NIGHTSTALKER: GREAT HALLUCINATIONS

Greek Stoner Rock Champions Return

Nightstalker is one of my favorite stoner rock bands.  Argy's voice,  Tolis' riffs delivered with the perfect amount of fuzz, and Andreas and Dinos on bass and drums expertly holding it all together.  Few things in life are as sure a bet as the quality of a Nightstalker album.  

Andreas' bass playing is more prominent on this new album, and Tolis is a total boss.  Check them out on the album's opening track, "Black Cloud":

This one's cool too, with a little bit of Argy falsetto at the beginning: "Sad Site Of The City":

Tolis' soloing on "Sweet Knife" reminds me of Tim Sult, and had me daydreaming about what it would sound like if Nightstalker and Clutch traded guitar players for an album.

Anyhow, Nightstalker is:

Argy: vocals

Andreas Lagios: Bass

Tolis Motsios: Guitar

Dinos Roulos: Drums

You can pick up this gem here on Bandcamp, or order directly from Heavy Psych Sounds as I did, here:

Until Next time:

-ULTRA

PS: Lots more posts below.  If you haven't read em yet, get after it!

Look What I Found

Cool Footage of Opeth in the Leominster Newbury Comics

I've been really enjoying the new album "In Cauda Venenum", so decided to poke around Youtube and found this footage of Opeth performing in a Leominster Massachusetts record store, back in 2013.

Have you seen this?  I hadn't, and think it's awesome.
The little transition that happens around 6:38 is tremendous.

And here's another one, from my favorite Opeth album:
The song finishes with a smooth but sick keyboard solo, followed by a super-tasty acoustic guitar solo. 

I got to see Opeth play at the House of Blues on the Watershed tour, and they were immense.  They don't get lazy for even an instant, and seem like they want to be there as much as you do.

I recommend checking out the new album, which contains both Swedish and English discs if you buy it on CD.  

Next time

-ULTRA

2019 Must Own

PLANET OF ZEUS: Faith In Physics

Planet of Zeus' Crowning Achievement

"Faith In Physics" is Planet of Zeus' equivalent of Led Zeppelin's "IV" or AC/DC's "Back In Black", or Iron Maiden's "Piece Of Mind", or...(you get the picture).  I love all of this band's albums, but this one has it all.  The songwriting and production quality have reached the stratosphere, and there is a variety within the album that will satisfy hard rock fans, stoner rock fans and metal heads alike.

Planet of Zeus has been together for more than a decade now, and they are a well-oiled machine, specifically a hard-rock tractor-trailer travelling at full speed.  

Check out "All These Happy People":

(are they talking about these guys?)

And here's my early favorite on the album, "Man Vs. God":

Planet of Zeus are from Athens, and are:

Babis Papanikolaou-Vox & Guitars
Stelios Provis-Guitars
Giannis Vrazos- Bass
Serapheim Giannakopoulos-Drums

This album will go down as an all-time hard rock classic, and you can find it here on bandcamp.  I personally ordered my copy directly from the Heavy Psych Sounds website here.

Still here?  Go and check the rest of this album out, and I'll catch you next weekend!

-ULTRA

KARKAOS VLOG #1 - Welcome Morgan!

Exclusive HMT Recommendation - Phoenix Titan set to release “Avatar Of Fire” on Sept. 27th!

Avatar Of Fire

Band: Phoenix Titan

Release Date: Sept. 27th

Line-up:

Harri Ahola - vocals

Santtu Rautiainen - guitar

Topi Vuorela - guitar

Tatu Rautiainen - drums

Juhana ”Jusa” Ovaska - Bass

https://www.facebook.com/phoenixtitanband/

https://www.instagram.com/phoenixtitanband/

Phoenix Titan is a 5-piece heavy metal band playing melodic metal with
tight riffs and attitude. Band is officially formed in 2014, but we've all
been playing 15+ years in different line-ups before joining our forces.

Our debut album “Avatar Of Fire” will be released soon, on Friday 27th
September. The album is produced by Aksu Hanttu (Entwine, S-tool, Tuoni)
and mastered by Svante Forsbäck, Chartmakers (Some references: Rammstein,
Michael Monroe, Entombed, Apocalyptica etc.).


From the Desk of
HMT EDITOR, GROWNMAN
Hi readers, please check out the debut album rom Phoenix Titan. For fans of bands like Iron Maiden and Blaze Bayley solo albums. They offer a great take on the power and melodic metal style.

BEST SONGS OF 2019

My favorite four:

-Black Mountain's "Boogie Lover": Melodic and heavy, this has mainstream appeal while undeniably still in the realm of stoner rock.

-Burning Gloom's "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder": You had me at "Turn on light turn off light turn on light turn off light".  I love the moody feel this tune has.

-Merlin's "Tower Fall": This is some Pink Floyd caliber stuff, from a complex album with lots of surprises and through the roof replayability.

-Tool's "Invincible": There are six tracks on this album that are worthy of song of the year consideration.  This is one of them.

Over and out

-ULTRA

DOUBLE HEAVY

Double Shot Of Extra Heavy Music

LEATHER LUNG: 

LONESOME, ON'RY AND EVIL

Massachusetts Miscreants

I was in the mood for something heavy tonight and found this local band.

Leather Lung's music is doomy, raunchy and at times melodic.  Tons of energy here, and great songwriting performed by seasoned musicians.  These guys are new to me, but have been tearing it up since 2014.  

Check out "Dirty Mangy Dog": 

And "Ain't Feelin' No Pain" is sure to be a crowd pleaser:

"Lonesome, On'ry And Evil" was released on August 23rd.

DEAD WITCHES: THE FINAL EXORCISM

Making British Doom Great Again

British Doom has always been great, but that just sounded right.  Dead Witches features Mark Greening, drummer for Electric Wizard's first few records, and has a sound that's very reminiscent of those albums.  This is an all-around great album if you are in need of very loud, very aggressive doom.  

Check out the title track, "The Final Exorcism":

And "Goddess Of The Night":

Dead Witches are (l-r):

 Soozi Chameleone: Vocals

 Carl Geary: Bass

 Mark Greening: Drums

Oliver Hill: Guitar

"The Final Exorcism" was released in February.

Gabriele Fiori's Heavy Psych Sounds label has been on fire this year, and will have new releases by Nightstalker and Planet of Zeus in a few weeks as well.

2019 will be a year to remember in the world of heavy music.

Back with more next weekend

-ULTRA