Category: Reviews – Audio
Glorious metal in all its earthly forms, compressed onto shiny plastic discs or into digital files. Which ones will become the soundtrack to your life?
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Chron Goblin – Here Before
They didn’t start up until a couple years after I left town, but I’ve always followed Calgary stoner rock veterans Chron Goblin from afar. Now in their 10th year as a band, they’re issuing album number four next months on Grand Hand Records. I’ve always considered these guys to be Calgary’s closest thing to Kyuss,…
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Brant Bjork – Jalamanta (reissue)
After the psychedelic stoner rock of Mankind Woman and the funky jazz odyssey Jacoozzi, Brant Bjork is putting out his third record in about a year, this time going back to the beginning with the 20th-anniversary deluxe edition of his solo debut, Jalamanta. A solo album in the truest sense of the word, this record…
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Swamp Coffin – Flatcap Bastard Features
While not immediately obvious from song titles like “Last of the Summer Slime” and “Black Shirt, Blacker Sabbath,” this debut EP from UK outfit Swamp Coffin is said to be inspired by mental illness, a fatal car accident and a devastating house fire. You might say it’s more or less what you’d expect from a…
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Void King – Barren Dominion
Indiana doom band Void King does NOT contain any current or former members of Apostle of Solitude…but I’ll be damned if their riffs don’t remind me of Indianapolis’ pre-eminent epic doom outfit. They first caught my ear with their debut album three years ago, and have taken another step forward with sophomore effort Barren Dominion.…
