Atlanta, Georgia based Desert/Stoner/Doom band HOT RAM have unveiled the official lyric video for the single “Ironbound” taken from their new EP, “Near Fall,” released on January 30, 2026
Watch the lyric video for “Ironbound” via the YouTube player below:
HOT RAM is an Atlanta based Stoner Metal band formed in 2016. It was during this time that Billy Konkel, HOT RAM founder, while working as a sound man in local Atlanta’s clubs, realized that he needed to be on the other side of the microphones and that he had a lot of music to write. Konkel enlisted Gordon White (Tetsu Nakasaka a local bassist/guitar player) to play drums. Gordon brought along Dee Flores on bass and together they recorded 2017’s E.P. “Leave A Beautiful Corpse,” 2018’s “Where Light Goes to Die,” and 2021’s “Electric Medicine.”
Billy Konkel and HOT RAM powered through all life’s obstacles and delivered 2026’s new E.P. “Near Fall,” (self-released on their home imprint Second Down Records) The album’s title was inspired by watching copious amounts of pro wrestling with his wrestling obsessed wife. “Near Fall” epitomizes and accurately describes the last few years that Konkel and HOT RAM were pinned to the mat for a 2 count (a “Near Fall”) and always getting back up to live another day….
“Near Fall” began recording in 2022, tracking drums at Leadbelly Studios and the rest of the album was recorded and mixed by Konkel at Dark Overlord Studio an over 100 year old warehouse/punk house. The opener “Vimana Swamp” is an about an ancient spaceship that crashed into a southern swamp and hidden in obscurity waiting for a return trip home. “Black Weed” Is about the smoking of the green: getting high and then Netflix and chilling with Lucifer himself from these self proclaimed “High Priests of Dank Majik.” Lastly “Ironbound” lays up huge slabs of riffage —enough to tranquilize an elephant, lyrically forged with the hammer and brimstone of the Crusades.
HOT RAM’s “Near Fall” E.P. is for anyone that’s been on the ropes with little hope, but digs deep and finds the passion for dusting yourself off and not giving up!
February 2026 is the 10th anniversary of HOT RAM, and they look for it to be their brightest and loudest year yet. They start off the New Year opening for “High on Fire” in January, following it up with a couple of still un-announced festival dates this spring and summer to build some tour runs around what is expected to be a busy year.
Purchase “Near Fall” on Bandcamp: https://hotram.bandcamp.com/album/near-fall
Tracklist:
01. Vimana Swamp
02. Black Weed
03. Ironbound
Lineup:
Billy Konkel / Guitar and Vocals
Jerimy McNeil / Bass (“Black Weed,” “Ironbound“)
Dan Giampietro / Bass (“Vimana Swamp“)
Brian Ricks / Drums