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FU MANCHU: THE RETURN OF TOMORROW

Three Decades Of Fu Manchu

And you'd never even know it; this is as aggressive and energetic as anything they've ever put out, and probably their greatest masterpiece.  Well-written, catchy and extremely heavy, this album is a must-own, soon-to-be stoner rock classic.  I am just going to feature the first two tracks, and will just say there are eleven other tracks just as great as these.

Bob Balch deserves a Stoner Rock Artist of the Year award, but more on that later.

The legendary Fu Manchu are:

Scott Hill: Guitar, Vocals

Bob Balch: Guitar

Brad Davis: Bass, Vocals

Scott Reeder: Drums, Vocals

GREENLEAF: THE HEAD & THE HABIT

Swedish Veterans Return To Destroy

Here's another band who has yet to burn out.  Twenty four years after their initial release, Tommi Holappa's Greenleaf are back with yet another elite and essential album (sound familiar?)

This album just came out yesterday, but here are two of my early favorites:

Greenleaf are all elite musicians, and are:

Arvid Hällagård – vocals

Tommi Holappa – guitar

Hans Fröhlich – bass

Sebastian Olsson – drums

RIFFLORD: 39 SERPENT POWER

Third Time's The Charm

You can't name your band Rifflord without having a bad-ass sound, and while both of Rifflord's first two albums do a great job of justifying that title, this new release is definitely my favorite.  Rifflord tunes are usually under 5 minutes long but pack tons of ideas and lots of aggression into those spaces.  Quite often in the first albums I'd find myself wishing they lingered on a particular riff a bit longer.  39 Serpent Power has me saying "that was perfect" after each tune.  This is another album that was released yesterday, but I've been playing it a lot and here are two early favorites:

Rifflord are from South Dakota.  They are:

Wyatt Bronc: Bass, Vocals
Douglas Jennings Barrett: Drums
Tory Jean Stoddard: Keyboards
Samuel Hayes: Guitar
Dustin Vano: Guitar

WIZZERD: KRONIA

Relative Newcomers Are Elite Rockers

Wizzerd have been making awesome stoner rock for less than a decade, but especially with this release deserve to be ranked among the best stoner bands out here.  Kronia has it all; truly interesting and elite songwriting, excellent musicianship, unique sounds, and really cool vocals.  This makes a third album released yesterday that I can't get enough of, and again I'm going to share with you two early favorites:

Kronia really has the feel of an EP, clocking in at just under 24 minutes total,  but it seems another release entitled "Saturnalia" is slated for October.  I can't wait.

Wizzerd are from Montana.  They are:

Jhalen Salazar:  Guitar, Vocals

Jamie Yeats:  Guitar
Sam Moore:  Drums
Layne Matkovich:  Bass

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