No band believes in the powers of the devil’s lettuce quite like Dopelord. Since budding out of Poland in 2010, the stoner doomers have led children of the haze down the left-hand path. Now, ahead of their European tour with Monolord, the band are dusting off the first entry in their wickedly catchy spell book.
Today, Dopelord are excited to announce that their new label home Season of Mist is reissuing their 2012 debut album, Magick Rites. Now back in print, with this reissue, fuzz worshipers everywhere can once again experience their first communion with the devilish masters of stoner doom.
“For most of us, Magick Rites was our first-ever recording session in a proper studio”, Dopelord bassist and vocalist Piotr Zin remembers. “The studio was located in Bialystok and belonged to some friends of ours, whose band we had previously played gigs with. We recorded these songs mainly for ourselves. We had no expectations whatsoever regarding how they would be received. Well, maybe with one exception – having a CD would make it easier for us to get gigs. But everything that happened afterwards was completely unplanned”.
Season of Mist will reissue Magick Rites on December 11, 2026.
Pre-order
https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/DopelordMagickRites
Available formats
CD Jewel Case
12” Vinyl (Black)
12” Vinyl (Glow in the dark)
Magick Rites is blessed with all the raw ingredients that make Dopelord so charming. From the opening rip, the album rises from the ashes like a cloud of smoke. Ungodly heavy riffs bring the masses to their knees in service of “Lucifer’s Son”. More than a decade later, the band’s devout following hasn’t stopped chanting its seductive chorus as a sign of their undying allegiance. “I gave you my soul”.
“[…] the off-the-bat highlight of Magick Rites”, The Sleeping Shaman wrote in praise of “Lucifer’s Son”. “[…] it nonetheless explores Miodek’s prayer to the gods of another universe as if blasted from some giant volcano-mouthed horn directly into the cosmos”.
On Magick Rites, Dopelord introduced their wickedly catchy twist on stoner doom.
Catch Dopelord on their 2026 European fall tour with Monolord.
Dopelord 2026 European Tour with Monolord
Get tickets at https://linktr.ee/monolord
October 6 – Hamburg, Germany @ Bahnhof Pauli
October 7 – Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat
October 8 – Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Effenaar
October 9 – Sinkt-Niklaas, Belgium @ De Casino
October 10 – Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
October 11 – Nantes, France @ Le ferrailleur
October 12 – Toulouse, France @ Le Rex
October 13 – Lyon, France @ Jack Jack
October 14 – Aarau, Switzerland @ KIFF
October 15 – Munich, Germany @ Backstage
October 16 – Osnabrück, Germany @ Bastard Club
October 17 – Cologne, Germany @ Gebaude 9
October 18 – Liege, Belgium @ Desertfest
Dopelord’s fourth album, Sign of the Devil, is also available on Season of Mist.
Order
https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/DopelordSignoftheDevil
More praise for Magick Rites
“[…] Dopelord are going to be big in the realm of the heavy for quite some time” – The Sludgelord
“Lucifer’s Son” and “Unihorn” are instant cult classics” – Dr. Doom’s Lair
“And as if this wasn’t enough, there are these riffs…riffs of a magical power you simply can’t withstand” – Metal Bandcamp
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