Lacertilia – Calling The Quarters

Lacertilia – Calling The Quarters

Proper Tidy Records – 2020

Rock, Stoner, Doom, Psych

Rated: ****

And ofcourse this Welsh band featured prominently on the Doomed & Stoned in Wales compilation curated by the wicked Reek of STOOM for Billy Goate’s Doomed & Stoned site. And ofcourse we loved their Crashing Into The Future release of 2015 and full-sized We're Already Inside Your Mind from 2016. But we have to admit, we never got around to mentioning them back then! And we are very very sorry! Now we try to remedy that horrible failure by mentioning the new Calling The Quarters by the awesome Lacertilia! The album arrived about a week ago and has been spinning ever since. Eight tracks of majestic stoner metal grooves and psychedelic doom explorations. It has this underlying rumbling atmosphere; a punk attitude and primal aggression which they let loose upon you with grandiose guitarwork and expansive gestures. It’s a gigantic sound and a truly feral experience that won’t let up till that intro part of the Further, the third track. On which they show that these five Crazy Welshmen have more cards up their sleeve. Going from big to huge, bringing in the Shamanistic elements and to something thick, dense and even more powerful. Hats off to Lacertilia for this amazing new release!

(Written by JK)

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Doomed & Stoned in Wales

Doomed & Stoned in Wales

From the Land of Song emerges yet another impressive Doomed & Stoned compilation, curated by the Reek of Stoom in his far-reaching efforts to hear all that is heavy. Doomed & Stoned in Wales presents a diverse range of music as rich as the land's storied history, traveling from hard-hitting stoner and psych to full throttle punk and sludge, only to be slowly crushed in the end by low and slow doom. Ironbird takes a proggy spin on stoner and Lacertilia brings a bassy desert groove, before the unpredictable psych of one-man band Caravan Obscura and oddballs Moon Goose turn everything on its head. Two acts especially enjoyable and unexpected are another one-man outfit, Fuzzasaurus, whose Breeders-like bass is catchy beyond reason, and Dead Shed Jokers with their  Western bluesy stylings. Wales brings the wild, however, with Tides of Sulfur's punishing high-speed sludge assault, and shows off its doom credentials with the bottomless low end of Kitten Spider and LUNG's nodding Sleep worship. Billy Goat's Doomed & Stoned has gifted us yet another goodie bag of heavy to dive into, showing Wales to be a well of underground music bursting with talent and style. 

(Written by Shasta Beast)

Doomed & Stoned in Wales