If fuzzed-out, bass-heavy, psychedelic stoner doom anthems is the thing that rock your worn-out van, make your eyes go all wet and make your bong-water bobble then Marijannah will have you covered in loads with their brand new album entitled ‘Istanah’ (Malay for royal palace / castle). The halls of Istanah is packed to the brim with riffs and grooves so addictive that they completely submerge you and makes you forget who you are and whether you have eaten or not.

Although this is just Marijannah’s second album the band members aren’t exactly new to the music scene and if such a thing as a Singapore heavy rock super group exists, it might as well be it.  Featuring members of grindcore fanatics in Wormrot and pop punk band The Caulfield Cult we find Marijannah deeply rooted within the heavy underground. Root and stem indeed incrusted in metal and drenched in dank-smelling stoner sensibilities.