Daily Peaks · 08-10-2024
1000mods have slowly grown up and can now draw on a larger music library than on their previous albums. The guitars are no longer tuned so low, Dani's voice has probably found a new inspiration from Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins). In general, this album is the Greek version of Smashing Pumpkins' work "Mellon Cllie and the Infinite Sadness", as the band presents a much larger range of musical styles that don't really fit together. That's what makes this album so exciting. The almost 8-minute...
Heavystoned Albums · 06-09-2024
Okay, we are making an acoustic Molotov cocktail here. Take the "F**k you"-attitude of Nick Olivieri, the cripping voice of John Garcia, a hardcore punk sound, and a drummer with the pedal to the metal. Yes, could be one of the best forward rocking record of this year. Actually, it´s not that difficult; 4 steps down tuned guitars, a bit of hardcore breaks and oriented by the faster Kyuss-songs like "Green Machine", "100°" and others. The first three songs ("Dogs reunited", "Knockin´on...
Heavystoned Albums · 22-07-2024
The best way to understand what Orange Goblin aims to achieve with ‘Science, Not Fiction’ is by looking back at their 2018 album, ‘The Wolf Bites Back’. While the two records aren't particularly alike, that ninth album marked a shift towards more focused songcraft and a broader range of styles, although it didn't fully capture the classic Orange Goblin vibe. In exploring their capabilities, they rediscovered some of their older sounds, like their adrenaline-fueled rock and...
Daily Peaks · 03-07-2024
What do you expect, when a band is clever enough to blend Kyuss and Fu Manchu with the hypnotic riffin´ from Hawkwind? Yes, Psychlona and "Let´s go" could be a benchmark for their upcoming releases. Hailing from Bradford in the middle of Yorkshire, where you usually won´t expect some desert vibes, Psychlona found out the perfect balance between not being Heavy Metal and not being Blues and not being Rock. This is art and just in case why I put the tag "Driving Rock", there is the song put...
Daily Peaks · 07-06-2024
Vape Dealer's first single comes with an irresistible boogie swagger, with wide tires, a slightly oily smell from the exhaust fed by a big block, rounded off with a voice from the androgynous mid-70s. The whole concoction races down the highway at 100 miles, kicks up a lot of dust and the fade out gives us the illusion that this trip will never end. Seldom have I heard such a great banger as a drive song. The entire album will be released on July 12th.
Daily Peaks · 16-05-2024
This album sounds and grooves like Karma to Burn would have had a second guitarist, with the lead guitar practically singing and screaming. This album doesn't need lyrics to understand what the lead guitar is saying. The rhythm section grooves in the mid-tempo to half-time range and ensures that the listener can't stop headbanging. Mesmerizing hooks and fillings and unpredictable songs. This album is a silver lining to the loss of Karma to Burn. Fantastic record.
Daily Peaks · 25-02-2024
I never heard the band and never heard the terminus Schubmodul in German. So I checked with a little help by Wikipedia what is a Schubmodul. In englisch it means shear modulus, which is a terminus from materials science, denoted by G, or sometimes S or μ, is a measure of the elastic shear stiffness of a material and is defined as the ratio of shear stress to the shear strain. A shear modulus is the expression of a mechanical tension. And, as we know, creativity is the productive handling of...