Doomnation Radio review on the Kyuss tribute
Doom Nation Radio praises Spaceship Landing: A Tribute to Kyuss as a global map of fuzz and heat — a heavy, heartfelt homage to the architects of desert rock.
November 1, 2025
Another review has landed — this time from Doom Nation Radio, offering a vivid and poetic take on Spaceship Landing: A Tribute to Kyuss, released by the digital label Witching Cult.
The twenty-track compilation, which features Mörkekraft’s version of Writhe, is described as “a map of fuzz and heat drawn anew, tracing the dry pulse of Palm Desert through bands scattered across the world.”
Reviewer Lihi Laszlo highlights how the album unites artists from France, Italy, the USA, Norway, Germany, Spain, Finland, and Australia — all keeping the Kyuss legacy alive under different suns.
It’s not a tidy tribute; it’s raw, dynamic, and true to the spirit of the desert.
The review singles out strong reinterpretations like Void Cruiser’s “50 Million Year Trip (Downside Up)”, Sonic Wolves’ “Thumb”, and King Howl’s “Freedom Run.” Yet what ties the record together is its collective atmosphere — “a looseness… a sense that these bands aren’t chasing ghosts but meeting them halfway, trading precision for haze, structure for flow.”
This perspective captures exactly what Spaceship Landing set out to achieve: not to replicate Kyuss, but to reinterpret them — to show how their influence still resonates through rehearsal rooms and recording studios far from Palm Desert.
In Laszlo’s words, the compilation becomes “a global snapshot of how Kyuss still breathes through rehearsal rooms and garages far from California. A document of influence, distortion, and gratitude, twenty reflections orbiting one burning source.”
For us, it’s inspiring to see how Witching Buzz’s vision continues to reach listeners and writers across the globe — and to be part of a project that celebrates the timeless pulse of desert rock.
