It’s camping season in more ways than one. Just dusted off
the old Dutchman Classic 26’ RV Trailer for its first trip of the season over
Memorial Weekend. Thanks to all the veterans who did what they did to help
allow us to keep on camping like we do. And hey, how about technology? While we
are out camping (real life) I was able to link up to some Bluetooth speakers
and play some tunes right in camp via the trusty bandcamp mobile app. That and
the last few weeks have yielded some good finds. Take a look below for issue
#73 of Bandcamp Bonanza.
Zodiac Rippers – Demo
These guys absolutely rip! Strong demo sounding somewhere in
the middle of early Danzig and Motörhead with
an undeniably catchy groove. Bust out your dancing shoes, the bar room floor is
calling your name.
Mountain Dust – Seven Storms
I had no idea that Mountain Dust was releasing a new album.
Being that their last one ‘Nine Years’ was in my top five bandamp albums of 2016
it was a no brainer to get right on the new one. Much to my chagrin, the album
does not suck. Seven Storms brings us 9 tracks of smoldering retro groove,
whereas Nine Years gave us 7 songs. What remains is the bands ability to stand
above the sea of sameness in a genre where the competition to get heard is at
an all-time high. Seven Storms ups the ante on complexity and darkness. The
textures are on the sinister side, and I get more of a touch of Graveyard meets
Jim Morrison with a variety of psychedelics, hard-edged groove, and sultry grit
in the vocal delivery. This one will be mandatory on vinyl as its being
released by Kozmik Artifactz later this year.
Mr. Bison – Holy Oak
Mr. Bison trample us with a lysergic array of hairy riffs
and pummeling groove. The Hendrixian fuzz echos a wicked tone as the rhythm
intensifies each and every song. Holy Oak stands tall and will be considered a
paramount heavy rock release of 2018.
Zen Bison - Krautrocker
Speaking of Bison, there is something about bands in the
hard rock scene with the burly beast in their title. This is the 3rd band with
'Bison' in its name I've listened to this week and further cements the 'bison'
bands as an indicator of high quality, hard rock n roll. The psych vibes are
strong on Krautrocker as is the spacey groove and powerful groove. Much prefer
'Bison' over 'Goat' bands. Favorite track: Krautrocker.
Kint – Stoned.Immaculate
This is an absolutely
crushing display of atmospheric doom with a soothing balance of heavy rock
hooks and progressive sludge power. Extremely accessible in its class and
highly recommended. Not since this year’s Boss Keloid release has an album
tickled my fuzzies quite like this.
Atomonaut – Inner Space Vol. 1
This is right down my alley. The combination of hazy
southwestern blues, proggy stoner riffs, and soulful psychedelics really hit
the spot, hard. I can’t get enough. Not much else like it out there right now.
Red Mesa
– The Devil and The Desert
The Devil and the Desert takes us on a conceptual journey
through Southwestern riffs where the Devil‘s red dust cyclones clouds of
psychedelia upon the distorted Desert dunes of rock n roll. Seamlessly Weaving
heavy groove and spiritual acoustic passages the band preaches the gospel of Americana in the tone of
heavy fucking metal!
Cleophuzz – Wizard of Phuzz
Hazy vocals with a psychedelic grit accompanied by a
downright wicked assortment of phuzzy riffs and progressive textures. The
combination of the sitar and cello with the dueling vocals and stoner groove
exhibit surreal stature. Favorite track: Mirage.
Gods & Punks – Ceremony of Damnation Pt. 1
Welcome to the Ceremony of Damnation folks. 4 tracks of
subliminal doom etched in stoned out blues and serrated with hypnotic psych
will have you worshipping the almighty riff as if you weren’t already. Top
band!Favorite track: Welcome to the Ceremony.
El Rojo – 16 Inches Radial
No frills hard and heavy rock n roll is the name of the game
with El Rojo. The red as translated in English is an Italian band that just
arrived on the scene and debuted a fantastic hook-laden rocker. As I mentioned
in the Doom
Charts Bandcamp code giveaway,
“The riffs are dusty, the groove is hazy, the vocals are beefy and
melodic. El Rojo is gassed up and ready to shred a heavy bluesing twang your
way on its debut EP. You have nothing to lose but your mind so get in before
the dust settles.”
-The Huntsman
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