I’m not much for putting stock in band names, unless they’re ridiculously cool or ridiculously appropriate. So I would assume Pyres are named thusly due to the trail of such burning monuments left in the wake of their fiery brew of sludge, post-sludge, and doom-sludge. On debut LP Year of Sleep, these Torontonians set fire to the scene with six torches of tone over 40 dominating minutes. Continue reading
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Black Sabbath – 13
Iconic. Revered. Pioneers. Influential. Just a few words that describe the legendary Black Sabbath. Add one more. Reunited*. Note the asterisk, however. Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, and bassist Geezer Butler have teamed up for the first time in 35 years but they did it without drummer Bill Ward. RATM’s Brad Wilk takes over on skins for 13, the Sab 4’s first album of new material since 1978’s Never Say Die! The Rick Rubin produced 13 sounds like Black Sabbath should sound in 2013. It’s been said that Sabbath are guilty of recycling their own riffs here but it’s more a case of Sabbath sounding almost exactly like Sabbath. It’s a trait that has appeared polarizing to critics but what did you expect? Continue reading
Hey Colossus – Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo
It’s perfectly acceptable to listen to Cuckoo Live Life Like Cuckoo from British collective Hey Colossus and find yourself wondering what in Sam Hell is going on. And I think that’s at least part of the point. This isn’t a band aiming to make some profound philosophical revelation. They’re just well, a little cuckoo. Even the title of the album suggests that we not take ourselves so seriously. But CLLLC is seriously good. Continue reading