New Bay Area heavy fuzz rock band The Watchers was founded by former members of local favorites SpiralArms and Orchid, making it a sort of local underground stoner rock supergroup. They’ve already signed to Ripple Music and will be releasing their debut EP “Sabbath Highway” in October. They just released their debut video for the song “Today”, check it out!
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Bay Area thrash kings Death Angel are back with a new album on Nuclear Blast Records, “The Evil Divide”, a tour de force of hard-hitting, politically charged metal with melodic elements. Covering a range of topics from the hypocrisy of religion (“The Moth”) to bullying and the culture of terrorism (“Lost”), this album adds a new musical dimension to the long-lived thrash metal band’s already solid catalog.
Tight and angry as hell but melodic and accessible as well, this album is a leap forward for a band that lately seems to be getting better with every album, like their metal brothers Anthrax. There is a new confidence in this album that lets the songs breathe and evolve… it’s got a more well-rounded and mature feel than their last outing “The Dream Calls for Blood”, which was a relentless attack of quick riffs and shouty vocals that felt like one long song in multiple parts. “The Evil Divide” is a great album by a mature band at the top of their game.
“Lost”
Find Death Angel on the web:
http://www.deathangel.us
https://www.facebook.com/deathangel
https://twitter.com/deathangel
I don’t even know how I stumbled onto the Bandcamp page for Oakland’s Blackwülf but when I sparked up the stream for their latest release, I got the same feeling I get when I find random money in my pocket. Billing themselves as doom or stoner rock, Blackwülf sounds like a throwback to late 70s heavy metal powerhouses like Judas Priest and Black Sabbath. Killer heavy riffs and a very organic sludgy sound. A new local favorite for me!
Blackwülf’s latest release “Oblivion Cycle” (December 2015) is available on vinyl, CD and download through Ripple Music, and download/streaming is available from Bandcamp.
Fire up your 420 special and listen now….
Blackwülf on the web:
http://blackwulfusa.com
https://blackwulfusa.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/blackwulfusa
