On this
round of recommendations once again digging near the top of my recently added
albums over at bandcamp and finding a good mix of brand spanking new albums
with some older material that I have finally gotten the balls enough to kick
down and add them to the shrine. I
also kept the diversity in tact ranging from doom metal to Americana to folk
rock. Hopefully a little something, something for everyone. Enjoy!
Willhorse – Willhorse
This has been in my wish
list far too long! Super
refreshing alt/country/southern rock flavor. Sweet, southern strumming with a
mild bluesy twang and soulfully ragged yet soothing vocal chops! For fans
ranging from Kings of Leon to Lynyrd Skynyrd and on over to The Heavy Company.
New material apparently in the works!
Monsterworks - The Existential Codex
Talk about a wild ride! Monsterworks slays
together a mixture of progressive metal, death metal, stoner riffs, and
experimental soundscapes. A concept album band by trade, this is their 8th
concept album and 14 album overall, apparently. I haven’t listened to all of
them only the last two to be honest so far. This is progressive metal at heart,
at times containing soft deathly growls and others loaded with tripped out
monster riffs and mind bending vocal chants. Song #2 is even titled Ripple
Effect! Ha. This is an excellent album. Don’t let my description scare you.
You’re going to have to take a listen for yourself because it’s some pretty
damn intense stuff.
Kafka Rex - Eugenics Anonymous
I was turned onto these guys by an artist I
featured just last round, Boris Randall. This is
some truly genuine doom and gloom. Adding a grungy layer of skin to the murky
groove on the surface, Kafka Rex bulldozes the airwaves with undisputed riffage
leveled out with immaculately metallic solos. The band apparently prefers to
stay in secrecy, but I’m trying to expose them to the masses of the underground
because they are that cool. As if Alice in Chains and Church of Misery hooked
up for a jam session.
Magnolia Mountain – Beloved
“Bouncing between passionate, rootsy
Americana and straight up alt-country rock and roll, this soulful bluesy band
brings the goods. Wonderfully sung lyrics by both male and female singers give
this whiskey driven, heart-aching, and ball-breaking record the diversity and
strength to sit amongst the heavy hitters in the genre. “
I up
and grabbed the entire fleet of vinyl from this artist. Check out everything
Mark Utley delivers. Something a little bit different to find on each record.
Top Dead Celebrity – High Horse
“Most under rated album of the year? Easily
makes its way into my top 5 so far. High Horse stands tall above the rest of
the crowd as I see it. For fans of Maylene and the Sons of Disaster but with a
bit more Southwestern psychedelic flair than shear dirty Southern hardcore.”
Bohannons – Unaka Rising
Brilliant mix of punky licks and psyched out
that infectious blues rock we all love. Throw in an indie garage twang and you
have Bohannons! This is gold!
Howling Giant - Howling Giant EP
Wow folks, this one took a minute to
understand. The problem was it was too soothing and enjoyable right off the bat
to wonder if they were for real or not. Slightly reverberated and charismatic vocals
set to an astonishing stoned out groove. Take a look to what the others had to
say. It’s stirring up some dust in the stoner scene and makes for some high
expectations of what more is to come.
Leather Nun America - Buddha Knievel
I was a huge fan of their last album, and
the news this morning coming out of nowhere of this new one really brightened my day. Monstrous doom chalked to the brim with scorching
solos and melodic groove. It's like Wino and Iommi had a kid. Winommi? Buddha
Knievel definitely fires on all cylinders with ethereal vocals enveloped by a
range of acoustic beauty to elegantly progressive doom. Fantastic! For fans of
Wino, Sabbath, Dawnbringer, Beastwars...
Dorthia Cottrell – S/T
We’ll save the best for last. I read about
this earlier in the year and finally got around to listening to the full stream
on bandcamp, which immediately prompted me to seek out a vinyl purchase.
Dorthia is the singer of the doom/sludge band Windhand. Her solo effort
is a wonderfully dark and epic journey through folk and country twang. Dorthia’s
mesmerizing vocal is led by a haunting acoustic strum with a pleasantly sinister
vibe. The riveting audio aroma erects your arm and neck fuzz on end throughout
the entire duration. Pick up the physical copy here if there are any copies left.
Let us know
which ones you like best and be sure to stick around for the best music you're
not listening to, reviews of lost classics and obscure titles, unheralded bands
and songwriters and new bands deserving of greater attention. It's all here, on
the Ripple Effect and the Bonanza feature has some fun ideas coming down the
pipeline!
-The
Huntsman
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