High On Fire Vinyl Fetish

It took a month and a half to arrive, but thankfully my High On Fire vinyl turned up. Not listened to it yet, as I found it on the same evening as my Astro Creep: 2000 12″. Saturday morning is going to be loud. Oh yes. And it turns out my copy is one ofContinue reading “High On Fire Vinyl Fetish”

Pig Destroyer – Phantom Limb Initial Thoughts

I have decided that I am going to post initial thoughts and reactions on this album as I listen to it for the first time in a stream-of-consciousness kind of way. These thoughts are so initial that the album is not in shops yet. I haven’t even burned the mp3s to disc yet. This isContinue reading “Pig Destroyer – Phantom Limb Initial Thoughts”

Thirty-nine

High On Fire – Blessed Black Wings (Relapse) The second full length from Matt ‘Sleep’ Pike’s current band throws a relative curveball for his long-time stoner fans. ‘Devilution’ opens things up with a battering drum intro that leads into such concentrated guitar attack that its staccato riffery is essentially Thrash Metal. The screaming, Lemmy-meets-early Hetfield,Continue reading “Thirty-nine”