Posts Tagged ‘small stone records’

Album of the day: Solace – A.D.

Posted on Friday, May 21st, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Setting aside the anticipation in the stoner / doom community for this album — I don’t think I’m the first person to refer to it as “Chinese Doomocracy” or to suggest to the band they have t-shirts printed with the album cover on front and the words “Coming Soon” on back — what we’re given in the final version of A.D. is a collection of nine tracks of pure American heavy doom.

Solace have never been shy about veering into and out of stoner rock convention, and they do so deftly on their latest as well, with opener “Disillusioned Prophet” boasting a solo that calls out Tony Iommi’s from “Heaven and Hell” shortly before uni-monikered vocalist Jason comes on with some of the track’s most powerful singing. Songs like “Six Year Trainwreck” mark themselves out with memorable riffing and interplay between Southard and Daniels’ lead work. At their heart, Solace is still very much a guitar band.

That said, it’s impossible not to acknowledge the time that’s passed since 13, and the inevitable growth the players have undergone since then. A.D. is unquestionably Solace’s most elaborate, constructed work to date.

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(Special thanks to JJ Koczan for the very kind permission)

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The Obelisk Premiers New Solace Song

Posted on Thursday, March 25th, 2010

It’s been seven years since the last Solace record came out, and The Obelisk is proud to premiere the first leaked track from their new record, A.D., which hits iTunes next month and will exist in the physical realm come June. The song is ‘Za Gamman’, and it rocks. Solace, ...read more

Album of the day: Obiat – Eyes Tree Pi

Posted on Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Doommantia: Obiat‘s third album with the strange title Eye Tree Pi is another eclectic release from a band that has been hard to put a tag on. Even more strange is this album has been put out by Small Stone Records which makes it one of the ...read more

Album of the day: Throttlerod – Pig Charmer

Posted on Friday, September 18th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from CraveOnline.com: When a band has been kicking around as long as Richmond Virginia band Throttlerod they usually have two choices. They either call it a day or sink into the abyss of re-writing the same album over and over again in order not to upset the fan ...read more

Album of the day: House of Broken Promises – Using The Useless

Posted on Friday, September 11th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: At the mountaintop of heavy metal clichés (and quite a mountain it is) sits the mighty “Formed from the ashes of.” It is the ultimate, beating out the many variations on “shred” and any use of “brutal” you can imagine. Imagine any (every) local band ...read more

Album of the day: Tia Carrera – The Quintessential

Posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Lovingly pinched from one of out favorite blogs, The Ripple Effect: Back in September 1968, Jimi Hendrix was touring the US West Coast with The Soft Machine and Eire Apparent. Vanilla Fudge’s mafioso managers thought they should also be that tour. An offer was made that could not be refused ...read more

Album of the day: Valis – Dark Matter

Posted on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Lovingly pinched from Sleazegrinder: If you think Monster Magnet’s lost its mojo, let Valis mess with your mind. The Seattle band (led by Van Conner, formerly of Screaming Trees) does the cosmic thunder boogie better than pretty much anybody these days. That said, though the band’s third album is named ...read more

Album of the day: Sons of Otis – X (Small Stone Records 2005)

Posted on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

(From our archives): The advent of a new Sons of Otis record is always a combination of expectation and dread. Expectation in that the band consistently produce great records, dread in that, like Spinal Tap, the band seem plagued by minor and major problems during recording! This time around, the ...read more