01. Every Time I Die – Radical (SAMPLE) Radical is an album that is absolutely enraged, and one that is utterly sincere and honest in that rage. In style it sits within the realm of -core, both metal and math, but these simple terms honestly don’t do any justice to…
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Quick Jabs for December 2021
Welcome to another installment of “Quick Jabs.” This is the section where we post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on in previous months. So we’ve made through another year. And another crazy one at that! There have been…
The Electric Mud – Black Wool
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 2021, Small Stone Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich Here is an engaging smattering of retro stoner rock, riff-centric and Sabbath injected with liberal doses of southern Florida rock and metal mixed in. The Electric Mud hail from Ft. Meyers, Florida and BLACK WOOL is their follow-up…
Hex A.D. – Funeral Tango For Gods & Men
Reviewed: October 2021 Released: 2021, Fresh Tea Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes It was easy to see how this whole thing would affect the music business, and we just went straight into this new project instead of hoping for a possible gig or two. Actually it was great to be…
In the Company of Serpents – Lux
Reviewed: September 2021 Released: 2021, Petrichor (original release: 2020) Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes In the Company of Serpents’ fourth full-length was initially a self-release last year, but is now seeing a fresh issue by Petrichor. Listening to it now, you can easily hear how it caught the label’s attention;…
Boozewa – Deb
Reviewed: August 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Deb is a two-song single from up-and-coming US doom merchants Boozewa. Despite only consisting of a couple of (by doom standards) fairly short songs, it manages to give a glimpse into some solid sounds and decent potential variety from…
Switchblade Jesus – Death Hymns
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2021, Hybrid Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Death Hymns, the sophomore album of Texans Switchblade Jesus (cool name points +1), was actually released late 2020, but is now out in cassette format. Let’s see what it’s all about. Clocking in at just 27 minutes for…
Jurassic Witch – Black Masses and Ashes
Jurassic Witch – Black Masses and Ashes Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Bandcamp Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz Fact – Stoners love dinosaurs. And while there’s no definitive evidence to prove that dinosaurs loved stoners, there’s also not any evidence to say that they didn’t… So ponder that while you…
Best of 2020: Kieron Hayes
01. Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion (SAMPLE) Spirituality and Distortion is a truly strange album, and it plays into that as its strength just perfectly. It’s one of those avant-garde metal albums that throws in a ton of different sounds, either one after another or at the same time. You’ll…
Quick Jabs for January 2021
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Trident – North October 2nd, 2020 – Non…
Quick Jabs for December 2020
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Salem’s Childe – The Sin That Saves You…
Hypervolume – Conceive
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Chicago-based duo Hypervolume are just about to release their debut full-length, Conceive, and it’s an absolutely solid slab of stoner doom swagger. For their first offering, Hypervolume present us with an album dominated by confident, rumbling bluster and thick,…
Guardian Of Lightning – Cosmos Tree
August 2020 July 17th, 2020 / Eclipse Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Guardian Of Lightning has unleashed their powerful debut, COSMOS TREE, to the masses. These guys are an upstart out of Sao Paolo, Brazil, forming in late 2017. Their mission? To create a sound that…
Wolftooth – Valhalla
Reviewed: June 2020 Released: 2020, Ripple Music Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Do you like the classic sound of the early albums of The Sword or Mastodon? Then Wolftooth have got you covered! That sound much more dismissive than it’s intended to, though the score given should help offset that.…
Dopelord – Sign of the Devil
Dopelord – Sign of the Devil Reviewed: April 2020 Released: 2020, Green Plague Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz There’s something about the manic depressive nature of SIGN OF THE DEVIL that manages to compliment my own wild mood swings during these times of RONAMADNESS. As I’m walking my dog…