Wednesday 30 October 2024

Spain’s Stoner Rockers Big Muff Brigade Unveil Full Album Details for 'π'; New Single Out Now


Spain's rising stoner rock band, Big Muff Brigade, recently announced their signing with Argonauta Records. Today, the band unveils the full album details for π and releases a brand-new single, with the album set to drop on November 29th!

Album tracklisting and cover art are as follows:

01. Get Them Wrong
02. Lost In A Canyon
03. Pierced By The Spear
04. Dead Inside
05. Let It Go
06. Terre Haute
07. Seasonal Affective Disorder


The new single, 'Dead Inside,' is out now:


The stoner-rock band from Basque Country (Spain) Big Muff Brigade, formed in 2023, composed their first full-length album “π” with the objective of reuniting the highest number of sub-styles within stoner- rock to offer an album with different colors. Whether doom, metal, blues or the most rock and punk variants of stoner-rock are in this album.

The message of the album brings a pessimistic vision of today's society in which attention time doesn’t exceed the 30 seconds of an Instagram reel and traditional values such as friendship, loyalty or desire for knowledge have been lost.

“π”, the name of the album, comes in allusion to that catalog of different colors that the band has tried to reunite in it. “π” is a figure with infinite numbers, just like the different sub-styles within stoner-rock. It also carries a tribute to the legendary Electro-Harmonix Big Muff PI fuzz-pedal, which the band has special admiration for and which gives the band its name.

The album (which took just three months to compose thanks to such a high level of complicity between the five members of the band) was produced by its guitar-player Mikel Becerra before entering the studio with the band's own means to later be recorded, mixed and mastered at the Koba studios (Bilbao, Spain) by the producer Xanpe between the months of August and November of the 2023.

For more info:


Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the details.

Exclusive Album Premiere Of Doom/Stoner Metallers DEER LORD New Album DARK MATTER PT. 2


Deer Lord have set thrusters to warp speed, and return from the outer reaches to deliver their long-awaited sophomore LP, “Dark Matter Pt. 2”, this Halloween.

Expanding on their fuzzy, acid-laced mix of doom and psych, the California trio are upping the ante on their second go-round to deliver an album of harder-hitting, groovier, and fully spaced-out jams. The riffs are bigger, the boogie is undeniable, and the threesome sound tighter than ever.


Across six mind-expanding tracks, Deer Lord take a journey to the farthest, raddest reaches of psychedelic doom. Grab your spacesuit and get in the van, man.

IN THE BAND'S OWN WORDS:

Dark Matter Pt. 2 is the anticipated follow up to Pt. 1, comprised of songs we’ve been working on since the beginning of the band in 2020. Sheafer McOmber, Ryan Alderman, and Jared Marill make up our trio in Sonoma County California, playing our own brand of doom n’ roll, inspired by sci-fi fantasies, high speed gasoline folklore, and towering stacks of amps echoing through redwood forests. Dark Matter Pt. 2 has been a long time coming, and we can’t wait for people to enjoy it.

And you can hear this brilliantly heavy new album which showcases their musical evolution into HEAVY RIFF MONSTERS thanks to the cool folks over at Good Boy PR:



WHAT'S NEXT:

We’ve had the album sitting ready to go for over a year now, and are stoked to get it out there. We also have a show coming up in Santa Rosa on November 16 at Arlene Francis Center. In the meantime we’ve been focusing on these recordings, continuing to play local shows, and we’ve got more recordings coming in the near future to be announced. We are primarily based in the Bay Area, California, and frequently play venues throughout the regional scene.

Deer Lord - Dark Matter Pt. 2

Album out Oct 31st, 2024 (Digital) - Self-released
Santa Rosa, California
FFO: Kadabra, Asteroid, Hawkwind, Turbonegro, Astroqueen, Howling Giant

Deer Lord is:

Sheafer McOmber - Guitar/Vocals
Jared Marill - Bass
Ryan Alderman - Drums

Tracklist:

1. Dark Matter (8:08)
2. Faster (4:13)
3. Dogma (3:12)
4. Intelligent Life (7:23)
5. Blade (4:35)
6. Pay (3:09)

Links:

Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Spotify | YouTube | Linktree

Thanks to Good Boy PR for all of the info.

Sunday 27 October 2024

The Lumbar Endeavor - The Worst Music For The Worst People (Album Review)

Release Date: October 31st 2024. Record Label: Smorgasbord Records. Format: Cassette/Download


The Worst Music For The Worst People - Track Listing:

Garbageman

New Kind Of Kick

Love Me

I Can’t Hardly Stand It

She Said

Goo Goo Muck

Save It

Human Fly

Drug Train

TV Set

Uranium Rock


Members


Aaron Edge - Everything.


Review


Doom/Sludge Metal collective The Lumbar Endeavor will release a new album called The Worst Music For The Worst People this upcoming Halloween. The album is a covers album solely focusing upon the legendary Psychobilly/Surf/Punk Rock band The Cramps. This isn’t the first time that The Lumbar Endeavor have released a covers album as they’ve previously paid tribute to legends such as AC/DC and SLEEP in recent years.


You can read how this album came about and what it means to Aaron Edge.


It's the early 80s and I'm still young enough for my parents to force me to attend the family's church Youth Group. At the height of my teen angst, and just before I ran away for the first of many times, a strange figure in a trench coat showed up to one of said forced meetings. 


His combat boots, chains and eye makeup intrigued me. At that time, the most punk thing blasting out of my Walkman was The Police. I just had to know what blasted out of this new shadowy figure's portable cassette player. A few cigarettes shared together on a picnic table later yielded the following: his name was Gavin and he was listening to The Cramps' "Bad Music for Bad People". Over the course of the next few days, he also turned me on to The Angry Samoans, Dead Kennedys, The Stiff Little Fingers and Crass. This was my new and exciting unpaved road, an unlit path I'd set out on, never to look back.


Well, I suppose I'm looking back now.


Thank you Gavin, wherever you are. This is all your damn fault. Here's The Lumbar Endeavor's version of that incredible handful of songs, the same bones, but with a different putrid skin." — Aaron Edge of The Lumbar Endeavor


The Lumbar Endeavor have taken the most well known and classic tracks The Cramps released throughout their illustrious career and have put their own creative spin on things. Some tracks stick originally close to the original whilst others go outside the box with the music being powered by Punk Rock, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Industrial Metal and experimental Psychedelic  beats. If you’ve heard Aaron’s tribute albums to SLEEP and AC/DC then you know what to expect. My advice with this record is give it a listen and enjoy the wild ride that Aaron has delivered here.


This is Aaron’s own interpretation of these classic tracks and he pulls this off with great style and paying respect to The Cramps. The opening batch of songs of Garabageman, New Kind Of Kick and Love Me stay devilishly close to the original at times but Aaron’s frantic Industrial based growls and vocals add a sense of decaying vibe to the track. The instrumentals are mostly stripped back and match the sounds of the grimy originals. There’s a subtle Noise Rock flavour that Aaron employs for his versions of all the tracks and it should keep dedicated fans of The Cramps wholly intrigued to say the least.


I’m not the biggest fan of The Cramps and I only know a handful of tracks such as Garabageman, Love Me, GooGoo Muck, Human Fly and TV Set. So there were some classic tracks that were a new experience to me which I had to compare and make notes against especially with I Can’t Hardly Stand It, Save It and Uranium Rock. Aaron manages to capture the raw sounding Punk Rock spirit of the original recordings whilst putting his own creative stamp on things. The vocals maybe too experimental or surreal for some but at least they’re quite different to the original.


The Worst Music For The Worst People is perhaps suited for fans of both The Cramps and The Lumbar Endeavor in general. The sound of the album is quite aggressive and experimental which gives the whole record a NO HOLDS BARRED and NO FUCKS GIVEN attitude throughout which ultimately seals the deal of this being another excellent covers/tribute album from The Lumbar Endeavor.


You begin to realize that Halloween is the perfect time for The Lumbar Endeavor to release The Worst Music For The Worst People. As Aaron has made sure there’s more than enough SPOOKY and GHOULISH sounds to keep long time fans of The Cramps mightily impressed and superbly entertained for a long time to come.


Words by Steve Howe


Thanks to The Lumbar Endeavor for the promo.


The Worst Music For The Worst People will be available to buy on Cassette/Digital Download via Smorgasbord Records from Thursday 31st October 2024.


Links


Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram

Saturday 26 October 2024

Peach Melba - Melting Face (Album Review)

Release Date: October 25th 2024. Record Label: The Lasting Dose Records. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl

Melting Face - Track Listing:

1.Intro 02:03

2.Oort Cloud 05:07

3.White Noise 03:55

4.The Drummer 04:20

5.Exit Dream 03:43

6.Gray Hay 04:10

7.Dusty Mush 03:19

8. Melting Face 04:53

9.Spiral Streaming 05:06


Members


Bass & Vocals – Sophie Tritschler

Guitars & Vocals – Sebastian Laudage

Drums, Percussions & Vocals – Moritz Ermen-Bausch (DAEVAR)


Review


Melting Face is the new album from Psych/Garage/Post-Rock/Noise Rock collective Peach Melba and it’s a refreshing change of pace from rising underground label The Lasting Dose Records who normally deal in heavier affair such as GRIN, EARTHSHIP, CAFFEINE and DAEVAR (who drummer Moritz Ermen-Bausch is a member of). 


Peach Melba plays music closely associated with bands such as The Pixies, Ty Segal and bands from the legendary Detroit Garage Rock scene though there’s much to admire at how delicately different and strange the band’s music actually becomes. As they play with a vintage Garage Rock sound with fuzzy dynamics that airs on the cautious side of 1960’s Rock Rebellion and a classic 1970’s Hard Rock sound that allows the album to be quite multi-layered and organic at the same time.


This album doesn’t have a cohesive narrative with Peach Melba just playing whatever they conjure up magically out of thin air even when the melody is bittersweet before changing into a heavier Shoegaze style of music which comes across the whole album especially within the opening tracks of Intro, Oort Cloud, White Noise and The Drummer. 


With each member providing superb vocals, Peach Melba are always striving for a daring sound of their own making which aligns the band more closely to the Punk Rock scene especially with their hardworking creative achievements becoming more gloriously OVER THE TOP on the later stages of the album. I can even detect traces of Stoner Rock when the band switches to a classic style of Psychedelic Rock merged with seedy FUZZY guitars. The band become slightly obsessive wit the 1980’s and 1990’s Alt Rock scene within the heavier parts of Melting Face with an expressive form of Post-Rock and Noise Rock keeping everything grounded within tracks such as: The Drummer, Exit Dream, Dusty Mush and standout title track of Melting Face.


The Lasting Dose Records mastermind Jan Oberg (EARTHSHIP and GRIN) once again helps out with recording, mixing and mastering duties. Jan never disappoints on that score with any of the projects I’ve heard him become part of over the last few years and it’s good to see Jan working on something vastly different to what he’s ultimately known for. 


Melting Face is one of the most fast-paced, freshest and hippest records you’ll hear this year with Peach Melba delivering their own blend of no-nonsense style of Hard Rock that oozes CLASS from start to finish. 


Words by Steve Howe


Thanks to The Lasting Dose Records and Against PR for the promo. 


Melting Face is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via The Lasting Dose Records.


Links


https://www.instagram.com/peachmelba.band

https://youtu.be/jDhesI6uPwA?si=G7wyCRe_N4Pa7d-X


An Interview With Doom/Stoner Rockers ORBITER Discussing Their Upcoming New Album DISTORTED FOLKLORE


Doom/Stoner Rockers ORBITER will be releasing their second full length album Distorted Folklore which continues the great work the band achieved with their acclaimed 2022 EP - Head Wounds. Where that EP was influenced by the great sounds of FLOOR and TORCHE, Distorted Folklore sees the band adding an Indie Rock/Alt Rock vibe whilst keeping that winning "DOOM POP" sound that gives the band an extra level of heaviness.

Once again, Jonathan Nunez of TORCHE fame has recorded the album and gives the album a fresh sound that's quite different to their previous records.

I caught up with the band to for this great interi

Hi guys. Thanks for doing the interview. How are things with you today?

You’re very welcome and not too bad all things considered. Most of Florida and the SE was hit hard from Hurricane Helene. We’re all safe here thankfully and hoping everyone recovers quickly from it.

For folks not in the know, can you give a brief history of how the band came together and where it is today?

Matt and I started out at as a two piece called The Yams with him on guitar and me on drums sometime back in 2008? At some point I just started singing. We were both really into this band Federation X at the time so that was a big influence, and Black Sabbath is one of my all-time favorite bands so that’s the base of that era of our band. I was drumming for a lot of other bands at the time, so it was a slow start. Eventually we found a bass player and a 2nd guitarist. 

We changed our name to Orbiter as it seemed like a more suitable name for us. We went through some line up changes over the years and our good friend Jonathan Hamilton (Escape Grace, Cutman, Allsalt) joined us on bass. He brought some heavier elements with a more Neurosis/The Jesus Lizard sound overall. And from there we released Southern Failures. Just as we released Southern Failures, I was still drumming but our 2nd guitarist moved on and I took the opportunity to jump into that seat as it was much easier to play guitar and sing than play drums and sing. 

We then reached out to another good friend, Brad Purvis who played in some amazing bands around town. Averkiou, Moonbeard, and Supertwin. Also played in a band called I Love You (members of Dove). This current lineup is the most cohesive form since we started out many years ago. Much different than what we had in the past to the point where it almost made sense to change our name, but that’s a big effort these days! Starting with Head Wounds to what we’re about to release, Distorted Folklore is pretty much an entirely different band to me.

How would you describe your own sound?

That’s a tough one! It’s still heavy and doomy in places but there’s some more melody in this version of us. We all have a lot of different influences as a band, but that would be my best guess as to what we sound like.

Congrats on your upcoming new album Distorted Folklore. Loved it from the very first listen. What can people expect to hear from this album?

Thanks so much! We’re stoked you like it! Expect a lot of dark tones, epic intros and outros and plenty of space to compliment the walls of sound. There’s more of an emphasis on melody too with guitars and vocals.

This is quite a different record compared to Southern Failures (2019) and Head Wounds (2022). Was that your plan to create something different to those two great records?

Absolutely, but not too far away from Head Wounds. We were really focused on continuity between songs but still having them stand out on their own.

What is the album about and did your real-life experiences help make this record.

Oh boy you opened a can worms here! Each song tells a little story. Safe as Houses is about being confined in our homes during the pandemic, conflicts around the world, being controlled by your government, ignoring genocide and the anxiety we create for ourselves staring at social media all day. Time Rips is a quick little lament on how time can take its toll on us all and I tried to make a weird little folksong vibe to it lyrically. Coil shares a similar vibe, but more drug related. 

Lightning Miles is special to me. It’s a loose take on the life and times of my grandparents and the struggles of being in a long-term relationship with anyone. My grandpa Norman migrated from Norway as a boy and met my Grandma Lynne at a very young age and despite navigating through a lot of heavy times along the way they built an amazing family that I’m proud to be a part of. When I was writing this, I thought about his passing a few years ago surrounded by family he loved very much and sitting in that moment I was feeling great loss, but at the same time admiring his timeline from a boy up until the very end. 

Timeworn is a sci-fi sort of tale that reaches well past the end of civilization with the last two human clones remaining on the planet that are about to die, and one is trying to comfort the other during this process. I’ll see you on the backside of water is for a very dear friend of mine, Ivy that passed away a couple years back after a hard-fought battle with breast cancer. I owe a lot to her for getting me into playing music in my early years. When I first moved to Gainesville her band (Backside of Water) with some friends of mine practiced where I lived at the time, and they ruled although they never recorded or played a show. She went on to drum in many great bands. 

Cicada Hymn is about my younger brother, Daniel who passed away many years ago tragically in an accident, and my hope to find him on whatever there might be on the other side. He left behind two amazing children that give me glimpses of him every time I see them. Svalbard Lights was the very last song written and I was struggling to find lyrical inspiration. At the time I was reading this book A Woman in the Polar Night about this Austrian woman in the 1930s that travels to meet her husband on a remote and dangerous Arctic Island with months of darkness and she some how finds beauty in the harsh land she was stuck in for a year straight. It pointed me in the right direction and fit perfectly with the music.

You recorded Distorted Folklore once again with Jonathan Nunez (Torche). How did you guys hook up with Jonathan and were you fans of his work before you started working with him.

Yes! We couldn’t be anymore stoked on what he did for us on Head Wounds. At one point he was sharing a space up in Gainesville with Ryan Williams from Blackbear Studio who recorded Southern Failures. I had reached out to him then but never set a date. I didn’t feel confident what we were doing so far anyhow. He ended up moving back to Miami and we recorded with Ryan eventually. After that album we heard about his new studio down there and heard some of what he was doing down there and although it was tough to travel 5hrs each way for weekends at a time it was very much worth it. We’ve all been fans of Floor and Torche over the years. They played a lot up here and share a lot of the same friends.

What does Jonathan bring to the overall ORBITER sound.

I feel like he’s an additional member of the band at this point. He brings a gigantic wall of tone and heaviness. The most important thing he brings to us is how he pushes us while we’re tracking. There’s no such thing as one take with him and by the time we’re done with it we really feel like he captures this perfect moment in each of us. I can be very emotional at times! We use his very own Nunez amps and pedals for the base of the tracks and this time around we used this sick vintage Tama he had just purchased. He created some massive drum sounds with it. His outboard gear is also amazing, he has lots of cool analog shit that is different than what we’ve seen in a lot of other studios. The end result is so worth it, and we owe a lot of that to him. We strive to emulate whatever we did in the studio with him live.

Where did the name for the album come from and what does this mean to the band.

I love Robert E Howard’s Conan the Barbarian. When he’s describing the different tribes in the beginning, he speaks of the Hyborians God, Bori and how most of that became Distorted Folklore. That term stuck with me, and I quickly related it to our world and thought it would be a great name for an album.

What bands and artists influenced you when recording this album.

For me it was the last two Sweet Cobra records Earth and Threes. Highly underrated band. Not necessarily their sound or anything but the way they changed their sound and weren’t afraid to be totally different than what they previously sounded like, which was more brutal and heavier with less emphasis on songwriting. Still, plenty of rippers in their earlier work too. 

Black Sabbath is always a huge influence. I thought a lot about The Cure’s Disintegration a lot during the whole process. Most of us are big into Failure, Neurosis, Swervedriver, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Hot Snakes, The Jesus Lizard, True Widow, Windhand, Fu Manchu, early Pink Floyd, MBV, HOF, GBV, and the list goes on and on! Tons of great music to pull some influence from. I wanted to take a moment to mention a big influence during writing this as well. 

A good friend and a bandmate, Brian Busch (Hamilton and I play in his band Allsalt) was in the middle of writing too and we would trade tracks back and forth saying things like “Could you give this a quick listen? Am I wasting my time here? Wtf am I doing? I hate my life!” and we’d kinda prop each other up along the way. The bands are totally different, and he he’s very well versed in music theory. He was also the original drummer for Cloakroom which is an influence on this album as well. He also sings the beautiful background and choir vocals in Lightning Miles on the recording.


What formats is the album being released upon?

Digital (which includes This Must Be The Place” and a small run of vinyl which we unfortunately could not fit the cover on.

You’ve recorded a cover of Talking Heads classic track “This Must Be The Place” for the album. Why did you choose that track to cover.

I love the original and one day I was listening to it and thought “what if this was dark and heavy?” the lyrics are heavy to me at times so I just kinda dove in and hoped for the best. We’re very stoked on the end result.

What is the creative process or setup within the band? Do you all write the music together or do certain people within the band do that?

At one point we just threw riffs into a pile and worked them out at practice. It’s not a bad way to do it, but when you’re only getting together once a week or longer at times it’s just too long of a process. Over the pandemic I learned how to record some decent demos and program some drums and I’d just punish the fuck out of my bandmates with sending them songs and then we’d get into the space and hash it out what everyone was stoked on. 

I was able to focus on guitar hooks and melodies. Work out the vocal parts etc. The demos were different because most of the time it was just me tracking the basic ideas. There were times when Matt or Jonathan would come over and we’d track stuff. Everyone had their hand in it at the end of the process and made it their own. But overall, one person focused on songwriting gives it a more cohesive feel and you can churn out a lot of ideas in a shorter amount of time.

How did you get involved with music? Was it a particular album, group or artist that made you want to write and play your own music?

I was a little skate rat growing up in Southwest FL pre internet days, and I relied on sharing punk and metal tapes with other kids. I moved to Gainesville when I was 22 or so and picked up the drums and started playing in punk and hardcore bands. Lots of great folks live in this town that are still huge influences on me and the rest of us in the band.

Can you advise if you’ve played or currently playing in other bands so folks can check out your other musical projects? 

For sure. I still play drums in a country band called Whiskey & Co and we’ve been around for the better part of two decades. I also recently started playing bass in a band called AllSalt along with Hamilton that was our good friend Brian Busch’s recording project that is now a fully functional live ass band 😊

What is the current state of the Gainesville, Florida Rock/Metal scene? Do you perform gigs on a regular basis and do you have a local scene that you're actively involved with?

Great question! Gainesville has an incredible music scene that is still very alive and well. We normally play around town with buds once a month or so. It’s always a blast to get out and play in our own town with our good friends. We’re all older with families so it’s hard to really be at shows these days, but we fully support the new bands that have come out of here. Supertwin is a local favorite. They have two drummers and play heavy af psych rock and put on an amazing show. 

Loris is a new band that has come around and they give off some sick Mogwai vibes. Amazing musicians. Drosera is an insanely good metalcore band also amazing live. Curleys is a sick garage punk band, and the guitarist is my barber. Rad dudes! Antagonizör, Plasmodulated, TVA, Wired Up, Waylon Thorton, Stunner, Seeker, Bad Dog, Thrush, Makeup Remover, Thunderclap, Ill Star, and there’s so many others I’m forgetting right now but the music scene kicks some serious ass here still.

Will you be performing any gigs to promote this album locally or further afield.

We’re playing the Fest 22 which will be around our release date. We are hoping to do a west coast tour earlier next year too.

Before you go, do you have any words of wisdom for your new and potential fans out there.

We appreciate you and hope you do as well.

Words by Steve Howe and ORBITER.

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for arranging this interview and to ORBITER for their time doing the interview.

Distorted Folklore will be available to buy on Digital Download and Limited Vinyl via Salvaged Records from Friday December 13th 2024.

ORBITER links

Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram | Spotify

SALVAGED RECORDS links

Hell Valley High - Welcome To Hell Valley (Album Review)

Release Date: October 18th 2024. Record Label: Argonauta Records. Format: DD/Vinyl

Welcome To Hell Valley - Track Listing:

1.Clean Slate 04:14

2.To Each His Own 04:00

3.Future Nomads 03:15

4.Easy Rider 08:03

5.Blameless 04:43

6.Send Me A Postcard 03:17

7.One O One 04:42

8.The Grind 05:39

9.Clean Slate 04:14


Review


Welcome To Hell Valley is the debut album from Grunge/Stoner Rockers Hell Valley High which sees the band adding a layer of Grunge, Fuzz and Desert Rock to their sound. The vibe is topped off by a vital Groove Rock energy which allows their music to be dominated by areas of Classic Rock at times without losing that Stoner Rock vitality. Inspired by the likes of Karma To Burn, FU MANCHU, Truckfighters and Monster Magnet, the band add their own spin on the Desert/Stoner Rock template.


Hell Valley High are made up of seasoned musicians from the Netherlands Hard Rock Scene with  ex-members of Wildebeast, Filthy Felons, Note to Amy, Apehanger and Junkyard Safari within their ranks. The album has a determined aggressive and gritty feel which comes through the excellent vocals and fuzzed up guitars that is shown very early on the record through tracks such as: Clean Slate, To Each His Own and Future Nomads.


Four of the tracks (Blameless, Future Nomads, To Each His Own and The Grind) contained here appeared on Hell Valley High’s debut EP earlier this year but it’s good to see them included here in perhaps the way the band wanted to hear them. As they’re in a totally different order compared to their debut EP. Hell Valley High do operate with an Alternative Rock energy on the record with the lyrics having a sublime “Throwback” movement to them. With a stunning Classic Hard Rock drive appearing when Hell Valley High play some wicked instrumental passages along the way.


Some parts of the album can be too flashy at times but it’s a good feeling as you begin to feel what excellent musicians these guys really are. The sound never goes over the top with Hell Valley High playing superbly played Stoner Rock/Metal that would have gone down a storm back in the day. The record has a direct and forceful attitude at times especially when Hell Valley High plays a heavier and menacing slice of Grunge which brings out the seediness of the lyrics. The Alt Rock and Classic Hard Rock aspects that appear on the later stages of the record sees Hell Valley High more comfortable with their creative surroundings especially on tracks such as Easy Rider, Blameless, One O One and The Grind.


Welcome To Hell Valley offers a great journey into the Stoner Rock/Metal sounds of yesteryear but still offering a superb blast of modern day grooves with excellent production values to match. Italian Powerhouse label Argonauta Records are releasing this great album and I can see why they signed the band to their always impressive roster. Hell Valley HIgh are the real deal if you’re a big fan of classic sounding Stoner Rock. They have the songs to back up their talent which allows Welcome To HIgh Valley to be a great album in it’s own right.


Words by Steve Howe


Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the promo. 


Welcome To Hell Valley is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via Argonauta Records.


Links


Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram


Intergalactic Covenant SUMMONING SATURN VOIDS signs to ARGONAUTA Records; First Single Out Now


The intergalactic covenant hidden under the banner of SUMMONING SATURN VOIDS was born from a desire to create a musical time machine.

Bringing a Black Metal singer into the future, immersed in sidereal and cosmic sounds and then catapulting him into the 70’s, jamming with Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler. Different emotions and influences contributed to the birth of his album: isolation, frustration, desire for redemption.

As a celebration of their fresh deal with Italian label ARGONAUTA Records, SUMMONING SATURN VOIDS release their first single and lyric video today, listen to "BlackShift Alien God" here: 


SUMMONING SATURN VOIDS fire up the laser blades and throw in their magical cauldron-crater a mixture of sounds inherited from Planet Earth (lysergic doom, death/black metal chants, psychedelia, stoner rock) as well from the deepest regions of the (un)known Galaxy (music of the spheres, vibrational stars-resonance frequencies). The potion thus evoked is at the same time spirited and punishing, grim and melancholic, reeking of 70’s era Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream and... well, you will surely find out.

Featuring clones and doppelgangers stolen from earthly bands like Aborym, Darkend, Drakkar, The Headless Ghost and Daemoniac (plus a quite well renowned gentleman from Norway), the SUMMONING SATURN VOIDS spaceship travels through time back and forth, offering an adventurous sonic experience that will for sure appeal to a quite wide and diverse range of listeners.

LINE UP:

Æ – Vocals
AL(B)3 – Bass
RHA –Guitars
H7-25 – Drums
Fabban - Synth

More details on their new album, produced by Fabban of the historic and legendary Aborym (here also as keyboardist and noisemaker), will be revealed soon.

INFO:

https://www.facebook.com/summoningsaturnvoids
https://www.facebook.com/ArgonautaRecords


Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the details.