quarta-feira, 28 de março de 2018
SLEEP SILVER VINYL LIMITED EDITION
Sleep`s Dopesmoker Silver Vinyl (Limited to 300)
Southern Lord Recordings`s 20th anniversary edition
STORE
STORE
LED ZEPPELIN - HOUSES OF THE HOLY
Led Zeppelin`s Houses of the Holy was released 45 years ago today!
sábado, 24 de março de 2018
AGADIR - 1971/1972 [2018] ALBUM REVIEW
Art by JBWIZARD
Focused on promoting the best upcoming projects in the country, the portuguese label WH created the Delores
on Tape, inviting bands to do an improvised set in a jam format and
record them live in a practice room. The second session occurred on
April 4th
2016, joining Carlos Ferreira and João Arsénio (Asimov),
Anthony Meier (Radio Moscow/SACRI MONTI) and Bruno Monteiro (Stone Dead) in a supergroup named AGADIR. Titled 1971-1972 and released
last month digitally, it´s an extraordinary homage to the great
sounds of the early 70´s, combining raw hard & heavy psych with
pronounced space and kraut rock elements in such a perfect communion
that it´s mind-blowing to know that these far out jams were in fact
improvised... specially with two drummers in the group!
The group had its inception about a month earlier, after a crazy night at Alfa Bar Leiria, following an electrifying set by The Black Wizards and a space odyssey with Solar Corona, when ¾ of this combo, part of the bands entourage, started a trippy wild jam that lit up the place. The amazing chemistry felt that night was perfectly recreated on this session running a little under the 80 minutes mark throughout 6 jams, mostly instrumental, on a nice throwback to those golden years of heavy psychedelic music. Evoking the great spirits of Black Sabbath, Blue Chear, Hawkwind, Neu! or Amon Düül II, warm SoCal bass lines float around the entrancing and overwhelming groves by the drums kits in full kraut mode while the heavy guitar delivers the fuzzy riffs and spaced out solos. Slowly building the jams with hypnotizing sections and cosmic soundscapes that will eventually explode with cathartic moments as we dive head first into a loud orchestrated much like contemporary sonic peers as The Cosmic Dead, Electric Moon or Snakes Don't Belong In Alaska.
A little rough around the edges and with a few mistakes sure, to be expected in any experimental scenario, but a captivating piece of kosmiche music nevertheless... or as they say: “Flawless it is not. Powerful it is.”
quinta-feira, 22 de março de 2018
terça-feira, 20 de março de 2018
segunda-feira, 19 de março de 2018
EARTHLESS - BLACK HEAVEN 2018 REVIEW
It was one of the most
anticipated album releases of the year, at least for me, the return
of the sonic titans Earthless. Almost five years after their last LP
From the Ages, the legendary power trio formed in San Diego, CA that
inspired and continues to lead a whole new wave of local heavy psych
bands, returns with Black Heaven, recorded at Rancho de La Luna in Joshua Tree, CA with Dave Catching´s production and
released by Nuclear Blast, marks a shift on their output with a
beautiful new approach into more vocals oriented songs instead
of the long and loosely improvised instrumental jams that their are
known for.
Silly move for a band that had perfected the magic formula of mixing the best of the 70´s heavy rock on the west with Japanese hard psych into hypnotic krautrock jams, some might think... but quite on the contrary! This bold move that trigged the structural change of the band was due to the fact Isaiah Mitchell, the guitar player, relocated to another area which left the group with less time and opportunities then required, to slowly carve those monolithic jams. Confined with the “freedom” of working alone to compose the new pieces and be more influential on the creative process working on structured sections he now brings also to the table besides his always mind blowing guitar work those sweet mellowed out vocals that he uses so gracefully with his other project Golden Void.
At its core, the band`s trademark elements are all there, such as the overpowering and thigh rhythmic section comprised of heavy hitter Mario Rubalcaba and Mike Eginton´s magic bass lines paving the way to Isahia´s lead with his fire-raising riffs and blazing solos on guitar... the only difference is that Black Heaven serves them in smaller doses! A very organic progression instead of fading away trying to re-create what was done before, they have successfully opened and broadened out their music, keeping things interesting for the future, being able to reach out to a bigger audience now with this directional change and become one of this century classic acts from heavy rock like Cream, Flower Travellin' Band or Black Sabbath were the century before.
Silly move for a band that had perfected the magic formula of mixing the best of the 70´s heavy rock on the west with Japanese hard psych into hypnotic krautrock jams, some might think... but quite on the contrary! This bold move that trigged the structural change of the band was due to the fact Isaiah Mitchell, the guitar player, relocated to another area which left the group with less time and opportunities then required, to slowly carve those monolithic jams. Confined with the “freedom” of working alone to compose the new pieces and be more influential on the creative process working on structured sections he now brings also to the table besides his always mind blowing guitar work those sweet mellowed out vocals that he uses so gracefully with his other project Golden Void.
At its core, the band`s trademark elements are all there, such as the overpowering and thigh rhythmic section comprised of heavy hitter Mario Rubalcaba and Mike Eginton´s magic bass lines paving the way to Isahia´s lead with his fire-raising riffs and blazing solos on guitar... the only difference is that Black Heaven serves them in smaller doses! A very organic progression instead of fading away trying to re-create what was done before, they have successfully opened and broadened out their music, keeping things interesting for the future, being able to reach out to a bigger audience now with this directional change and become one of this century classic acts from heavy rock like Cream, Flower Travellin' Band or Black Sabbath were the century before.
sexta-feira, 16 de março de 2018
SIX MONTHS OF SUN - BELOW THE ETERNAL SKY
Art by Elvisdead
Six Months Of Sun - Below the Eternal Sky
May 11th via Cold Smoke Records, GPS Prod and URGENCE DISK RECORDS
May 11th via Cold Smoke Records, GPS Prod and URGENCE DISK RECORDS
VALES DE NETUNO - S/T DEMO 2018 REVIEW
We were cruising
deep space when we received a transmission from a fellow Brazilian
cosmonaut making contact to share with us his own space colony titled
Vales de Neptuno. Léo Gudan based in Minas Gerais, Brazil was
able to raise these beautiful Neptune`s Valeys on frozen fields rich in
hard psych and heavy blues minerals fertile in spacey transitions,
trippy sections and pretty gnarly instrumentals... SINGLE-HANDED!
This astonishing lo-fi debut, probably record in a home studio with limited resources, stands out by it´s own raw vibe of jams filled with Black Sabbath, Radio Moscow or Dead Meadow influences. The cosmic riffs, electrifying solos and muddy rhythm section on this superb demo burn fast as comet but the stellar guitar shines bright like a lonesome star in the sky.
With the right people and after a few miles on the road, to get experienced, I believe this is a project with great potential in the future.
It´s one of those rare diamonds in the rough... a gem that just needs a little more polish!
This astonishing lo-fi debut, probably record in a home studio with limited resources, stands out by it´s own raw vibe of jams filled with Black Sabbath, Radio Moscow or Dead Meadow influences. The cosmic riffs, electrifying solos and muddy rhythm section on this superb demo burn fast as comet but the stellar guitar shines bright like a lonesome star in the sky.
With the right people and after a few miles on the road, to get experienced, I believe this is a project with great potential in the future.
It´s one of those rare diamonds in the rough... a gem that just needs a little more polish!
quarta-feira, 14 de março de 2018
RIP STEPHEN HAWKING
"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious!"
RIP Stephen Hawking
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