Posts Tagged ‘doom’

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: 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: Otesanek / Loss / Orthodox / Mournful Congregation – Four Burials

Posted on Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Praise for Otesanek / Loss / Orthodox / Mournful Congregation ‘s Four Burials from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Originally released in 2008 on Battle Kommand, this crushing ultra doom four way split is available again, courtesy of local label The Flenser. Absolute heaven (or hell if you prefer) for the ...read more

Album of the day: Wino & Conny Ochs – Heavy Kingdom

Posted on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: You have to wonder if  Wino wakes up in the morning confused as to which hat he should be wearing on any given day. The man is a human dynamo, a non-stop workhorse of creativity and performance. From the straight up doom of St ...read more

Monday Song: Orchid – He Who Walks Alone (Live at Hammer of Doom 2011)

Posted on Monday, December 5th, 2011

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going. We’re really excited to announce that Orchid has been added to the line-up for Roadburn festival 2012, set for Thursday, April 12th at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Holland. The Bay Area’s Orchid are true masters of ...read more

Cathedral: Fan Filmed Video Footage of Farewell Show Posted On Line

Posted on Monday, December 5th, 2011

Fan-filmed video footage of Cathedral‘s farwell show at the HWV Forum, London on Saturday, December 3rd, can be seen below.

The Day After The Sabbath: Vol.56 – Freedom Of Yore Posted On line

Posted on Wednesday, November 30th, 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

Saint Vitus Name New Album (Terrorizer)

Posted on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Ahead of Premonition 13′s UK appearances this week, Terrorizer spoke to doom legend Scott “Wino” Weinrich about the first Saint Vitus album in almost seventeen years. Due for release in the first quarter of 2012 on Seasons Of Mist, the frontman claims “it’s completely finished and going to be called ...read more

Crust Punk Legends DOOM Confirmed For Voivod’s Au-delà du Réel at Roadburn 2012

Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

It is with a great sense of pride that Voivod and Roadburn announce that crust punk legends Doom will celebrate 25 years as a band at Roadburn 2012‘s Voivod-curated Au-delà du Réel event on Friday, April 13th. Formed in 1987 amidst a great deal of political  tension and  economic chaos, Doom took ...read more