Release Date: April 25th 2026. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
With Teeth - Tracklisting
1.Teeth 08:28
2.The Grand Bizarre 07:27
3.Mind Raker 05:43
4.Buried in Significance 09:43
5.Eniccav 09:28
Members
Mike Dee - Bass
BG Drakeley - Drums
Clay Oboth - Guitars
Review
I last featured Sludge/Stoner Metallers Blunt Horse back in July 2021 when I reviewed their split record with Grilith and I was mightily impressed by their slight experimental style of Heavy Rock. Fast forward five years and the band finally return with their debut album With Teeth which is another exquisite slice of Sludge/Stoner Metal with slight jazzy and experimental vibes.
Taking influence from the likes of Mutoid Man, Cave In, Melvins, Faith No More and Mastodon throughout the album. The record itself is powered by a great style of progressive melodies and musical tempo changes that moves into an area of cool weirdness which you can experience within the opening track of Teeth.
Blunt Horse create a fascinating style of Sludge Metal which sees strange vocal techniques being delivered throughout and you can detect influences such as James Hetfield, Devin Townsend and Mike Patton starting to emerge. The lyrics are off the chart with a Frank Zappa approach that propels the album into levels of strange absurdity but everything works with Blunt Horse delivering their own great blend of “OUTSIDER” based Sludge/Stoner Metal.
The album is forty minutes long that’s spread across five tracks with Blunt Horse offering a highly original and unsettling ride at the best of times. The music does become more dominated by Progressive landscapes and trippy psychedelic energy which builds up superbly well on tracks such as The Grand Bizarre and Mind Raker.
Blunt Horse play a confident style of slow-to-mid paced grooves which become quite aggressive and fast-paced when the band decide to switch musical tactics for a more violent sound. The “GONZO” and “OFF-BEAT” approach maybe too weird for some but at least the band are playing music that’s vastly different and brilliantly surreal especially on the later stages of the record mostly on songs such as Buried In Significance and Eniccav.
With Teeth is a record with genuine “CULT APPEAL” and Blunt Horse offer no apologies for delivering that unique style of music. If you like your music that’s quite multi-layered and perhaps even with a schizophrenic delivery then Blunt Horse are most definitely the band for you to check out. There’s a ton of great riffs, grooves and cool sounding instrumental solos to check out from this hugely talented outfit.
Production values are excellent as well allowing Blunt Horse the time and space to create something grounded and superbly thrilling at the same time. WIth Teeth is a wonderfully surreal and first rate debut album that I can’t recommend highly enough.
Words by Steve Howe
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