Release
date: 22nd
January 2018. Label: Self Released. Format: DD
Fuzz
Lord – S/T – Tracklisting
1.The Gates of Hell
01:45
2.Kronos Visions
Arise 07:02
3.The Warriors Who
Reign 05:38
4.The Lord of the
Underground 04:42
5.Evil Infamy 03:59
6.Worlds Collide
06:58
7.The Fall of Fate
01:07
8.Infamous Evil
07:50
Members
Steven 'Fuzz Lord' -
Guitar
Lawrence 'Lord Buzz'
- Drums/Vocals
Stoner Dan Riley -
Bass/Vocals
Review
Greetings all,
This
time around I am checking in with the debut album from Chillicothe,
Ohio’s mysterious, riff worshipping masters Fuzz Lord. Their
self-titled debut album is a straight forward, concise, inspired slab
of fuzzed out, metal inspired rock. The 8 songs on the record are
well played and cleanly recorded with the right amount of distortion,
for all those that dig that kind of thing, throughout.
The songs have a heavy
dose of mythic storytelling with just enough tongue in cheek to make
them enjoyable and not over bearing. The vocals are raspy, but clear
and confidently delivered. The music of Fuzz Lord is soaked heavily
in the good kind of fuzz that wraps itself around you and keeps you
nice and warm.
The Gates of Hell
opens the record with some dazed and confused like guitar strums that
drifts into a twangy sound before the instrumental track kicks in
with some super crunchy mid-tempo riffage. Kronos Visions Arise
comes crashing in with some marching style drums that add to the
heavy, epic feel of the this monstrous track with features a killer
heavy chorus/flanger type solo. Driving drums also lead into the
equally epic,
The Warriors who
Reign, which is a bombastic track with an 80’s metal feel to it
with its killer solos. The band switches things up a bit with the
next track. The Lord of the Underworld has a Ramones-style
punk sound with some other cool parts. There is a cool ass breakdown
on the chorus and some killer dual guitar sound solos on this rager.
Evil Infamy returns with a more metal feel to it. The song
features a sweet dual guitar riff and some killer double kick drums.
The next track is truly
fuzzed out. Worlds Collide has a truly Doom inspired, epic
sound to it. The Fall of Fate is a brief guitar based
interlude which picks up some bass groove before rocking into the
albums closer. Infamous Evil is a mighty closing track. The
song starts with a grand sounding guitar intro before hammering you
hard and burying you deep, deep in the fuzz.
Fuzz Lord hit all the
right notes and chords. With props to them for the killer lucha libre
inspired cover art. If you dig Fu Manchu, Sons of Otis, and the like,
you should check out Fuzz Lord, you won’t be disappointed. Dig on
them!
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Words by Todd Stealey
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