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Album of the day: Uzala – Uzala

Posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Inarguable: Nothing beats a solid doom metal album. Remember that time you listened to Born Too Late? Of course you do; the classics are untouchable, but one needs to remember just how ambitious bands like St. Vitus, Pentagram, Trouble, and Black Sabbath were (fuck it, are). Worship bands just don’t cut it. I mean, sure, laying down a thick, Tony Iommi-inspired riff is one of the greatest feelings in the world, but, and I know I’m going to get ridiculed for this, it’s been done before.

It’s almost as if the creative power found within the original doom metal masters of Tony Iommi, Bruce Franklin, Rick Wartell, and Scott ” Wino” Weinrich, among many others, never went past their generation. This significant creative lack leads to an overabundance of bands rehashing Master of Reality riff; every new band simply a blur of whichever other one was started last week. Thankfully, we have Uzala.

Boise, Idaho, newcomers Uzala, fronted by extraordinarily talented tattoo-artist-couple Chad Remains (guitars and “hellish vocals”) and Darcy Nutt (bass and vocals), while still paying homage to where it is due, brings some long-overdue ambition to a style that is, frankly, stuck in the past. Warm, fuzzy, Sunn-head-into-Orange-cab guitars deliver a happy medium between spacey psychedelia, rocking riffs, and pummeling, ever so slow doom metal.

Joining the ranks of fellow female-fronted doom metal bands as The Wounded Kings and Jex Thoth, Uzala’s “modern vintage” sound is both oddly familiar as it is strikingly fresh, drawing upon signature, classic doom metal ideas and modern, expansive atmospheres. A creeping dream, Uzala might be gentle and slow one minute, but at any given moment could explode into a hellish, metallic groove. To put it frankly, Uzala is absolutely fucking sweet.

Continue reading: The Inarguable: Uzala – “Uzala” (2012) [At War With False Noise/Witch Sermon].

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Album of the day: Iceage – New Brigade

Posted on Monday, December 19th, 2011

As we move towards the end of 2011, here’s a worthy record that we overlooked the first time around earlier this year.  Lovingly pinched from Pitchfork: Here’s what we know about Iceage: They are four friends, ages 18 and 19, from Denmark. Their debut LP, New Brigade, has actually been ...read more

Oranssi Pazuzu Added To Lineup For Roadburn Festival 2012

Posted on Monday, December 19th, 2011

Combining organic old-school psychedelic rock with mid-tempo black metal, Oranssi Pazuzu craft extremely compelling, totally original music that feels like the late 60′s while sounding like 2011. These  Finn’s carry on their country’s rich tradition of pushing the envelope  of modern metal, and we at Roadburn are extremely happy to ...read more

The Day After The Sabbath: Vol.57 – Speedball Morning Posted On line

Posted on Monday, December 19th, 2011

The Day After The Sabbath is a blog specialising in regular compilations of obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. It’s Rich’ aim to reveal the secret world of bands that were inspired by the early psychedelic, doom and hard rock greats but were too short-lived, un-commercial or just plain unlucky ...read more

Monday Song: Black Widow – Come To The Sabbath

Posted on Monday, December 19th, 2011

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going. From the DVD Demons Of The Night Gather To See Black Widow Live (Mystic Records) – the TV crew chose to put psychedelic effects on this song.

Album of the day: Negative Plane – Stained Glass Revelations

Posted on Sunday, December 18th, 2011

As we move towards the end of 2011, here’s a worthy record that we overlooked the first time around earlier this year. Lovingly pinched from Chronicles of Chaos: Somehow, Negative Plane have turned their moniker into sonic reality. With Stained Glass Revelations, the band has sculpted a sound that refracts ...read more

Album of the day: Oranssi Pazuzu – Kosmonument

Posted on Saturday, December 17th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Sputnikmusic: So, another chapter in the book of space metal is written. Oranssi Pazuzu is a young Finnish psychedelic black metal band whose world of lyrics and musical inspiration revolve largely around the vastness of space. At least, thats what they want us to Now the thing ...read more

Album of the day: Lord Vicar – Signs of Osiris

Posted on Friday, December 16th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from HellrideMusic.com: I’m going to keep the backstory short on this one. The astute doom disciple needs no introduction when it comes to Lord Vicar; the roaring, raging sequel to Reverend Bizarre featuring a who’s who roster of doom-metal legends. But, I think it’d be a damn shame if ...read more

Hour of 13 Premieres New Track Lucky Bones

Posted on Thursday, December 15th, 2011

North Carolina doom metallers Hour of 13 have a released a brand new track from their forthcoming new album. Listen to Lucky Bones below. The new track and album mark the return of vocalist Phil Swanson, who sang on the band’s previous two albums, 2007′s self-titled Hour of 13 and ...read more

Album of the day: Totimoshi – Avenger

Posted on Thursday, December 15th, 2011

As we move towards the end of 2011, here’s a worthy record that we overlooked the first time around earlier this year. Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: As they approach 15 years of existence in 2012, hard-touring Los Angeles trio Totimoshi return to the heavy crunch of their earlier albums ...read more