LORDS OF BASTARD

Now here is a pleasant surprise! I received the self-titled LORDS OF BASTARD compact disc the other day and, when I judged the cover, I expected this to be your standard doom rock band. Well, I was wrong. This is insanely heavy, fuzzed out to the far reaches of space and organic as all hell! To drop some names: Electric Wizard, Sleep, Black Sabbath (fucking obviously), The Obsessed and throw in some catchy Kyuss and early Queens of the Stone Age for good measure. If any of these bands tickle your fancy, give these Scots a spin.

Welcome To the Wasteland

Oh, look what we have here! If you're in the NYC-area, especially Brooklyn, it is mandatory to come to this show. Here we have New York's defenders of true steel NATUR along with New England's recent gem HESSIAN (who has just been Fenriz-approved) and Brooklyn-based doom trio BAD DREAM. This will be happening at The Acheron and will go down October 12. You're pretty much a false metal poser if you don't attend. Just sayin'.

The Druid

I just came back from SLEEP's comeback NYC show at the horrible Brooklyn Masonic (Hipster) Temple. It was about as good as the following video.



90 minutes of SLEEP is a bit overwhelming.

DRAGONAUTA

Ho-ly shit. It's been a while.

Anyway, this latest post shouldn't be disappointing. I'm going to step away from the usual countries for a minute (Germany, Sweden, USA, etc.) and head down south to Argentina. Buenos Aires, to be exact. Here resides DRAGONAUTA, a psychedelic stoner/doom/heavy rock band that is as epic as their name.

These guys are basically an insanely fuzzed out version of Trouble, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, etc...rolled into one package. Not only will you find insanely heavy riffs, but a listen to a track like "God Half Blind" will make it obvious to you that these dudes take great care in making actual hooks as well! Michael Schenker-era UFO worship? These short bursts of catchiness and NWOBHM-inspired melodies are so effective in their execution that it just makes you want to scream. Not to mention they will make you keep coming back for more. Highly fucking recommended!