Grifter is the first band of this tribute. Although they haven’t released a full length yet, these guys have become quite popular. Why? Because these seem to have got the message! The simplicity of the riff is the key of fun! Hailing from U.K. someone might wonder what these guys know about southern rock. Ollie, the guitarist and frontman of the band gives his answers… Dr.D: Hi Ollie, thanks for the interview! Can you please introduce Grifter to the world? […]

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Ghost Tower is a new metal band from Nebraska. They released their debut full length “Curse of the Black Blood” sometime during December of 2010 and that’s about all the info I have for these guys. Well, this female fronted band is able deliver old school heavy metal the way very few know (or remember) these days. Musically they are close to Iron Maiden, Mercyful Fate, Black Sabbath, Trouble and Fates Warning. They generally prefer to play upbeat but quite […]

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Eschatology is the debut album for the band with a name as weird as The Fertility Cult. Released on December 2010 these guys seem to be doing really good job promoting themselves(they are unsigned) since from what I read this album is already sold out (it’s only been a month or so). Nice surprise for them I guess, but they managed to surprise me as well with the always uncanny  use of saxophone on their doom/psychedelic sound. I can’t say […]

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And the Rest Will Surely Perish… says the title of the debut full length of these doomsters from Brooklyn. I am not sure about the rest but this band’s future is certain. I was introduced to this band from extensive advertising on the Obelisk blog. I don’t know how these guys are related to the Obelisk blog but I can’t complain since I run into a new cool band. Late 2010 release again and this one surely follows the tradition […]

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Devil is a five piece from Norway that came out of nowhere and with this release they plan to become the masters of the universe as the title of their debut EP implies. Well I am not sure about the universe but I am quite sure about doom metal genre. Oh boy, these guys seem to have made extensive studies on the definition of the term “classic doom”. When I say classic I mean really classic acts like early Black […]

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Thorun is a four piece from Wales and sometime within 2010 they released their self-titled Demo/EP to give their own version of the term instrumental sludge/doom. Generally I don’t pay much attention on demo releases but this one is really something! Their approach is simple: lay down the heaviest, monolithic riffs you can come up with and then double their heaviness just to make sure. They sound as a Sardonis/Dopefight hybrid on steroids. I mean this thing gotta be at […]

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When I was searching for some info for this band I saw at their label site  “the last album of the year is the best album of the year”. In this case this might be true. The Orange Tree with release date 28 December 2010 probably passes as a 2011 release and for sure they have already taken a spot for this year’s top 10 list. Actually, the band doesn’t consider this a full length but with running time close […]

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If natural environment and climate play some role in musical inspiration then not many people would expect these guys from St. Petersburg to play anything similar to sun burned stoner rock bands. Grand Astoria come back with their 3rd album and since they’ve managed to release one every year the title “Omnipresence” is fair! In this one they follow similar paths to their previous albums but with much more variety in styles and tempos. So you will find classic stoner […]

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