Tag High On Fire
Every now and again I veer towards the whole stoner metal scene and usually towards what I think of as its purist form. I sit down with an album by bands like Dopethrone or Weedeater and think that I really… Continue Reading →
It’s been almost two years since Lord Dying released their debut album, and if the four piece have proven anything it’s that they don’t shy away from the big business names. Sanford Parker (Corrections House, Buried at Sea) recorded 2013’s… Continue Reading →
Where to start the review for ‘Waves Ahead of the Ocean’, the second album by Oklahoman weirdness merchants Rainbows Are Free? Firstly, kudos to them for the best song title I’ve come across in years in the form of opening… Continue Reading →
Sometimes this reviewing lark can be a real drag and seem like work, other times, a real gem arrives and restores a bit of faith in the music. I’m glad to say, Clouds Taste Satanic fall firmly in the latter… Continue Reading →
Cursed To See The Future is the US Brooklyn trio’s sophomore full length and I think the word ‘monumental’ was probably invented for it. Six tracks in about fifty minutes is a formidable proposition, especially when it’s built of huge… Continue Reading →
There’s some good retro sounding blues rock floating around at the moment, and Pet The Preacher with their first release on Napalm Records ‘The Cave and The Sunlight’ have added an excellent contribution to this resurging genre. However, far… Continue Reading →
Toulouse’s Drawers started life as a half-hearted side project but that all changed quickly when they started making a real, valid impact. The possibilities that lay in fully realising their latent potential was very rapidly grabbed with all ten of… Continue Reading →
Taint, for all the love people had for them somehow always skipped under my radar, so I happily come to this without any ‘does it sounds like Taint ‘ baggage. What does it sound like? Well, friends, I’ve been seeing… Continue Reading →
“Fuck me, this thing is heavy”. It takes a fair bit to get me to start talking to myself, yet here I am in an empty room getting crushed to death every time I spin this innocent-looking rotund piece of… Continue Reading →
Who fancies a nice, big, juicy steak? If you’ve got your hand up then allow me to point you in the direction of Colossus Of Destiny. With a band-name that comes from a Melvins’ live album and being bona fide… Continue Reading →
Oops! This album was apparently out on Redfield Digital early December 2013, but due to assorted factors beyond my control becomes my first written review of 2014; such is the topsy turvy world of underground metal, a whole multiverse away… Continue Reading →
For no-holds barred riffing, the go-to genre these days has got to be that metal hinterland sludge. From High on Fire to Mastodon and Baroness, and all those more progressive and regressive bands in between, the art of the melodic… Continue Reading →