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Album of the day: Loincloth – Iron Balls Of Steel
Posted on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: This, my fine feathered friends, is IT. The album of 2012 already. Some EIGHT YEARS after their tantalising Southern Lord 2003 seven-inch and self-released demo, instrumental Fancy Tech-Doom behemoth Loincloth have returned to to crush you, to see you driven before them, and to hear the lamentations of your women.
Still boasting the tight-as-a-gnats-chuff-but-working-on-their-own-damn-time Confessor rhythm section of bassist Cary Rowells and the legendary drum-octopoid Steve Shelton but minus guitar guru Pen Rollings, guitarist extraordinaire Tannon Penland has stepped up to the plate and shouldered the responsibilities of axe-slinging and riff-mastering for himself – no mean feat when one considers Rollings rep and the reliance that the two guitarists had upon one another for the rhythmic interplay and intertwining harmonies of the earlier material – and done so with verve, chutzpah, moxie and a massive helping of aplomb.
Granite-thick, sinewy, writhing stop / start guitars, slightly askew, sinister harmonies and that crazy rhythm section synergy were the order of the day for the earlier Loincloth material, strung together by lead-toned rhythmic chugging of the highest order, and that essential recipe hasn’t changed for Iron Balls Of Steel, merely been refined in the alchemical blast furnace of time and monster chops.
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Album of the day: Yob – Live At Roadburn 2010
Posted on Monday, October 17th, 2011
Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: “We’re gonna play four songs and that will be one hour” says Yob mainman Mike Scheidt at the beginning of this Roadburn 2010 set, thus letting the audience know exactly what to expect – cosmic, sprawling psychedelic doom of the highest order (no pun ...read more
Album of the day: Lavagoat – S/T
Posted on Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: Canada. There must be something in the water there that makes for such awesome metal bands…possibly beaver pee, I’m not sure. Whatever it is, I hope they keep on adding more and more of it to the water supply, because that way we’ll keep ...read more
Album of the day: Locrian / Horseback – New Dominions (12″)
Posted on Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Loving pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: I’m always personally excited to hear anything new from Locrian OR Horseback, so you can imagine how much I was looking forward to THIS. The avant-drone equivalent of a particularly stellar issue of ‘Marvel Team-Up’ from heavy hitters Locrian and one-man stealth unit Horseback ...read more
Album of the day: The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation – Anthropomorphic
Posted on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation are, for those unfamiliar, an improv sideline of members of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, coming at their improvised ambient jazz from a more drone/doom-informed angle than that of their parental unit. Anthropomorphic is one hour-long piece of music comprised ...read more
Album of the day: Double Space – Double Space (12″)
Posted on Friday, March 4th, 2011
Lovingly pinched from The Sleeping Shaman: Danish noise-rock wrecking crew Double Space give your ears a good ol’ fashioned 1-2 PUNCH on this self-titled 12”. Two tracks of heavy-ass rawkin’ sludge that should definitely appeal muchly to fans of the Melvins, Unsane, 16, Harvey Milk, High On Fire and Mastodon. ...read more
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