MEMORIAL DAY MASH

A "Three-fer" For Your Review:

MONSTERNAUT: Enter The Storm

Monsternaut is reminiscent of Fu Manchu, The Heavy Eyes and Nebula, but have put their own spin on the genre, and have delivered a must-own classic.

Listen for yourself:

And I love this one:

Monsternaut is from Kerava, Finland.  They are:

Tuomas Heiskanen:  Vocals/Guitar
Perttu Härkönen:  Bass
Jani Kuusela:  Drums

ABRAMIS BRAMA: Tusen år 

The title means 1000 years, and you'd swear that's how long Abramis Brama has been playing rock music, it comes so easily to them.  Listen for yourself:

And how about this intro?  Doesn't get better than this:

Abramis Brama are from Stockholm, Sweden.  They are:

Peo Andersson: guitar
Ulf Torkelsson: lead vocals
Fredrik "Trisse" Liefvendahl: drums
Mats Rydström: bass & vocals

CLOUD: Deus Ex Machina

Pittsburgh's Cloud have definitely met my expectations after hearing 2016's "Indeterminate".  They have evolved while keeping the heavy and raw energy that originally caught my attention.  Check out the beginning of the title track:

Cloud wrote "Neogenesis" as a tribute to the pioneers of stoner metal. It is truly great, as is the whole album:

Cloud are from Pittsburgh.  They are:

Jeff "Trash" Hartwell - Guitars

Josh Dower - Bass

Scott Rebarchak - Drums

Respect and many thanks to those who have served in our military.  We enjoy the freedoms we do because of your bravery.

Until next time

-ULTRA

SOME STONER DOOM YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED

Here are a couple of 2016 albums I've been listening to a lot lately. 
 They kind of grew on me, and I wanted to share, given that they're relatively obscure.

First, Steinsopp's self-titled release from last August.  Definitely will appeal to doom fans, but many tunes also have a nineteen seventies classic rock feel to them as well.  Very cool, and definitely grows on you over time.  

Here is "Mycologist: 

Steinsopp is from Aurskog, Norway.  They are:

Kim Hansen

Steffen Røed 
Erik Alm

(This one is "Name Your Price" on Bandcamp)

Second, is "Indeterminate", released in October by the band Cloud.  Where Steinsopp represents a classic rock/doom fusion, Cloud is more of a heavy metal/doom mix.  Another album that took hold with successive listens.  

Here is my favorite track, "Desert Weed":

Cloud is from Pittsburgh.  They are:

Jeff "Trash" Hartwell - Guitars
Josh Dower - Bass
Scott Rebarchak - Drums

You already know by now I don't like to get too wordy.  For me, doesn't matter what somebody writes; if I preview a tune and don't like it, I'm out.  And if I like the tune I go grab the album and take note of which website recommended it, so I can check back in later for more cool finds.  Not trying to win an award, just trying to spread the word on some cool bands and ideally help to make them more well known.  Hope you dug the tunes, and hope you check back next weekend for some more Ultra recommendations.   

-ULTRA