Italian Stoner Doom trio King Potenaz published the official video for the first single “Rivers Of Death” taken from their new studio album, “Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 1,” which will be released in June 2025 via Majestic Mountain Records. “Vol. 2” will follow later this year.
Watch the official video through the YouTube player below:
King Potenaz comments: “We’re finally back after a while, we’re super excited and we literally couldn’t wait to let you listen to our new single ‘Rivers Of Death,’ the opener to our long-awaited second album ‘Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 1,’ set to be released in June on Majestic Mountain Records… for the special occasion we also made a magnificent video created by the great PrettyNoose, which fully embodies the darkest and most doom atmospheres we could give you…”
Born in 2019 in Fasano (BR) during some jam sessions, King Potenaz began composing original songs strongly inspired by the doom/stoner of bands like Sleep, Electric Wizard, Kyuss, Monster Magnet and last but not least Black Sabbath.
After a change on drums, the lineup stabilized in the power trio formed by Giuseppe (guitar and vocals), Francesco (bass guitar) and Piero (drums and synths); long-time friends and musicians, active in the local underground Heavy scene for about 30 years: Giuseppe and Francesco have played in various Black/Doom/Drone bands such as Helvete, Moriendoom and Rius de la Mort while Piero has pounded the skins in Punk/Hardcore bands like No Exit and Erpice and composed two albums of electronic music as PRNX.
In 2022 “Among The Ruins” and “Pyramids Planet” (demo versions) were finally released.
On April 28, 2023, their debut album entitled “Goat Rider” was released, distributed by Argonauta Records.
The album was enthusiastically received by industry critics and reached the twelfth position in the Doom Charts of April ’23 as well as being mentioned in the major genre charts at the end of the year.
In 2024, the three signed with the Swedish Majestic Mountain Records for the release of the new albums “Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 1” scheduled for June 2025 and anticipated by the release of the first single on March 14; in the meantime, they recorded a cover of a Ramones song that will be included in the next tribute of the Redux series by the American label Magnetic Eye Records.
Lineup:
Francesco / Bass
Giuseppe / Guitars and Vocals
Piero / Drums and Synths
