Chicago's Pale Horseman...Prepare yourself for an assualt!

PALE HORSEMAN

"Self-Titled"

2013

Independent

First things first... This is one of the tightest, heaviest records I've heard in a very very long time. The LP kicks off with the track "Black River" with a Psyched out sonic swell so intense... just to drop right into extremely heavy Bungle chords and the chaos ensues. The dual vocals have an overall Neurosis-esque feel to them with growls reminiscent of Aaron Turner of Isis/HydraHead fame.  But without the repetitiveness Neurosis and Isis are so well-known for. This has quickly climbed up to one of the bands to watch for in 2013!!  As "Black River" flows it just gets more and more brutal and then seamlessly transitions into one of the HEAVIEST breakdowns. We're talking skull-crushing, ANVILS falling from the sky type breakdowns.  No weak shit here, son! Lyrically this LP is filled with themes of end times, misanthropy, drugs and depression. And it all blends perfectly. I HAVE NO CLUE how this band has not been picked up by a label yet!  It's almost a travesty!!  This is how it's done. My personal favorite on the LP is the 4th track entitled, "Aborigine".  It slams you in the face with some sick riffs.  Reminiscent  vocally and musically to such bands as... Neurosis, Mastodon, Cavity, and GODFLESH with the grooves of EyeHateGod and that sweet NOLA sound, but with a refreshing twist.  It's not all pentatonics here! We're talking melodic minors that carry the album almost flawlessly.  Continuing on, "Paranormal Unknown", takes you on a slowed down, pure psyched-out sludge ride into the abyss.  Chris's drumming really shines through on the track, "Souls of Us". His accent's and intricacies match the amazing guitar riffage perfectly.  This is just plain STELLAR!  DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS BAND!     -D. Barski

The onslaught continues straight thru beginning to end.  The LP contains 8 total songs.   

For Show Dates and more PALE HORSEMAN goodness check em on Bandcamp as well as Reverbnation and on Facebook Here

Download "Aborigine" HERE

"Black River"

Watch out Milwaukee...

Saturday June 29th 2013 @ Cactus Club 

PALE HORSEMAN (chi)

DEEP SPACE PILOTS (chi)

FLYING MEDUSA (mke)

10pm 21+

Much more to come so keep it locked!

New Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats pick up right where they left off!

Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats

"Mind Control"

2013

Rise Above/Metal Blade

Quick review from Doommantia

With “Blood Lust” being one of the most defining records of 2011 (and most probably the entire decade that will come) UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS became “underground” stars in less than a night and judging from the price of their “long gone” releases, they have turned into the ultimate collector’s band. “Mind Control” UNCLE ACID’s (yeah, the “& THE DEADBEATS” part is cut from now on) third album is fairly regarded as one of the most anticipated records of the year.

From the very notes of “Mt. Abraxas” it is clear that the band walks the same path as “Blood Lust”: Horror movie themes, occultism, drugs, 70’s psych, BLACK SABBATH and co. To be fair “Mind Control” shows a wider variety of influences, none of which falls outside the “retro” scope of course. So, you might come across some BEATLES or even early IRON MAIDEN influences but all blended artistically well.

Although, most of the tracks have simpler song structures the new album requires more careful listening. It can be said that the record is divided in two parts, with the first containing all the “Pop” tracks and the second focusing on the psychedelic side of things.

The difference here is that UNCLE ACID have lost the advantage of surprise and with it they seem to have abolished the inspirational driving force that made “Blood Lust” a big hit. From that perspective “Mind Control” doesn’t seem enough to repeat the blast of its predecessor. On the other hand the true retro vide that every UNCLE ACID release supplies to the fans is somewhat phenomenal, So the final question is: can you resist this overdose of 70’s horror? I doubt it…

have at it -- 2013UAADMINDCON

-Doommantia.com

A Taste...<<

CHEERS!!!  

LEATHER NUN america Kicks off the DOTDIII countdown!

So...A few times a week leading up to the DOTDIII Fest, I'll be posting hand-picked songs from each band for those unfamiliar. Cheers!

NOW.

Let us begin with one of my personal favorites

one of California's finest of Doom/Riff Rockers.  Earlier works sound a lot like an American Orange Goblin or that classic EARLY Alabama Thunder Pussy.  Utilizing sleazy blues scales and rocking them out ridiculously hard!! They're not afraid to bring the Hammond and Leslie into the mix either, which is quite a welcome sound for me at least.  Reminiscent of The Atomic Bitchwax as well at times. The riffs are so groove heavy and then can just send you off into oblivion with some of the heaviest death and roll I've heard in quite some time!  THIS WILL BE A TREAT!!

LEATHER NUN america

now a taste from their latest LP "Kult Occult"

Here's "White Horse"

And one more track for you from their classic LP... 

"Tools of the New Church"

Check out the mp3 "Going South", RIGHT HERE

Leather Nun america will be in full effect at Days of the Doomed III Festival on Saturday June 22nd, 2013 @ 6pm at the Blue Pig 
Milwaukee, WI

Almighty Milwaukee doom monsters, MOON CURSE, hit the glove

MOON CURSE

"Paths of The Restless EP"

Moon Curse

2012

Take fucking notice...This band is ridiculously on point.  If you're unaware of this Milwaukee Doom/Stoner onslaught that is Moon Curse, I truly feel sorry for you. So make your holiday even better by downloading this amazing EP and if you're in the giving mood, I recommend hitting their BANDCAMP site for more info and other goodies.  

Recorded and mixed by Nolan Trealo at The Ring
Mastered by Justin Perkins at the Mystery Room
Illustration by Vince Zager

credits

released 05 June 2012
Matt: Guitar, Vocals
Rochelle: Bass Guitar
Keith: Drums, Hammond

Here's a LIVE joint from Riverwest Fest 3 this past weekend that brought the fucking house down! 

TURN IT UP.

MOON CURSE

"Sasquatch Superhighway"

If you like it, BUY IT!! 

A dollar is very well worth it for this 5 song EP of some of the freshest doom this side of the Mississippi!

"Medicinecoma"

REVIEW OF "Paths of The Restless" coming this week along with merch and tons more! Stay tuned.

For more on Moon Curse visit them here... 

Cheers and happy fuckin hanukah, xmas, festivus, and all the other holidays I could give a shit about!  

So...It's official...DAVID GROHL now drumming w QOTSA again...

   

Shit...this is gonna be good.  Peep this weaponry..
EXCLUSIVE Josh Homme & David Sardy b-Side from some new shitty movie.  Sounds delicious to me.  What you say?? have at it... 'Nobody to Love'




Read all about it at
NME

More to come ... Stay VERY TUNED.

INDIAN HANDCRAFTS' "Civil Disobedience For Losers" LP DESTRUCTION!

INDIAN HANDCRAFTS

"Civil Disobedience For Losers"

Sargent House

2012

Opener and highlight “Bruce Lee” could inspire a whole graphic novel, or at least get optioned for a Tarantino-produced Grindhouse flick. It sets up the main ingredient on the duo’s sophomore LP, Civil Disobedience For Losers: riffs. Riff may be a four-letter word to some, but the Ontario duet have refined tastes: Queens of the Stone Age, Helmet, and Melvins all get nods in Daniel Brandon Allen’s guitar-work, whose minor-pentatonic sludge should be tabbed-up by fledgling guitarists in no time. Even the lead guitar work on the album puts the Tom Morello/Jack White octave pedal to new and good use.

Beyond the best-foot-forward songs that the riff-mining Allen and drummer Brandyn James Aikins soak themselves in, the sci-fi, pulpy tracks stretch far across a relatively small spectrum. The ur-heavy metal of “Terminal Horse” to the Lemmy-via-Scorpions ballad “Coming Home” all leave a different mark, aided by producer Toshi Kasai, whose work with Tool and Big Business are felt strongly here. There’s some filler weighing down the back half of the album, but that’s only a small leak in this colossal galleon.

“What time is it?/ it’s time for red action!” scream Allen and Aikins, early in the album. Red Action: drink tallboys, get stoned, read comics, palm-mute your Ibanez, and blast it out your Hemi. Indian Handcrafts live in the lost sci-fi fantasy world of ’80s metal, a world that under less able hands would lay flat on the back of the Algebra notebook. They hoist their banner just under Black Sabbath’s and reanimate all those familiar monsters to make them fight again, harbingers of a zombie metal apocalypse. -Consequence of Sound

'BRUCE LEE'

grab "Civil Disobedience..." HERE

As of today... Indian Handcrafts, Red Fang, and Black Tusk are out on a US Tour!  So go support these rad bands on the road!!  Get active.

Dates Below...

RED FANG, BLACK TUSK, INDIAN HANDCRAFTS - 2012 TOUR DATES
11/02 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern*
11/10 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
11/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11/12 Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus
11/13 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East (Downstairs)
11/15 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
11/16 Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick
11/17 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
11/19 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
11/20 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Urban Lounge
11/21 Boise, ID @ Neurolux
* Indian Handcrafts solo

For more on INDIAN HANDCRAFTS Check THIS

INDIAN JEWELRY | "Invasive Exotic"

INDIAN JEWELRY

"Invasive Exotic"

2006

Skinny Wolves/Monitor

 Invasive Exotics crawls into your brain, buries itself deep within your medulla oblongata, and unleashes a furious noise upon your waking mind that grips your body in a numbing paralysis. Indian Jewelry make music for wandering the scorching deserts after ingesting heroic doses of peyote. As their name implies, a certain native presence infiltrates the droning dissonance that pervades their debut album. Warning: this is not an album you put on for a sunny drive through the country with your significant other, but rather suited for those lonesome excursions across highways through vast nothingness when your consciousness can be as much an ally as it is a foe. Houston, Texas' Indian Jewelry adorns their music with a sense of impending doom, a motif that is both inescapable and yet utterly alluring. It's mysterious, alien, bizarre, and feels like it should exist only in the mind of a mental patient. And that's exactly what makes listening to it so interesting. The aesthetic opposite of industrial music, while still borrowing from the likes of Trent Reznor and pioneers of synthesizer drones Suicide, the sounds on Invasive Exotics are firmly rooted in the arid landscape of some unknown wilderness, seemingly abandoned by the modern world. - M.Simpson

Grab the LP HERE 

Sweden brings Ghost "Opus Eponymous" to the glove

GHOST

"Opus Eponymous"

Rise Above/Metal Blade

2010

"Opus Eponymous" is the first album by Ghost, released on October 18, 2010. What you can hear here is heavy, doomy riffs in contrast with softer parts and choruses ruled by keyboards, all of this to create an amazing, sometimes dark atmosphere. It sounds like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple had a baby, and it kinda sounds like Blue Öyster Cult too. Some people also compare them with Mercyful Fate/King Diamond, mostly because of their theatral live performances. The band was formed in 2008 in Linköping, Sweden, and it's line up consists of vocalist Papa Emeritus and five "Nameless Ghouls": 2 guitarists, bassist, drummer and keyboardist. Kinda creative thing. The album has received mostly positive reviews, embracing fans from hardcore metalheads into death/black metal to stoner rock fans. The album also contains "Here Comes The Sun" in a heavier version as a bonus track. This is another great record from the Swedish rock scene, which I recommend you all to check it out.  - iommi600

Grab "Opus Eponymous" right HERE

FOR ALL THINGS GHOST ... check em out on Rise Above

ENJOY!