Tag Archive: stoner metal

Mose Giganticus – Gift Horse

Filed Under: Reviews

Aug.13, 2010

Mose Giganticus

Gift Horse

01. Last Resort
02. The Left Path
03. Demon Tusk
04. Days Of Yore
05. The Great Deceiver
06. White Horse
07. The Seventh Seal

[Relapse | 07/22/10]

It’s not very often a band grabs a hold of my ears and gives them something worth while to listen to, so when I came across Mose Giganticus, a band that combines punk and heavy metal while also incorporating the use of both a synthesizer and vocoder, I was instantly intrigued. Upon further investigation, I was surprised to find out this band is led by just one man, a Han Solo of sorts with an array of talents hidden under his sleeve. Matt Garfield of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, who has played drums for an array of hardcore punk rock bands, decided to begin his own project consisting of solo electronic music. Besides being a drummer, he is also a songwriter, vocalist, keyboardist and a programmer, and his focus for the band became more intense as years passed.

Earlier albums, such as The Invisible Hand (2006) and Commander! (2008) featured Matt’s style of electronic music, but the overall sound has been rooted in hardcore punk. In support of the albums, Garfield performed live shows as a solo act where he would layer vocals and keyboards over pre-recorded backing tracks. He is now joined by an array of musicians, including Zac Hobbs (touring guitarist), Brooks Wilson (live and studio guitarist/bassist), and Joe Smiley (live and studio guitarist) when performing live shows, but the core of Mose Giganticus is still Matt Garfield.

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Tags: Gift Horse, Mose Giganticus, Mr.Roboto, stoner metal, Styx

Albums You Should Hear: Torche – Meanderthal

Filed Under: Albums You Should Hear, Reviews

Jul.14, 2010

From metalcore to technical death metal, these are albums I truly think stand out above the rest. Albums that I listen to on a regular basis because they’re original, executed well or even both. They may not be front-to-back perfect and they may not be for everyone, and perhaps many of you will find that you disagree. Nevertheless, these are albums I think people should at least give a listen.

Week 4 brings me to the other end of the metal spectrum with Torche, a 3- pieced stoner/sludge metal band with an unprecedented sound. “Oh, Gein, what could be so unique about them?” you ask. Well, this is not a band that sounds like most sludge metal. In fact, I’m not a big fan of sludge metal at all and I think Meanderthal is a marvelous album. And it’s all because of the mood.

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Tags: sludge metal, stoner metal, torche

These Guys Get No Respect, No Respect at All

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Feb.19, 2010

Right now I’m going to compose a list of what I believe to be criminally underrated or underground metal albums/bands. Not that you care.

Suffocation – Effigy of the Forgotten (Suffocation as a whole are underrated but this album is probably the best death metal album ever and it needs more appreciation.)

Wormed – Planisphaerium

The Lord Weird Slough Feg – Down Amongst the Dead Men and Traveller

Morpheus Descends – Ritual of Infinity

Defeated Sanity – Psalms of the Moribund and Prelude to the Tragedy

Immolation – Dawn of Possession and Here in After

Possessed – Seven Churches

Psychobolia – Fisting You All

Cormorant – Metazoa

Fleurety – Min Tid Skal Komme

Ved Buens Ende – Written in Waters

Wastelander – Wardrive

Solefald – Discography

Skinless – Trample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead

Demilich – Nespithe

Thorr’s Hammer – Dommedagsnatt

Warning – Watching From a Distance

!T.O.O.H.! – Rad a Trest

Mortician – Discography

Incantation – Discography

Malignancy – Intrauterine Cannibalism

Lymphatic Phlegm – Show-off Cadavers – The Anatomy of Self Display

Lair of the Minotaur – The Ultimate Destroyer and War Metal Battle Master

Darkthrone – Sardonic Wrath

Grayceon – Grayceon (Giant Squid just slightly more interesting, imo)

Fuck… I’m Dead – Bring on the Dead

Eternal Suffering – Drowning in Tragedy (One of the best slam albums ever, imo. Really defies the stereotypes.)

Dot[.] – Discography

Cyaegha – Steps of Descent

Coffins – Discography

Capricorns – Ruder Forms Survive

Bongripper – The Great Barrier Reefer

…and Oceans – A.M.G.O.D.

Reverend Bizarre – Discography

Panopticon – Collapse and Panopticon

There are more, but I don’t want it to stretch on any longer considering most people won’t give half these a chance. I love you if you at least try them though. I understand some stuff isn’t for everybody as extreme metal is a weird and harsh genre that shouldn’t be discounted of its art because of bad stereotypes it receives. Why the hell am I talking about this here and now? Just listen to this stuff and buy their stuff.

-MW