Italian Doom Trio King Potenaz Releases "Rivers of Death", the First Single from Their Upcoming Album "Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 1"
King Potenaz is a doom metal trio from Fasano, Italy, esteemed in the heavy underground not only for their heavy-hitting brand of doom metal, but for their unwavering support of the stoner/doom community.
Taking inspiration from stoner rock and doom metal greats such as Sleep, Electric Wizard, Kyuss, Monster Magnet, and Black Sabbath, King Potenaz produces a sound that combines these influences and more. It's a tone that's hazy and acidic with a strong occult and psychedelic undercurrent, but it's always commanding and deliciously sinister. King Potenaz is composed of friends Giuseppe (guitar and vocals), Francesco (bass), and Piero (drums and synths), all longtime musicians that have been active in the Italian underground scene for nearly three decades, and the band got their start in 2019 after some original songs began to rise from their jam sessions.
King Potenaz released their debut full-length album, Goat Rider, in April 2023, and it's actually an album that yours truly cut her heavy underground teeth on. Along with bands like Count Raven, The Sword, and Pentagram, King Potenaz was one of the first bands I discovered when I jumped into the stoner/doom underground a month after Goat Rider's release. I was immediately hooked by this album, finding it offered infinitely more layers and creative twists and turns than its mainstream counterparts, and I can safely say that King Potenaz is one of the reasons I decided to plant roots in the scene! Knowing this, it's not surprising to learn that I was incredibly excited to find out that the band signed with Swedish label Majestic Mountain Records in 2024, planning to release their next album, Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 1, in June 2025, with "Volume 2" to follow later on in the year. On March 14, 2025, King Potenaz dropped the first single (and accompanying music video) from "Volume 1", a ten-minute juggernaut called Rivers of Death.
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