Denver heavy blues/stoner rockers Malkasian premiere new album »Heavy Blues« in full ahead of its release this Wednesday!

Denver, Colorado based heavy blues/stoner rockers Malkasian are streaming their upcoming album »Heavy Blues« in full! »Heavy Blues« is scheduled for release this Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025.

Tracklist:
01. Occult 5
02. Hedonic
03. Flails
04. Long Pig
05. Do You? Spoonful
06. Lament Blues
07. Collapse Inside

Courtesy of Desert Bloom PR:

Denver’s dark and bluesy rock and roll band Malkasian stream new album »Heavy Blues« on Clean and Sober Stoner ahead of 10/22 release!

Stream »Heavy Blues« in full HERE!

“As we sometimes do, we’re going off most of our well-beaten paths with the song and video we’re about to premiere. No shrieking or guttural growling this time, but only singing. No blast-beats or brutality, but only the blues. But lest you think we’ve completely lost our way, these blues are very heavy – just as promised by the title of the album that includes the song – and very devilish too.” – No Clean Singing

“They’ve got style! It’s dark, it’s noir and there’s a lot of blues! It’s stomps on the terra like a majestic beast, it rumbles and it drips wet with feverish energy. You can feel that fatalistic buzz through your veins and the sweat running across your back. And do you hear that dirty harmonica?! Holy fuck! This calls for an entirely different set of rules… You’re in deep now! And you might get stuck!” – Stoner Hive

Coming out of the release of »The Macabre« in 2023 there was an urge to have a “band record.” It’s more about the playing and improvisation than song craft this time around. It captures what happens at the live show. Recruiting drummer and collaborator Jordan Bettner, his cousin, Sam Rucker on bass and good friend Dave Rosenberg on harmonica; they started rehearsing songs from »The Macabre«. Some of these jams on old songs spawned new ones in the spirit of “contrafact.” How many times did the bebop standard »I Got Rhythm« get a refresh in the 1940’s? Between the synergy of a new ensemble and show opportunities in Denver we arrive at »Heavy Blues«. A record made by players and for players, at least in contrast to »The Macabre« which is much more produced and carefully constructed. »Heavy Blues« was made because it had to be. Its meant to convey the exercise and act of working through ones thoughts, reservations, and need to evolve through music.

Malkasian is:
Sean Malkasian – Guitars and Vocals
Jordan Bettner – Drums
Sam Rucker – Bass
Dave Rosenberg – Harmonica

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