Zac's "Quik Drag": Hungry Brains

Zac's "Quik Drag": Hungry Brains

Hungry Brains: Centre Of The Omniverse

If for some strange reason you missed Hungry Brains single Crooked Eye on last weeks NBTBOT Playlist this Quik Drag will bring your ears up to speed.  Hungry Brains is a UK based progressive metal band with a stoner rock disposition and an excellent taste for cover-art.  Centre Of The Omniverse's Salvador Dali inspired cover piece is one of the best I've seen this year.  Enough pictorial art though, lets get to the sound!  Hybridizing the technicality of Mastodon and the syncopation of Tool, Hungry Brains exercise their rhythym section continuously, making for a groove focused sound.  That groove / art metal character is contrasted by a huge vocal delivery.  Part Dream Theater's James LaBrie and part Dio, Callum's hardened vocal chords add an extra jolt to the sound.  Hungry Brains' are currently preparing the release of The Mule, which should be out sometime this autumn.  In the mean-time check out my favorite jam Dawn Of A New Age above.  If the infectious sludge RIFFS don't convince you then the battery from Hungry Brains bass and percussion certainly will.

Members:

Paul Daly

Callum Armstrong

Orestis Papisback

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Zac's "Double Dose": Dűne / Sannhet

Dűne: Demo 2012 

Looking for some gritty Eastern European stoner rock? Look no further, because this week's first shot of the 'Dose', Dűne, hail from Hungry and are bringing some seriously groovy songs to the table. On Dűne's demo EP we find plenty of percussive and bass heavy jams, intricately designed to force listeners to do one thing only... head-bang. Some of the tunes you will find whiskey drenched lyrics in their native tongue and others completely instrumental. The demo is streaming and can be downloaded for free here.

 

Members: 

Csaba Mundi - Guitar // Vocals 

Domonyi Ps - Drums // Vocals 

Dudoma Victor - Guitar // Vocals 

Tamas Kormos - Bass // Vocals

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Sannhet: EP 

Slow ruin.... That is the memo on Brooklyn based experimentalists Sannhet's facebook page. I disagree. This trio's take on post-metal, noise, and black metal is much more abrupt in absolute desimation. In three short songs Sannhet convey grand emotion and depth. Check out their video for Moral below and look forward to the full length. And if you can't stand the anxiety, look for their tour through the Mid-West and Southern USA!

   

Moral by Sannhet from AJ Annunziata on Vimeo.

Members: 

AJ Annunziata - Bass 

Christopher Todd - Drums // Samples 

John Refano - Guitar // Loopers

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