Weird Tales - Second Coming, Second Crucifixion (Album Review)

Release Date: September 01st 2023. Record Label: Interstellar Smoke Records. Formats: DD

Second Coming, Second Crucifixion: Tracklisting

 01 - Disgusting & Mean - 3:42

02 - Dead People's Shit - 6:40

03 - Undertaker - 6:26

04 - Krokodil Blues - 3:11

05 - Damned Lovers of the Swampire - 9:17

06 - Acid Lobotomy -9:34

Members

Dima - Guitar/Vocals

Kriss - Bass/Backup Vocals

Smoku - Drums/Backup Vocals

Review:

Polish Doom/Stoner Metallers Weird Tales release their seedy and gloomy new offering Second Coming, Second Crucifixion. An album that takes a more rebellious and edgier approach with their classic blend of Doom/Stoner Metal. The lyrics are quite full-on in places and feel like they’ve been doused in Psychedelic Acid overtones. The sludgy guitars move between classic grooves of Black Sabbath, Electric Wizard and KYUSS but with Weird Tales being perhaps playing a more surreal Acid Rock style.

Opening song Disgusting & Mean has the harsh sounds of the Doom/Stoner Metal underground but with a vastly understated Garage Rock attitude which soon morphs into heavier areas of Psychedelic debauchery and seedy guitars working superbly well with Dima’s Proto-Doom or Proto-Punk based vocals. A strong start to this effortlessly and superbly entertaining album.

Second song Dead People’s Shit carries on with the down-tuned Sabbathian sound with perhaps a unique sounding Noise Rock element appearing. The vocals seem more accustomed to a Post-Punk track than a Doom Metal song. However, the lyrics and warped cinematic grooves allows Weird Tales to remain part of the Doom Metal fraternity with a song that oozes chaotic menace when the more Psychedelic parts of the album appear. The song does allow Weird Tales the opportunity to play a non-stop style of sludgy extended guitar jams which have a classic Stoner theme towards the later stages of the track.

Third song Undertaker opens with a gloomy Speed Punk riff that allows Weird Tales to play a more stripped back style of music. The lyrics have a gloomy, rebellious and menacing creative style which draws the band closer into the Noise Rock and Post-Punk circles yet again but still remain essential Doom Metal quality to their music. Weird Tales are natural born storytellers on this album and this track ultimately proves this with sublime lyrics allowing this track to be one of the bleakest tracks on the album. The instrumental work becomes more daring with its violent and bombastic sound allowing the rhythm section to really stand out. 

Fourth song Krokodil Blues is a straight forward Doom/Stoner Metal number with that classic Punk-Rock attitude allowing the band to draw upon artists such as Alice Cooper and Church Of Misery. The song has echoes of Classic Hard Rock and screeching guitars which still sees Weird Tales still retain a small sense of Punk Rock and Noise Rock realism despite the DOOM & GLOOM theatrics of the whole album.

The final two tracks Damned Lovers Of The Swampfire and Acid Lobotomy is where Weird Tales venture into Prog Rock debauchery with the band playing a warped style of Acid Rock, Stoner Metal and what is perhaps is best described as LUCID FREE FLOWING DOOM Metal. The guitars have a more satanic quality to them especially on Damned Lovers Of The Swampfire. This is the bleakest, intense, heaviest, aggressive and most OUT THERE part of the album with Weird Tales becoming more comfortable with the demented and maddening style of first rate music they play here. 

Second Coming, Second Crucifixion is quite a surreal and nightmarish album where Weird Tales also offer an album where the “RIFF IS KING” and this album has a high amount of sublime riffs, grooves and extended jams which prove why the Polish Doom/Stoner Metal underground scene is so highly thought of. The album may have a raw sounding Garage Rock and Punk Rock attitude but the production values are exquisite that allows this album to be beautifully violent and loud throughout. 

Weird Tales have done themselves proud with this release. As Second Coming, Second Crucifixion deserves all the major praise and plaudits hopefully coming their way. This is an absolute joy to listen to.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Infecting Cells PR for the promo.

Second Coming, Second Crucifixion will be available to buy via Interstellar Smoke Records from Friday September 1st 2023.

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weirdtalesband
Bandcamp: https://weird.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1SeaeUUSKSO0J1Y0WGKt5b?si=Okpj8lO7TZus9c__TgrSvQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weirdtales2137/
Youtube: https://youtube.com/@weirdtales2137

Psychedelic Doom Act Weird Tales Unleash New Single - "Krokodil Blues" From Upcoming New Album "Second Coming, Second Crucifixion"

The final single is about drugs, and specifically - opiates. As Lemmy once said: "Heroin must be wonderful, cause lots of my friends died for it". Can you imagine having your arm and leg rotting and falling off, and the only thing you can think of is another dose of the poison that's responsible for it? 

Listen to Lemmy kids - don't touch that shit! Do speed instead!

Listen!

We are the ones who use

Dazed and confused

Purgatory of living fast

All the things you know are already past

And it's hard to explain

And you have to obey

When the drug talks to you

It leaves no choice I’m warning you

Listen!

Flesh rotten down to the bone

Cut it off or you’ll be gone

Vein is running away

Another shot - another day

And it's hard to explain

And you have to obey

When the drug talks to you

It leaves no choice I’m warning you

Listen

Lyrics by Dima
Music by WEIRD TALES
Mixed by Smoku
Produced by WEIRD TALES
Mastered by Nebula Studio

Connect with Weird Tales:

https://weird.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/weirdtalesband/
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-38mViA1wQrP2QLPBaZLg

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Psychedelic Doom Act Weird Tales reveal artwork for upcoming album - "Second Coming, Second Crucifixion"

Like a stab between the eyes, Polish Warsaw trio WEIRD TALES will deliver their outrageous new full length album on September 1st via Interstellar Smoke Records.

"Second Coming, Second Crucifixion" consists of six new tracks - 40 minute riff based dance music for psychopaths.

On their most extraverted work to date, WEIRD TALES are manifesting disappointment in humanity, friendship and love. Hatred from the deepest abyss of the heart is mixed up with the creepshow stories about schizos, drug addicts and slaughter.

Starting as a stoner doom band, they incorporated proto-punk, psychedelic and noise to their music and amplified it with narcotic psychosis. Now they put it to your face straight from hell!

Harsh guitars, rapid, vigorous drums and dirty bass will fall on your head like a storm. Filled with dark psychedelic vocals and filthy lyrics it brings sardonic fun to all fans of heavy music, who are disappointed with life.

WEIRD TALES bio:

Doom power trio from Warsaw, formed in 2015. The Band consists of Dima (guitar, lead vocal), Kriss (bass, back vocal) and Smoku (drums, back vocals).

WEIRD TALES is riff worship driven by narcotic psychosis. Sick compositions and grooves stitching together riff stabs, tectonic-shifting rhythms, hypnotic melodic verses, hazy, acid-soaked interludes and psychoactive guitar soloing that eventually congeal into a Sabbath-worshiping hoe-down.

The band have released 1 Full-Length album and 3 EP’s, with the most recent - “Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues“ and live-in-studio record “Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die“ having been released in 2021.

WEIRD TALES is known for varied music presented on each release and raw,cenergetic live performances. If anyone could capture a bad trip, that would be it.

New full length album “Second Coming, Second Crucifixion” will be released 01.09.20223 via Interstellar Smoke Records.

WEIRD TALES shared stages with such well known acts like Church of Misery, Bongzilla, Belzebong, Dopelord and Spaceslug and performed at festivals Electric Meadow, Gruzilla and Low Gravity.

The band tours frequently over Poland and Europe and played in Germany, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia

Check Out Singles from the upcoming album:

"Swampire" official video: https://youtu.be/n9pIQWs6drI
"Undertaker" lyrics video: https://youtu.be/WGEcWSoPrcw
"Disgusting & Mean" tour video: https://youtu.be/s8QiyQpcQNM
"ZZ" live studio video: https://youtu.be/uaK_Yk4GxCQ

Releases:

2017 - two EP’s “WEIRD TALES” and “SHINY VOID”
2019 - debut full length album “Hell Services Cost a Lot”
2021 - concept EP “Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues“
2021 - live studio recording “ZZ”
2023 – full length “Second Coming, Second Crucifixion”

Connect with Weird Tales:

https://weird.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/weirdtalesband/
https://instagram.com/weirdtalesband?igshid=wtwhwxlxhl69
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-38mViA1wQrP2QLPBaZLg

Connect with Interstellar Smoke Records:

https://interstellarsmokerecords1.bandcamp.com/
https://interstellarsmokerecords.bigcartel.com/
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WEIRD TALES DROP "TOO WEIRD TO LIVE, TOO RARE TO DIE EP"

POLISH DOOM METAL ACT WEIRD TALES DROP "TOO WEIRD TO LIVE, TOO RARE TO DIE EP"

ZZ" started as a live rearrangement of our old track "Easy Riding", but soon evolved into a new, weird killing machine. We decided to capture this sonic madness, thus we have visited Kongo Studio this summer and made this live video - 

During this session we also recorded a second track, which is our tribute to GG Allin.

Weird Tales - GG

Connect with Weird Tales:

https://weird.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/weirdtalesband/
https://instagram.com/weirdtalesband?igshid=wtwhwxlxhl69

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-38mViA1wQrP2QLPBaZLg
https://open.spotify.com/album/552GPpewmKO9kTCe5KCCoH?si=RStDLiScTh-t0D0xI3YtVA

WEIRD TALES Release New Video For ZZ

WEIRD TALES is coming back with a brand new video! New track “ZZ” recorded live at Kongo Studio in Warsaw, Poland.

The weird approach on this one is mixing stoner doom sludge and heavy psych in a way that delivers to every heavy music fan.

It takes you to the long trip with insane riffs, psychedelic sonic wall, crazy composition and unexpected changes.

It’s HEAVY, it’s LOUD, it’s WEIRD.

Links:

Facebook | BandCamp

Weird Tales - Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues (EP Review)

Release date: January 15th 2021. Label: Interstellar Smoke Records. Format: CD/DD

Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues – Tracklisting

1.Got the Blues for Murder Only 
2.Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues
3.Too Fucking Cold, Too Fucking Dark
4.Take Sick and Die

Members

Dima - Guitar and Lead Vocal
Kriss - Bass and Vocal
Matt - Drums and Vocal

Review

Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues is the new EP from Polish Doom/Stoner Rockers – Weird Tales – and the guys are paying homage to the Godfathers of Blues Music with their own interpretation of songs by Lonnie Johnson, Skip James, Blind WIllie Johnson and Muddy Waters.

Blues Music played an important part for the evolution of Rock Music and within the Doom, Sludge and Stoner Meal scene. Weird Tales are paying respects to these legendary musicians with their own take on some of their most well known songs. The thing is with this EP everything is open to interpretation and Weird Tales create a more filthier, heavier and DOOMIER style of covers you would initially expect.

Some fans of these songs will recognise some parts and not recognise others but it’s good to see a band like Weird Tales trying something different on each of the 4 snogs chosen here. The EP definitely still remains in the BLUES ROCK department but weighed down by a Doom/Stoner Metal backdrop of heavy grooves and aggressive vocals.

The opening song Got The Blues For Murder Only and Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues are my favourite parts of the EP. The songs are played for LOUD and VIOLENT KICKS with the twisted guitars leading the BLUES ROCK charge to fast-paced fashion within the opening song.

Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues is quite slow-paced at first before Weird Tales bring a spectacular blend of Blues Rock, Doom and Stoner Metal but topped off with a manic Sludgy groove that elevates everything to a heavier volume of noise. The guitars are down-tuned in places and some notes have a DRONE based quality to them.

“Too Fucking Cold, Too Fucking Dark” and “Take Sick And Die” are good covers but lack the creative spark the opening two tracks have but Weird Tales put everything into this release and none so more on these two track with epic riffs that could easily pass off Weird Tales very own if you’ve haven’t heard these songs before.

Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues is a frantic and hugely entertaining release and one that takes the right creative chances to standout from the recent run of Covers based records that have been released recently.

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son of a Bitchin' Blues is available to buy on CD/DD from January 15th 2021 via Interstellar Smoke Records.

Thanks to Carcosa PR and Infecting Cell PR for the promo.

Links:

Facebook | BandCamp

Weird Tales Announce Details Of New EP - "Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son Of A Bitchin' Blues

Polish Psychedelic Doom act of three - Weird Tales thicken the plot of their tale with a brand new EP - "Y'all Motherfuckers Forgot 'Bout Good Ol' Son Of A Bitchin' Blues". Which, like everything else from this twisted trio, dares to go far outside the confines of what you would expect from a doom album. With this record, Weird Tales pays homage to the true founding fathers. Where it all began, the kings of blues! With out blues, there is no rock, with out rock there is no doom metal, and without doom metal, well, let's not even speculate where Weird Tales would be.

The concept of this album – pass the blues through the Weird Tales prism, twisting and bending it until it's barely recognizable. Catch the essence of each track, wrap it with our heavy riffs and extrapolate. The result? The heaviest blues album ever put forth!

The first single from the album - "Got The Blues For Murder Only" can be heard here: 

Weird Tales adds: "How we are sick of covers! It's always the same, note by note covers, slowed down, tuned down – the DOOM covers. How we are bored by it! The only acceptable form of cover – is an abstract one. A new self-contained, original piece of music. Whole new riffs and arrangements, and still, it is a cover. It's bound to the original with it’s intention and message. The cover that is a rethinking of the original becoming it's evolution.

With this EP we're retelling with our own language the killer blues of four men.

Lonnie Johnson, Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, Muddy Waters are the four motherfuckers who knew what’s this all about done way before you were born.

It is our vision of what is the most important in this blues. Our blues in 2020."

Connect with Weird Tales:

https://weird.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.facebook.com/weirdtalesband/
https://instagram.com/weirdtalesband?igshid=wtwhwxlxhl69
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk-38mViA1wQrP2QLPBaZLg

Connect with Interstellar Smoke Records:

https://interstellarsmokerecords1.bandcamp.com/
https://interstellarsmokerecords.bigcartel.com/
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