Release date: Jan 29th 2016. Label: Metal Blade Records. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Black
Magic – Tracklisting
1.
Black Magic
2.
Black Unicorn
3.
Beyond the Astral
4.
As We Fall
5.
Upon the Mountain
6.
Slow Death
7.
The Seers
8.
The Plague
9.
Forsaken
10.
The Eldest Tree
Band
Members:
"Big
John" Williams - vocals
Corey
Roth - guitar
Andrew
D'Cagna - bass
Justin
Wood - drums
Review:
Pentagram
meets Sir Lord Baltimore meets Black Sabbath done the best I’ve yet
to hear. Not surprised, 2014’s self-titled record was amazing but
their new one, “Black Magic?” Damn I’m impressed. I’ve grown
to disdain the term stoner rock so I won’t use that in this review
plus I think it does the band an injustice here as there’s more
going on musically than what the stoner moniker might imply.
Lately
I’ve been listening to a lot of Sheepdogs, Kadavar and Orchid and
I’m now adding Brimstone Coven to this list of extremely good bands
that know how to handle this style of music without IT handling them.
What do I mean by that? Having a sense of genuineness,
authenticity, a band’s sound being seamless and not forced or
rehashed like a lot of other groups. Every track on this record is
about as “real” as it gets coming from a band you’d swear was
40 or so years into their career by now.
Totally
amazing record, amazing sound that shifts between Sabbath to Cream to
any number of late 60’s early 70’s bands that exemplified that
heavy, hard rock sound like Road or early Deep Purple, Toad, Blue
Cheer, etc. “Black Magic” is a must have record if not THE BEST
RECORD of 2016. Yep. Early January. That’s how good this record
is. That’s how high Brimstone Coven has already set the bar for
everyone else to follow. Lee Dorian wishes he had something to do
with this record. Hell, he wishes he could’ve done this record.
PERFECTION.
Words
by Theron Moore
Thanks
to Andy at Metal Blade Records for the promo. Black Magic will be
available to buy from Metal Blade Records on CD/DD/Vinyl from Jan
29th 2016.
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