Posts Tagged ‘heavy 70′s’

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 to the gain the recognition that they probably deserved at the time. Download Vol.56: Freedom Of Yore HERE.

“This volume is dedicated to heavy 60s and 70s bands from the “the land of song”, Wales”, says Rich, “I found that though the welsh rock family tree was quite incestuous during this period, it spawned some amazing talent. Historically, the band “Eyes Of Blue” seems to have been a very important starting point for a lot of this talent.

They lead directly to one of my favourite albums of all time, Ancient Grease’s “Women and Children First” (1970), from which I include the track ‘Eagle Song’. You may have noticed the glaring omission of a particular ornithologically-named band here, though I am sure most of you know them pretty well already…”

All my previous compilations from can be found at my BLOG and I’m sure any of you who are intrigued by the more obscure history of heavy rock will find a lot of great surprises.”

Tags: doom, Freedom Of Yore, heavy 70's, psychedelica, The Day After The Sabbath
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Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell Added To Lineup For Roadburn festival 2012

Posted on Monday, November 14th, 2011

Playing with passion and a raucous ‘fuck you’ attitude, UK’s power-trio Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell are channelling early 70′s proto-metal played by the likes of Buffalo, Dust and Sir Lord Baltimore. Augmented by Flying V’s, fire-breathing riffery, scorching solos and  outrageous facial hair, ASCS showcase how heavily fuzzed out rock ...read more

Album of the day: Highway Robbery – For Love Or Money (Vinyl)

Posted on Monday, November 7th, 2011

Praise for Highway Robbery‘s For Love Or Money from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Hot damn. This is the definition of kick ass, pretty much. At least as that term applies to early ’70s proto-metal, which so often it does most fittingly. We’ve had this before on CD, out of print now we ...read more

Album of the day: Danava – Hemisphere Of Shadows

Posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2011

Praise for Danava‘s Hemisphere Of Shadows from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: It’s not really all that much fun writing a review of this new Danava album. What’s fun is listening to it, turned up loud… and maybe getting buzzed on a substance of choice whilst doing so. Whoo-hoo! Granted, that’s ...read more

Church of Misery, Ancestors and Horisont To Return To Roadburn Festival

Posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Making their fourth appearance in 5 years at the festival, it looks like Japan’s serial-killer-obsessed seekers of the almighty riff Church of Misery are poised to become the offficial Roadburn house band. All joking aside, Church of Misery were among THE highlights of the previous Roadburn festivals (even the main ...read more

Leaf Hound To Commemorate The 40th anniversary of Growers of Mushroom at Roadburn 2012

Posted on Monday, September 26th, 2011

British proto-stoner rockers Leaf Hound will be making a triumphant and highly anticipated return to Roadburn for the 2012 festival. Led by original vocalist Pete French, Leaf Hound gets a chance to reprise their extraordinary 2006 Roadburn performance, this time playing their seminal Growers of Mushroom LP in its entirety ...read more

Monday Song: Flower Travellin’ Band – Satori Part II

Posted on Monday, August 8th, 2011

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going. (This week’s pick is a tribute to FTB’s Joe Yamanaka who sadly passed away on August 7th. R.I.P. Joe) Rare 8mm footage of Japanese 70′s psychedelic rock group Flower Travellin’ Band playing their last show at Maruyama ...read more

Monday Song: Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats – I’ll Cut You Down

Posted on Monday, August 1st, 2011

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going. Arriving at an abandoned barn beneath a dead summer sky, Uncle Acid sets up his crackling vintage tweed amp. Nestled between bales of hay he sings tales of murder, lust and horror. He is soon joined by ...read more

Album of the day: Purple Rhinestone Eagle – The Great Return

Posted on Saturday, May 21st, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Mixedvegetablez: There’s something about the sound of analog recordings that just can’t be replicated digitally. Sure, Pro-Tools has it’s merits, but if you want your record to sound like it was pulled out of a crack in space and time, let’s face it, you’re going to have ...read more

Album of the day: Gentleman’s Pistols – At Her Majesty’s Pleasure

Posted on Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Uber Rock: Leeds’ finest retro rockers Gentleman’s Pistols will be familiar to those who frequent sweaty rock bars and clubs around the country, as they’ve been a welcome fixture on that circuit for a few years now. They’ve also pleasured the crowds at the last couple of ...read more