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Album of the day: Samsara Blues Experiment – Long Distance Trip

Posted on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Samsara Blues Experiment - Long Distance Trip

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: I can’t figure out why none of the myriad stoner indies out there has jumped on Berlin’s heavy psych rockers Samsara Blues Experiment. The German four-piece have recorded their first full-length, Long-Distance Trip, and sent it over for some preview-type listening, and especially coming off the heels of their two-song demo — which itself was nothing to scoff at — it’s got the kind of trance inducing stoner feel that one would think labels would be all over. Tee Pee? MeteorCity? Hell, even Elektrohasch (although that one might even be too obvious)? These guys toured the West Coast of the US on their own dime! Far worse has been signed for far less. Won’t someone give a quality band a home?

The two tracks from the demo, “Singata Mystic Queen” and “Double Freedom” show up here, the latter closing the album with a stunning 22-minute sprawl and the former serving as the opening movement. Samsara Blues Experiment, like Los Sounds de Krauts-era Colour Haze before them, are just beginning to explore where they can go with their jams, utilizing both heavy riffing and mellow noodling to establish a flow both within each track and one to the next.

Continue reading:  Pack Your Bags and Journey with Samsara Blues Experiment’s Long-Distance Trip | The Obelisk.
(Very special thanks to JJ Koczan for his kind permission)

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Album of the day: Iron Man – Black Night

Posted on Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: If the elder’s fables are true, and there really is a cult of true doom, then I can’t help but feel that somewhere in the initiation process is Black Night, the 1992 debut offering from Maryland legends Iron Man. Among the most sought-after of the ...read more

Brant Bjork’s God And Goddesses available for streaming at Vans.com

Posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Brant Bjork of Kyuss and Fu Manchu fame has released a new record called  Gods and Goddesses. You can HEAR the record and DOWNLOAD ‘The Future Rock’  for free at Vans.com.

Spiritual Beggars Recording New Album

Posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Spiritual Beggars, the Swedish band featuring Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott, has entered the studio to begin recording its new album for a late 2010 release. According to Amott, Sharlee D’Angelo finished up his bass tracks in two days. “It’s very heavy and with a groove and swagger that only ...read more

Album of the day: Gunslingers – Manifesto Zero

Posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Praise for Gunslingers’ Manifesto Zero from San Francisco’s Aquarius Records: Now this is what we’re talkin’ about. The return of France’s Gunslingers, not too long after their amazing No More Invention album and the cd release of frontman Gregory Raimo’s equally awesome solo endeavor as GR & Full-Blown Expansion.
How does ...read more

Album of the day: Las Cruces – Dusk

Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: As the follow-up to 1998’s Ringmaster, Dusk (Brainticket / Metal Rising), the 2009 offering from San Antonio, Texas, doom bashers Las Cruces, is something of a surprise. Mostly because, since the band more or less called it quits after self-releasing the The Lowest End EP ...read more

Free Southern Lord ‘Resurrection’ Sampler For US Customers Only At Amazon

Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010

For a limited time Amazon is offering the Southern Lord Resurrection sampler for absolutely free  to US customers only! This includes an exclusive sunn 0))) track “Isengard (Chopped And Screwed).” Get Resurrection HERE.
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Triptykon: First Concerts In Japan

Posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010

We feel extremely honored to be able to announce Triptykon’s first concerts in Japan. These shows will be part of the Extreme The Dojo Vol. 25 tour, and Triptykon will play as double-headliners with Nile. The special guest for these concerts will be German group Obscura.
The Extreme The Dojo Vol. ...read more

Orange Goblin: Album Plans Postponed And Other News

Posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Orange Goblin have announced that due to various circumstances, there will be no new album for the foreseeable future.
The band have said
‘With everybody’s commitments to work, family and other things, we have decided that it is best that we do not commit to any deadline for the next album ...read more

Album of the day: While Heaven Wept – Vast Oceans Lachrymose

Posted on Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from Hellride Music: Since the early 90s, Virginia doom collective While Heaven Wept have resided in the shadows; a criminally underrated unit which has consistently released quality, emotional doom of the highest order. Whether it be 1998’s Sorrow of the Angels or 2003’s masterful Of Empires Forlorn, the ...read more