Matt C. White - Blood Divine (Single Review)

 

Release Date: May 23rd 2025. Record Label: White Locust Records. Formats: DD

Blood Devine - Tracklisting

Blood Divine

Members

Matt C. White - Everything

Review

Blood Divine is the latest single from Psych/Stoner Rock artist Matt C. White and is from his upcoming new album A Cosmic Year. The sound is quite varied and downright freakish with Matt performing everything himself on the record. Matt states his influences are diverse as Soundgarden, HUM, Mastodon and even The Mars Volta.

This track has a sublime and unpredictable Blues Rock, Funk and Classic Rock energy with waves of Space Rock appearing along the way. The sound can be quite RETRO and OLD-FASHIONED with the intricate beats that Matt uses on Blood Divine. However, The Mars Volta aspect is undeniable here with the song moving into multiple areas of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal without a care in the world. This gives the song an unpredictable and highly original vision especially with the thuggish Progressive Sludge Metal sounds that appear on the later stages of the track.

There’s a lot going on within the track and Matt covers a lot of heavy ground within the four minutes plus runtime. This has me intrigued to hear Matt’s upcoming full length record A Cosmic Year which will be released through White Locust Records. Blood Divine has some excellent production values that allows the song to be quite offbeat, friendly, warm-hearted but also downright dangerous when the heavier Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal instrumental beats appear.

Check this great track out when you can and we maybe witnessing an introduction to one of the most original records to be released in 2025.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

Links

www.mattcwhite.com
www.Instagram.com/Matt_C_White

https://open.spotify.com/artist/mattcwhite

GRIN - Acid Gods (Album Review)

Release Date: May 23rd 2025. Record Label: The Lasting Dose Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Acid Gods - Tracklisting

1.Black Dye

2.Nocturno 

3.Drag Me Down 

4.Beneath The Altar

5.Crystals

6.Unshut 

7.Slivers

8.Wild Eyes

9.Nebulas

10.Heavy Dew

Members

S. Oberg – Bass Guitar

J. Oberg – Drums, Vocals

Review

Acid Gods is the latest entry from Psych/Sludge/Stoner Metallers GRIN where the band explore a heavier and primal sound compared to their 2024 album HUSH. This record feels more closely aligned to EARTH SHIP, the other band that Jan and Sabine are part of. With a heavier Sludge Metal backdrop and less Spaced Out attitude, Acid Gods feels like GRIN have stripped out the heavier progressive tendencies they built up over the last few records that allows the band to have a desperate rough and ready delivery where the SLUDGE aspect of their music to fully flourish with intense delivery and aggression.

The vocals from Jan are the most violent I’ve heard from him in a very long time with a mighty PISSED OFF attitude being felt from every vocal arrangement he delivers throughout the whole album. Jan’s vocals remind me of his early days with the mighty EARTH SHIP which is very good to hear and allows Acid Gods to be quite different to GRIN’s other records.

With GRIN operating with a Bass and Drums setup, the music is way more chaotic but still allows the band to deliver a stylish and industrial style of music that’s violent, aggressive and wholly melodic. Bone-crunching grooves and heavy electronic beats converge for a demented style of music with apocalyptic storytelling to match forming on tracks such as Black Dye, Nocturno, Beneath The Altar, Unshut, Nebulas and Heavy Dew. 

The record has elements of classic sounding Industrial Metal, Post-Metal and Psychedelic Doom sounds that will no doubt appeal to fans of RELAPSE RECORDS generation when they had bands such as MASTODON, GENGHIS TRON and BARONESS on their roster. Acid Gods achieves that highly experimental sound that become quite popular within the late 2000’s and early 2010’s of HEAVY MUSIC. 

There is a cinematic Psychedelic and Sonic attitude lurking within the background of Acid Gods which is perhaps personified by Sabine’s intense, intricate and superbly clever BASS guitar. Jan’s once again excels on drumming duties and putting another shift on producing, mixing and mastering duties. Well, this is THE LASTING DOSE RECORDS release and I expect Jan to be in complete control on the production side of things.

Acid Gods allows GRIN to tap into their heaviest, scariest and most Primal creative instincts for a record that dares to be quite different and still allows longtime fans of the band to experience another thrilling and groove laden brilliantly entertaining album from the band. 

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Against PR and GRIN for the promo.

ACID GODS is due out on CD/DD/Vinyl formats via The Lasting Dose Records from Friday May 30th 2025.

Links

Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram

Psych/Fuzz/Stoner Rockers GEHENNA SOUR Release New Song/Video For HOLLOW GROUND

Gehenna Sour is a melodic psych stoner fuzz rock band from Tampere, Finland. Their sound has echoes from dusty deserts and the pinnacle era of the Sunset Strip. Fuzz guitars rattle the fillings out of your teeth, but the hooks catch like a virus.

Sometimes dubbed The Monster Magnet of Manse, the band was formed in 2020 and has been gigging at a steady pace. The members have played previously, or still play, in bands such as Rückwater, Doris Molli, The Voodoo Nights, Tundra Fever, Nitrokiss and Good Lookin’ Society.

The latest single release Hollow Ground will be out on Thursday May 22nd 2025. It is a driving song with a relentless boogie that would be right at home when blasted on a car radio while hurtling through the desert. The lyrics tell a true story about a Finnish man’s spiritual state and longing in the aftermath of a rock ‘n’ roll life.

The song was recorded in August 2024 at Studio Watercastle in Punkalaidun, Finland by Toni Siiskonen (Black Royal), who is also responsible for the production along with the band. Mixing and mastering was done by the legendary J-J Nippala (Viikate, To/Die/For, Vesa-Matti Loiri). Keyboards were played by Grande Voix.

An accompanying music video was shot in the beginning of 2025 at Nekala and Restaurant Telakka in Tampere. It was filmed and edited by Matti Autio, based on an epic script written by the band. The bass player Pet Terry says about the video:

“The music video is a tribute to the 80s and films, TV-shows and popular culture depicting the era. See how many pop culture references you can spot! Despite the age of modern technology, the visually stunning video is made to be viewed on a big screen and requires multiple viewings to capture all the small details. John Carpenter meets David Lynch and Aki Kaurismäki!”

The feedback from pre-release screenings has been revealing:
“World-class video art.”
“Let’s watch it again.”

Hollow Ground -music video on Youtube: 

Publisher: Mellowhead Creations Ltd. The song will be released on all streaming platforms and Youtube.

Photo by Matti Autio

Gehenna Sour:

Kyy: lead vocals, guitar
Pet Terry: bass, backing vocals
Jape McKone: drums
Marko Sirén: guitar

Upcoming gigs:

May 30th, 2025 Dog’s Home, Tampere (w/ Kingwhip)
July 26th, 2025 Maanalainen, Tampere
October 11th Bar Kotelo, Tampere (w/ Order of the Tyrants (SWE), Atomic Annie)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gehennasour/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gehennasour/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@gehennasour3289
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1z5ElQtg0p6XT5w9KPdJz2?si=rXRc1SOcSDqtOh-0M0UUmQ

Interview with Doomed Nation: https://doomed-nation.com/doomed-confessionary-kyy-petteri-jape-marko-gehenna-sour/

Thanks to GEHENNA SOUR for all of the details.

US Heavy Rock Machine BORRACHO to release new album "Ouroboros" on August 8th via Ripple Music. Stream "Vegas, Baby" video now!

Washington, DC heavy rock stalwarts BORRACHO return with their sixth album "Ouroboros" on Ripple Music this summer, and unleash a first track with the fierce and fuzz-laden "Vegas, Baby" video today!

Watch Borracho's blast forth with new video Vegas, Baby 

In 2025, Borracho are set to deliver yet another sonic journey with the release of their upcoming sixth studio album LP "Ouroboros". This new offering from the mighty trio explores the ancient alchemist concept of continuous transformation as applied to contemporary social ills. Track by track, Borracho take up consequential issues like mental illness, authoritarian brutality, automation, and the corruption of culture and paint a picture of humanity eating itself. And luckily for everyone, these tales are told with the kind of blistering, face-melting riffs the band has become known for. After the last two albums’ musical exploration into psychedelia, on "Ouroboros", Borracho are saying it's time to rock.

About the new single "Vegas, Baby", the band comments: "Sin City could only be created by America. Where else is there a place dedicated to fostering addiction? Addiction to gambling and sex for hire but also to the very American materialistic lifestyle make people want to risk it all for a shot at the American Dream. But the house always wins. Inspired by our trip to Vegas last year, I observed so many different aspects of the human condition. So I decided to write the story of someone who wins big and lets it go to his head, because of his arrogance, he ends up losing everything and winds up on the street having to sell his body. It’s really a story of arrogance, ego and downfall."

"Ouroboros" was produced by Borracho and Frank “The Punisher” Marchand, and recorded and mixed by Frank at Waterford Digital in Pasadena, MD. Mastered by Kent Stump at Crystal Clear Sound.

New album "Ouroboros" - Out August 8th on Ripple Music (LP/CD/digital)

BORRACHO is a veteran heavy rock trio from Washington, D.C. Over 15 years of consistently strong releases and live appearances have solidified the band as a staple of the stoner/doom scene and earned them a large international following. With five critically acclaimed LPs, a compilation of non-album releases, and numerous single and split releases, the band has sold thousands of records all over the word, and shared stages with some of the genre’s most popular and influential acts.

BORRACHO is

Steve - Guitars, synths, keys & vocals
Mario - Drums & percussion
Tim - Bass & backing vocals

BORRACHO links

Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram | Spotify

RIPPLE MUSIC links

Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram

Exclusive Video Premiere For Sludge/Stoner Metallers GRIN New Song BENEATH THE ALTAR

With "Acid Gods", heavy psych-doom duo GRIN push their raw and hypnotic sound to new extremes. Stripping things down to just fuzzed-out bass, pounding drums and vocals, Jan (drums, vocals) and Sabine Oberg (bass) prove once again that less can hit a lot harder. Picking up where the "Black Nothingness" EP left off, they dive deeper into lo-fi heaviness and textured sludge, with zero interest in following trends or softening the blow.

"Acid Gods" is all grit, weight and conviction. Tracks like Beneath the Altar and Unshut hit hard with thick grooves and a sludgy stomp reminiscent of The Melvins and Eyehategod. Jan’s vocals take center stage more than ever before, shifting between haunting and aggressive as the songs swell and collapse under waves of distorted low-end. Drag Me Down and Crystals push that balance further, with layered vocals cutting through hypnotic bass lines and driving percussion.

"Wild Eyes" shows how much tension GRIN can build with the bare minimum, and "Heavy Dew" closes the album in a tidal wave of fuzz and reverb, dragging the listener under before letting go. There’s a strange beauty in how stripped-down and overwhelming this record feels at the same time.

Recorded at Hidden Planet Studio in Berlin, Acid Gods was produced, mixed, and mastered by Jan Oberg, giving the record a raw but controlled sound. The artwork by Dawid M. Piprek and Caspar Orfgen (DAEVAR) mirrors the album’s dark, trippy vibe, perfectly tying together the music’s oppressive weight and hypnotic atmosphere.

Grin has been building toward this moment since their 2018 debut Revenant, refining their sound across Translucent Blades (2020), Phantom Knocks (2022) and Hush (2024).

With their continuously evolving sound, GRIN are a beacon of boundless creativity in the scene and "Acid Gods" is new testament to their artistry. On "Acid Gods" everything is just more. The intensity of the riffs, the boldness of the vocals, the heaviness of the bass and the detailed crunch of the production. Every GRIN album will have you wondering if this band can get any heavier (or better) and the answer is always YES.

"Acid Gods" will be released on May 30, 2025 via The Lasting Dose Records.

We're excited to premiere the exciting new video for BENEATH THE ALTAR from the upcoming album ACID GODS.

ACID GODS is due out on CD/DD/Vinyl formats via The Lasting Dose Records from Friday May 30th 2025.

Links

Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram

Thanks to Jan at The Lasting Dose Records / GRIN for all of the details.

Exclusive Song Premiere Of Sludge/Stoner Metallers THREE TOWERS Stunning New Song THE CRIME From Their Upcoming New Album

The Crime” by Three Towers is the first song of the album “Ties That Bind”. A slower, sludgy intro gives way to more thrashy, pummeling riffs. A barrage of double bass and guttural growls narrate the violent act that sets the album’s crime-and-punishment theme in motion.

Recorded and mastered at Earhammer Studios by Greg Wilkinson

Forged in the smoke and slime of Oakland’s DIY metal scene, Three Towers formed in 2017 from the ashes of past projects such as Zombie Holocaust, Agata, Pillager, and Egg Shen. Blending stoner, sludge, rock n roll and Bay Area thrash, the trio delivers a heavy-hitting dose of Stoner Crossover for fans of all things heavy.

With 2 tours, 3 EP's & an international split release under their belt, the band has now partnered with Wet Records to finally dish out their long awaited, debut full length LP, "Ties That Bind" due to be released July 13th!

Band Members

Omar Barreto (Guitar/Vocals)

Daniel Souza (Drums/Vocals)

Bryan Cammerer (Bass/Vocals)

Links

Bandcamp - https://threetowers.bandcamp.com/

Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/ThreeTowersBand

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/threetowersband/

Thanks to Three Towers and Wet Records for all of the details.

Doom Metal Legends YOB Announce BERLIN & LONDON Shows. Both On Sale Now.

We’ve added shows in Berlin & London alongside our performances at Desertfest Antwerp and Høstsabbat. Tickets for all are on sale now.

We are celebrating our 25th anniversary this year! We can’t wait to share these shows with you in the fall.

October European Dates:

10/18/2025 - Antwerp, BE - Desertfest
10/19/2025 - London, UK - EartH Hall*
10/22/2025 - Berlin, DE - SO36*
10/24/2025 - Oslo, NO - Høstsabbat
10/25/2025 - Oslo, NO - Høstsabbat
*With Crouch

TICKETS

Before we head overseas in October we’ve got three very special performances in the states. We play two sets at Prepare The Ground, one being Atma in full, and then have the honor of playing Acid Bath’s only Pacific Northwest appearance.

May 30 - Toronto, ON - Prepare The Ground
June 1 - Toronto, ON - Prepare The Ground (Performing Atma in full)
June 21st - Seattle, WA - Marymoor Park w/Acid Bath, High on Fire, and Witch Mountain

TICKETS

Shop Yob official merchandise and records at our US & EU stores.

US STORE
EU STORE

Stay tuned for more news coming soon. Cheers, everyone. - Mike, Aaron and Dave

Thanks to YOB for the details.

Turtle Skull - Being Here (Album Review)

Release Date: May 23rd 2025. Record Label: Art As Catharsis / Copper Feast Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Being Here - Tracklisting

1.Being Here

2.Apathy 0

3.Into The Sun

4.Bourgeoisie

5.It Starts With Me 

6.Heavy As Hell 

7.Modern Mess

8.Moon & Tide

Members

Julian Frese - Bass guitar

Ally Gradon - Vocals, synths

Charlie Gradon - Vocals, drums

Dean McLeod - Vocals, guitars

Review

Aussie Psych Rockers Turtle Skull latest expedition into Neo-Psychedelic territory with their latest record Being Here is quite muted where the Doom/Stoner Metal aspect compared to their acclaimed 2020 record Monoliths. The band have lost two members since then and have gained Ally Gradon on Vocals and Synth duties. Being Here is still a glorious celebration of Heavy Psychedelic and Sonic based passages with a subtle Sludge Rock environment being stripped back that reminds me of Church Of The Cosmic Skull, Hawkwind and King Gizzard & The Lizzard Wizzard throughout.

Don’t forget the fuzzed up AMPLIFIER attitude of BLACK SABBATH with modern core Doom-Pop sound developing from the very start. The record is quite ethereal and slightly trippy over into Noise Rock, Indie Rock, Grunge and Pop surroundings which builds superbly from the sublime opening tracks of Being Here, Apathy and Into The Sun. 

There’s a dark and gloomy vibe appearing within the lyrics which counterbalances the soulful “POP” vocals from Ally Gradon, Charlie Gradon and Dean McLeod who sometimes all challenge for the position of lead vocalist. It’s quite a breathtaking and refreshing style of vocals to hear with the sludgy and stoner based grooves that remains true to Turtle Skull’s Neo Psychedelic creative vision.

With echoes of distorted amplifiers, sound loops and fuzzy reverb capturing a twisted style of Sixties and Seventies Psych Rock which never loses its sweet natured sounds, themes and uplifting identity despite the seedy and gritty underbelly that develops within the longer instrumental passages on the album. 

One of the main strengths of Being Here is Turtle Skull’s fearless attitude of experimenting with distorted areas of Fuzz, Doom, Prog, Psych, Stoner and Sludge based dynamics. This is quite a subversive record with Turtle Skull being quite philosophical on tracks such as Into The Sun, Bourgeoisie, It Starts With Me, Heavy As Hell and Moon & Tide.

There’s something for everyone to enjoy on Being Here with it’s delicious, addictive and highly aggressive energy which resonates a very HIP and COOL environment especially with the stripped back production values and recording techniques used for the entire album.

Turtle Skull have once again released an album that can easily be described as RETRO, OLD SCHOOL and brilliantly modern at the same time. With a bold, jagged and direct experimental sound that fully delivers within the riffs, thrills, spills and grooves department. If you dig your Heavy Psychedelic music with extra SPICE and AGGRESSION well Turtle Skull would like to have a word with you. 

Being Here is a masterclass of Heavy Psych based Doom/Stoner Rock that feels like a record for the ages….

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Creative Eclipse PR for the promo.

Being Here is available to buy now on CD/DD/Vinyl via the links below

Art As Catharsis

Copper Feast Records

Links

Official | Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram

Pelican - Flickering Resonance (Album Review)

Release Date: May 16th 2025. Record Label: Run For Cover Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Flickering Resonance  - Tracklisting

1.Gulch 02:47

2.Evergreen 06:26

3.Indelible 07:06

4.Specific Resonance 08:22

5.Cascading Crescent 04:24

6.Pining For Ever 07:00

7.Flickering Stillness 07:00

8.Wandering Mind 08:07

Members

Bryan Herwe

 Larry Herwe

 Laurent Schroeder-Lebec

Trevor Shelley de Brauw

Review

Pelican return with their new album Flickering Resonance which is the first full length album with the original lineup after Laurent Schroeder-Lebec quit back in 2012 and rejoined a decade later. The two albums that followed Laurent’s departure saw Pelican lose their original magic with the records that followed. 2013’s Forever Becoming and 2019’s Nightmare Stories both had majestic and magical sounds that only the band could deliver but the sense of optimism that was heard within their earlier records was sadly missing.

Flickering Resonance sees that uplifting balance restored with Pelican feeling more vital and assertive as ever with a never ending array of stunning Progressive Instrumental sounds that feels like the true successor to their classic 2009 record What We All Come To Need. This album still has moments of bleak Post-Doom and Post-Rock surroundings with the intricate Psychedelic elements allowing Pelican to inject an uplifting light of triumph, optimism and ultimately HOPE. The instrumental sounds are top-notch as usual with Pelican blending Post-Metal sounds and Atmospheric Sludge technical beats with sudden shifts to Ambient movements. 

The tracks can be quite long but that’s one of the albums main strengths with Pelican weaving long intricate progressive melodies and complex sound structures that change musical dynamics just for the sheer HELL of it. The music is quite fast-paced, muscular and wholly aggressive with this being one of the heaviest records from the band in quite some time. 

WIth the sombre Post-Rock exchanges between the stunning rhythm section of Larry Herwe on Drums and Bryan Herwe on Bass allowing both Laurent Schroeder-Lebec and Trevor Shelley de Brauw guitars being quite forthright and straight to the point in delivering multi-layered psychedelics sonic passages.

I haven’t even mentioned the standout tracks yet within this review for good reason as they’re all brilliant, engaging and thrilling as each other. The songs have their own unique soul and musical identity with Pelican rewriting the rules of Instrumental Rock/Metal and Post-Metal music in general. However, if I have to highlight my favourite tracks then these would be: Evergreen, Specific Resonance, Pining For Ever, Flickering Stillness and Wandering Mind. As these tracks shine a light to some classic sounding Pelican grooves that could easily have come from their landmark records.

The final two tracks of Flickering Stillness and Wandering Mind does allow Pelican to branch over into more destructive Post-Doom and Sludge Metal territory whilst leaving the record full of renewed optimism from the band which allows this record to be their most essential and important album in years. 

Flickering Resonance may end up becoming the Post-Metal album of the year for me personally and ranks as the standout instrumental rock/metal albums I’ve heard in a very long time.

  

Words by Steve Howe

Links

Official | Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram

Sludge Metallers Sunniva unleashes 'Mercurial Bloodstreams' – A crushing reflection on technological dystopia

Turku-based sludge metal force Sunniva releases Mercurial Bloodstreams – a harrowing new track from their upcoming debut album Hypostasis – that challenges the illusions of progress and freedom in the modern age. Watch the official video for the new single at Svart’s YouTube channel HERE

Through thundering riffs, monolithic rhythms, and guttural howls, Mercurial Bloodstreams confronts society’s unrelenting drive for technological advancement – a journey promised as a road to liberation, yet more often entangling humanity in deeper webs of oppression. Sunniva dissects the myth of progress and questions the very nature of freedom itself.

"We are constantly sold the dream of freedom", the band states, "but the reality is only a few understand what true freedom even is – or if it can exist at all."

Photo by Aleks Talve

Sunniva was formed in 2016 out of a shared hunger for the raw sonic power of heavy music. The band's name, derived from the Old English Sunngifu, meaning "gift of the sun", hints at the layered darkness and light woven into their sound.

Blurring the lines between death doom, sludge, and post-metal, Sunniva summons the same seismic intensity as titans like Amenra, Neurosis and Dark Buddha Rising. Their past releases – The Holy Mountain (2017), self-titled EP (2020), and the sprawling single This Reality Only Speaks In Blood (2018) – have cemented their reputation for crafting immersive, soul-crushing soundscapes. The band is in its full elements in live shows which you can experience as follows:

29.8. Seinäjoki, Bar15
30.8. Oulu, Tukikohta
18.9. Turku, Nirvana
19.9. Tampere, Maanalainen
20.9. Helsinki, Lepakkomies

Mercurial Bloodstreams is out now on all major streaming platforms. New full-length album Hypostasis out on September 19th via Svart Records.

Listen. Witness. Be undone.

16.5.2025 Sunniva: Mercurial Bloodstreams (Digital)

https://orcd.co/mercurialbloodstreams

19.9.2025 Sunniva: Hypostasis LP/CD (Pre-order)

https://www.svartrecords.com/en/product/sunniva-hypostasis/13399

Links

https://www.facebook.com/sunnivadoom/
https://www.instagram.com/sunnivadoom/
https://sunniva.bandcamp.com

Thanks to For The Lost PR for all of the details.

Buzzard - Mean Bone (Album Review)

Release Date: April 11th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: CD/DD

Mean Bone  - Tracklisting

1.Darkness Wins 03:35

2.Crushing Burden of Despair 03:03

3.Murder in the White Barn 04:57

4.Primitive 03:54

5.Changeling 04:52

6.Ghost of Orphan James 04:26

7.Twisted Love 03:24

8.Gadarene Swine 05:11

9.Dunwich Farm 03:34

10.Flies, Mosquitoes, Rats, and Sparrows 05:33

11.Conclusions 03:57

12.Plight of the Planet 04:11

13.Ancient Ruins of the 21st Century 04:17

Members

Christopher Thomas Elliott - Everything

Review

Mean Bone is the latest sonic excursion of Doom Folk and Stoner Rock heavy grooves from one-man virtuoso Buzzard aka Christopher Thomas Elliott. The record feels like a protest and an essential call to arms to the crazed times happening within the United States Of America. Buzzard uses the creative weapons of Doom Metal and Stoner Metal at his disposal to get his essential message across which fuses Americana, Psych, Folk, Blues Rock, Grunge, Fuzz and Sludge for a record that feels more important than ever.

Imagine Neil Young fronting the likes of Saint Vitus, Trouble and Black Sabbath where you feel the creative intent that Buzzard ultimately strives for with Mean Bone. The lyrics take aim at the far right side of the political spectrum with real insight and highly articulate intelligence bringing themes such as AI, Religion, Political Ideology and the real evil of this GREED.

Christopher feels like he’s written a political thesis or downbeat political mission statement told through the power of Doom, Stoner and Folk Music. The music is semi-acoustic for the majority of the tracks and it’s quite sombre though Buzzard can be beautifully heavy that reminds me of Across Tundras at times. 

The album has a loner attitude rebelling against the system on tracks such as Darkness Wins, Murder In The White Barn, Changeling and Ghost Of Orphan Jones that allows the first half of the album to quite therapeutic with the sudden transformation of AMERICANA to full on Doom/Stoner Rock rebellion.

The instrumental works are nothing short of technical brilliance with Christopher’s vocals giving a highly important political voice for a lost political generation. Buzzard even delves into Occult Rock imagery and Post-Punk attitude on the later stages of the record with the SHAMANIC attitude of Buzzard being very hard to describe. You can even hear moments of Space Rock and OTT fantasy themes which  allows Mean Bone to be quite trippy and psychedelic as you can imagine.

Other standout tracks to check out are: Twisted Love, Dunwich Farm, “Flies, Mosquitoes, Rats and Sparrows” and Ancient Ruins Of The 21st Century where Buzzard adds a downbeat Apocalyptic attitude to end the album on quite a depressing ending. The music itself is quite revolutionary and forward thinking with Buzzard creating a whole original sound of his own making which could hopefully inspire or influence a whole generation of future musicians for years to come. 

This is mind-blowing stuff and deserves to be heard by the biggest audience possible within the entire HARD ROCK and HEAVY METAL scene. 

  

Words by Steve Howe

Links

Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram | BlueSky