Current Rotation 1/28/2012

I’m still on somewhat of a heavy and doom kick so when I fired up The Burning EP by Italy’s own Firelord, I was pleasantly surprised. Right away I’m greeted with some nice sounding and deep crushing vibes. The vocals are deep but not to deep, the classic rock elements on some of the guitars are a breath of fresh air. The sound brings back some of the later day Black Sabbath. I loved this one from start to finish. The EP isn’t anything groundbreaking but it is good. This EP serves as a great start for the band and I’d certainty be all over a full length when one is released.

RIVAL SONS: New Video Interview Posted Online

Mike Sullivan of ExploreMusic recently conducted an interview with Californian blues rockers RIVAL SONS at Cherry Cola’s Rock N’ Roll Cabaret in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below.

RIVAL SONS once again teamed up with video director Greg Ephraim for the “All Over The Road” video, which can be seen below

RIVAL SONS frontman Jay Buchanan commented: “Just like in the last video, there was no green screen used for this one. We actually did drive a Cadillac through outer space with a bunch of hot, naked chicks in the backseat. I haven’t seen a final edit yet because they’re trying to lower it to at least an ‘R’ rating. We’ll see if that actually happens.”

ORANGE GOBLIN: Behind-The-Scenes Footage Of The “Red Tide Rising” Video Brought To You By Noisecreep

Today Noisecreep premieres behind-the-scenes footage of ORNAGE GOBLIN’s “Red Tide Rising” video, the opening track off the band’s forthcoming A Eulogy For The Damned full-length, set for North American release on February 14, 2012. The video clip is loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft stories and was shot in a series of dilapidated buildings around the UK.

Elaborated vocalist Ben Ward of the video: “We made the terrible decision to make the video for ‘Red Tide Rising’ the day after the London Christmas show so it meant we all had to be up bright and early, with very severe hangovers and head down to the New Forest. Luckily it was a bright, sunny day so everyone was in good spirits and the production crew went to work setting up at the location, which was some sort of abandoned army barracks in the middle of nowhere! It could have doubled as the location for Hostel 4! In the meantime, the band was dragged halfway across Dorset to do a photo shoot whilst being attacked by rampaging horses! When we returned, thankful to be alive, we were ready to go and the recording process was very pleasant and quite a lot of fun! We already knew that the footage of us would be mixed with some animation

Review – Sundown Service – Sundown Service

I’m going to shed my dark, heavy and doom ways for a moment and kick back to something that caught me completely off guard. The band is Sundown Service, a southern rock jam band from Lexington, KY. Personally I’ve always been attracted to nice looking and interesting cover art so when I seen the cover for Sundown Service’s self titled I was interested. From the looks I figured some psychedelic band but low and behold, something a lot better and deeper.

Sundown Service is a southern rock and jam band with a little psychedelic to it. Under the band’s influences listed on their Facebook page they list “Fillmore East.” The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East is easily one of that band’s best albums ever and listening to Sundown Service, it’s easy to see why. Sundown Service doesn’t try to copy The Allman Brothers in any way at all though some of their songs do resemble some of the slower songs put out by The Allman Brothers and even Lynyrd Skynyrd. It’s fine southern country rock with a bit of a slower side. The highlight track for me is “Blank

Introducing… Firelord

Firelord start up in 2007 from the ashes of a Doom Metal project named Saint Judas founded by Mario E. Bussini few years before. In 2007 Beppe Tozza, Daniele Biffaro and Giulio Buscaglione joined the project. The band plays some covers and a couple of draft tunes heavy influenced by Black Sabbath, Count Raven, Gates of Slumber, Earthride, Saint Vitus and Wino projects, Doom scene, Stoner and Metal until’ 80s. Many problems and changes happened to the lineup, until 2011 when get stable with the entrance of bass player Dario Giuva, who joins the project and partecipate to realase of the four tracks recorded in the first Firelord EP. Actual lineup is formed by Mario E.Bussini (voice, guitars), Giulio Buscaglione (drums) and

Daily Bandcamp Album – Komatsu – Komatsu

One takes the brutality and power of Repomen, the opinionated and compelling of the Goods and the determination of the robust and SQY. Row here with a bulldozer over it, press it together, chop it into pieces and try finally without much care to weld. A lick of paint here and there and see the birth of a new machine: Komatsu.

Get in, confirm your belts, pull the lever and try to restrain him.
This machine delivers an unprecedented, overwhelming demonstration.

Fine heavy and sludgy metal!

Review – Christian Mistress – Possession

Very like The Devil’s Blood (i.e., highly capable female singer with traditional doom metal/ rock music background), but more 70s rock/metal, less 70s rock/pop. If that made any sense.

Shut up. You read this site. You knew very well what I meant.

“Over and over,” a satanic T-rex, a heavier Kansas… “Pentagram and Crucifix,” almost like a track from Danzig’s eponymous debut (and very nearly as sweet) with its alternating time (i.e., downbeat to forebeat in the verse)… “Conviction” is an (improbably) Y&T-like ripper….

“The Way Beyond” fires up a lap steel-laced acoustic intro and slows things down for a minute or two, before igniting a “Children of the Grave”-esque riff–

seriously, if you’re reading this site, you love stoner/doom riffs. This track alone would complete you sexually:

Introducing… Project Armageddon

of Doom, Metal, open minds & experimentation. Hailing from the northern outskirts of Houston,TX-Project Armageddon consists of members: Brandon Johnson-guitar, Raymond Matthews-drums, and Alexis Hollada-bass and vocals. After recording and touring with their former band, Project Armageddon embarked in a new direction by stripping  their sound down to the foundations and beginning with an experimental,  open minded attitude as the basis for writing and performing. Within a  few months a 3 song demo was released and a full contingent of live material was ready for the stage.

Daily Bandcamp Album – Capillaries – Into the History of Light

Capillaries is an instrumental band of four from Atlanta, GA. The music of Capillaries captures a dark history and remains willing to stay behind and investigate it. There are hints of ambience with a sense of immediacy driving it along. Noise and melody become unintended bedfellows. Bass-driven leads and non-traditional rhythms become the substratum for soaring guitars that take listeners to new heights just before pummeling them back into the earth.

The Black Angels Announce Austin Psych Fest 2012 Line-Up

via Exploding in Sound

[press release] The Reverberation Appreciation Society and The Black Angels are happy to announce that Austin Psych Fest 2012 is confirmed for April 27-29, 2012. The 5th annual festival will be held at Emo’s East & Beauty Ballroom. After last years setting, the Seaholm Powerplant, started redevelopment, the search began for a new home for the fest. After the Black Angels / Wooden Shjips show at Emo’s East & Beauty Ballroom on New Years Eve, it was immediately obvious that the perfect location for the festival had been found.

A limited number of $100 weekend passes are on sale right now HERE and HERE, and are going fast. Weekend passes go up to $120 on 2.1.12. More artists will be announced in early March along with daily schedules and daily tickets for $45.

Below is first round of artists confirmed for Austin Psych Fest 2012, with many more to be announced:

Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Black Angels
The Black Lips