Doom Metal trio The Hands Resist Him released their debut full-length album, Stone Hands, earlier this month. This is the group formed by guitarist/Bassist Eric Mayer, who is now joined by Alex McGady (vocals, guitar), and Ashwinn Torke (drums).

The album’s opening track and lead single, “Collapse”, is a ferocious 11 minute journey through the world of dark and explosive metal. It is also a great introduction to what this trio can do if you are not familiar with their 2018 EP, “Taker"

Ecstatic Vision has a new single, “Grasping the Void,” which is featured on their forthcoming album FOR THE MASSES, due out September 20 via Relapse Records. A chugging bass and bright flurries of flute coexist, creating a weighted, spacey sound. The commanding, tunneling tone of Doug Sabolik's vocals and the fuzz of guitar pulls you further into the vortex. It’s a heavy-psych excursion that you’ll definitely want to explore. Catch the Philly quartet at Underground Arts on Thursday, August 1, with Torche and Wear Your Wounds! (Photo by Gene Smirnov)

Dreamswell will be celebrating its debut full-length LP SPOILED with a performance this evening at Boot & Saddle. Haunting, weighted ambiance quakes and shudders throughout the album. The songs sonically realize ominous, brutal, bombarding tones that melodically shred within treacherous terrains. Somehow during those nightmarish, ominous sequences, as the percussion pulverizes, one finds a peaceful, placid, shoegazing perspective. Dreamswell will be supported by the raw, raucous, mesmerizing metal of Witching and the rhythmically rolling, synth-fueled darkwave of SOLD, as well as NYC’s Stay at Home Dads. – Michael Colavita 

More places to be at this weekend…

Boot & Saddle (1131 S. Broad St.) FRI Dreamswell (Record Release), Witching, Sold, SAT Palmas

Kung Fu Necktie (1250 N. Front St.) FRI Hurry, SAT The Classic Hunt, Hand Me Downs, Afloat / Fame Lust, SUN Low Dose, Yarrow, Mute Host

PhilaMOCA (531 N. 12^th St.) FRI Fabergégé, SUN Thin Lips

Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill St.) FRI Emo-Palooza: Revolutions Radio, SAT Stranger Things Dance Party: Wassup Gina, DJ Shearn

TLA (334 South St.) FRI High Noon

The Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal St.) FRI So Far Gone: Dirty South Joe, Magglezzz, SUN Simply Christopher

World Café Live (3025 Walnut St.) SUN Nuevo Fest: Lady HD

The Fire (412 W. Girard Ave.) FRI The Wordsmith Experience: Eli Capella, MC Knowledge, Seraiah Nicole, Jazz Fresh, Blessa, A.T. Eaze, Kae Hock, SAT Chalk & The Beige Americans, SUN October Black, Dawns Divide, The Climaxers

MilkBoy Philly (1100 Chestnut St.) SAT Hayduke, Wexler & the Better Humans, SUN Kenty Love

Ortlieb’s Lounge (847 N. 3^rd St.) FRI Soul Glo, Drowse, Penetrode, Bandit, SAT TIOGA, Tiny Hueman

The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.) FRI No Gods, Hyve, SAT The Shakedown/Pat Keo, Josh Holiday, SUN Imprint: Very J, Lucas Lee, Keen

Silk City (435 Spring Garden St.) FRI DJ Sylo, Astro 8000, SAT DJ Deejay

Fergie’s (1214 Sansom St.) FRI Live Band Karaoke, SUN Rusty Cadillac 

Connie’s Ric Rac (1132 S. 9^th St.) FRI Earth7, Rally Point, Kinda Alright

Bourbon & Branch (705 N. 2^nd St.) FRI Tate (Record Release), Fast Car Slow Car, Babe Grenade, SAT Love Fest: Breakfast for Turtles, The Smoking Lightbulb, The Missing Frets, Sonny Knockout, Ntive Flora, SUN Seraiah Nicole, Séana The Solstice

Morgan’s Pier (221 N. Columbus Blvd.) FRI DJ Beatstreet, SAT Menace Cartel, SUN Michael Thompson

Frankie Bradley’s (1320 Chancellor St.) FRI DJ Royale, SAT DJ Ian St Laurent

Voltage Lounge (421 N. 7^th St.) FRI DJ Stampone, SAT HPUSA Killadelphia Slasherfest: Wolves Attack, Voodoo Death Cult, The Mad Splatter 

The Tusk (430 South St.) FRI Frost Giant

Century (1350 S. 29^th St.) FRI Dustin Awesomes, LunaVex, 3xiLe, SAT Gross, Toxic Malt

The Grape Room (105 Grape St.) FRI Perlin Noise, Moonroof, Chiseled Lilies, SAT The Barker Brothers, Jac with No K, Hootsie, Creem Circus

Ardmore Music Hall (23 E. Lancaster Ave.) FRI Vertical Current, SAT Nik Greeley & The Operators, SUN Fundraiser for Children’s Hospital: Osler Circle 

Everybody Hits (529 W. Girard Ave.) SUN Big Nothing

Warehouse on Watts (923 N. Watts St.) FRI Rob Paine & Francisco Collazo, SAT DJ Cousin Mike

Lizard Lounge (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Beach Fuzz (Album Release), Daydrunks, Earthboy, Family Volleyball

Haus of Yarga (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Under 95

Anthorna Gallery (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Love Fest: Alex Deems, Rabbit Heart, Lost Thirds, Emmanuel Ohemeng III and Perpetual Motion, Sunchoke, Midfield, Vague Advice

The Waiting Room (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) SUN Nic Sanderson, FLNG, Little Stray

Free Candy (Please contact one of the acts or venue for more info.) FRI Sam Jackson

Hawkeyes are a 6 piece instrumental space rock band. Their tunes are layered with many sonic elements. This psych rock sextet’s latest release is a split EP with The Radiation Flowers. Track 1 is Hawkeyes’ “Atom Heart Motherfuckers Never Learn” which has some atmospheric tones to it while being extremely doom metal influenced. The track will make your mind spin in a slow, droning fashion for the entire 12 minutes. Hawkeyes will be performing live at The Horseshoe Tavern on Saturday July 20^th alongside Ian Blurton’s Future Now, Espanola and Head. – Kris Gies

Boston's CAZADOR is a vivid symbol of everything that has made progressive rock a nearly religious listening experience for so many: the band uses ear-piercing guitar riffs, break-neck pace changes, ambient sounds, and intense vocals to stimulate all senses, to possess souls. The band's latest single "Skeleton Crew" showcases the group's tendency to mix up its viscera-shaking breakdowns with psychedelic atmospheric stretches that are a nod to progressive rock's genesis bands like Pink Floyd and Yes. The single is part of the band's upcoming record Failure to Thrive, due out July 12th. For progressive rock and metal zealots, the single is a promise of a record that deserves praise, recognition for its commitment to the modernization of the sometimes obscure genre. We are streaming "Skeleton Crew" below in anticipation of the new album and the band's upcoming show at Middle East on September 7th. - Rene Cobar