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Doomy Mood Music: 

Here are two great new albums I found on Bandcamp.  Both sustain a cohesive mood throughout the album, featuring a real distinctive take on the doom genre.  Both albums deserve the same summary comment:  With a debut album that's this strong, I can't wait to see where this band ends up.

KYBEROX: Go Slow

Takoma Washington's Kyberox is best described as a hybrid of two of the three bands they cite as their major influences: Acid King and The Sword.  Mood is the primary goal, like Acid King, but the songwriting is less repetitious, quicker and guitar-centric, like The Sword.  How could a song titled "Strawberry Wizard" not be awesome?

Kyberox is:
Atomic Ash - vocals
Volcano Reno - drums
Tornado Travis - guitar
Cosmic Chad - bass

HIGH PRIESTESS: Demo

Released in late July, this is another special find.  This band will receive much more attention for being awesome than they will for being an all-female doom trio.  High Priestess delivers a thirty eight and a half minute long demo that I would describe as awesome, spacey doom.  One of the Bandcamp commentors (Colin M.) pointed out that High Priestess' first release is better than so many other good bands' best releases, and I wholeheartedly agree.  Check out "Take the Blame", and I expect you'll be on the band's Bandcamp page listening to the rest of the tracks.  You will not be disappointed.

High Priestess is:
Katie Gilchrest - guitars, vocals, organ 
Mariana Fiel - bass, vocals 
Megan Mullins - drums, percussion 

Check out my stoner rock playlist "Stoner Rock #7" below and let me know what you think

Next Weekend...

-ULTRA