A PENTAGRAM DVD was long overdue and there could be no better time for the release than 2011 because this year marks the 40th anniversary of the band. But if you take it accurately, the first phase of PENTAGRAM ended in the very late 1970's. Then there was DEATH ROW, ...
PYRAMIDO is without a doubt one of the best newcomers to the sludge scene. With their promising debut, 'Sand', they created a basis on which to build and that is why I was very curious to hear the next effort. Unfortunately, ...
Over recent years, Scott 'Wino' Weinrich has turned into a workaholic and there's nothing wrong with it because he is brimming with creativity. Instead of repeating himself he is treading new paths as impressively proven with his acoustic album 'Adrift' ...
Who would have thought seven years ago that Victor Griffin and Bobby Liebling would reunite under the name PENTAGRAM just to record a new record? Not me. Even as recently as 2 years ago, PENTAGRAM consisted of Bobby Liebling, Russ Strahan, Gary Isom as well as Mark Ammen and ...
If I didn't know better, I would think that PATER NEMBROT is an old German krautrock band from 1971 just because the band name is so typical for that time. But they come from Italy and 'Sequoia Seeds', released in February 2011 by Go Down Records, is their second ...
Chile's own Procession belong to those phenomenons in Doom I did not quite get. In the online department of the scene there was a lot of praise for the three piece after their first demo already so I was expecting big things for their EP. I must say, though ...
It's been a long time since Cosmic Lava received new music from Motor City Zschopau, but a few weeks ago, Thomas Schulz (Dreaming) send me a copy of PETRIFIED's first demo that also includes two untitled tracks. Basically, the demo consists of three songs which have been recorded at ...
In principle, POWERHEAD's self-released debut full-length 'Celestial Frankenstein' is not a bad album, with the exception of two tracks. This Australian band is able to write memorable tracks and their sound is decidedly heavy and very often brutally downtuned, but mix in some nice hooklines, as well. For me personally, ...
It's always great when an obscure 1970's heavy rock gem gets a proper reissue treatment. In this case, it is POOBAH's legendary debut album 'Let Me In', which was originally released in 1972. Unfortunately, it was only a private pressing, so that the band and their music remained rather ...
PHANTOM GLUE's debut full length offers a mighty slab of unrelenting, heavy, riff-driven sludge that has been fortified by addition of a quantity hardcore punk mixed with a strong dose 1970's heavy rock. They took the überheaviness of the Melvins, injected it with 50cc of methamphetamine, and welded the ...
