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Charlottesville heavyweights Üga Büga blend the aggression of Mastodon and High on Fire with immersive fantasy and comic inspired worldbuilding, creating one of the most distinctive emerging heavy acts on the East Coast.

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About Üga Büga

Üga Büga is a heavy, riff driven band out of Charlottesville, Virginia delivering a powerful blend of crushing grooves, raw energy, and cinematic storytelling.

Drawing inspiration from Mastodon, Soundgarden, High on Fire, and Coheed and Cambria, the band combines aggressive instrumentation with immersive fantasy and comic inspired worldbuilding that gives their music a unique identity within the modern heavy scene.

Known for their intense live performances, Üga Büga has shared stages with Nothing More, Whitechapel, Nekrogoblikon, and CKY while performing more than 250 live shows over the past three years.

With a new record on the way and a growing East Coast touring presence, Üga Büga continues building momentum as one of the most distinctive heavy bands emerging from Virginia.

"One of the most technically impressive and musically brilliant bands that have emerged from the Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal underground scene within the last decade or so. Valley Of The Wolf is completely surreal, outlandish, bat-shit crazy and brilliantly entertaining. It is also one of the most crazed musical experiences I've had this year alone with it's neverending supply of hard hitting grooves that never misses the target. Outstanding." - Outlaws of The Sun

“A saucy slab of proggy sludge metal.” - Invisible Oranges

“The band has truly mastered the technique how to blend influences and make the music cohesive, on point and their own. There's such a perfect flow to everything they do and whatever they throw into the mix.” - Hellride Music

"Get yourself roughed up by riffs! Just try not to break your neck while listening to this." - Metal Injection

"The Virginia trio lean hard into their dirt-under-the-nails swagger, delivering riffs that snarl and rhythms that stomp like boots on a barroom floor." - Metal Epidemic

"A psychedelic, Southern-fried, stoner wallop with all sorts of twists and turns. These dudes aren't afraid to dabble in an assortment of extreme styles." - Decibel Magazine

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