Review: Beehoover – Heavy Zoooo [2008]

German drum and bass duo Beehoover unfurl a wild concoction of stoner rock, psychedelic metal, and weird rock ‘n roll on their sophomore effort HEAVY ZOOO. Fearlessly hopping from genre to genre bending minds along the way, this tandem decisively dissects your subconscious with spacey textures and galactic overtones encompassing massive hellfire riffs found on […]

Review: Elder – Elder [2009]

Prepare to blast off into the galaxy with Elder and their eponymous five-track jaunt that reaches to infinity and beyond. Capturing the space rock vibe down to each throbbing bass note, stabilizing scrawl of feedback, and cosmic guitar riff, this nubile Massachusetts trio mold themselves after bands like Sleep and Electric Wizard, imbibing the magic […]

Review: Distoris – Distorsis [2007]

Distorsis is a Canadian trio armed with the capability to lay down concrete slabs of hefty hard rock swelling with melody (“Fire,” “Free”) while a noticeable spacey stoner rock vibe seemingly lurks overhead (“No Love Lost”). Jampacked with extended instrumental interludes brazen with swirling guitars and tribal percussion sandwiched in between a bevy of gritty […]

Review: John Wilkes Booth – Sic Semper Tyrannis [2008]

Long Island unit John Wilkes Booth create a mountainous yet delectable wall of sonic overload on their latest 15-track affair, the viscous SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS. Heavy and crushing yet never remiss to keep their excessive slabs of doom-laden boogie rock memorable (“The Inner Workings”), tracks like “Eye Rack” and “Hey Girl” simultaneously stomp you in […]

Review: Object – Black Swan [2008]

The dynamic NYC duo known as Object holds their ground and maintains their grunge-laden hard rock stance on the tandem’s latest 12-track excursion BLACK SWAN. Built from a sturdy foundation of tasty riffs and thunderous drums and cymbals colliding into each other with the controlled recklessness of the early goings of a demolition derby, cuts […]