Posts Tagged ‘The Obelisk’

Black Pyramid: New Songs Available For Streaming

Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

‘Stormbringer’, a brand new song from Northampton, Massachusetts, doom bringers Black Pyramid is available for streaming below (Myspace CD player). The track comes off Black Pyramid’s forthcoming single, Stormbringer, due out on Hydrophonic. The other track on the release, ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’, is available for streaming HERE, courtesy of The Obelisk.

Tags: Black Pyramid, doom, Hydrophonic, The Obelisk
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Album of the day: Place of Skulls – As a Dog Returns

Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Four years have passed since Place of Skulls released The Black is Never Far, their third album, which was in many ways the culmination of a tumult that brought the band many changes, highs and lows. Guitarist / vocalist Victor Griffin — best known for ...read more

Album of the day: The Kings of Frog Island – III

Posted on Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: I was surprised to learn The Kings of Frog Island were releasing the third installment of their purported trilogy, not because two years after II was so soon, but just because I haven’t yet finished listening to that album. Nonetheless comes III, released like 2005’s ...read more

Album of the day: Spiritual Beggars – Return To Zero

Posted on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: It wouldn’t be accurate to think of Spiritual Beggars as the first Swedish heavy rock band, because Sweden has been turned on and tuned in since the beginning, but what guitarist Michael Amott’s post Carcass outfit did was embrace a more modern stoner sound and ...read more

Album of the day: My Sleeping Karma – Tri

Posted on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Although I’ll always have a soft spot for My Sleeping Karma because their second album, Satya, was the first full-length I reviewed specifically for The Obelisk, it’s the German four-piece’s instrumental heavy psychedelia that endears them most of all. As Elektrohasch Schallplatten releases their third ...read more

Album of the day: Quest for Fire – Lights From Paradise

Posted on Friday, July 30th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: When Tee Pee Records put out Quest for Fire’s self-titled full-length last year, I got a promo of it, and it went promptly on my shelf. I didn’t even listen. You know why? Because I knew that if I listened to it, I’d like it, ...read more

The Obelisk: In Conversation With Yakuza’s Bruce Lamont

Posted on Monday, July 19th, 2010

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with Yakuza‘s Bruce Lamont about his visions of the changes the world is about to undergo, how Yakuza came to work with Profound Lore, and just how great it is to scare the crap out of yuppies. A few excerpts from ...read more

Album of the day: Yawning Man – Nomadic Pursuits

Posted on Friday, July 16th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: With new releases by both Yawning Man and Fatso Jetson (both delivered via Cobraside Distribution), 2010 is shaping up to be a banner year for fans of true desert rock. As in, rock, from the desert. It doesn’t get much more so than the sweetly ...read more

Album of the day: Heavy Water Experiments – S/T

Posted on Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: What the hell these two dudes are doing in Los Angeles is beyond me. Get thee to San Francisco! Guitarist / bassist / keyboardist / vocalist / songwriter David Melbye, who also happens to have produced Heavy Water Experiments‘ self-titled album (Intrepid Sound Recordings), and ...read more

Album of the day: El Hijo de la Aurora – Lemuria

Posted on Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Lovingly pinched from The Obelisk: Something surprising happens about seven minutes into Peruvian trio El Hijo de la Aurora’s debut CD, Lemuria (Ogro Records). What’s so far been a straightforward and admittedly terrifyingly desolate drone record takes a turn and a pure stoner rock riff is injected into the 11-minute ...read more