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Album of the day: Orange Goblin – A Eulogy for the Damned

Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012

Lovingly pinched from Metal Review.com: Although London institution Orange Goblin has been kicking ass consistently for fifteen years, it is somewhat recently that the band has really perfected the blend of Black Sabbath, Motörhead, and Down – the kind of hard-rocking, thick-grooving, bottle-smashing outlaw stoner metal that’s so easy to overlook but so hard to live without.

In fact, to hell with all this talk of ‘stoner metal’ – it seems safer to say that Orange Goblin plays whiskey metal. Still, it must be admitted that earlier in its career, the band sounded much more like a friend to the toked, fumed, jived, and spaced, with an acid wash of psychedelia swirling about that plotted something of a midpoint between the Hell’s Angels and the Haight-Ashbury crowd.

Though the band tinkered between each record, it has been with its past two records – 2004’s Thieving from the House of God and 2007’s Healing Through Fire – that this dirtier, groovier, more rock and goddamn roll incarnation of its sound has been honed to a fine, shank-worthy point. And now, with new record A Eulogy for the Damned, Orange Goblin graciously continues the noble business of just being Orange Goblin.

So yes, this means that the band isn’t really taking any risks, but this is a band that calls itself Orange Goblin fer Chrissakes, and whose Metal-Archives profile lists lyrical themes such as “drugs, space travel, [and] relationships.” That is to say, you really shouldn’t be expecting some sort of high concept Deathspell Omega on a dirtbike. That having been said, it would be disingenuous to suggest that A Eulogy for the Damned finds Orange Goblin simply in a holding pattern.

True, it is basically more of the same foot-stomping, blues-licking, drink-spilling goodness, but it’s just, well, better. The riffs fly off Joe Hoare’s fingers a bit more sweetly, Chris Turner’s kit grooves chug a bit more fluidly, everything just rocks a bit more rockingly, and vocalist Ben Ward still sounds like he ate a window for breakfast.

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Orange Goblin Premiere New Video For Red Tide Rising On Youtube

Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012

Here’s the incredible new video for Orange Goblin‘s Red Tide Rising, taken from new album A Eulogy For The Damned, out February 13 via Candlelight!

Corrosion of Conformity: Two New Tracks Available For Streaming On Youtube

Posted on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Raleigh, North Carolina legends Corrosion of Conformity have released two brand new tracks, titled The Doom and Time Of Trials on Youtube.  Both tracks come off the band’s self-titled new album, which is scheduled for a February 28 North American release via Candlelight Records. Listen to The Doom and Time ...read more

Album of the day: Corrosion of Conformity – Corrosion of Conformity

Posted on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: From their teenage punker beginnings to being a Grammy-nominated major label darling to influencing a generation of heavy Southern bands, few acts can claim either the enduring relevance or creative scope of Corrosion of Conformity. The North Carolinian band, which passes its 30th year in ...read more

Orange Goblin Announce New Album Release Dates And Full UK & Ireland Tour

Posted on Friday, October 28th, 2011

Orange Goblin will release their brand new studio album, A Eulogy For The Damned, on Monday February 13, 2012 in the UK / rest of world and February 14, 2012 in the US. This date is the same day as Black Sabbath released their self-titled debut album in 1970! A ...read more

Album of the day: Falloch – Where Distant Spirits Remain

Posted on Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Metal UK: Falloch are a very new band having only formed in 2010. The duo take their name from their natural environment, namely the Falls of Falloch waterfall in Crianlarich Scotland. Typing this into an image search you will see that the nature of the area is ...read more

New Orange Goblin Studio Album Coming March 2012

Posted on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Orange Goblin are currently hard at work at The Animal Farm studio in London, busy putting the finishing touches to what will eventually become their 7th studio album and first for new label Candlelight Records. This will be the first major release by the band since 2007’s Healing Through Fire ...read more

Falloch: New Track Premiere Via BrooklynVegan

Posted on Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Today, high traffic web portal BrooklynVegan hosts an exclusive premiere of ‘Beyond Embers and the Earth‘, from post-black metal duo Falloch. The song comes off the band’s upcoming Where Distant Spirits Remain full-length debut, set for release via Candlelight Records on September 27. Commented alloch’s Andy Marshall: “‘Beyond Embers…’ was ...read more

Album of the day: Falloch – Where Distant Spirits Remain

Posted on Friday, August 5th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Metal Ireland: You’ll remember a while back that I was going all doe-eyed over Alcest’s essential Ecailles De Lune. Not to labour the point too much, but with Agalloch having gone off the boil and no new Empyrium record for far too long, it rightfully claimed its ...read more

Falloch: Post-Black Metal Duo To Release Debut Via Candlelight Records

Posted on Monday, July 18th, 2011

Based in Glasgow, Scotland, the duo known as Falloch are a growing glimmer on the atmospheric, post-black metal horizon. Andy Marshall and Scott McLean united out of a desire to create music that conveys atmosphere and emotion utilizing an expansive backdrop of styles and sounds. Metal, post-rock, folk, with minimalist ...read more