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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!
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
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
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