Speedfest 8 - Sampler

Speedfest 8 - Sampler

Peter Pan Speedrock’s very own houseparty is on to it’s eighth edition! The first seven were a roaring and wild succes! And the eight one, that will be held on the 23rd of November in their hometown of Eindhoven, Netherlands will surely top them all! Just check out the line-up at their homepage and buy them freakin tickets… Speedfest, be there or rip yer arm off and beat yourself with it till you see the light…

And such a great festival deserves a sampler. So here's some pure and tasty audio adrenaline shots to go with your beer and tequila!

Tracklist:

1. Bullet – Back On The Road

2. Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict

3. Anti-Nowhere League – Never Drink Alone

4. Valient Thorr – Immaculate Consumption

5. Hatebreed – Lay It All To Waste

6. Tech-9 – I’ll Never Drink Again

7. Honky - WFO

8. Guana Batz – Tiny Minds

9. Sha La Lee’s – Sonny (Live at AFF Gent)

10. The Monsters – Ce Soire

11. P.O.X. – Fuhrer Blues

12. Agnostic Front – Blitzkrieg Bop

13. Wildmen – Three Men Army

14. Spiders – Nothing Like You

15. Bliksem – The Life On Which I Feed

16. Monster Truck – The Lion

17. Komatsu – Beat You To The Punch

18. Scorpion Child – The Secret Spot

19. Vista Chino – Carnation

20. Orchid – Mouths of Madness

21. Urban Voodoo Machine – Last Dance of The Silver Wolfe

22. Peter Pan Speedrock – Ghostriders In The Sky

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Bloody Hammers – Spiritual Relics

Bloody Hammers – Spiritual Relics

Soulseller records – 2013

Rock, Hard, Psych, Doom, Seventies

Rated: ***

The new album Spiritual Relics by Bloody Hammers starts off with a nice, dusty and gritty riff that reminds of something from way back. After which the What’s Haunting You track develops nicely into the obscure, hardrock and psychedelic venue with that occult little twist we know from their first effort. Infectious, groovy and warm. After which they gothic up and slow down and aim for some ancient knowledge. Their biggest feat is probably the way they sound so big and mystical by way of tiny little touches of organs and excellent timed vocal lines. But don’t fear, or do, cause the evil ingenious riffs are there and so is the heavy dangerous pounding sound of the drums. Pure haunting enjoyment that gives Ghost a run for their Black Pete and Saint Nicholas money…

(Written by JK)

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Obelyskkh – Hymn To Pan

Obelyskkh – Hymn To Pan

Exile on Mainstream – 2013

Rock, Sludge, Doom, Metal

Rated: ***

The German outfit Obelyskkh is imploring some folky and pagan imagery on their new and third album Hymn to Pan. And they do this with such boorish intensity that you are dragged along violently and only dropped on the occasional forest clearing to catch a little air. Which is probably thanks to Andreas Naucke and Brad Boatright who mixed and mastered the album leaving more room to breathe. Together with the heavy burrowing, psychedelic brushstrokes and disturbing samples this is one hell of a steady march through the evil weald. And even though the swirling melodies, bellicose riffs and vocal punches tear through your every fiber. You will still leave this experience feeling tranquil, warm and in touch with nature. All thanks to Pan…

(Written by JK)

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Picaporters - Elefantes

Picaporters - Elefantes

Self Released 2013

Blues, Stoner, Doom

Rated: ****

Picaporters, which translates to “Doorknobs”, is a power trio from Argentina trudging the hard worn stoner rock path blazed by fellow countrymen Los Natas and several others. Their debut album “Elefantes” quickly lays out the cards brought to the table with the colossal “Hijo De Gaia”. Crushing, down-tuned, stoner blues riffs perform a balancing act with softer, spoken word dynamics until a flurry of Hendrix-inspired, torrential solo blasting sends the track off the deep end. Those same loud/soft tendencies resurface quite often during the rest of the session and lend the album as a whole an honest and powerful emotional bent. “Idea RAM” is where we see the Picaporters engage in some straightforward rock sensibilities and help shake off any bong resin that may have caked your ears in the early tracks! While stoner rock and doom run thick, psychedelic licks are never too far around the corner and as the set progresses the tracks become significantly more Lysergic. “Lluvia de Metal” is a about as ballad-ish as we get with heartfelt vocal beltings and soulful, melodic guitar soloing. The following “..de Metal” tracks follow a similar blueprint and are heavy but in a much different sense than the sludge trudge. The most important thing to note about Elefantes is that while the usual calling cards of the heavy rock, stoner, doom, and blues are certainly in order here, the entire set is infused with enough mood and soul to keep things interesting. One could say it’s a 2013 version of Cuidad de Brahmin.

(Written by Matthew McGarity)

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Mudfest – III

Mudfest - III

It’s time to head south and drown ourselves in mud this weekend. For it’s time for the third edition of Mudfest! Once again held in Perron55 in Venlo, Netherlands the two-day festival features a truckload of heavy goodness. Starting with three bands on the free of charge night on Friday; and continuing the next day with no less than eleven formations for only twenty-five Euros. Stonerfront Nijmegen, Downfall of Gaia and Abrahma open on Friday. And the Saturday features: Acid Deathtrip, Wangunst, Rorcal, Mantra Machine, Pilgrim, Throw Me In The Crater, Pendejo, Gigatron2000, Atlantis, Windhand and Toner Low. Holy freakin hell; what a line-up. So let’s all head over to Venlo and drink good beer among good people!

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Clagg – Gather Your Beasts

Clagg – Gather Your Beasts

Self released – 2013

Rock, Metal, Doom, Sludge, Black

Rated: ***

Intensely black, dark and bleak. The new album Gather Your Beasts by Melbourne quintet Clagg is devoid of all color and preaches despair, anger and doom. But the rich variation of their blackness turns the five compositions on this fourth album into a radiating rainbow of massive brutishness. Low swinging sludge and a black metal doom groove set off on a procession towards the inevitable abyss. With bile boiling riffs and guttural vocals that liquefy the entrails; Clagg barrage our sensitive souls with obliterating heaviness. And thanks to some little guitar meandering that suddenly turns everything into a bright almost holy grey; the listener is able to survive the onslaught. Gripping, neck tight and strangling. Clagg.

(Written by JK)

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The Rising Sun Experience – Beyond The Oblivious Abyss

The Rising Sun Experience – Beyond The Oblivious Abyss

Self released / Monster Rock Booking – 2013

Rock, Seventies, Psych, Prog, Hard, Stoner

Rated: ***

Heavy psychedelic progressive rock music hailing from Lisbon, Portugal that pays its dues to the great seventies. Well, that about says everything about the new album Beyond The Oblivious Abyss by the six piece The Rising Sun Experience. The records starts with a blazing rocker that has something of a funky edge and continues on with two tracks that are more spacey and stonerish. After which the epic five part Wasted Dreams Of Red Flowers starts. A true phantasmagorian ecology story that evokes memories of great progressive and symphonic albums while still retaining something heavy and masterfully switches between atmospheric ambience and hard rocking. And just listen to those wails and cries that close off the album…

(Written by JK)

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Damned Pilots – Spaced Out

Damned Pilots – Spaced Out

Radioactive Records – 2013

Rock, Stoner, Doom, Space

Rated: ***

Damned Pilots are four freaks from Trieste, Italy and possibly currently residing in Haarlem, Netherlands. On their debut EP Spaced Out they bring us four of their own tracks and two covers. Believe Me Now originally by Electric Light Orchestra opens the EP and Sleeping In The Fire originally by W.A.S.P is the fifth song. But the guys convince the most with the three middle tracks. Heavy explosions of stoner that have bits of doom interspersed and some spacey elements. With a late sixties attitude that celebrates all the possibilities, the open doors and the open mind these three move through different energy currents and are just as content with dreamlike psychedelics as growling aggression. Damn these pilots; can’t wait to hear what their next destinations might be…

(Written by JK)

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The Great Went – The Great Went

The Great Went – The Great Went

Self released – 2013

Rock, Prog, Post, Instrumental

Rated: ***

Hailing from Minneapolis, MN, the three piece that goes by the name The Great Went was formed in 2009 and released their debut album We’ve Met Before two years later. After which a new drummer joined the band and the guys forged ahead to release their self-titled sophomore record a few months ago. Their instrumental progressive postrock excels in slow meanderings and leisurely build ups that only explode when necessary and can easily retain your focus. With fascinating heavy delay on the bass and a highly open signature on the drums the guitar gets all the room to vent frustrations and dwell on the good moments. In time; the album takes on the identity of a good friend that brings good beer and helps you blow of steam and remember the good times. That’s how it goes. That’s how it went.

(Written by JK)

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American Sharks – American Sharks

American Sharks – American Sharks

The End Records – 2013

Rock, Punk, Stoner

Rated: ****

Interested in diving deeper into the punkside of that Palm Desert stoner? Want even more fun than the boys from Red Fang are able to handle? And you want all of that even more twisted and insane than the craziest Valient Thorr offerings? Check out American Sharks! These Texan nutcases give you a time traveling, warp speed overdrive adventure full or mischief and demented monkey business. And all of that in high energy fast fat fuzzed out punk rock that takes that laid-back attitude from stoner and the thick karate kick riffs as well. And that’s the only shame; cause it is all so freaking good. A damn fine wild and speedy vocalist, absolute smash-grab-and-stomp drums and a filthy rumbling bass. But the boys forgo the option to let the melodies, rhythms and riffs get their chance to develop further and they have every song end around the two-minute mark. Just imagine what these freaks could do if they would do away with all limitations!

(Written by JK)

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American Sharks - Overdrive

American Sharks - Overdrive

Cojones - Rocker

Cojones - Rocker

The amazing Croatian foursome Cojones has put a new song called Rocker on Soundcloud. Will there be more to come? And will it be soon? We can only hope!

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Merlin – Merlin

Merlin – Merlin

Self released – 2013

Rock, Doom, Atmos, Psych

Rated: ***

I remember it. Those dark and dangerous nights, trekking through the wasteland as the rain fell down in a heavy gray curtain. Up on the mountain a small cabin could be seen that had just a small glint of light and a weak puff of smoke coming from the chimney. Inside, the fire was spreading unearthly shadows across a vast array of books, scriptures and parchments. The four heroes were on route to the magician to ask for guidance and aid. Merlin awaited their arrival. And with the self-titled full-sized album the Kansas City foursome makes their entrance. Heavy atmospheric doom and psychedelic soundscapes paint the canvas dark blue and riddled with lightning strikes. It is a trip; a legendary quest of yore. And the only way to even try and grasp it’s meaning; is to undertake it. So gear up, saddle up and head out…

(Written by JK)

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