Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour

(S2E93) – Year Of October On this episode of The Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E93), we have two thirds of the Nashville trio Year Of October, who recently released their 6th album of soulful fuzzy rock, titled I've Given You Everything, that happens to be excellent. Phlecia and Josh Sullivan talk to us about all sorts of cool stuff about the band, the new record, playing live, Stephen King,...

(S2E92) – Ritual Arcana We are so lucky here at R&T HHH Headquarters, as we have had the legend himself, Wino, on the show not once, but now twice, because on the latest episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E92), we talk to both Wino and his better half, SharLee LuckyFree, who make up two thirds of the killer new band Ritual Arcana, who will be releasing their self-titled debut r...

(S2E91) – Burning Sister On the latest episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E91), we talk to the king and queen of Mile High Downer Rock, Steve and Alison from Denver band Burning Sister! The duo recently released their new record, Ghosts, their first as a two piece, and it is excellent. We discuss the new record, what it has been like transitioning from a trio, enjoying Denver in al...

(S2E90) – Zebulon If you like your doom to be heavy, Trouble-worshiping awesomeness with a unique flare then you need to check out the debut record from Norway’s Zebulon, Come Day Of Reckoning, then listen to the interview we did with Oddmund, Torstein, and Kristian on the latest episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E90). We talk all about their debut, how the band came together, the...

(S2E89) – Rattlesnake Venom Trip On the latest episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour, we have Kevin Schindel and Shane Shook from the Dayton, Ohio heavy rock dealers Rattlesnake Venom Trip join the show. The guys sat down with Rich to discuss their upcoming EP, Eclipse The Sun, and their 2022 full length, Dead Empire, that if you missed you need to go grab ASAP. We also talk about influe...

(S2E88) – Temptress (full band!) When it was announced that the American band Temptress signed to Blues Funeral I reached out to bassist/vocalist Christian Wright to come on the show to discuss signing to one of the best labels in the heavy underground and what’s next for the band given this big news. Well, what’s next is a 2026 album of the year candidate in the form of album number two, Hear, th...

(S2E87) – River Cult November is starting off with a heavy and trippy blast, so on the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E87) we talk with Sean and Anthony from New York heavy psych rippers, River Cult.  We talk to the guys about their new amazing record, High Anxiety, which dropped on Nov. 7th and will be for sure on the top of my list this month, as well as other topics lik...

After speaking with Kaleb Riser of Toledo, Ohio’s Black Moon Cult on the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E86), my faith that rock and roll is not dead and will continue on with the next generation has been restored. Kaleb came on the show to discuss BMC’s debut record, Ophidian Future (The Children of Yig), brought to us via Black Doomba Records. The dude knows more about r...

(S2E85) – Obsidian Sea I was recently asked to list my five favorite active heavy underground bands. After a long internal debate, the band on the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E85), София, Bulgaria’s Obsidian Sea, was featured prominently on that list. If you don’t know these guys you should, as their last record, 2022’s Pathos, brought to us from Ripple Music, was prett...

(S2E84) – Wolftooth On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E84), Indiana’s Wolftooth joins the show! 4/5 of the band gave us their time to discuss their triumphant return to Ripple Music in the form of their fourth record, Wizard’s Light, dropping on Nov. 21, 2025 and if you love Wolftooth like we do you are going to be blown away. We discuss the new material, the journey b...

(S2E83) – Midwest Doom Coalition On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E83), we chat with Shane and Lance, the founders and curators of the Midwest Doom Coalition! We discuss all the cool stuff they are doing for the heavy underground scene in the Midwestern US and really across the globe.  These guys are doing amazing work, so come check out what the MDC is all about!

(S2E82) – And I Become Death On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E82), Paul Genet from post metal/death doom band And I Become Death joins the show. We discuss the band and their newest EP, Dies Irae I, in all of its heavy glory, and talk about their two upcoming festival appearances at both Stoned Riff Revival 2025 taking place at Tribble's Bar in Piedmont, SC on Novemb...

(S2E81) – Bog Wizard On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E81), Harlen Linke from Bog Wizard joins the show!!! Harlen dropped by to discuss the trio’s new record, Satanik Panik, that drops fittingly on Halloween and is next level stuff from the band. We get into all sorts of stuff, including how the new record came to be, the role D&D plays in the band, we share hitti...

S2E80) – Mordbear On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E80), Portland, OR trio Mordbear joins the show!!! The guys chatted with us about a bunch of cool stuff, including details on their amazing EP that dropped back in June. Erik, Nico, and Tyler also discussed their past bands and influences, what’s coming with their next release, and why there are no doom bands with a s...

(S2E79) – Ravine On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E79), the show lives up to its name and welcomes the twin guitar attack of Justin and Nico from Ravine to the show! Ravine dropped their killer bomb of heavy, Chaos and Catastrophes, on the world via Ripple Music a couple of months ago and whoa boy does it crush. We talk about the record, what it’s like to write and re...

(S2E78) - Scene Chat w/JJ Koczan On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E78) the great JJ Koczan, main man from one of, if not THE, number one source for Heavy Underground music news, The Obelisk, joins the show to talk about the state of the scene and so much more. Check it!

(S2E77) – The Oil Barons On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E77) we talk to the amazing L.A. band The Oil Barons! These oil boys dropped their latest epic, the aptly titled Grandiose, that landed nicely on the September Doom Charts at spot 18. The record is something to behold, and these guys are so fun to chat with about so many topics, with some of Rich’s favorite thi...

(S2E76) – Daytripper (Returns!) On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E76), we have the heavy and mysterious desert Sages from Daytripper join the show, returning to discuss their new and Amazing EP, The Alchemist, which drops on Friday, October 24th.  This time we have four of the Sages, as the Pirate Sage and the newest member of the band, the Warrior Sage joins the show...

(S2E75) – The Gray Goo On the latest episode of Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E75) we talk to the stoner prog trio out of Montana, The Gray Goo! All three members of the band joined us to talk about the band and their latest record Cabin Fever Dreams, which is a wild and fun ride. Artists like Zappa, Mr. Bungle, and Primus come up in our discussion as well as this being the most prog episo...

(S2E74) – Cattlemass If anyone questions if there are any good new bands out there, you need to listen to episode S2E74, where on the Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour we talk to Chris Price from the new L.A. band Cattlemass. Chris and crew bring the old school, raw 70s proto doom vibes on their debut record, Alpha 1128, dropping on Oct. 24, 2025 via Seeing Red Records. Chris tells us all about t...

(S2E73) – Black Sabbitch For our 100th episode (S2E73), we have Emily Burton (guitar) and Angie Scarpa (drums) of the amazing Black Sabbitch!!! If you have not heard the band’s take on the Sabbath classics, then you are certainly in for a treat, especially given that finally, after 13 years as a band, their fans' requests have been answered in the form of a physical record, Unrest In The West, bro...

(S2E72) – Tampa Doom & Gloom Fest Preview On this episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E72), We talk all things Tampa Doom & Gloom Fest II with Tommy Stewart from Black Doomba records, who is one of the sponsors of the event, and with two performers, Eric Bigelow from EMBR who will be performing for the 2nd time, and Dee Calhoun, who just dropped his amazing “outlaw americana...

(S2E71) – Black Tongue Reverend On this episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E71), We talk to Eric Tulip from the Albany, NY hard rock band Black Tongue Reverend!  Eric sat down with us to discuss the trio’s new record, Upstate Of Mind, which is outstanding. We talk all stuff BTR and get into some areas that we don’t usually get into, like The Grateful Dead and Jam bands and Eric’s i...

On this episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E70), We have Rich’s New Favorite band, Florist! The Tampa stoner/psych/space rock band just launched their new record, Adrift, and oh boy is it amazing. All four members of the band joined the show to talk about their amazing new record, the upcoming Tampa Doom and Gloom Fest, the band’s inspirations and origin story, and so much more. I...

(S2E69) – Black Tusk On this episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E69), Andrew and Scary from Savannah, Georgia’s sludge punk masters Black Tusk join the show! The Season of Mist band dropped their latest record, The Way Forward, last year and boy does it rip. We talk about that album, what’s coming up next for the band, their current tour, and the guys drop a few hints on when to ex...