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Marzuraan & TenHornedBeast
2008-08-23 16:15:00
2 tracks 41 minutes. 2 acts of somewhat grim proportions, these recordings are an intensely powerful mix of bleak trawls through the underworld and hazy narcotic bliss. TenHornedBeast From deep within the hinterlands of northern England the TenHornedBeast is rising. Widely known for his 1990?s work with English dark-ambient occultists Endura Christopher Walton has let loose a new malstrom. Powered by biblical prophecy and oppressive volume TenHornedBeast stalks the neither-neither world between sound and invocation. ?The Law Of The Needle? is a work of intense power and intelligence, carefully constructed for maximum effect on the attentive listener. Repeated listening reaps great rewards. Marzuraan Marzuraan pull out all the stops with their best recording to date. Drawing on all aspects of their previous work and building on their 2006 Solid Wood LP, ?Into Countless Battles? sees the band in a hazy fog of narcotic bliss, swathes of warm guitar, droning arcs of bass and buried vo...
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The Kings Of Frog Island
2008-08-22 13:19:00
This healthy serving of psychedelia has one foot placed in the late '60s/early '70s, and another foot placed just as confidently in the '90s era of Kyuss and early Monster Magnet. This album takes these familiar sounds and breaths new life into them, offering a wide variety of colours from track to track. It is filled with excellent playing, a wide variety of material, and carefully thought out transitions that can turn the familiar into the unexpected, but never leaving you feeling cheated.. There are some very obvious, loving debts here to both Kyuss and Monster Magnet, but rather than creating pale imitations, The Kings of Frog Island have spawned something very much their own. I hope that this is not just a ?one off?, but rather the opening round of a longer amphibious assault. Info stolen from; Stonerrock.com Links; The Kings Of Frog Island - The Kings Of Frog Island The Kings Of Frog Island @ MySpace Elektrohasch Records AllThatsHeavy
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Blues Control
2008-08-21 20:21:00
First album now on CD (vinyl is out of print)! "...the music of Blues Control , as evidenced on this record, is a master work explodin. It germinates absolutely from the bowels of the Blues but erupts via a postmodern portal; there are gorgeous sheens of rust that fissure throughout, harmonicas smoke in the distance, guitars splatter, keyboards ooze white hot neo psychedelic lava, in the end, like the music emitted from Apollos lyre, it is a devastatingly wondrous experience. And as much as I hear the (non specific) PSF or Akiyama buzz, to me Blues Control seem beget from the prominent clang & snarl of Dead C, who was beget by This Heat, who was beget by Faust, from whose seed it all originated. And thats nothin to sneeze about, unless yous is allergic to greatness. A cd on Holy Mountain is next. Theys on tour right now too, so drop everything & go seeem! I know its early, but Puff seems a shoe-in for one of the years best." - Siltblog. "Puff is the work of two modern gris gris chefs...
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Growing
2008-08-20 18:54:00
All The Way, the debut full-length from Growing on The Social Registry, concludes an epic trip. Through six tracks Kevin Doria and Joe DeNardo complete the conceptual arc initiated on their 2006 album, Color Wheel. If we still bought into genres, we would say that this record finally achieves a perfect balance of noise and pop, yet what we can say is that you?ll potentially hum melodies long after your headphones are out. Recorded by Barry London at his Ocropolis Studio during the 2007-08 winter, All The Way sounds like some sort of frozen urban chaos taking place at a superclub on another planet. Opener ?Green Flag? sets the record?s tone. Instead of keeping the form free, a crunchy guitar texture oscillates through a drum machine, setting a distinct and danceable rhythm that forms the foundation for tone bubbles to peel off the edges of your speakers. The next track, ?Wrong Ride,? might remind the listener of a never-ending roller coaster ascent ? mixing subtle dub elements with i...
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Mogwai
2008-08-19 18:24:00
While the rest of the world is still queuing up to help the latest Batman movie make a jillion bazillion dollars, which is something like 50 euros, those demographically desirable early adopters now have "Batcat" to check out, from Glasgow post-rockers Mogwai 's new one The Hawk Is Howling. Oh, it might not star Heath Ledger, but, um, it'll be a lot harder for all those right-wing think tankers who ignored the politics of the Star Wars movies to claim this video justifies their policies on illegal torture, illegal surveillance, and amending the Constitution so that the ghost of Augusto Pinochet can someday be president (Arnold will have to settle for first foreign-born VP, due to his views on abortion). Directed by Dominic Hailstone, the latest Mogwai clip shows a couple of the Knife-like figures chasing a child dressed in old-fashioned clothes. There are some maggots. And then, a few minutes later, as the band's guitars gnash and squeal, things actually get disturbing. You know, ...
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Exemption
2008-08-19 18:03:00
Exemption is a band that embraces a variety of influences, ranging from Sex Pistols, to Pantera to Johnny Cash. These guys don?t just list a host of influences; the proof is in the pudding, and the pudding in this case is the band?s recent album, "Rabbit Hole," an explosive album. Exemption breaks genre barriers down, particularly on Swing Darling, which includes a sonic surprise halfway through the track, when what sounds like a Steve Jones influenced guitar solo transpires to become a technically adept legato masterpiece. There is no doubt that these guys can play, and credit must go to the energies of Nicky, the solitary guitarist, who, fills out the sound admirably. I personally have a thing for 3-piece bands, and Exemption proves to be no, erm, exemption to the rule. Tom, Nicky and Ray have taken great pleasure in playing live with legendary bands such as the Misfits, and long may they continue. With such credentials, it can only be a matter of time before a band as talented as...
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A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise
2008-08-13 15:51:00
And again i?m gone for a couple of days. I?m going to ?A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise ? so there will be no posting until Monday or Tuesday next week. If you also going there, tell me all about it. What bands are you going to see, what band are you going to miss for sure, whatever. If you are not going please leave me a comment, and tell me what you think about the blog, the music, wheter you like it or not. I do like some feedback!Some info about the festival;Listening to the hottest bands while enjoying an even spicier Indian curry? Receiving a much-needed brain massage after still not understanding the plot to that great movie you just saw? Having your hairy fashion statement trimmed while knowing you're about to dance the night away?This, and a lot more, is A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise 2008: a three-day, progressive outdoor festival that focuses on alternative music, but offers much more than just that, with a complete programme of stand-up comedy, film, visual ar...

Wooden Shjips
2008-08-13 15:49:00
San Francisco's enigmatically named Wooden Shjips play a minimal, droning kind of garage band-influenced psychedelia with a noticeable '60s Krautrock influence. Almost unintelligible vocals slip beneath the waves of throbbing minimal rhythms while fuzz tone guitar and shrieking organ freak-outs jump to the foreground and draw you into their primal vortex. It's not a sound that everyone will love, but one that resonates deeply with former (and present-day) heads and hippies. When bandleader Ripley Johnson put the band together in 2003 he wasn't interested in playing gigs or becoming famous. His original intention was to find a group of non-musicians and create music with them. The idea was that untrained players would have a brand new outlook on what music is and bring something fresh to the table, perhaps a blend of the often noisy trance rock of the Velvet Underground and the frenetic mania of the one-hit wonder garage punks of the early '60s. Bassman Dusty Jermier, for exampl...
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Deterior
2008-08-12 12:20:00
DETERIOR is a post metal band,or rather a one man project,by Andrew Arnold from the North Canton/Columbus,Ohio area in the US.Arnold plays all instruments and also sings all the vocal parts.The name for the project was inspired by GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR'S demo tape and Arnold cites GY!BE as a prominent lyrical and atmospheric influence. In 2007 DETERIOR released the 5-song EP "World",and in 2008 Arnold released the first DETERIOR full-length album "Antimonument",which he has made available as a free,full album download on DETERIOR'S Myspace page.This album differs slightly from "World" in that it includes more sound samples, ambient noise, and a more direct sludge metal influence.The album is also almost entirely instrumental because Arnold was dissatisfied with his vocals on "World". DETERIOR'S music is largely post metal with a dash of sludge and post rock thrown in. . Info stolen from; Progarchives Links; Deterior - Antimonument ?Don?t forgot to check out all the ot...
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Humanfly
2008-08-12 12:18:00
Composed of an hour?s worth of lengthy post-metal tracks, Humanfly?s II isn?t the kind of album you throw on for a quick fix of aggression. Nor, really, is it the kind of album you can sit back and unconsciously soak in -- the intensity of these tracks won?t allow it. Through clearly bred from the same stock as ISIS, Neurosis and Cult of Luna, there?s markedly less in the way of dynamics here. II, for the most part, is a consistently pummeling and draining post-metal album. I can appreciate that. With many bands of this style softening and moving into the realm of post-rock, the bile displayed on these is a welcome reminder of this genre?s power. However, such an unrelentingly punishing disc of this gaudy length is quite a lot to endure. Like the aforementioned Cult of Luna, Humanfly grew from hardcore roots to a more spacious, textured style. However, while on their early work, Cult of Luna sounded like a band attempting to push the limits of hardcore songs by slowing them down, ...
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Euphoria
2008-08-11 12:04:00
Euphoria is a three-man band from Tokyo, Japan, consisting of Hiroyuki Morikawa (guitar, vocals, programming), Shota Sato (bass) and Yosuke Kinoshita (drums). The band was formed during the winter of 2001. euphoria's music sometimes has a lyrical, atmospheric and cinematic touch to it. It is said as if they sounded a silent roar and brought listeners fairy-tale landscapes with their music. So far, they have played with The Album Leaf (US), Tarentel (US), Bellini (Italy), Yndi Halda (UK), and many other bands. Their five officially released records are available in Japan (download available worldwide on iTunes Stores). The guitarist/vocalist Hiroyuki Morikawa is also known as his solo electronica project called organic stereo. The band is now branching out around the world. In the end of 2007, they got involved in a remix CD for a Swedish band Ef with Stafraenn Hakon (IS), Isan (UK) and other artists. They played for an audience of 3,000 at Fat Festival, the largest rock festival i...
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Jeremy Fish
2008-08-09 17:42:00
Jeremy Fish is an illustrator and artist living in San Francisco. He was born and raised in upstate New York, and moved to San Francisco in 1994 to attend art school. He received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1996.In 2006, Nike Skateboarding released a version of the Air Classic shoe with artwork designed by Fish.Fish has collaborated with Aesop Rock since the latter's move to San Francisco in 2005. In the fall of 2006, the pair created a book entitled The Next Best Thing, which also included a 7-inch picture disk. Fish later created the artwork for Aesop Rock's fifth studio album None Shall Pass, released by Definitive Jux. Links;Jeremy FishUmbrella MarketUpper Playground
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The Body
2008-08-09 14:27:00
The Body is two men and several amps, one drum set and one guitar turned up really really loud. Two of the nicest most upbeat dudes playing the most wicked evil rock. A while back we reviewed an amazing record by a band called Tides. What was equally amazing was the circuitous route it took to get to Aquarius. In a nutshell, it was sent to a certain publication who deemed it too punk to review, a friend at said publication grabbed it from the reject box thinking we'd like it. We did. And well you can read that review on the AQ site. And that record ended up being a huge hit around here. The thing is, that record wasn't alone on its perilous journey. No, another record was right there along side the Tides cd making its way to AQ. That record, was this record. The Body . But The Body had a bit farther to go, before making it to the list you have right here in your hands. First, many emails with the label, then much waiting. Then finally a box of cds arrived, but somehow they had all ...
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Madking Ludwig
2008-08-09 13:23:00
Madking Ludwig's sound comes straight out of their own Bermuda Triangle, emanating from somewhere between desert rock, metal and prog rock. Originating from Montreal, they have been creating their style of music since 1997, blending vocal harmonies and woodwind instruments with the crushing mix of fuzzed-out heavy rock. The band, consisting of Stéphane Bellemare, Leïla Jolin-Dahel, Raphaël Corbeil (Karmadoza), Patrick Falardeau and Stéphane Vigeant (Floating Widget, Karmadoza), has been averaging about two shows a year, turning each live performance almost into an event! They have recorded their long-awaited follow-up to their debut eponym album in the confines of Wild Studio, in St-Zénon, QC, with the help of engineers Martin Dupuis (Floating Widget) and Pierre Rémillard (Cryptopsy, Gorguts, Krisiun). The mixing and mastering duties were handled by renowned engineer Glen Robinson (Voivod, Queensryche, Gwar) at Studio Multisons in Montreal, QC. This new offering includes seven trac...
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Witchfinder General
2008-08-08 09:29:00
In their time, Witchfinder General was considered one of the less-important bands to emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, but they have become a popular early influence among bands in the doom metal scene. Formed in 1980 by Zeeb Parkes (vocals), Phil Cope (guitars), Woolfy Trope (bass), and Graham Ditchfield (drums), the band was heavily influenced by Black Sabbath and released only two albums, 1982's Death Penalty and the following year's Friends of Hell, before breaking up. Ironically, these became more notorious for their comical covers (featuring the band in medieval costumes torturing semi-naked women) than the band's raw, post-Sabbath grind. Death PenaltyUnlike many of their New Wave of British Heavy Metal peers who injected their music with a certain punk attitude, Witchfinder General drank strictly from the Black Sabbath fountain. Their 1982 debut, Death Penalty, is a celebration of all things Sabbath -- from the plodding rhythms of "Burning a Sinner"...
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Skip James
2008-08-07 12:56:00
Among the earliest and most influential Delta bluesmen to record, Skip James was the best known proponent of the so-called Bentonia school of blues players, a genre strain invested with as much fanciful scholarly "research" as any. Coupling an oddball guitar tuning set against eerie, falsetto vocals, James's early recordings could make the hair stand up on the back of your neck. Even more surprising was when blues scholars rediscovered him in the '60s and found his singing and playing skills intact. Influencing everyone from a young Robert Johnson (Skip's "Devil Got My Woman" became the basis of Johnson's "Hellhound on My Trail") to Eric Clapton (who recorded James's "I'm So Glad" on the first Cream album), Skip James's music, while from a commonly shared regional tradition, remains infused with his own unique personal spirit.Hard Time Killing Floor Blues was the first session Skip James recorded following his rediscovery by John Fahey and Henry Vestine in the mid-'60s. Thou...
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Runhild Gammelsæter
2008-08-06 11:14:00
With a track record collaborating with the likes of Sunn O))), Thorr?s Hammer, and other dark luminaries, the sound of this disc is not at all unexpected. However, while her collaborations strayed more towards the metal end of things, this first (and entirely solo) disc is decidedly more eclectic, and for that reason perhaps more frightening than any of her other appearances.The disc is front loaded with the more jarring and frightening moments. It opens extremely frightening and, while not letting up, begins to lessen the demonic grab by the end of the disc. Opening track ?Collapse-Lifting of the Veil? sounds like a demonic possession must feel. The piece is a constant battle between fragmented stabbing noisy guitar drone and gentle, acoustic strumming, just as the vocals alternate between soft folk singing and deranged, Linda Blair growls and shrieks. The follower, ?Expanding Universe,? has a similar template, but of a more electronic flavor with synthetic noises and a split b...
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Brian Koschak
2008-08-05 13:11:00
Today some art work by a guy named Brian Koschak. He recently has done the art work for the awesome new album ?Tales? by Salt Lake City's IOTA. And he has done a very fine job on this one, and i hope their will be more bands in future who let this guy do there art work... I have to thank Blend 77 from Zen for waking me up on this guy (peace bro, always good to learn about new artists.)I couldnt find much info on mr. Koschak so i stole, as usual, some things he said about himself on his MySpace site. Here we go;Hey, i'm brian koschak, budding comick art demigod (someone else's words, not mine). i just finished up my first graphic novel, "narcoleptic sunday", written by jeremy haun and it'll probably be the first time you've ever seen my work. for the last ten years, though, i have been busting ass on my labor of love, "the eavesdropper cafe," a journey through all the dark and kinky places of the human brain (or mine at least). hopefully it will be out there in the ether withi...

Wooden Shjips
2008-08-04 17:43:00
The Wooden Shjips' earliest material was released on vinyl, pressed in small quantities that were either free or hard to come by and are now hopelessly out of print. Who are we to keep you away from the rush of "Shrinking Moon for You"? Vol. 1 collects all the tracks from the free 10-inch, the Dance, California 7-inch, and the SOL 7-inch. The band will be out playing live, in their own nimble way, this spring and summer, road-testing new material for their next record.. "... [T]ight-wound repeato psych guitar raunch with spoony (maybe even imaginary) percussion, surprisingly Rev-like keys, and vocals buried under burning driftwood. It's a nice one." --Byron Coley, The Wire "... Wooden Shjips seem to have their wagon hitched to a post psychedelic/punk damaged Krautrock environ that just not enough people are astute enough to homestead." --Tom Lax, Siltblog "Like fellow locals Comets on Fire or English space rockers Hawkwind or Spaceman 3, Wooden Shjips' magic is created by a mix ...
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Capricorns
2008-08-03 10:33:00
This is something i was waiting for for a few months now and the guys @ Lucidmedia helped me to start this Sunday very good. Thanks for this! First ofcourse a review from ?The Quietus?. It?s not often you get to describe stoner rock as ?urgent?, but the new epic from UK sludge stalwarts Capricorns canters along at an enjoyably paranoid pace, one eye on the approaching cosmic storm. Compulsive, mathy guitar lines are beset with faint oscillator growls before descending into cavernous riffs, and slow, sublime vistas only remain so for moments, before dark clouds gather both on the horizon and in troubled synapses. Heavy shit indeed ? but anyone who?s followed the progress of Capricorns since 2005?s Ruder Forms Survive and numerous live appearances knows they can do heavy. River now sees the band ? who are currently based in a number of geographical locations ? formulating a compelling vocabulary of their own out of the murk and weight of the genre, crafting brutal instrumental psyc...
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Richard A. Kirk
2008-08-02 19:09:00
Richard Kirk was born in Hull, England in 1962 and came to Canada at the age of 4. His work was influenced from an early age by the classic book illustrators and forms found in nature, particularly insects and their homes. It amazed him that creatures with weird, even monstrous, forms coexisted with the ordinary world of schools and gas stations. It was perhaps inevitable that his personal artistic explorations led him to explore fantastic and surrealist themes.Richard works in silverpoint, ink, watercolour and oil paint, but like many artists he also enjoys experimenting with found materials.Over the past few years, Richard has illustrated a number of books. Samples of work from these projects can be found by clicking on the illustration link above. Links;Richard A. KirkRichard A. Kirk
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Shora
2008-06-09 14:05:00
As musical evolution continues, another powerful hybrid has arisen. With crazed speed metal as their father and candid, in-your-face hardcore as an evil, molesting step-uncle, speedy rhythms and guileless screaming vocals have returned to favor in the underground music scene -- or perhaps they were just visiting a psychiatric clinic for a few years. Either way, this wicked genre has coddled a new generation of disenchanted youth, as well as making some of us recall our youthful days of musical violence.Running along with the likes of The Dillinger Escape Plan and Drowningman, Geneva, Switzerland's Shora are neck and neck with the aforementioned groups' use of uncanny tempo changes and vicious percussive swings -- not to mention the distorted mayhem that results. Your first immediate experience with Shora is "A Deviance," which slams down a buzzing whirlwind of guitars and crashing drums that abruptly synchronize in an explosive bit of raging hatred. It's so powerful that you'll ...
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The Heads
2008-06-08 18:14:00
After some surfing on the mighty internet i found this awesome live set The Heads played on the Roadburn festival this year. And lucky as i am, i was there, And enjoyed every single minute of it. And ofcourse i wanna share this recording with you. And i wanna thank the dude who put it on the internet ?Smockboy25? i dont know who you are, but thank you big time dude. I f you wanna hear more live stuff from this years Roadburn, you can go to the Roadburn Myspace. And or friend Cheeto from the Sludge Swamp got a very good recording of Earthless live on the Roadburn festival this year. Have a nice trip, and enjoy your flight. peace; (mr.A)P.S. ...More live 2008 Roadburn stuff is more then welcome, same as your comments!?Some info on the Heads;In the early 90's, in a back street garage somewhere in Bristol, Simon, Hugo, Wayne and founding member Dave Spencer would jam for hours and then retire to Simons house for tea and smoke until we could barely communicate. These were happy days an...
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...with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly
2008-06-08 16:21:00
When radiohead's thom yorke was asked recently about the honesty box internet release of last october's in rainbows, he described it as a 'one-off'. but eight months later, the repercussions continue to inspire others to copy both their immediacy (the raconteurs' latest) and altruism (coldplay's violet hill giveaway).with their fifth album proper með suð..., sigur rós are the latest to honour radiohead's example: released with minimum warning on 23 june to be followed by a deluxe format in septemberfor a band who've built a career on emotive music and a reticence to hog the spotlight, such gimmickry is suprising. yet the marketing kerfuffle surrounding með suð... is less to do with copycat bandwagon-jumping than a need to highlight a career turning point. after 14 years, four predecessors and last year's acclamed concert film, heima, sigur rós have outgrown their cult status: með suð... is an unashamed bid for mainstream glory.the beautiful, melodically pure soundscapes tha...
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White Hills
2008-06-07 14:04:00
I tell you, White Hills have to be the best band in the US at present. This is a fabulous release brimful of anger and perdition at the war in Iraq and all things Dubya. That this anger is set over a cosmic soundtrack to rival that genre's greatest exponents does little to decrease its charms. Oh no. From the beautiful opening partnership of Air and Waves and Under Skin or by Name right through to the last (the title) track, this is a very focused piece of work and frankly needs to be heard.Waves begins like a track off Joy Division's Closer, before morphing into Under Skin or by Name Spirit of Exile which kicks all the gloom into touch with a bruising guitar and drum assault. A west coast guitar solo battles in vain with rolling drums; there is a feeling that High Psychic energy levels are at play here. Spirit of Exile Distance takes the reflective side of Neu! and runs with it for all the song is worth, adding plaintive vocals and a brooding sense of menace far removed from Ding...
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Ocoai
2008-06-06 16:09:00
Remember Pelican in between the EP and Australasia? Sludgy, but going off in their newer, more multi-layered direction?That's what I think of when I hear Breatherman, Ocoai's debut record. Hailing from Johnson City and Knoxville, Tennessee, and sharing members of Mouth Movements (one of which is Travis Kammeyer, who produced/engineered the last Generation of Vipers record, as well as Breatherman), Ocoai demonstrate stereotypical instru-metal, except they do it really, really well. Better, in fact, than any other band that has risen to the challenge since bands like Pelican, Isis or This Will Destroy You have made this type of music a worthwhile venture.Not that Ocoai do everything those bands do/did. They draw from many places, it seems, moreso than most. An instrumental band's sound gets tricky once every other band has the same amount and type of pedals on their boards, but Ocoai just knows how to get different sounds from them that add to their atmospheric buildups before tear...
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Excepter
2008-06-05 14:24:00
Excepter fans tend to fall into two camps: diehard believers, and semi-skeptics willing to take the bad with the good. As the Brooklyn group's mix of bleeping sub-disco, stoned moaning, and Casio dub has slowly expanded, the latter faction seems to have grown, too. Even positive reviews often seem bemused by Excepter's peak-and-valley drift, especially their meandering live shows, which can alternate between magic and tedium. But if you've drank the Excepter Kool-Aid, the group's "boring" stretches are part of their charm, as they can sneakily morph into epiphanies. In that sense, Excepter are a psych group, their music mimicking the way drugs kick in right after you stop checking to see if they have.The funny thing is, there actually aren't that many dead spots on Excepter albums. Throne and Sunbomber are filled with peaks, and even less consistent efforts like KA and Alternation have minimal valleys.It helps that singer John Fell Ryan is an excellent editor, mining musical go...
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Colour Haze
2008-06-03 22:40:00
Yes, they got a new one! And gues what? It is as good as all they other one?s just another masterpiece. Sixty miniutes pure bliss, the best stoner psychedelic rock out of Germany So, get it, smoke one, enjoy it. And then when you listened to it again tommorow, go buy yourself a copy from these guys. This is already one of the best things this year! (mr.A)A small bio;Born within the years 1968 1974 some of the musicians played much in bands before, some less, some lived on making music. Contemporary Record Store Section: Stonerrock Colour Haze are a modern Psychedelic (in the words sense) Heavy Rock Three Piece, in the tradition of classic Rock-Trios as Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience or Grand Funk Railroad. Founded somewhen in the last century, the current line-up consists since May 1999. Since then some records have been made and a lot of following was gained. Originating from Muenchen, Germany, the group did a lot of shows nationwide and in Belgium, Holland and Austria. Soon ...
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Triggerfinger
2008-06-03 14:02:00
What Grabs Ya? Well this album grabbing me! And not because it smells like gasoline, and sweaty bars with beer drinking dudes tapping their feets on this record. No, it grabs me because this is one of the best things i have heared in a couple of months. This three piece band from Antwerp, Belgium makes rock in the same vein as Queens of the Stone Age, Masters of Reality, Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top and maybe even some Creedence... And when they are in your area check them out live they are even better, believe me. (mr.A)Here?s a small bio;This power trio?s live reputation long precedes the release of this self-titled debut album. A bit reluctant in trying to capture their dazzling live sound onto a record, they went for it anyway and ? as the press happily admitted ? they managed perfectly. This has become an album full of raw energy and heavy guitars, elegantly combined with honest, sensible en melodic songs.Or, as Dutch music magazine OOR put it: ?a brilliant face-lift of the genre?. **...
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Om
2008-06-02 17:35:00
Okay, i know you can find this one probably on all the blogs that i link, and all the other blogs that they link. But, you can?t miss this one. Simply because it is awesome and the last one with their old drummer Chris Hakius. And this set sounds a lot beter then the one they did on Roadburn last year... I hope the new drummer Emil Amos does his job just as good as Mr. Hakius. (mr.A)A review/news flash from Southern Lord;In December of 2007 the mighty duo that is OM made a pilgrimage to Israel to play for its people. Their pinnacle performance unfolded at 4 Aristobolus Street in Jerusalem the site of Uganda Records.The band played for over 4 hours on this evening! The tracks: ?Flight of the Eagle? and ?Bhimas? Theme? were captured and the transmission of these recordings were flown back to the United States where the vinyl lacquers were made by Bob WestonSouthern Lord in cooperation with OM present you the listener with this 180 gram black vinyl transcendental offering: OM-?Live...
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