Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin were an English stoner metal band from London. Formed in 1995, the band's most recent lineup consisted of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, drummer Chris Turner, and bassist Harry Armstrong. Their final album Science, Not Fiction was released in July 2024.

History Orange Goblin was originally formed in 1995 under the name Our Haunted Kingdom, with original bassist Martyn Millard and fifth member Pete O'Malley on rhythm guitar. The band released a split 7-inch single, Electric Wizard/Our Haunted Kingdom, with Electric Wizard in 1996 on Rise Above Records before changing their name to Orange Goblin. The first three studio albums under the name Orange Goblin—Frequencies from Planet Ten (1997), Time Travelling Blues (1998) and The Big Black (2000)—were in the stoner metal and doom metal genres, and have also been described as space rock. However, starting with 2002's Coup de Grace, they began to add punk rock, hard rock, and other influences to their sound. The album Thieving from the House of God was released in 2004 and featured a cover of ZZ Top's "Just Got Paid". Their first five releases were issued by Rise Above Records. O'Malley left the band in 2004 to pursue...