It's Cave in Week @ the bloody glove this week...

Why Not Kick off Cave In Week with a SUPER HEAVY Hydra Head Classic... 

Zozobra

"Bird of Prey"

Hydra Head

2008

 This is Caleb Scofield's (Cave In, Old Man Gloom) second release under the moniker, Zozobra, entitled "Bird of Prey".  For the sophomore effort Caleb enlisted Isis' Aaron Turner for the recording and mixing,  not only that...Aaron Turner also plays drums on "Bird Of Prey." Zozobra uses doom, psychedelic, sludge and traditional metal to construct songs that are noisy and groovy. The low end rumbles as downtuned guitars deliver ominous riffs.
 Zozobra changes things up, with some songs being reasonably straightforward and others much more progressive and experimental. Layers of instruments build into a cacophony that's crushing without being overwhelming.
 Scofield's vocals range from vicious screams and violent yells reminiscent actually of Stephen Brodsky's vocal style on Cave In's 1998 Classic -- "Until Your Heart Stops", and also one the of the raddest things about this record is that Stephen Brodsky (Cave In, Kid Kilowatt, Stephen Brodsky) lends his voice for some of the actual singing parts that are much darker than what you'd here on most of his recent material.  It's the passion and emotion in Caleb's very powerful voice though that makes "Bird Of Prey" the Hydra head classic it is!  It is incredibly well produced, constructed, and when the 30 something minute record comes to a close, just like the end of Floor's "S/T" lp... you wish there were a couple more songs.  

--D. Barski

Track Listing

1. Emanate
2. Heavy With Shadows
3. Treacherous
4. Heartless Enemy
5. Big Needles
6. Sharks That Circle
7. In Jetstreams  free mp3 link

8. Laser Eyes

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More great DOOM... Southern Lord's Earthride latest now up @ thebloodyglove

Earthride

"Something Wicked"

2010

Southern Lord

 Maryland doom has become a hallowed institution within the international heavy music scene. Whether it's the crabs, the crime or the salty sea air, whatever the magic ingredient is that inspires so many sweet riffin' bands to form is alive and well within the hairy chests of Dave Sherman and his merry band of bikers. Earthride are fresh from the studio, with a spankin' new record in hand. 

 With 'Something Wicked,' they more than prove that the proud tradition of Maryland doom will continue on. "I think it's in the water," Sherman told Noisecreep. "And because a lot of the music that comes out of here is inspired by Black Sabbath,Witchfinder General, Pentagram, the Obsessed and Asylum!"

 For the band's fourth release, they decided to eschew the traditional route and instead take matters into their own hands, creating Earth Brain Records. 'Something Wicked' was recorded with Chris Kozlowski (Blue Cheer, Pentagram, Spirit Caravan, Trouble) on old-school A-DATS. 

Sherman explained, "We decided to release the record ourselves, because we didn't want to involve a middleman. We wanted to be more like a fiercely independent Fugazi! We will get all the profits without anybody dipping their hand in the pot. We've been on Southern Lord in the past, which was awesome, but we're trying to handle it ourselves."

 Not only will the record come lovingly packaged from Earthride themselves, but the inside booklet of the CD will include a little something extra for the more morbid (or accident-prone) fans: actual X-rays and MRIs from various injuries sustained by the band's members over the years.

 Sherman divulged their origins, saying, "In a fit of adrenaline, I broke my foot jumping off a stage in Germany while on tour with Earthride while singing the Down song 'Bury Me in Smoke.'      Eric has a bad back and might have to get an operation, so we have his spinal X-rays there. Rob had an infection in his nose and had to have it operation, so that's an MRI of his head. Kyle broke his hand twice. We're a hurting group of individuals."

 It's not too hard to understand why a band that bills themselves as 'biker doom' have gotten knocked around once or twice. -K. Kelley

Here's a little sample...

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DRUGS DRAGONS debut LP on Dusty Medical (and RECORD RELEASE Show)

Dusty Medical Records proudly presents the debut album from Milwaukee's finest, DRUGS DRAGONS...

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Saturday, October 2

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Record Release Party

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DRUGS DRAGONS

HEAD ON ELECTRIC

BURNING SONS

DEATH DREAM

The Get Drunk DJs

@ Club Garibaldi, 2501 S. Superior St.

Drugs Dragons

"S/T"

(2010)

Dusty Medical Records

Rock'n'roll is an elusive beast; only a small percentage of those who attempt to harness it can even come close. Rock isn't about selling out Madison Square Garden, it's about getting a room full of people to believe in what you're doing; to subscribe to your version of the gospel.

The truly amazing thing about Milwaukee, WI's Drugs Dragons is how close they come to distilling the essence of "rock" into a recording. Live, they're intense and unpredictabel. Sweat, blood, and beer appear in equal measure at their shows, and, like all good rock bands, volume is a necessary ingredient. Astoundingly, their new self-titled LP is easily the equal of their live performance, capturing the energy and vitriol of vocalist Puke Drugs' sweaty snarl, as well as guitarist Tony Sagger's chunky chording and the on-the-edge rhythm section of bassist Zorach Dragons and drummer Erroric Mildew.

Drugs Dragons formed in spring 2009 from the remnants of Milwaukee's beloved Night Terrors. Although their stated influences range from early Alice Cooper, the Cramps and the Dead Boys to such modern icons as Clone Defects and the A-Frames, Drugs Dragons have forged their own path among the two million or so bands currently active. They're not interested in climbing the charts; they want to get in your face. And this record will do exactly that.

Boasting song titles like "Carnivore," "Rat People," and "Sunscraper," Drugs Dragons' Dusty Medical Records' debut (following a pair of sold-out 7" releases on their own Terror Trash label) is set to take the band to the next level, whatever that may be. Recorded by fellow Milwaukeean Justin Perkins (who has also worked with Jaill and The Goodnight Loving), Drugs Dragons will no doubt be the soundtrack to many a party, and many a nightmare, for years to come.

-Keith Brammer

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Harvey Milk - "A Small Turn of Human Kindness"

Harvey Milk

"A Small Turn of Human Kindness"

(2010)

Hydra Head

Georgia's Harvey Milk may be wickedly brilliant, tectonically huge, and caustically hilarious, but they don't seem all that happy about any of it. Still their ever-present grimace has never felt quite as fixed as it does on their latest, A Small Turn of Human Kindness. Many longtime fans found 2008's Life... The Best Game in Town, which played at times like a sampler of Milk's many past successes, neither weird nor challenging enough, and Small Turn is a sharp shift towards the slow, somber, and fucking bleak. These are moods they've explored plenty in the past, but never with such a single-minded dedication to the downcast.

Small Turn airs its grievances to the tune of near-funereal doom metal; tempos crawl, chords hang in the air like stink, riffs unfurl over many minutes, and frontman Creston Spiers' yowl reaches untold heights of lowness. This sort of grimy dirge-metal isn't new to the Milk lexicon but before, there was at least a glint of levity to offset the withering stare. Nothing about Small Turn suggests anyone is kidding around.

The album is nothing if not deliberate; its musical arc, from the listless ebb of its first third to the more dynamic midsection through to the stirring, hard-fought climax of its last couple of tracks, feels as unified as the record's bearish, behemoth sound. Valleys abound, but there are few peaks. Indeed, this monochromatic record can seem like 45 cheerless minutes all in a row, but the meticulous structure starts to show itself after a few listens, and its most decrepit bits verging on thrilling once you're familiar with them. The album's most electrifying segment comes at the end of half an hour of clamber, when a delicate piano line replaces the bleary guitars and Spiers' voice finally drops from a bellow to a whisper before letting the growl go yet again. For as unshowy and willfully acrimonious as Small Turn gets, there is a level of mastery here that is easy to respect even when it's a little hard to love.

Small Turn's greatest strength is also its primary flaw; they do this particular sort of downtrodden as well as anybody, but given all they're capable of, it's a shame that they limit themselves to such a small sonic palette. Still, it's yet another curiously strong record from one of today's most interesting bands, a worthy successor to their downtrodden pre-hiatus LPs, and one hell of a buzzkill. -P.T.

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Truckfighters "Gravity X"

Truckfighters

"Gravity X"

(2005)

These Guys Play Stoner Rock Right, with Fuzz Galore and Spaced Out Textures and Trippy Atmospheres that Can Only Be Fully Appreciated Upon a Non-stop Voyage Through the Outer Limits of Gravity X. You've Gotta Really Sit Back and Tune Out When You Listen to this Stuff, as Only Then Will You Really Get Sucked in for the Ride. From the Catchy, Kyuss-flavored Opener "Desert Cruiser" to the Moody, Absurdly Melodic Trippiness of "Momentum" to the Qotsa-like Rolling Barrage of "Freewheelin" to Album Hilite "Manhattan Project" with It's Superb Hooks and Melodies (Another Distant Ode to Qotsa in a Way) and Catchy Guitar Lead Truckfighters is an Instant Stoner Rock Classic.

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