Gentle Beast – fuzzy, powerful desert rock riffs paired with spacey melodies.
As the name suggests, a love child between mystical gentleness and wild beast. Inspired by genre masters like Kyuss, Fu Manchu, Truckfighters or Red Fang, the five-piece from Basel has dedicated itself to low-tuned guitars, raw vocals and heavy psychedelic sounds.
With the release of their second album, Vampire Witch Reptilian Super Soldier (…From Outer Space), Gentle Beast have further established themselves in the heavy rock scene.

GENRE STONER ROCK
COUNTRY CH
HOMETOWN BASEL
BOOKING
Kerstin von Sivers
kerstin@sixteentimes.com
LABEL
Rudy Kink
rudy@sixteentimes.com
MEDIA
LINE UP
VOX | Timo Dinter
BASS | Tobias Rickli
GUITAR | Manu Ciofalo
GUITAR | Janek Huschke
DRUMS | Chris Wild
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DISCOGRAPHY
2025
Vampire Witch Super Soldier (…from outer space)
SIXT147
2024
Riding Waves of Karma
SIXT147R
2023
GENTLE BEAST
SIXT097
2022
TOXIC TIMES
SIXT097T
2019
HIT THE SPLIFF
SIXT038
UPCOMING SHOWS
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