Italian stoner fuzz merchants Humulus release new single »Blue Wizard«; new album »Smuggler’s Cave« out October 9th on Ripple Music!
Brescia, Italy based psychedelic stoner rock trio Humulus premiere the third single »Blue Wizard« taken from their upcoming album, »Smuggler’s Cave«, set to release on October 9th, 2026 via Ripple Music.
Tracklist:
01. Standing In The Sun
02. Rise And Fall
03. Pines
04. Smuggler’s Cave
05. Cemetery Vision
06. Blue Wizard
07. Cursed Man
Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:
North of Italy’s stoner rock revelation Humulus shares the high-octane third single taken from their new full-length »Smuggler’s Cave«, due out on October 9th through Californian independent label Ripple Music.
⚡️ Get fuzzy with new Humulus single »Blue Wizard« ⚡️
»Smuggler’s Cave« marks Humulus’ fifth LP and their second outing with vocalist/guitarist Thomas Mascheroni. Following 2023’s »Flowers Of Death«, the band spent two years traversing Europe’s stages, and it was in the cracks between tours that the improvisations for this record took root. True to form, the band returned to the rehearsal room for marathon sessions, capturing hours of raw interplay, isolating the sparks and forging new songs from the embers.
The riffs might hit harder than ever before, yet Humulus’s sonic hallmark remains intact with a deft pivot from rhythmic, classic stoner crunch into more psychedelic and introspective depths. Leading the listener through mysterious settings, tales of wizards, cemetery dreams, damned souls and the shade of dark forests, this high-voltage new delivery fills the air with electricity and will compel anyone who worships at the altar of Dozer, Truckfighters, Lowrider and Greenleaf. Check out the album’s latest singles »Rise And Fall« and »Standing In The Sun«!
New album »Smuggler’s Cave«
Out October 9th on Ripple Music (LP/CD/digital)
Humulus is an Italian psych-stoner power trio formed in Brescia, Italy in 2009. Born from the heavy lineage of Kyuss, Karma to Burn and Orange Goblin, they quickly built a reputation across southern Europe with their crushing debut on Go Down Records.
A lineup shift in 2015 flipped the script. New frontman Andrea Bellicini pushed the band into trippier, more dynamic territory through longer songs, richer atmospheres and a sound that outgrew stoner orthodoxy. The years that followed saw Humulus touring non-stop with European festival runs (Freak Valley, Desertfest Belgium, Up In Smoke), and a string of acclaimed LPs that veered from doom-laced riffage to sprawling psychedelic meditation. Another mutation came in late 2022 with the arrival of Thomas Mascheroni, reigniting the band’s chemistry and leading to a fresh creative burst. They hit the road again, sharing stages with heavyweights like Colour Haze and Monkey3, while steadily forging new material.
When founder Giorgio Bonacorsi stepped back in 2026, the remaining core members enlisted Fabio Giacomini to complete the lineup and write their most ambitious work yet, to be released in the fall 2026 on Ripple Music.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well