Methadone Skies - '87 via '94

 

Methadone Skies - '87 via '94

‘Three years on from the release of Retrofuture Caveman, the Romanian quartet are back with arguably their heaviest record yet…’ Can’t fault Sheltered Life PR one bit for that sentence, cause it’s all factual and we’re giddy with glee for the new Methadone Skies album Spectres At Dawn! Out on October 25th through Haywire Records they’ve just released a first video to whet your appetite and send you reeling with anticipation! And anything giving me a momentary flashback to China Drum's 60 Seconds can never do antyhing wrong by me from now on! Yes! Check out this instrumental, riff happy, thundering, progressive, sludge and stoner rocking diamond called '87 via '94! Explosive stuff!

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Formed in Timisoara, Romania, 2024 finds instrumental rock titans Methadone Skies celebrating their fifteenth year around the sun with the release of their sixth studio album,  Spectres At Dawn.
 
Due for release this October on their own imprint, Haywire Records, their latest forty-minute foray into the realms of heavy psych, doom, and prog, pushed the key tenets of underground rock through the stratosphere. Offering up post-rock landscapes, stoner grooves and sonic concepts, Methadone Skies have cut the formula of previous releases with a more direct, hyper intense focus on shorter, punchier bouts of uncompromising sound. As Metal Storm put it best, “If you've ever wondered what post-metal would sound like if it developed from stoner metal instead of sludge metal, Methadone Skies clearly share your fascination.”
 
To herald their return the band is thrilled to share a brand-new video. Directed by Flavius Retea and Alexandra Dragu (AKA Eclecticat Design) ‘) ‘’87 via ’94’ is an aural vortex of big riffs and swirling raves, and the first single to be lifted from  Spectres At Dawn.
 
“It was actually the first song we put together for this album,” explains guitarist Casian Stanciu. “We’ve played it live for a couple of years and it’s always fun for us. It’s catchy so it always gets the audience dancing. The video however takes a 180 degree turn on this vibe and follows a person fed up with his corporate 9-to-5 job. He ultimately has a nervous breakdown. It was fun to film.”
 
Having played over two hundred shows with acts like Samsara Blues Experiment, Motorpsycho, Yawning Man, My Sleeping Karma, Stoned Jesus and 1000MODS, and taken in several festivals across Central and Eastern Europe (Doom Over Vienna, Lake on Fire, Thulsa Doom Fest) Methadone Skies will also embark on a tour in support of Spectres at Dawn, dates for which can be found below.

Spectres At Dawn is released 25th October 2024 on Haywire Records and can be pre-ordered here. Watch the video for new single ‘’87 via '94’ by Methadone Skies.

TOUR:
 
26th October – Escape Hub, Timisoara (w. Valerinne, Black Water)
20th November – Quantic Pub, Bucuresti (w. Valerinne, Black Water)
21st November – Love Bar, Sibiu
22nd November – Flying Circus, Cluj-Napoca (w. The Thirteenth Sun)
30th November – Rockstadt, Brasov (w. Black Water) 

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Methadone Skies – Enter The Void - Review

Methadone Skies – Colosseus 

Methadone Skies – Colosseus

Methadone Skies – Colosseus

Self released – 2016

Metal, Psych, Prog

Rated: ****

It's raining wafers, hallelujah it's raining wafers from Romania, we've got the outfit Methadone Skies with their third release Colosseus. A follow-up to the debut from 2012, Enter The Void and the 2014 record Eclectic Electric. These guys bring it all instruments all the time. Lying somewhere between psych, stoner, metal and progressive the band sets themselves apart from the more doomish side of the instrumental spectrum. The title track being my favorite cut is all encompassing of the aforementioned styles. There is something haunting yet beautiful about Colosseus. The band is killer but I have to give extra shouts to the guitarists, especially Casian for bringing the banjo. I myself fool with a 6 string banjo and feel more bands should incorporate instruments outside their realm of normalcy. The rest of the synthetic opiate outfit would be Wehry on the guitar, Mihai on Bass, and none other than Retea behind the mighty kit and extras. In closing Methadone skies rule their airspace with a different brand of stoner metal. Haha, I'm listening to the final cut on the record as I’m writing this. Listen to the 6:50 mark of masters of convulsions alone and try and tell me these fellas don't rule!!! Thanks guys! Peace.

(Written by Charlie Tooth)

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Methadone Skies – Enter The Void

Methadone Skies – Enter The Void

Self released – 2012

Rock, Stoner, Psychedelic, Progressive, Instrumental

Rated: ****

Life has turned into a mad rollercoaster ride once again with loads of travelling and an unbearable amount of deadlines. Hence the recent slowness on the HiVe. And in a few weeks I shall depart for Poland to check out the Warsaw and Krakau scene. But when one hears the musical magic that Methadone Skies produces; you almost want to change the destination to Timisoara, Rumania. Four guys that embrace the heavy side of jamming. Founded in the year of our lord 2009 as a trio they soon recorded their first album called Explosions Of The Sun. But now the fella’s take you on an hour-long voyage through the endless space called Enter The Void. Massive atmospheric riffage and psychedelic progression. A pummeling drummer that also knows when to restrain and a bass that shows which route to take to the next destination, giving air and room for the guitars to explode, duel, graze, slide and stomp. One hell of an impressive ride!

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