Italian weed metal merchants Tons premiere new album »Stoned Villains« album in full; out April 20th on Heavy Psych Sounds Records!

Turin, Italy based sludge metal squad Tons is streaming their fourth studio album »Stoned Villains« in full ahead of its release on April 20th, 2026 via Heavy Psych Sounds.

Tracklist:
01. Shirley Temple Ball
02. Hangover The Top
03. Lost In Plantation
04. Intro (Cabin Fever)
05. The Big Bong Theory
06. Darth Vaper
07. Rollercoaster Diet Bombo

Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:

Italy’s most weed-infused sludge and doom purveyors Tons teamed up with Outlaws Of The Sun to premiere their loud and gritty fourth album »Stoned Villains«, ahead of its world release this 4/20 on Heavy Psych Sounds Records.

🔥 Follow the smoke: listen to new album »Stoned Villains« 🔥

From the get-go, everything on their aptly titled fourth studio album »Stoned Villains« strikes like a ball and chain throughout seven tracks of skull-grinding, sulfurous doom-sludge with 90s hardcore punk influences – the very scene from which the band emerged.

Expect heavy razor-sharp riffs, seismic grooves, and Gingerzilla’s voice barking out ungraceful tales of weed abuse and uncontrolled eating. The songs perfectly encapsulate the Tons state of mind: a band that doesn’t take itself too seriously and turns its trademark tongue-in-cheek humour into an unfailing superpower. Mean as hell, and a must-hear for fans of Bongzilla, Weedeater or Iron Monkey.

New album »Stoned Villains« out 4/20 on Heavy Psych Sounds – Preorder

Forged in 2009 by members of the Turin hardcore scene (The Redrum, Lama Tematica, NoInfo), Tons deliberately traded breakneck speed for a colossus-sized, slow-motion onslaught – sludgy-as-fuck, caustic and laced with wry weed wisdom and local esoteric mystique.

From their 2012 debut, »Musineè Doom Session, Volume 1«, to the punishing »Filthy Flowers Of Doom« (2018) and the evil and acerbic »Hashension« (2022), Tons has never taken a single prisoner. The unstoppable foursome has shared stages with iconic acts such as Bongzilla, Unsane, Napalm Death and Church Of Misery, and relentlessly stormed festivals across the continent (Desertfest, Sonic Blast, Frantic Fest, Venezia Hardcore, HPS Fest).

Blasting forth with a new player behind the kit, Tons is ready to crank it up to maximum sludge levels again with their fourth album »Stoned Villains«, due out in the spring of 2026 and followed by a promotional Japanese tour in May. The album was recorded and mixed in Turin by Danilo “Dano” Battocchio at Deepest Sea Studio and mastered by James Plotkin, with artwork and graphics by Steuso.

Tons is:
Gingerzilla – Bass / Voice / Synth
Duncan McCrapper – Lead Guitar / Sampler
Stewart J Tanuki – Rhythm Guitar
Oreste Pennarelli – Drums

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