Release
date: March
26th
2019. Label: Self
Released.
Format: CD/DD
Cosmic
Riders –
Tracklisting
1.God
Particle/Oblivion Stone 08:31
2.Sweet
Lady 06:30
3.In
My Head 02:50
4.High
& Drive 05:25
5.Five
Eyes 06:29
6.Cosmic
Riders 07:16
Members
Nico-Guitar+Keys
Justin-Drums+Guitar
Laven-Bass
Caleb-Vocals
Review
Cosmic
Riders is the new album from Robots Of The Ancient World and it’s
an album that pitches the right balance between Spaced Out Stoner
Rock/Metal and good old fashioned Rock and Roll. The album doesn’t
play out or finish as you would fully expect. As the band take many
creative risks and challenges with this album.
Opening
song – God Particle/Oblivion Stone – is a two-part song
masquerading as one whole song. As the first part – God Particle –
is an exciting take on the standard Instrumental Psychedelic
Doom/Stoner Metal song with a cool narration setting up the scene for
the rest of the album. The song seems to fade out and you expect the
band to move onto the next song. Nope. The second part of this song –
Oblivion Stone – appears and it sees Robots Of The Ancient World
taking influence from The Sword with a more Punk driven style of
Psychedelic Doom/Stoner Metal with the spaced out lyrics and riffs
building up to an exciting finish.
Second
song – Sweet Lady – opens with a cool Bass Guitar riff before the
trippy Stoner Metal sounds appear and sees Robots Of The Ancient
World play a vintage style of Stoner Rock/Metal. These guys have
quite a flair to their music as they take influence from The Sword,
Black Sabbath and Clutch in places. The whole feel of the album can
be quite raw at times and uneven at times but in the overall context
of how the album plays out, this works superbly well in the bands
favour.
Third
song – In My Head – is a vintage sounding Stoner Rock song that
opens with psychedelic post-rock interlude before the band come back
kicking and screaming with a faster style of music that does run out
of steam before the three minutes are up. Though the vocals and
lyrics are excellent throughout.
Fourth
song – High & Drive – offers a more “Weedian” style of
music with the sound of the Desert fully coming into force for this
song. The whole song reminds me of KYUSS and FU MANCHU with the
hard-rocking Desert/Stoner Rock riffs leave you wanting more. The
vocals from Caleb feel inspired John Garcia in places. Maybe not as
dramatic but I can hear similar style of vocals from Caleb.
The
final two songs – Five Eyes & Cosmic Riders – is where the
band start to sound more comfortable with their musical surroundings
as they offer perhaps the heaviest and best sounding songs on the
album. The band don’t mess around here as the riffs come thick and
fast from almost every direction especially on the excellent final
song – Cosmic Riders.
Robots
Of The Ancient World have released a thrilling album. It’s not the
best produced album currently out there. However, Cosmic Riders still
offers a high amount of exciting riffs to stand out from the crowd
and will have you under their highly dynamic and hypnotic spell.
Words
by Steve Howe
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