Tag: Stoner Metal
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Sleep ‘The Sciences’ (2018)
Sleep’s stoner rock bonafides were cemented during the 90’s but in 2018’s The Sciences the band cemented their place as stoner doom metal legends. The album was a triumphant return after a two-decade layoff, and features all of the things that made Sleep such a cult favorite in a bygone era– copious references to marijuana,…
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Kyuss ‘Welcome to Sky Valley’ (1994)
Kyuss distinctive blend of heavy, fuzz-laden riffs and stoner rock aesthetics helped define the subgenre during the mid-1990’s. Hailing from the California desert, their sound, often described as “desert rock,” became a launching point that inspired countless bands in their wake. On Welcome to Sky Valley, Kyuss crafted a sonic landscape characterized by slow, sludgy…
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Elder ‘Reflections of a Floating World’ (2017)
It’s rare that I hear a band for the very first time and am immediately impressed by their ingenuity– listening to a full album every day for 450 days in a row will do that to you, especially when you supplement that already staggering habit with hits of singles throughout the day. But when I…
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