Stoner HiVe’s Quick Fire Friday
It's Friday!
And the plague is upon us! Could make all kinds of statements here about global population, the pseudo philosophical fallacy that we call economy, the state of the planet, the state of global pollution and we could go on and on and on. We could offer fun remarks about the moment the disease will mutate and cause the human race to turn into zombies or drooling idiots. Fuck I hate zombies. But we can also just state the obvious: it’s Friday! There is a whole lot of awesome music out there! And we should just all stay indoors and listen to as much of it as we can! And we know, we know, the albums and bands deserve more than the few words we will jot down here. More attention and more of our time! But there is so much out there and we just simply cannot ever do it all justice. So here it is. The Stoner HiVe Quick Fire Friday. And its burns hot like molten lava!
Heavy Heavy – Dead Weight and Broken Dreams
Formed early 2019 in a piss-ridden alley way somewhere in a dubious part of Berlin, Heavy Heavy consists of three members that came from all over the globe. We’ve got a Finnish cat, a Ukrainian fella and an American dawg. Inspired by bands like Royal Blood, All Them Witches, Highly Suspect, Death From Above, they set out to rediscover rock music, armed with gritty riffs and thunderous rhythms. Dead Weight and Broken Dreams is the first of many tracks soon to spawn. Mid-tempo and echoing indeed that Royal Blood love, that QOTSA infatuation and that Death From Above craze. These cats will definitely make you move. Shake those curls!
Landing Planes – Departure
Another trio. This time originating from lovely Belgium. And yes, lovely, Liège. Don’t just drive through it, or fly over it, go into the city and visit a lovely town. And if possible catch a show by Landing Planes. Cause their four track debut EP Departures is chuck full of grit! Chuck full of riffs! Of stoner trucking and nineties grunge. There is absolutely nothing wrong with these four tracks and yes, there is a whole lot right! Self produced, self released and available for the amount you think it’s worth! Go give’m yer paycheck!
Lynchwood – Breathe
Lynchwood, a five-piece from Colchester, England. Breathe, their debut four-track EP released on One Eyed Toad Records. Four metal tracks that venture in to hardcore, metalcore and more. Founded early 2017 the band delivers in feverous energy and aggressive punches. Raw and emotional vocals change into mob choruses as they produce ruckus that seems to swing with sledgehammers. There’s attention to detail here; and then there is that Psycho track. Damn! Somewhere in Lynchwood.. The kids are on high street…
I Saw The Deep – Vimana
Inspired by mythology, the paranormal and classic sci-fi, I Saw The Deep crafts a wayward trademark heaviness by morphing cryptic, cinematic story lines into monolithic pillars of sound. Yeah, they do! Vimana, is a gigantic slab of doom, progressive and psychdelic and with a massive amount of heaviness. A rougher version of Orange Sunshine came to mind because of the awesome drums in that opening (title) Track. But no, this is much harder and exceptionally different. Heavy and deep sci-fi rock, which features power rock drumming with metal riffing and grungy vocals, all combined through experimental escapades. A cathedral of sound! Full of prog, space, stoner and doom. Executed to such an amazing degree with such a freakin awesome amount of heaviness. Seriously! This is stunning! One of my absolute favorite releases of 2020 so far! A new obsession has been born!
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