2011
Traditional Doom Metal. They've got a Reverend Bizarre thing going on..
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Lo-Pan - Salvador
2011
Stoner Rock.This album gets better and better as it progresses. Sorta Soundgardenish.
-I think the slick production here robs the album of energy.
DRoN - DRoN
2011
If Brian Johnson joined Black Cobra to do 70's style rock/metal. This is a two song digital thing you can get at their bandcamp page.Arthur Lee - Vindicator
1972
Bluesy late model Henrix-y, but kinda generic. Little bit of funky soul, but mostly rockin'...blues. I like Arthur Lee, but I would for sure be reaching for the Love albums first. This record is cool though, reminds me of Mountain or somebody like that when this rocks hard. There's some rambling and silliness too.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
1969
Laid back loose vibe of awesomeness in Led Zeppelin III/Mellow Pink Floyd territory. Great record. I love it.
Murderess - The Last Thing You Will Ever See
2010
Black Metalish with more chug a lug. Sounds like they could be from Oakland, but they're from Portland the new Oakland.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Silberbart - 4 Times Sound Razing
1971
If Pink Floyd and Melt Banana had a baby and threw song structure out the window on the way to the hospital...and that's just the first song.
Krautrock Masterpiece.
Subrosa - No Help For The Mighty One
2011
First Impression:
Acid King with more dynamics and instrumentation = approaching and entering Post-Rockisms.Big wall of sound guitar riffs like Goatsnake with sad violins and stuff. Really cool vocal melodies. Once in a while the guitar sounds like early Melvins. Epic awesomeness.
Reminds me of Come with the sad depressing vocals. It's May 2 and this is by far my favorite release of 2011.
This album rules.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wizard Smoke - The Speed Of Smoke
2011
Sorta traditional doom/metal, but way more pissed.Closer to Electric Wizard or Bongzilla than Reverend Bizarre. I give this sucker a thumbs up. Hope you like screaming. Aggro and heavy...and epic too.
Whitesnake - Forevermore
2011
Bluesy rock metal that's not to far removed from 90's Whitesnake (or was it the 80's?). Better than expected, but not much different than a million other bluesy rock metal bands. Those other bands don't have a 60 year old David Coverdale singing for them though.
Pharaoh Overlord - Out Of Darkness
2011
High energy Ted Nugent riffs and Danzig like vocals on the first song. Thankfully they abandon that. The next song falls into repetition, Devastator sounds like the record is stuck for way too long...just annoying really. Then the rest of the album rocks real well. Cool NWOBHM influences. Heaviness. They mix things up to keep it from getting stale. Cool record. Did I mention NWOBHM? I haven't heard too many 2011 releases this year, but this is one of the better ones.-I thought this guy was singing in different styles on different songs, but I just found out that they have four different guys doing the vocals.
-Maiden at their gallopingnest, Scorps at their sleaziest, Accept at their speediest. This album kicks ass. Late 70's early 80's Metal.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Mecki Mark Men - Marathon
1970
Been seriously diggin' this one the last couple days.Progressive Rock from 1970 with Ray Charles like vocals. Some kinda loose soul funkiness going on here. + flute.
Human Instinct - Burning Up Years
1970
Totally diggin' this. Kick back groovin' rock like the Grateful Dead or something, and I hate the Grateful dead.Later they cover You Really Got Me. They also get more garagey and psychedelic.
Then a lot of guitar wanking. Which is what the next album is all about.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Guess Who - American Woman
1970
Diverse classic rock album. This is pretty awesome commercial hard rock that's probably been played on FM radio for 40 years straight.
Ladies W.C. - Ladies W.C.
1969
Garagey tunes meets SF hippy band from 1969. I think these guys are from Venezuela. They get some bluesy harmonica/guitar interplay going sometimes. You might think of The Who or Cream too.They mix in a few different sounds here all the while your waiting for them to bust out G.L.O.R.I.A.
The Smack - Smack
1967
This recording from 1968 is a bunch of Hendrix and Cream type covers. Maybe the best cover of Purple Haze I've heard. They give the covers their own personality a couple of the songs sound like they're 3/4 speed or something. Interesting stuff, but hardly essential.
Those Poor Bastards - Satan Is Watching
2008
Fire and brimstone preachin' from some crazy Marilyn Manson/Tom Waits two headed monster.
The Gates Of Slumber - The Wretch
2011
Sounds like Wino singing for Reverend Bizarre.-Neo old school doom. Good stuff.
Witchcraft - Firewood
2005
If there was a satanic band at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 it would have been Witchcraft.That is if Witchcraft could have gone forward in time and listened to a bunch of Black Sabbath then returned to 1967 to play the fest.
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