Virally Affected: Bands Of The Heavy Underground – April 11th, 2020

Article By: Leanne Ridgeway, Owner/Chief Editor

The current covid-19 / coronavirus / novel coronavirus / ‘rona / bugstorm (take your pick, just wash your damned hands) pandemic effects have dealt a crushing blow to a majority of the world in many ways, none of them good. Everyone is affected in some way, and many who’ve primarily earned their keep from the music world are hit especially hard.

We’ve started a few things to highlight those bands still trying to get their music to those who seek it. Along with our regular articles and reviews, our new series of ongoing “Gear Assembly” interview articles, as well as random Twitter shoutouts of bands’ Spotify albums, I’m introducing other “Virally Affected” bands with this series here.

This includes a running list of heavy genre bands impacted by the cancellation of tour dates or release delays, with their social media and merch links, plus an audio stream of one of their recent releases. Some have asked for a little help, some we’ve learned about on our own. The list is in the order of when we became aware of their plight (not alphabetical). The plan is to continue this weekly, until tours and live shows start up again… ideally, this won’t last long. 🙂

There’s also a growing Spotify playlist embedded at the bottom, which includes all the bands listed here, plus many more. It’s a collaborative playlist, so if you are (or know) a heavy genre band who’s had tour dates cancelled or production delays, feel free to add a Spotify song to the playlist. (You need a Spotify account.) Collaborative playlists aren’t always viewable publicly, so follow it!

Hopefully it brings some awareness to the bands and their music. Listen, follow, share, grab merch, or all of the above…

Virally Affected – Bands

April 11th, 2020

FALSE GODS

PALE MARE

ZED

PULCHRA MORTE

FORMING THE VOID

GOATWHORE

TEMPTRESS

WOORMS

ELDER

WIZZERD

ETERNAL REST

YEAR OF THE COBRA

ALL THEM WITCHES

HIPPPIE DEATH CULT

MOTHERSHIP

LORD DYING

ODYSSEUS REBORN

THE AGE OF TRUTH

LÁGOON

CHILDREN OF ATOM

If you’re a heavy band and impacted by the pandemic, you can send us your information [HERE].

Open in Spotify

2020, All Them Witches, Audio Stream, Bandcamp, Children Of Atom, Death Metal, Desert Rock, Doom, Elder, Eternal Rest, False Gods, Forming The Void, Goatwhore, Hard Rock, Hardcore, Heavy Metal, Heavy Rock, Hippie Death Cult, LáGoon, Lord Dying, Metal, Metalcore, Mothership, Odysseus Reborn, Pale Mare, Post-Metal, Power Metal, Progressive, Psych Rock, Psychedelia, Pulchra Morte, Punk, Rock, Sludge, Spotify, Stoner, Stoner Rock, Temptress, The Age Of Truth, Virally Affected, Wizzerd, Woorms, Year Of The Cobra, ZED

Original content here is published under these license terms:		X

License Type:	Read Only

License Abstract:	You may read the original content in the context in which it is published (at this web address). No other copying or use is permitted without written agreement from the author.