Posts Tagged ‘Meteorcity’

Album of the day: SardoniS – S/T

Posted on Thursday, February 11th, 2010

SardoniS - SardoniS

Lovinly pinched from The Obelisk: Even though there’s only half of what’s commonly regarded as a full band comprising the lineup of Belgian doomers SardoniS, you can’t argue with the mission of their self-titled MeteorCity debut LP. At their core, guitarist Roel Paulussen (also of Solenoid) and drummer Jelle Stevens seem hell bent on stripping stoner doom to its basest core and dwelling in the harsh reality of iceberg riffs and tectonic crashes. The album is instrumental, and rather than missing the vocals, the effect the nine songs have is one of unimpeded groove. In a genre where the riff is the central component anyway, SardoniS take it to the extreme. Not only is the riff central, it’s all there is.

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Album of the day: Freedom Hawk – Freedom Hawk

Posted on Monday, January 4th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Freedom Hawk, out of Tidewater, Virginia, are a four-piece on a mission geared toward ’90s stoner space with just a touch of southern flair. Their self-titled MeteorCity debut, following last year’s nine-song Sunlight on Magic Lady Records, hails a ride in Fu Manchu’s boogie van ...read more

Album of the day: Egypt – Egypt

Posted on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Rare are the times in my life where the phrase, “Fuck yeah, Dire Straits!” has crossed my lips. In fact, I can only think of one instance, and that was the first time I heard the uber-fuzz guitar tone on ‘Dirty Witch’, the third of ...read more

Album of the day: Ararat – Musica de la Resistencia

Posted on Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Stonerrock.com: Even looking at the two titles with which he’s chosen to represent his first solo outing apart from Los Natas, it’s plain to see Sergio Chotsourian is working to reconcile two sides of himself.
For a band moniker, he’s chosen Ararat, the highest mountain in and national ...read more

Album of the day: Elder – Elder

Posted on Friday, August 21st, 2009

Boston’s Elder answer the eternal stonerrock question — what would happen if you crossed Fu Manchu and Sleep? — by dropping an amazing album of pure stoner rock.
Actually, limiting Elder’s sound to just Fu and Sleep is selling them way short as they have many subtleties at work in their ...read more

Album of the day: Black Pyramid – Black Pyramid

Posted on Sunday, July 12th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from StonerRock.com: Massachusetts doomers Black Pyramid meet at the point of the road whereby the venerated riffs of Sleep cross paths with the modern beastly aesthetic that has come to replace the boogie vans and pot references as the go-to subject matter for new school stoner metal.
Guitarist /vocalist ...read more