer Machine«

Scottish prehistoric volume dealers Robot Death Monkey premiere new single and music video »Beer Machine«.

The single is available on Bandcamp for pay what you want and on all major streaming platforms.

Hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland the power trio have been playing big riffs since 2010 following in the same vein as Red Fang, Fu Manchu & Orange Goblin. Shaun Forshaw (bass & vocals) used to work at a brewery when he discovered he much preferred drinking large quantities of beer rather than brewing it and this is where the idea of the song came from.

The music video was filmed by ex-Robot Death Monkey guitarist Steve Ingle who captured the booze fuelled raucous energy of Scotland’s hardest band.

Photo by Steven Ingle

Formed in 2010 by brothers Shaun (bass & vocals) and Sam Forshaw (drums) whilst building indoor skate parks in East Lothian, Scotland. After attending 2010’s Roadburn Festival in Holland, the brothers were stuck due to the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull. With nothing to do but drink beer and get the idea of starting a new band that would cut out all the bullshit and just make you want to bang your head and drink 8000 beers!

After several line-up changes, Fraser Lough (Daniel Wax Off, Charlie Tangos) joined the band on guitar in 2018, and things started to gain momentum. In the past 15 years, RDM have self recorded and released 4 EPs: »Full Dunham« (2014), »Booze Cruse« (2015), »Druid Odyssey« (2021), »Intergalatic Party Powder« (2022) and one album »Big Pussy« (2019).

2022’s »Intergalatic Party Powder« came in at #5 on the December Doom Charts and launched the band into being a well-known touring act on the UK stoner rock circuit, sharing stages with Brant Bjork Trio, Church Of The Cosmic Skull, King Witch, Kamchatka, Goblinsmoker, 1968, The Kryss Talmeth Experience, Nightstalker and many more.

2025 has been the strongest year yet for RDM with a sold out support slot with Desert rock legend Brant Bjork (Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Vista Chino & Stöner) in Glasgow, Scotland. Two joint headline festivals performances at Ramfest & Silveman Festival and a weekend trip up the north of Scotland with The Kryss Talmeth Experience. The band released their newset single »Beer Machine« with an accompanying music video shot by Steve Ingle on September 30th, 2025.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well