Zac's "Double Dose": Sleepers Awake / VolumeFeeder

 

Sleepers Awake: The Fulcrum Single 

Commencing in a sonorous roar and a clash of metallic instrumentation Columbus, Ohio's Sleepers Awake introduce us to their latest single The Fulcrum from the soon to be released full length album Transcension. Formed in 2005 this quartet have focused their talents on creating over-the-top epics through a progressive mentality, citing influences from Mastodon to Queen. I say epics because the band likes to stick to a concept and also fully appreciates albums as entire pieces of art, leading to what I believe is an epic disposition. So, The Fulcrum is a very small corner of a twelve track sonic painting due out the seventeenth of June (those interested in pre-ordering Trancension can do so at the bands web-store). Now, the question is, what can we dissect from this sample of the illustration in regards to the entire piece and more importantly how much metal can we find within Trancension? Well, first and one of the most prominent features of The Fulcrum is the triumphant vocal prowess of Chris Thompson. The potency in his proclamation throughout The Fulcrum could carry an album on its own and instills a promising outlook for the full length release. Next up, the brilliant percussion of "Ambrose", or Chris number two, Burnsides. His volatile drumming patterns, transforming from complex strikes to a tribal wallop, will encircle your cerebral cortex and leave your mouth agape. Finally, we come to the interlacing guitars and bass. Chris [Thompson] and Rob Bradley find themselves engaged in twin guitar slinging duels one moment and the next feeding off of one anothers booming RIFFS, while Kedar Hiremath's bass supports the battle-front. The track approaches its climax with a tolling bell mixed into Ambrose's Dany Carey-esque rolling patter. This soon evolves into a full spectral blast thanks to those swelling guitars and there you have it. The Fulcrum ends as abruptly as it began. So, lets return to our initial question. "How much metal can we find...?" Well, I'd say an oceanic proportion of metal on Trancension. Within the six minutes of The Fulcrum we find a depiction of RIFFING swells, heroic singing, and voracious tides of percussion adorning Trancension's canvas. Check it out below and get out there to support these guys. Word on the street is they have played shows with Heavy Planet favorites The MIdnight Ghost Train and Neon Warship! How could anyone in their right mind want to miss that show?

Members: 

Christopher “Ambrose” Burnsides - Drums 

Chris Thompson - Vocals // Guitar 

Kedar Hiremath - Bass 

Rob Bradley - Guitar

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VolumeFeeder: Crowns and Chains 

VolumeFeeder, this weeks follow-up 'Dose, hail from Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary. No, I have no clue how to pronounce that city's name and that's okay. Why? Because what is important here are the tunes. With their latest EP, entitled Crowns and Chains, VolumeFeeder have found a delightfully groovy way to indulge aggression. This trio has been creating a Hungarian-take on that Southern Louisiana sound for some ten years now and after listening to the three tracks available on Crowns and Chains, I plainly hear why. These three know how to work off of each others creativity and the outcome is just straight groove-laden metal hooks and RIFFS, RIFFS, RIFFS. You will not be sitting still for long when you plug Crowns and Chains in. So, get yourself over to bandcamp where the entire EP is streaming and available at a "Name Your Price" download. But support these guys in anyway you can. Then we can hope for a full length release.

Members: 
"Imi" Imre Balázs - Vocals // Guitar 
"Geri" Gergő Drahota - Bass 
"Robi" Róbert Jaksa - Drums

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New Band To Burn One To: BRUJAS del SOL

Heavy Planet presents...BRUJAS del SOL!

Today's "New Band To Burn One To" is from Columbus, Ohio.

Band Bio:

In the fall of 2011, 3 very different men came together to make some very different music. It worked and Brujas del Sol came into being. With Adrian Lee Zambrano on guitar, Derrick White on bass and keys, and Jason Green on percussion, Brujas del Sol manage to combine their wide range of influences of 70’s psychedelic, hard rock, surf and kraut with the more modern influences of stoner rock and neo psychedelia to come up with something unique and interesting for the listener. With immediate plans of a 12" on the horizon, the Brujas bros are poised to deliver something that will stand the test of time. To quote a recent review “it’s beautifully fresh music.”



Thoughts:

"Refreshing and hypnotic are two words that describe the light and airy grooves that Columbus, Ohio's Brujas del Sol set forth. As you step aboard the rocket to partake in a sun-kissed psychedelic trip, you are greeted with scorching solos, erratic drum beats and somniferous bass lines. Two volumes of this magnificent journey have been released thus far via Bandcamp...prepare to launch into Volume 3 coming soon."

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New Band To Burn One To (Morning Buzz): TRAITORS RETURN TO EARTH

TRAITORS RETURN TO EARTH is today's "NEW BAND TO BURN ONE TO"  Morning Buzz...

Bio:

Traitors Return to Earth formed in July of 2010 for one reason and one
reason only, that is to play the heaviest music possible at the most
unreasonable volumes. The band is influenced heavily by Sleep,
Electric Wizard, High on Fire, YOB, Sons of Otis, Weedeater and many
more. In August of 2011 they released their EP titled “Smoke Screen”.
The EP was recorded, mixed and mastered by Brian Samakis in March and
April of 2011. Since the completion of the EP Scott Simmons has
decided to depart from the band to persue other interests.

Band line until release of EP:

Chris Sherrod- Vocals
Kevin Masters- Guitars
Scott Simmons- Bass
Justin Ringle- Drums

"While caressing each note with a warm and fuzzy tone, Columbus, Ohio's Traitors Return To Earth truly embrace the power of fuzz. Gargantuan doom riffs snake themselves around painstakingly slow rhthyms, filthy as fuck bass lines and wicked snarling vocals. Play this one loud!"

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