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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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Album of the day: Black Pyramid – II

Posted on Monday, January 30th, 2012

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: After releasing their self-titled MeteorCity debut in 2009 to a more than warm reception from the heavy underground, Northampton, Massachusetts, battle doomers Black Pyramid proceeded to hit the road on several tours and unleashed a tide of singles and splits. 2010 saw a split with ...read more

Insvisible Oranges’ Slow & Low 2 – American Filth: A Free Mixtape

Posted on Monday, December 12th, 2011

Invisible Oranges posted a free mixtape of up-and-coming American bands in doom, sludge, and stoner metal, including Orchid, Uzala, USX, Across Tundras, Archon and more, on line. Download Slow & Low 2 – American Filth HERE. “After I made the above graphic (which took a while for my meager design ...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

Album of the day: Saviours – Death’s Procession

Posted on Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

Lovingly pinched from MeatMeadMetal: I speak often on this site about beer-drinking metal, mainly because it’s fun when kicking back some brews to have something ass-kicking bleeding from the stereo. Not everything qualifies under that designation. For instance, I’m not going to be too eager to have a nice ale ...read more

Monday Song: Saviours – Cavern of Mind

Posted on Monday, August 15th, 2011

Every Monday morning we’ll post a kick-ass song to get your week going. Here’s one we discovered in the vaults. An amazing video by Dante Della Maggiore.

Album of the day: Admiral Browning – Battle Stations

Posted on Saturday, July 30th, 2011

Lovingly pinched from Metal Review: Admiral Browning is a fantastic three-piece instrumental group from Maryland, and their third self-released album Battle Stations proves that instrumental metal doesn’t have to be overtly cerebral or monotonous. This trio is also a band with a lot of heart, and the album contains a ...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