Maltese stoner/doom metal trio Hemplifier presents their debut album »The Stoner Side Of The Doom«, out today via Electric Valley Records

Maltese stoner/doom metal trio Hemplifier presents their debut album, »The Stoner Side Of The Doom«, which was just released this Friday, June 2nd, 2023 via Electric Valley Records.

Featuring members of Victims Of Creation, Pilgrimage, Animamortua, Lady Lizard, R.A.S. and Thy Legion.

Tracklist:
01. Headless Chicken (Intro)
02. Brujo
03. Invocation
04. Gort
05. Weedcraft
06. Snooze… (Outro)

Courtesy of Qabar PR:

Electric Valley Records presents »The Stoner Side Of The Doom«, the debut LP by the Maltese doom/stoner metal group Hemplifier. Other than the standard digital release on all major platforms, the album will be available on three editions of vinyl on 2nd June.

Hemplifier was born in 2019 when amps and vintage gear worshippers Emanuel Portelli (Thy Legion, Victims Of Creation, Pilgrimage, Animamortua), Bazaz (Lady Lizard, R.A.S.) and Dino Mifsud Lepre (Victims of Creation, Pilgrimage) joined up for blazing some joints. These Santa Venera stoners formed Hemplifier having common goals of jamming, getting high, enjoying good times, composing the heaviest riffs possible, and sending seismic waves to the planet while spending aboard their spacecraft.

Hemplifier dropped their first offering, »Frequencies From Another Dimension – Live From Our Rehearsal Spacecraft!«, in November 2021. This live rehearsal, containing three songs (recorded and filmed live in the trio’s own garage), gave the audiences a strong impression of Hemplifier’s warped, antediluvian sound before their live debut at 2021’s edition of Reeferfest, which is organized by the Hemplifier members themselves and currently the only stoner rock/metal fest on the island of Malta.

Recorded live at the local Cornerhouse Studio, »The Stoner Side Of The Doom«, Hemplifier’s debut full-length, staggers and stumbles through weirdness, wildness, and wonderment. Each of the six distorted tracks (including an intro and an outro) carries amped-up thrills and menaces while disclosing a different set of tales from the crypt. While the openers, »Headless Chicken (Intro)« and »Brujo«, are voodoo-themed, »Invocation« and »Weedcraft« touch on the occult, the supernatural, and marijuana, with a hint of science fiction and aliens. The fifth number, »Gort«, embodies the humanoid robot character from the classic 1951 film, »The Day The Earth Stood Still«.

Band lineup:
Emanuel Portelli – Vox & Guitars
Bazaz – Bass
Dino Mifsud Lepre – Drums; Samples (during live shows)

Album credits:
Recorded live at the local Cornerhouse Studios in September 2021.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Daniel Bezzina.
Artwork by Bazaz.

Available in:
• 250x Black Vinyl
• 220x Yellow Smoke Vinyl
• 30x Ultra LTD “Hemp Edition”
• Digital

Pre-order:
electricvalleyrecords.com (Vinyl)
evrecords.bandcamp.com (Vinyl + Digital)

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