Stoner Rock

[6744f082c57cdKolya]

Album review found on bandcamp.

[6744f082c599bfox]

But which album was he writing about? I like good stoner rock. Kyuss are among my favourite all-time bands.

[6744f082c5b69Kolya]

An album by lowrider. If you like stoner rock you may have heard of them. I've only been getting into this genre lately and they come up a lot.

I like the music of stoner rock, but the singing tends to be quite terrible. I'd like to hear someone like Grace Slick sing to those riffs or anything creative really. Until then I'm fine with instrumental desert/stoner rock.

In other more punk rocky news: NOFX will release a new album by the end of the week.

[6744f082c5ec6fox]

Kolya
Based on your preferences, you might also like:

instrumental (mostly)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI4vhmwNPvg

with vocals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMxa-8foLyU

[6744f082c5fecKolya]

Transmitting my thanks to the neuronal network that calls itself fox.

[6744f082c6248fox]

Kolya
My most recent Bandcamp-purchase. Interesting blend of Tito & Tarantula, psychedelic, blues and stoner rock. Excellent cruising music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YbEeAg-Xuw

Not quite stoner rock but a pretty great variation in the same ballpark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJoLGNu5BFY

[6744f082c650eicemann]

Love the artwork on the second one

[6744f082c696atiphares4]

Kolya

I like the music of stoner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-iG7Gsoahs

[6744f082c6aeeKolya]

  But...that's just the slowed down intro of Nick Kershaw's "Wouldn't it be good"?
If there was such a thing as Stonerwave I'd probably be interested. As long as it refers Wave in the original 1980s genre term. And not "Hey I found this mall jingle from the 80s and made it sound really muffled, because I'm nostalgic for the blind consumerism from days of yore!", ie vaporwave.

[6744f082c6be6icemann]

Makes me want to go listen to the original. Hate it (the stoner version), and the visuals are annoying.

[6744f082c6cf7Kolya]

I don't hate it but its threshold of creativity is tiny.  Even with Serial Experiment Lain optics.

[6744f082c6de8fox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z59vTMrvTqA
Disclaimer: Kolya might not like the singing.

[6744f082c6f3ffox]

Garage Punk with a bit of Stoner/Sludge/Doom/Motörhead flavour or whatever... it rocks. For people how like Zeke and Guitar Wolf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6svU8iVf04

I particularly like "A bunch of crap (I don't care about)". How ironic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKk17c447mI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky3myNNvIwg

[6744f082c7024tiphares4]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BGpFMK9ZXg

[6744f082c71d8Kolya]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnfBMQL67Kg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngTcnc4GIZs

https://liquify.bandcamp.com/album/illusionary-reality

I find a new favourite track in this album every few days. It reminds me of Pink Floyd in a good way, because of it's bright psychedelic vibe and clean production. It's never ominous but often hypnotic and at times mind expanding. There's a lot more guitar picking than you will usually find in stoner rock which contrasts well with the rockier parts.

[6744f082c72b7tiphares4]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGlPv-y3_dA

[6744f082c7408fox]

I really like their style. It's a bit as if Clutch were a Doom-informed Stoner band. Some NOLA-flavour in there too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqTvmvsh-9g

Kamel Camel Chameleon... as they say in France.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KzxZCNtW84

Loving this next one for driving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAvSNDVMdp8

[6744f082c7579fox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LCSn2BAv34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVfQffeq5w0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAL_lTNgEnI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KIfiaitlXo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrrWfuwaedY

[6744f082c76e5fox]

When I said "Loving this next one for driving", I mixed up the albums. I acutally meant to post this one. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EozLuX4Hsik

This is more Groove Metal but to me Heavy Blues, Stoner/Desert Rock, Doom Metal, Groove Metal and NOLA Metal + Sludge all belong in the same drawer. It's the law of the riff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpIynlecRAc

I might be just talking to myself here and yes, lyrics like that are kind of juvenile. I don't care, it makes me feel good in a very primal way, just like Rockabilly for example. I doubt this will ever change.

[6744f082c7940fox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa7aST_vemA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hSyQ4tMZ7g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-yfdJ8Z-Gc

[6744f082c7a41fox]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBzZC7qSBU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H06OTw3hfcY

[6744f082c7c2bKolya]

I really liked the video for Sleep's track, but musically it's not my thing. Same riff for the first 3 minutes with some guy talking.
I didn't listen to all of the Marlboro Men album, sounded like pretty generic 80s metal form what I heard.

Black Elephant sound cool, minus the singing. Fortunately there's very little of that.
Captives of the Void is interesting too.

Many times here I thought: This is cool! And then another guy starts singing/screaming with that same choked strained voice and I can practically see their beer paunch protrude from a sweaty leather vest. And then I'm lost.
Please don't let this stop you though, the riffs are great and I'm sure I'll find some pearls for me.

I might as well post my first touchpoint with this genre: The Sword's Veil of Isis, which I still love very much including the lyrics the video and everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDBEJiM8j18

I should probably look into Black Sabbath...

[6744f082c8280fox]

I really liked the video for Sleep's track, but musically it's not my thing. Same riff for the first 3 minutes with some guy talking.
I didn't listen to all of the Marlboro Men album, sounded like pretty generic 80s metal form what I heard.

It is very repetitive, bordering on drone. Everything from Sleep and Al Cisnero's other band OM is like that. To me it feels hypnotic and the vocals read as chanting. The repetitive riffs work like instrumental mantras. Minor changes keep it from getting too boring (in my opinion), not unlike minimal techno for example and the dissonance from the fuzz, distortion and feedback have a strangely stimulating/sedating psychedelic effect (without the help of any drugs). I like it a lot but it's an aquired taste for sure.

I also like Extreme Metal and Doom Jazz because they have a similar psychedelic effect on me. Do you happen to enjoy either one of these`?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg2076b5Lqc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p85-KtgDSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEiRKpflgQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaatMdW9vXE

Many times here I thought: This is cool! And then another guy starts singing/screaming with that same choked strained voice and I can practically see their beer paunch protrude from a sweaty leather vest. And then I'm lost. Please don't let this stop you though, the riffs are great and I'm sure I'll find some pearls for me.

I chuckled and I won't stop.

I might as well post my first touchpoint with this genre: The Sword's Veil of Isis, which I still love very much including the lyrics the video and everything.

It's one of The Sword's better songs, for sure. Not really a fan of the band though.

I should probably look into Black Sabbath...

Anybody with an interest in metal should look into Black Sabbath. Their influence on metal in general and the sub genres presented in this thread in particular is immeasurable! Tony Iommi IS the riff god. They released the first of their 19 studio albums in 1970! The Ozzy-phase is by far my favourite, others prefer Dio and he most certainly was a brilliant, technically much superior singer, one of the best metal singers of all times actually. But Ozzy added a lot to that special Doom atmosphere that they pioneered so well with their first two albums. Dio (inventor of the mano cornuta, btw) was more one for the stadion oriented theatrical classic metal anthems.

Case in point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuPltGnd6-E
vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY5nYmTUfnQ

I like watching reaction videos like this because I marvel at the same things they do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zG5vxhKCxI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIJLXiE25z8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-X0-3v7vvI

Black Sabbath really was on another level.

[6744f082c8478fox]

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