I always flashback to opening bands from back in the day, usually some variance of White suburban punk band with a chip on their shoulder and a bad cocaine habit coupled with an inhuman tolerance to alcohol while wearing a ripped Blag Flag or Bad Brains t-shirt. This was certainly not that.
Read More Throwing Down Live at the Local 506: Imperfect Son, EvilLeaf and Lie HeavyIt sounds as if these kids were breastfed on sour goats milk with an endless loop of Reverend Bizarre, Candlemass, Electric Wizard, Pentagram and Cathedral pumped into their nursery while their nannies were performing obscure and unspeakable rites in basement.
Read More Late Week Quickie: Skull Servant- Astral ApothecaryI honestly don’t know how to describe this music. Too fast to “Luurch”, that’s for sure. Just bang after bang after bang. Jody B, the guy who hits stuff, kinda steals the show at times with an almost jazz-technique with the occasional blast-beat. Ferocious drumming, y’all.
Read More Weekend Quickie: Luurch- The Blackest TaleBands like Evil Weed are a glimpse into our future, a bellwether for the health of Stoner/Doom as a whole. After the stellar releases from the likes of Faetooth, Sisteria, Godless Sons and Desert Wave, I’d say we’re in prime shape. If the upcoming EP from this band is half as good as Tenebris, then 2023 is off to a great start.
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