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COMING SOON

DEAD MEADOW: FORCE FORM FREE

Dead Meadow are back with a new album they began work on in 2021, some 23 years after their first album back in 1998.  I've always loved Dead Meadow's unique spacey, fuzzed out take on stoner rock, and am really looking forward to hearing this new one, due to hit "the shelves" on December 9th.

The band describes this album as spacey and dreamy at times, grimly propulsive at others.  This pre-released track falls into the 'spacey and dreamy' category.  

Dead Meadow states that they are "continuing their effortless exploration of the transporting, astral-gazing form they’ve spent their entire existence pushing forward."

Right on.  

Dead Meadow are currently featuring their original lineup:

Jason Simon: Guitar and Vocals

Steve Kille: Bass

Mark Laughlin: Drums

WITCHFINDER: FORGOTTEN MANSION

I've already played the two tunes on Witchfinder's June release, "Endless Garden", countless times.  I came to appreciate both tunes more and more with each listen, as I got sucked into their unique sonic atmospheres, combining heavy with melodic and spacey components.  Their sound is more aggressive than Dead Meadow's, but just as unique.

I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to hearing five more tunes on November 18th.

Here is the pre-released track, "Ghosts Happen To Fade":

Witchfinder are from Clermont Ferrand, France.

They are:

Clément Mostefai: vocals, bass
Stanislas Franczak: guitar
Thomas Dupuy: drums
Kevyn Raecke: keyboard

There will be guest vocals by Haldor Grunberg, on the track "Marijuana"

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