heavy-metal-darkness: Weedpecker |V |Heavy Psych Sounds Records

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Weedpecker |V |Heavy Psych Sounds Records

Release Date February 23^rd, 2026
Format LP/CD/Digital
Genre Psychedelic/Stoner Rock
Country Poland

Born out of the Polish underground, Weedpecker has spent years as a top-tier dealer of psychedelic stoner rock. They’ve spent four albums chasing the green dragon through hazy riffs and melodic dreamscapes. Now, for their fifth outing, the band enters a new transformation, lead by Piotr Dobry through a period of personal chaos and total instability to see what survives the fire.

Look, life is a fragile bitch, and Piotr Dobry clearly went through the meat grinder before sitting down to pen "V". You can hear that "everything is falling apart" vibe baked into the very soul of this record. It’s not just some dudes jamming in a garage but a therapeutic purge. They dragged these songs through multiple studios and long months of obsessive tweaking because they wanted the dirt and the beauty to coexist perfectly. The result is a heavy, shimmering trip that sounds like someone finally admitting they don’t have all the answers while the world burns around them.

The riffs on "Fading Whispers" and "Ash" are thick enough to choke on, but there’s a massive melodic streak running through them that keeps things from becoming a total downer. This isn't just a wall of noise, the synths handled by the trio of Piotr Sadza, Tomasz Walczak, and Piotr Dobry add this spacey, layered dimension that makes you feel like you're floating in a sensory deprivation tank filled with THC. Zbigniew Promiński beats the skins with enough force to keep your head nodding, while Piotr Kuks keeps the low end anchored in the grime.

When you get to "In The Dark We Shine" and "Mirrors", the band really leans into that "heavy psych" tag. It’s spaced-out and trippy, but it never gets too soft or loses its edge. They’ve managed to capture that specific feeling of things slipping away, especially on "The Last Summer Of Youth". It’s a bitter pill wrapped in a gorgeous, fuzzy melody. The production handled by Haldor Gruenberg at Satanic Audio is top-notch, giving the guitars a massive presence while letting the synths swirl around your skull like smoke.

This is a damn good record for anyone who wants their psych rock with a side of existential dread. It’s honest, it’s loud, and it’s got enough layers to keep you digging for weeks. Weedpecker is still the king of the mountain when it comes to this sound in Poland, and "V" proves they’ve got plenty of fire left in the tank, even if that fire is currently burning their house down.

Score: 7.8