NEWS: Desert Storm enter the dark wood of error?

Tracked by Steve Geezer Watkins and Stuart Jones at Woodworm Studios before being mixed and mastered by Joe Clayton (Trudger, Pupil Slicer, Conjurer) at Nø Studio, “Buried Under The Weight Of Reason” by Oxford Progressive Sludge Metal act Desert Storm will be available from 6th March 2026 on Heavy Psych Sounds. The band have a wealth of European shows lined up and so chose  “Woodsman” as the second single from the album. Sonically conjuring an elemental soundscape that invites listeners to abandon the familiar, embrace the instinctual, and walk deeper into the uncharted wilderness, the music video directed by Mondo Marko finds Colin Squire as Thackery (The Woodsman)…

The band comment: ““Woodsman” is a journey into the wild. An evocative blend of crushing heaviness and contemplative stillness. The track draws from the worlds of doom, sludge, and progressive metal, yet carves its own path with moments of unexpected softness, where soulful textures and rare, almost ceremonial vocals emerge like voices in the forest. Lyrically, “Woodsman” steps away from the trappings of civilization and into the primal embrace of the natural world. Inspired by reclusive wilderness dwellers of myth and memory, it reflects on renunciation, survival, and rediscovery. The forest becomes both teacher and healer, a place where rage, instinct, and feral energy intertwine with wonder, reverence, and ancestral wisdom. Its dynamic shifts mirror the experience of stepping into the unknown, sometimes violent, sometimes serene, always alive.”

You can witness Desert Storm live across Europe as follows:

28.03.26 UK, Oxford, The Bullingdon, Buried In Smoke Festival (album launch)
09.04.26 DK, Copenhagen, Råhuset
10.04.26 DE, Oldenburg, Cadillac Zentrum Für Jugendkultur
11.04.26 DE, Dresden, HD – Die Rock& Metalbar
12.04.26 DE, Berlin, Neue zukunft
13.04.26 PL, Katowice, Piąty Dom
14.04.26 CZ, Prague, Klub 007 Strahov
15.04.26 SK, Prešov, 263
16.04.26 RS, Novi Sad, SKCNS Frabrika
17.04.26 SL, Ljubljana, Channel Zero
18.04.26 DE, Nuremberg, MUZ
02.05.26 IT, TBC
03.05.26 IT, TBC
15.05.26 CH, TBC
16.05.26 CH, TBC
30.05.26 UK, London, The Black Heart
12.09.26 UK, Manchester, Rebellion Manchester
03.10.26 UK, Swansea, The Bunkhouse Swansea
14.11.26 UK, Sheffield, Corporation Sheffield
12.12.26 UK, Birmingham, The Flapper