Tag: Stoner
Orange Goblin – Orange Goblin Review
Long-running stoner outfit Orange Goblin seems an unlikely candidate for the box-set treatment, but courtesy of Metal Blade, they get it nonetheless. Orange Goblin (the box set) is a 5-disc compendium of the band’s first …
End Of Level Boss – Eklectric
Everybody sit back while I make this album seem way more complicated than it really is… London, England act End of Level Boss is many things, and yet they are not. In many ways – …
Faces Of Bayon – Heart Of The Fire Review
WarHorse. That word alone might be all that’s necessary to push a number of folks towards this album. Despite the fact that he shoveled coals to the flames pre–As Heaven Turns to Ash, Faces of …
Red Fang – Murder The Mountains Review
Northwestern stoner act Red Fang first crossed my radar brilliantly with the comical video for “Prehistoric Dog,” a send-up of Ren-Fair faux-fencing types with a killer riff-driven stoner-metal tune to match. But while “Dog” was …
Karma To Burn – V Review
Originally written by Jordan Campbell I’ll always have a soft spot for Karma To Burn. As a nineteen-year-old kid, treks from Duluth to Thunder Bay were scored almost exclusively by Almost Heathen. See, at that age, we …
Corsair – Ghosts Of Proxima Centauri Review
Why is this band still unsigned? A few years back, Virginian quartet Corsair garnered some well-deserved praise from my esteemed colleague Mr. John Ray for their debut EP Alpha Centauri, which was a stellar five-song …
Serpent Throne – White Summer • Black Winter Review
Most of the time spent daydreaming, drifting and listening to heavy metal in my room as a youth found me in the illusionary role of a dynamic frontman, like Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson and …
Weedeater – Jason… The Dragon Review
originally written by Chris McDonald Despite not being a huge fan of sludgy doom metal, something about Weedeater has always been peculiarly endearing to me. Maybe its the sense of humor that comes through in …