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Album Review: Devil’s Witches — “In All Her Forms”

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Here just in time for Samhain, the undefinable Devil’s Witches are back offering their newest creation In All Her Forms to the masses.  Though this is only the band’s second full-length, they’ve been keeping fans happy and up to date by releasing EPs and singles over the past few years.  This mysterious band has a unique blend of sounds and delves into various styles creating fresh and never boring music.  In All Her Forms consists of doom, heavy metal, psych metal, classic rock, folk rock, and 70’s lounge music—just to name a few detected influences.  The album focuses on themes of the Maiden, Mistress, Mother, and Matriarch, making the music utterly magical and powerful.

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Profile: Romain Daut of Psychsters Bright Curse

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Bright Curse

On the heels of an unfortunate label debacle and a lineup change or two, France’s Bright Curse have returned with a stunning second full length of doom laden, hazy psych rock. The addition of exotic instruments and longer jam sequences finds the band separating itself from their more rock heavy debut but also with a more mature ability to just let their dreamy sequences go wherever they may lead. Jazz, in particular, is known for that kind of spontaneity and on Time of the Healer Bright Curse show they have much more to offer than just spaced out riffs. The album came out back in May and between then and now we had a chance to ask Romain Daut (guitar, flute, and vocals) our set of Profile questions to which he was very generous in his responses. Head below to see how it went down and grab yourself a copy from the links contained within. Continue reading →

Profile: Jake Mazlum from Eccentric Sludgesters Kurokuma

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Kurokuma
Kurokuma

Easy genre tags for the UK’s Kurokuma would be sludge and doom since, put quite simply, they do this combo extremely well. But a further look into their output thus far would uncover the heavy repetition of psychedelic metal along with the forward thinking of what avantgarde brings and nowhere is this heard better than on their upcoming EP, Sheffield’s Best Metal Band’s Vol. 1 due to the wicked Jamioquai cover and the strangely fitting acid hop EP closer. But, their insane heaviness is still the backbone of everything they do as they prepare for a future full length and the fact that they were recently described as ‘really stoned bisons that decided to drop some acid’ helps tremendously. Just ahead of this EP we had a chance to ask guitarist Jacob (Jake) Mazlum our set of Profile questions so head below to see how it went down. Continue reading →

Profile: William Jennings of Ghost:Hello

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GhostHello

Ohio’s Ghost:Hello recently released a self-titled, two-track EP that’s in the psychedelic metal realm with its nod to the cosmos but shares plenty of space with fuzz and stoner metal as well. Previous to that, the band released a single, “The Mouth of the Gift Horse,” which leaned heavier on punk attitude, sludge, and hardcore. As you’ll read below, a full length is in the works so it’ll be interesting to see how this trio will flesh out these sounds or if they’ll go in a completely different direction. In the meantime, we recently had the chance to ask bassist and vocalist William Jennings our set of Profile questions to get a little background on the band so head directly below to get the scoop. Continue reading →

Profile: Brooklyn’s Psych Metal Trio River Cult

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River Cult
River Cult

Back in 2016, psych metallers River Cult made a splash with their self titled EP, even though you may still be unaware. Thankfully, that’s about to change as the band will be releasing their debut full length, Halcyon Daze, this week. Metallic fuzz reminiscent of Blue Cheer meets the heavy doom sound of early Pentagram while in a jam session with Ufomammut should give you an idea of what to expect but these five long players are no coat tail riders of anyone. They take what came before and create something that constantly surprises, just when you think you’ve got it all figured out they pull out a cosmic riff (“The Sophist”) or a beautiful, knife edged classic rock vibe (“Point of Failure”). Just ahead of the album’s release we had the opportunity to ask the band our set of Profile questions to get acquainted. Head inside to see what they had to say and be sure to pick up a copy of Halcyon Daze from the links provided at the end.

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