Curious to see what people think of this? If you haven't heard it, do yourself a favor. It's 10x better than their last one (2010's Must Destroy), which wasn't bad...and was 10x better than the previous one (2007's Fatal/Error). Gone is the Wisconsin keg party band...now, they are at the top of the game in the genre...riff rock, stoner rock, biker rock (insert your favorite clichéd classification here)...and at the upmost pedigree. Take some Clutch, Orange Goblin, Throttlerod, The Sword, Sixty Watt Shaman, Mr. Plow, basically any bad-ass band in that lineage, and this is right there. The first four songs smoke out of the gate...and then we get the 8 min. "Mashenomak"...which wouldn't have sounded out of place on Sleep's Holy Mountain. That is my song of the year so far. From there, the album is pretty much on cruise control and your mind is pretty much blown. This is riff-centric, hard rock done right. Nothing ground-breaking or totally original, but they just nailed that sound that makes you want to unleash your groove and lock into their riffs. The production is spot-on...similar to the last two Orange Goblin albums. Drums are crisp and hard as fuck. I don't attempt to post this much about too many bands, but this one is hitting all the right cords. I'm waiting on new Sourvein, Beastwars, Valley Of the Sun, Grifter, Melvins and many others, but this is my favorite, so far, this year. Nice job, guys!
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