Doom in June III Festival Lineup Announced

DOOM IN JUNE III FESTIVAL

Heavy Planet is proud to be a sponsor of this year's installment of the Doom in June Festival in Las Vegas on June 1st at the Cheyenne Saloon. The all-day-and-night Vegas doom-metal fest returns after a year in hiatus with a strong collection of bands, including The Skull (featuring ex-members of Trouble), classic (having formed back in '77) metal act Manilla Road, stoner-rock trio Karma to Burn, heavy-psyche group Ancestors, San Antonio sludge-slingers Las Cruces, Seattle doom-shroomers Snail and ex-Monster Magnet guitarist Ed Mundell's Ultra Electric Mega Galactic. Lots of locals will be performing this time, unlike previous installments: Demon Lung, Dali's Llama, Albatross Overdrive, Megaton and Spiritual Shepherd. 

Look for more info and updates at Facebook.com/DoomInJune.

Presale tickets onsale now at www.brownpapertickets.com

Review - Albatross Overdrive - Albatross Overdrive

 

As also seen on The Soda Shop
Once again I have to thank Chybucca Sounds for turning me onto these guys. Plain and simple, these guys fucking rock! This is one of two that would've made my top 20 list had I not discovered them after I made my list. Make no mistake about it, it would've scored pretty high. Albatross Overdrive is a 4 piece from Huntington Beach, California. Words simply cannot describe how kick ass of an album this is. Albatross Overdrive play some fine, loud, in your face, steel toe boot in your ass rock and roll. It's rooted deeply in hard rock with plenty of blues rock and a little metal sprinkled throughout. If you're familiar with Ride the Sun, Grifter or Lo-Pan, that's a close representation of who they sound like.

Their self titled album, also their debut, starts off heavy and doesn't let up until it's over. Catch your breath before you start it up, there's no rest in between songs or no fluffy calm down for a song in between. The album is 52 minutes long and while with most albums that can be to much, 52 minutes is simply not long enough in this case.

New Band To Burn One To - Albatross Overdrive

 

As also seen on The Soda Shop

Today's New Band To Burn One to is southern California's Albatross Overdrive

I will go on record to say that if it wasn't for Chybucca sounds top 50 of 2010, it may have been a while before I heard of this fine kick ass rock and roll band. They describe them as "The Huntington Beach four-piece hint at what Black Sabbath may have sounded like had Duane Allman been on the axe. Their sound is southern, but not fried, and full-on without being pigeonholed into metal." That's a pretty accurate description. You can hear hints of Kyuss but the sound more closely resembles Ride the Sun or to a lesser degree, Whores of Tijuana.