Mojo’s Pick of the Week – Saboteur by SANDVEISS

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Mojo

The latest release from SANDVEISS out of Quebec City, Québec is one of the best full albums I’ve heard lately. 70s influenced melodic hard rock with a grungy 90s feel, this solid set is for anyone who likes Spiritual Beggars, Kyng, Orange Goblin, and other 70s AOR influenced rock.

Recorded over a period of two years and released in late 2019, Saboteur would have made it into my favorite albums of 2019 had I found it sooner!

I honestly know very little about this band, this was a Bandcamp find that immediately found its way into my collection and has become a new favorite. Great songwriting, great vocals, great melodic riffs that get under your skin and haunt your dreams. Give it a spin!

<a href="http://sandveiss.bandcamp.com/album/saboteur">Saboteur by SANDVEISS</a>

Find SANDVEISS on the web

https://sandveiss.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/Sandveiss

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Mojo’s Pick of the Week – Age of Aquarius by Villagers of Ioannina City

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Mojo

I’m not sure what it is, but I keep finding these great heavy bands coming out of Italy and Greece, like Messa, Puta Volcano, and now Villagers of Ioannina City from — of course — Ioannina City, Greece. I wouldn’t necessarily call it stoner or psych rock, it’s really just King Buffalo style majestic, epic rock and roll.

Self-described as ‘post-rock with a dose of Greek folk traditional music’, Villagers of Ioannina City have delivered with their second full-length album a masterful opus of sweeping rock soundscapes that subtly incorporates elements of traditional Greek folk music into its heavy tales of gods and the grandeur of nature and history. If you like epic, majestic rock, give this a spin.

<a href="http://vicband.bandcamp.com/album/age-of-aquarius">Age of Aquarius by Villagers of Ioannina City</a>

Villagers of Ioannina City on the web

https://vicband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/villagersofioanninacity/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0N8D2mPKMd3MWIhqdfpTBp

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Mojo’s Pick of the Week – Rabbits by Brume

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Mojo

Brume is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s semi-secret treasures, an eclectic heavy rock trio that’s become a cornerstone of the local metal scene since their inception in 2014. Their last doomy full length, Rooster, was released in 2017 to some acclaim. In the interim they’ve released a 2 song split and contributed a Black Sabbath cover to an upcoming compilation. Their latest album, Rabbits, released in November 2019 on Magnetic Eye Records, is nothing less than a bold leap beyond their previous work.

Led by enigmatic singer and bassist Susie McMullan and backed by guitarist Jaime McCathie and drummer Jordan Perkins-Lewis, Brume seems poised to break out and receive the recognition they deserve as one of the best heavy bands to come out of the Bay Area.

The emotional and sonic rollercoaster of Rabbits goes from wistful solitary guitar lines to hair raising crashes of thunder; from heart-wrenching cello passages to soaring vocals that are at turns angry and ethereal. To call this doom metal is limiting. To call it psych rock doesn’t do it justice. This is simply a fully realized emotional and sonic landscape that you experience as much as listen to.

I highly encourage you to put this album on, lie back, and let it wash over you.

<a href="http://brumesf.bandcamp.com/album/rabbits">Rabbits by Brume</a>

Brume on the web

https://www.brumeband.com/
https://brumesf.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/brumeband/

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