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Current Rotation 1/28/2012

Bill Goodman — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:21:59 +0000

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.

Samsara Blues Experiment is a band I’ve followed loosely over the past few years. It was with great pleasure that this album made it’s way into my ears. I loved the psych blues of past albums so Revelation & Mystery was a welcomed addition. Those psych blues elements are intact, in fact, the album has a bit more of a prog feel to it. Late last year I learned to appreciate some good old fashioned prog metal and was delighted to hear some throughout Revelation & Mystery. Samsara Blues Experiment never fails in their releases. They’re continuously evolving and that’s what a lot of bands that succeed do. Their combo of classic, prog, psychedelic, and blues rock make for an excellent album and one that I’m quite fond of.

I have a question. Is there really a theme for funerals? If there isn’t I nominate Le Scimmie. This 2 piece play a hella of a doomed out, deathly sounding, well, doom. It’s heavily fuzzed out too which really adds to the atmosphere surrounding the album Dromomania. All is not to heavy though as there are some lighter moments that seem to have a bit of a garage rock tone and they mix it up with some classic and post rock elements. Very well done gentlemen. Dromomania is one of the best instrumental albums I’ve heard in a while.

What seems like only yesterday has actually only been a year. It feels like yesterday I was letting everyone know about XII Boar and their what is now first release. Now they’re back with an EP that’s even heavier and more in your face than the last. I didn’t think it was possible but the band has proven me wrong. Split Tongue, Cloven Hoof is one intense beast. If your suicidal tendencies are subsiding, this will bring them out ten fold. This is some seriously kick ass heavy rock. The best thing about it, it’s free. Get it now!

RIVAL SONS: New Video Interview Posted Online

Bill Goodman — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:56:25 +0000

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.”

“All Over the Road” is taken from RIVAL SONS‘ new album, “Pressure And Time”, which is out now worldwide on CD and limited-edition audiophile vinyl, as well as on iTunes with two exclusive bonus tracks.

RIVAL SONS was nominated for two Classic Rock awards, in the categories of “Best New Band” and “Best Album”.

Interview:

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

Bill Goodman — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:52:17 +0000

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 that we’d acquired the use of so we weren’t required to do anything too ambitious, just repeatedly go over the track imagining we were playing it to 100,000 people at Wembley stadium! Fuelled by tea and biscuits we got the job done and the results look great!”

Check out the making-of video at THIS LOCATION.

A Eulogy For The Damned is ORANGE GOBLIN’s seventh studio album and first for Candlelight Records. The ten-track offering was recorded at The Animal Farm studio in South London, UK, produced and engineered by Jamie Dodd and mastered by two-time Grammy-nominated Pink Floyd engineer Andy Jackson at Tube Mastering.

“Long-haired limeys, maximum riffage and turbo doom. Biker rock. From England. And it’s pretty awesome.” – Decibel

“Overall, their first record for Candlelight is pretty damn fantastic. Rockin’, riff-tastic and possibly the best record from start to finish that they’ve released yet.” – Popdose

“With a sound that splits the difference between Sabbath and Motörhead, ORANGE GOBLIN serves up a potent dose of ’70s-style metal on A Eulogy For The Damned. Gloomy doom and punk power have seldom sounded so good together.” – Metal Underground

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Review – Sundown Service – Sundown Service

Bill Goodman — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:56:42 +0000

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 Slate” which is a jam track that sounds almost improvised. I doubt it actually is but it’s still a kick ass tune.

If you like southern classic rock in the same vain as Sweet Kiss Momma, The Allman Brothers, 38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd and even a little Mashall Tucker Band, this is right up your alley. You can stream the whole album on the player below. Currently it appears it’s only available digitally through Bandcamp and all the other culprits like iTunes, Amazon, etc.

Introducing… Firelord

Bill Goodman — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:01:41 +0000

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 Dario Giuva (bass). The band is actually in studio recording the first EP.

Daily Bandcamp Album – Komatsu – Komatsu

Bill Goodman — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:01:34 +0000

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

hhbrady — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:27:21 +0000

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:

Guys: you could poke holes in a board with your dick after this one; girls, you could drown a toddler in your panties/knickers.

“Possession” has a great slinky riff not unlike (ironically) Danzig’s “Possession,” (though it’s only reminiscent of it, at best), “Back to Gold” rocks and sways its hips like the best delta blues (Albert King, whaddya think of this?); “There is Nowhere” opens like a continuation of the end of “Symptom of the Universe” (funky, semi-tribal acoustics), “Haunted Hunted” has some freakin sweet twin lead harmonies, and closer “All Abandon” just rocks all-out, NWOBHM-ishly, then closes out this badass baby of a satanicish rock/ metal record with a dissonant, diabolus in musica of a final melody/riff.

All tracks, too, are nicely concise and brief (almost like they were radio-ready! ha! remember that?). No self-indulgent 10-minute tracks here. They can write songs and they do. It’s a nice change from most doom/ metal acts.

All in all: this is really fun doom/stoner/tradition metal. And I’m sober as a nun right now.* Imagine if you were otherwise.

*He said, despairingly.

Introducing… Project Armageddon

Bill Goodman — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:01:35 +0000

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.

February 2010 saw the release of Project Armageddon’s debut full length cd “Departure”: a self released, 45 minute record that stays true to P.A.’s no holds barred stylistic approach, running the gamit rom straight out doom to somber acoustic tracks to full out effects laden psychedelic guitar tracks, dealing with super-genetic beings, nuclear holocaust, natural devastation, and religious intolerances.

Project Armageddon continued on an extensive show schedule from 2010 to mid-2011 both in the local clubs and around the state as well. In the summer of 2011, Project Armageddon returned to Dungeon Manor studios to record their 2nd full length record: “Tides of Doom”. This was then sent out to be mixed by Supernatural Sound in Kultland,OH over the Fall while the band began demo recording for what will be their 3rd record. Currently, “Tides of Doom” is scheduled to be released in March of 2012 and the band is rehearsing for their upcoming Texas Tour to support the record.

Email: projectingarmageddon@gmail.com
Website: www.reverbnation/projectarmageddon

Daily Bandcamp Album – Capillaries – Into the History of Light

Bill Goodman — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:01:09 +0000

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

Bill Goodman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:12:29 +0000

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
Olivia Tremor Control
Dead Meadow
Wooden Shjips
Bombino
Woods
The Telescopes
Pink Mountaintops
Disappears
Sun Araw
Peaking Lights
Prince Rama
Psychic Ills
Pure X
Indian Jewelry
Sleep Over
Lotus Plaza
Moon Duo
Quilt
The Intelligence
Amen Dunes
Ringo Deathstarr
Headdress
Spindrift
Night Beats
Acid Baby Jesus
The UFO Club
Allah Las
Federale
Quest for Fire
High Wolf
Christian Bland and The Revelators
Cosmonauts
MMOSS
Smoke and Feathers
Orange Revival
The Band In Heaven
The Cush

Check out the Austin Psych Fest 2012 mixtape by Al Lover HERE. For more information head HERE.