Hello once again to another #SlowSunday. I would say that my song today goes more into the direction of rock than the songs before. But again it is one of my absolute favourite songs. It's from the Basque band Arenna and is called Eclipse. I like the whole album but on my opinion this song is really special. #StonerRock
I came across this during a night of watching random YouTube music videos I believe... I immediately fell in love. All that fuzzzzzz... Just sounds so awesome right off the bat!
#GreatAlbums1990s - #Kyuss – #BluesForTheRedSun (1992). There’s a beautiful early moment as Josh Homme’s middling opener, “Thumb,” locks into “Green Machine” and the whole thing takes off like a smoke-filled rocket pointed up at whatever planet Hawkwind ended up on. It’s those brilliant incidents of bonged-out bliss that make this the ur-text of the stoner rock movement – an album that barely sold yet sounds like manna for 100 different bands. #GreatRockAlbums, #GreatMetalAlbums, #StonerRock
#GreatAlbums1990s - #MastersOfReality – #SunriseOnTheSufferbus (1992). Despite the name, Masters of Reality were less metal than blues-rock revivalists with a whiff of Palm Desert seasoning. With Ginger Baker on drums, the Masters pummel, croon and rap their way through tunes that sound like classic Cream one minute, proto-rap the next, lounge rock after that. Chris Goss runs the show, doing an amazing Jack Bruce impersonation on “100 Years…”. #GreatRockAlbums, #Music, #Rock, #StonerRock
Track List
Black Sky Giant - Planet Terror
Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral
Kyuss - Demon Cleaner
Elephant Tree - Wither
Earth - Old Black
Weedpecker - Reality Fades
Spaceslug - SpaceRunner
Lowrider - Pipe Rider
It goes by many names: Doom Metal, Stoner Rock, Desert Rock, Heavy Psych, Sludge Metal… they’re all mostly describing the same thing. Low tuned, fuzzed-out guitars, and slow tempos. Black Sabbath pretty much prototyped the genre, which is why I included them here.
If there are any vocals at all, the lyrics tend to involve drugs, space, paganism, or general feelings of doom (go figure). Not that it matters, they’re almost always unintelligible. 😏
In the 90s there was a big stoner rock scene in the Palm Desert, #California area, which is why it’s sometimes referred to as Desert Rock. Kyuss was probably the biggest band to come out of that era.
More recently there’s been a flourishing of doom metal bands in #Poland. The last 3 bands in this mix are all from Poland.
Black Sabbath pretty much invented doom metal in 1970. Good job guys. For you younger types, that's Ozzy Osbourne's original band. 😉
Members of Kyuss have gone on to form or play in Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, and Them Crooked Vultures among other bands.
Elephant Tree is from London.
Earth is one of the pioneers of Drone Metal. (Yet another sub-genre!)
Weedpecker, Spaceslug and Lowrider are all from Poland. 🇵🇱
For other Polish bands, check out Dopelord, MuN, Bantha Rider, Major Kong, Fifty Foot Woman, Kapitan Bongo, Seedium, WEIRD TALES, Shine, Belzebong and Sunnata.
[FRESH ALBUM] Queens Of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman…
How are we feeling about this new release from QOTSA?