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The Heavy Desert Podcast
I talk all things in the heavy/desert/stoner rock genre. From interviews, recommendations, and concert reviews. Discover a whole new world of rock music with me, your host, Dan Sierras. And remember, keep digging and you’ll find the underground!
Episodes
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Ade Huggins - Dunes
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Ade Huggins of the band Dunes out of the UK. Their latest release, Land of the Blind came out in January, via…
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Third Quarter Top 10 w/Mark Richard of The Jam Yeti Musc Blog
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast Mark Richard of The Jam Yeti Music Blog joins me as we countdown our Top 10 favorite albums from the third quarter of this…
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September New Release Recap
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I recap some of the new music I listened to during the month of September. From Black Moon Cult and Insomniac to Cosmic…
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Buick Audra & Jerry Roe - Friendship Commanders
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Buick Audra and Jerry Roe of the band Friendship Commanders. Their latest album, Bear, is dropping October 10, via…
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Jason Doome - Grand Rapids Doomfest
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Jason Doome to the show. He is the organizer of the Grand Rapids Doomfest, that will be having its second annual…
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Black Charger
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Stephen, Christian and Uli of the band Black Charger, who will be releasing their debut album, Small Town on…
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Howling Giant
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I talk with Zach, Sebastian and Adrian of Howling Giant, who will be releasing their new album, Crucible & Ruin on October 31…
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SoCal Heavy Jam - Jason Busiek, Kip Page & Nacho Maldonado
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I talk with Jason Busiek, Kip Page and Nacho Maldonado, organizers of the SoCal Heavy Jam, that is taking place on October…
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Ripplefest 2025 - Talking With Fans & My Personal Recap
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I talk with fans at Ripplefest 2025 on Day Four of the festival to get their reactions to the weekends event. I also give my…
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Good Spirits
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Brandon, Luke and Derek of the band Good Spirits out of Shreveport, Louisiana. They dropped their new album The…
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Wayne, Joey & Preston of Fuzz Evil
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome back to the show Wayne, Joey and Preston of Fuzz Evil. They have been quite busy the past several months, releasing…
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Ryan Garney of High Desert Queen - Road To Ripplefest Texas
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road to Ripplefest Texas continues as I welcome Ryan Garney, lead singer of High Desert Queen, to the show. We dig into…
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Insomniac - Road To Ripplefest Texas
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road to Ripplefest Texas continues as I welcome Van Bassman, lead singer and guitarist for the band Insomniac, who will…
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Shun - Road To Ripplefest Texas
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road to Ripplefest Texas continues as I welcome Matt, Jeff and Bo of the band Shun who will be performing at this year’s…
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Valley of the Sun - Road To Ripplefest Texas
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues as I welcome Ryan, Chris and Johnny of the band Valley of the Sun to the show. They…
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Up & Coming Band: Ever Age
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome a young and up & coming band from Canada, Ever Age, to the show. Aiden, Neil & Eli released their self-titled debut…
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Blue Heron
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Mike Chavez, Ricardo Sanchez and Steve Schmidlapp, three-quarters of the band Blue Heron, to the show. We cover all…
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Jadd Shickler of Blues Funeral Recordings & Magnetic Eye Records
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Jadd Shickler, Label Director for Blues Funeral Recordings and Magnetic Eye Records. He talks about how he started…
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Peder Bergstrand of Lowrider
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Peder Bergstrand from the legendary band Lowrider. They will be releasing the 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of…
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New Album August Recap
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I recap some of the releases from the month of August in the heavy underground. Some of the artists included are Red Mess…
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Concerts With Chris Summer Edition
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome back to the show our concert correspondent Chris McGowan to chat about all the latest shows he’s been to this past…
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Fusskalt
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Janus & Nick of the band Fusskalt whose amazing album Faceless Man came out in June and landed at number 8 on the…
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Pablo & Tarro of Demons My Friends
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast Pablo and Tarro of Demons My Friends joined me to talk about how they came together as a band, the way their first album came…
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Supernaughty
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I had all four members of the band Supernaughty come on the show who have a new album, Apocalypso, coming out August 22nd…
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Fostermother
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast Travis, Stephen & Ronny of Fostermother get on The Road To Ripplefest Texas. They discuss their influences, some of the bands…
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The Heavy Desert News Report
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I cover some of the latest news to come out of the heavy underground from bands in the studio, new albums coming out, and…
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Kaleb Riser of Black Moon Cult
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast Kaleb Riser of the band Black Moon Cult joins the show. He talks about his influences, the debut album Ophidian Future: The…
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Corey Tossas & Neal Brewer of Dërro
Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast Corey Tossas & Neal Brewer of the stoner rock band Dërro join the show to talk about their debut EP, Halcyon, that came out…
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A Recap Of Some Releases From July
It was another great month of releases in the heavy underground and on today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I go through some of my favorites from the…
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Tony Reed Hops On The Road To Ripplefest Texas
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues as I welcome probably the busiest man in the scene, and whose band, Mos…
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Ben Foerg & Josh Loney Of The Absurd - Road to Ripplefest Texas
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues as I welcome Ben Foerg and Josh Loney of The Absurd who will be…
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Lucas Klepa & Douglas Labigalini of Red Mess
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast Lucas Kelpa and Douglas Labigalini of the band Red Mess join the show. We talk about their influences, creative…
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Three Metal Dudes, Trying Not To Play Metal: The Phantom Eye
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Larry Hundertmark, Pete Ross and Rob McKinney of the band The Phantom Eye to the show. A trio out of…
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JJ Koczan of The Obelisk
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome JJ Koczan, the man behind the premier website of the heavy underground, The Obelisk. He talks about…
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Ripplefest Texas: A Fan’s Experience
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues as I welcome my friend of 35 years to the show. Ryan Weaver and I share…
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Second Quarter Top 10 With Mark Richard of Jam Yeti Music Blog
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Mark Richard of The Jam Yeti Music Blog as we countdown our Top 10 albums of the second quarter of…
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Otu & Riku of Kaiser
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Otu & Riku of the band Kaiser. They released their second full length album 2nd Sound earlier this…
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Kyle Juett of Mothership On The Road To Ripplefest Texas
On today’s episode The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues to run through The Heavy Desert Podcast as I welcome Kyle Juett of the band Mothership! Kyle talks…
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Jason Busiek & Ben McDowell of Desert Suns
On today’s episode The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues to run through The Heavy Desert Podcast as I welcome Jason Busiek & Ben McDowell of the band Desert…
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Organic Destruction From Germany
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Ben, Marius & Patrick of Organic Destruction out of Hachenburg, Germany. They have a new heavy album…
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Patrick Brink of Volume Hops On The Road To Ripplefest Texas
On today’s episode The Road to Ripplefest Texas continues to run through The Heavy Desert Podcast as I welcome Patrick Brink, founder, vocalist and guitarist…
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Paul Aloisio of Restless Spirit
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome lead singer and guitarist of the band Restless Spirit, Paul Aloisio, to the show. They recently…
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The Band Karma Vulture Hits The Road To Ripplefest Texas
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues with our guests Connor Spellman, Will Hammonds and Ben Foerg of the band…
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Tom Corino Of The Band Kind Continues Our Road To Ripplefest Texas
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues with our guest Tom Corino, bassist of the band Kind who will be…
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Todd Severin of Ripple Music & John Gist of Vegas Rock Revolution Talk Where’s The Money In The Scene
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome back Todd Severin of Ripple Music and John Gist of Vegas Rock Revolution. We had a great talk about…
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Komatsu Joins The Heavy Desert Podcast
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Mo Truijens, Martijn Mansvelders, and Jos Roosen of the band Komatsu. They released a new album in…
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Rob Leishman - Owner Of Studio/Venue Bully’s Studios
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Rob Leishman, owner of Bully’s Studios, a studio/venue in New West British Columbia. He talks about…
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Swedish Desert Rock Band Caboose
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Dante Lindström and Oskar Bergman of the young and up and coming band Caboose out of Sweden. They…
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Concerts With Chris on The Heavy Desert Podcast
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, returning guest and concert correspondent Chris McGowan joins the show for another Concerts With Chris segment!…
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Ryan Garney of High Desert Queen Talks Gigging w/Garney
On today’s episode, The Heavy Desert Podcast welcomes back Ryan Garney to talk about his latest endeavor Gigging With Garney. And today’s Artist Spotlight…
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Adam Carl of Black Sunrise
In today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, I rattle off a few releases coming up for May that you’ll wanna keep an eye out for. I’m also joined by Adam…
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Road to Ripplefest Texas with Stephen Bishop of Thunder Horse
The Road to Ripplefest Texas runs through The Heavy Desert Podcast and on today’s episode, I welcome Ripplefest alum and one of this year’s performers, Stephen…
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Zach Amster of Abrams
On today’s episode, Zach Amster of the band Abrams joins The Heavy Desert Podcast, and talks about their latest album Blue City that has been out for almost a…
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Fuzz Evil
In today’s episode, the band Fuzz Evil joins The Heavy Desert Podcast to talk about their influences, their new album Smear Merchants that came out on March 21…
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The Band TIER from Germany
The heavy, stoner-blues band TIER joins me on today’s episode to talk about their upcoming new album, Backwood Blues, coming out on May 16th. Plus, you’ll hear…
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The State of The Stoner Rock Scene w/Todd Severin & John Gist
On this special episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, I talk with Todd Severin, CEO of Ripple Music, and John Gist, creator of Vegas Rock Revolution. Todd &…
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Benjamin Berdous of Slomosa
On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, Benjamin Berdous, lead singer and guitarist of Slomosa, joins me for a chat about his influences, their recent…
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First Quarter Top 10 With Mark Richard of The Jam Yeti Music Blog
Mark and I give our Top 10 lists of what was a DEEP first quarter in the heavy rock genre. Tune in to hear what got our attention from January to March of…
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February Faves & Guest The Band 10 Slip
In today’s episode I share a few albums that released in February 2025 that I enjoyed and have a conversation with the band 10 Slip from Nova Scotia and talk…
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Road To Ripplefest Texas With The Band Lake Lake
In this episode, The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues with an interview with one of the bands performing. From Youngstown, Ohio, the band Lake Lake joins me…