New Band To Burn One To: GREEN SHADE

HEAVY PLANET presents...GREEN SHADE!

BAND BIO:

Green Shade is a Stoner Rock band from Croatia, Vinkovci. We are a new band formed in 2012. This recording is the first recording of our band and this is completely a DIY project (recordings, production, album art, etc.).

Vocal: Hrvoje Grca Mihaljević

Guitar: Marko Cindrić

Bass: Branimir Štivić

Drums: Branimir Blažević.

It's hard to tell a story about our band because our journey just begins here. We play in this band because we like to play good music, and like to listen good music.

THOUGHTS:
"In this day and age that we live in, social media is the way to go when trying to get your presence known to the masses. Well, try telling that to Croatian stoner rockers Green Shade. The band has started to pop-up recently among the many music blogs out there without much of an internet presence. Now Heavy Planet is one of them and it is easy to see why. The band's latest 4-song EP "Bright Interlude" is a rather exceptional piece of work. From the super-galactic wah-wah bassline of "Sunshine of Your Leaf" (nice play on words fellas) to the mellow Planet-Caravanish intro of epic EP closer "Green Shade...Bright Interlude" the music contained within these 4 songs is a homage to the riff-tastic psychedelic trip known as the seventies. The EP is rounded out by the enormous groove of "Yorgan Mountain" and "Majesty". The vibe and effort put forth by these is authentic and full of passion and is a fine example of what a DIY project should consist of. Forgive me for cutting this short, but I gotta listen to "Majesty" again, that riff is sick!"
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Zac's "Double Dose": KEN Mode / ZAYN

KEN mode: Entrench

I hope I am formally introducing some of you to KEN mode, the three piece annihilation machine from Winnipeg, Manitoba (composed of two brothers and a rotating bass player). Historically known for their fusion of noise rock and hardcore KEN mode bring an intensity and overwhelming sense of chaos to the choppin' block (cleaver included). KEN mode are like Converge and Dillinger Escape Plan's younger sibling... bare chest, gnashing teeth, and prepared to spar for for an alpha spot... and definitely not afraid to try something a little sly in the process (very much like their elder kin). KEN mode formed in 1999 and have since released four full length albums, with the fifth, Entrench, dropping yesterday (Tuesday March 19th) via Season of Mist.

Entrench's opening track Counter Culture Complex kick the album off in a very noisey and punk fashion , but not before a few taps on a drum head and a dizzying cello oscillation suprise the senses. The following tracks, and much of the album, stay true to the hardcore / noise foundation. But don't let these adjectives turn you away from Entrench, listen closely and enjoy the glorious loads of resonance and feedback from KEN's latest bassist Andrew LaCour. These three are creative and their injection of sludge leave an impression of experience and knowledge of their craft. Take my favorite track The Terror Pulse for a spin (click play below), and experience the discordant guitar squel and sacrifical tribal wallop with more of those sweaty bass-lines. Entrench continues to ebb and flow between fast paced chaos and slower sludge... even devling into the depths of doom. This finally brings us to our whimsical and relaxing outro Monomyth, which contrasts immensly from Entrench entirely. Here we are absorbed into an airy atmosphere filled with reeling cellos and gently plucked strings. A finish that allows us to catch our breath and speculate. How does a trio of testoterone with the cojones to name themselves KEN (Kill Everyone Now) mode get off finishing an album like that? I haven't a clue and, quite honestly, I couldn't care in the least. All I know is I'm impressed.

Members:

Andrew LaCour - Bass // Backing-Vocals

Jesse Matthewson - Vocals // Guitar

Shane Matthewson - Drums

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ZAYN: Medeia

Some two years ago, inside the confines of Bjelovar, Croatia four persons banded together in search of an experimental purging. Choosing a name and a path, ZAYN came into existance and began their orchestral journey. Avoiding standard musical architecture, ZAYN's instrumental approach mold post-rock into jazz, doom and desert rock. All this variety will certainly overwhelm listener's senses. The musicians also employ minimal repetition, allowing the songs to grow, writhe and transform. This can be strange for any desert, doom or stoner fan... because we happen to like our repetitive RIFFS! That's okay though ZAYN have other ways of captivating the conscious and it all begins with static strumming and some desert rock intensity. ZAYN's debut album Medeia sets off with album opener In love, In anger, In vain. Medeia is based off an ancient Greek tragedy in which the grandaughter of the sun god is abondoned by her bewitched husband and seeks revenge through the slaying of her children and to fleeing to Athens on a firery chariot only to find herself in another sultry situation. Without further SparkNotes, album opener In love... sums up the emotions of a confused and enraged mother all to well. The music flows and corresponds to the story quite well using fast paced hammer on's and plenty of use of heavy and loud moments contrasting with hushed stillness. Each track seems to find moments of doom and loads of Miles Davis-esque timing, making each living moment of Medeia incalcuable. Check out the hodgepodge of genius in my favorite track Motherismus below and if you think you can handle more get over to bandcamp, because our friend's in ZAYN are offering this evolutionary piece of music for FREE!

Members:

Alen Rožman - Drums

Bojan Gatalica - Guitar

Marko Dragičević - Guitar

Miran Kapelac - Bass

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New Band To Burn One To: DUSKBURN

HEAVY PLANET presents... DUSKBURN!

BAND BIO:

"Sometime in 2006. four guys met in a bar, got plastered in hard liquor and then wondered how would death metal sound if you lowered the strings to the lowest tuning possible.

After noticing that fast riffs don't go well together with subterranean tunings and opiate influence, we shifted our attention towards the state at which we perceive the noise that comes out of amplified speakers, and what it does to our three parts of the psychic apparatus.

Thus the idea was born; to play instruments in a pitch black room, at peak volumes under heavy intoxication."

THOUGHTS:
"The latest EP from Croation doom/sludge miscreants Duskburn is a full-on aural lambaste to the umpteenth level. With down-tuned haunting melodies, bellowing death growl vocals and a psychedelic mind warp, these four dudes harvest their irritations and aggressions and rip through your corroding skull with sheer force and vigor. Heavy, dark and dense. Download this EP for FREE now on the band's Bandcamp page!"
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New Band To Burn One To: UMA THURMAN

HEAVY PLANET presents...

BAND BIO:

The first and currently the only stoner band from Rijeka, Croatia, Uma Thurman presented their instrumental outbursts at many stages with excellent critique of the audience. Their trippy flair, fierce stocks and noise requires more than just listening to music and calls for deep relaxation of the mind with the occasional explosion of emotion. A mixture of music they create can be compared to Tarantino films where Kyuss, Sabbath, Tool, and some old school blues soundtrack crushes small speakers. Their performance proves that they can skillfully squeeze into any genre of music and still continue to emerge as a distinct band with one identity willing to snag all stoner fans with snap desert storm named Uma Thurman.

THOUGHTS:
"If you arrived at this site expecting an article on the actress Uma Thurman, then you are at the wrong place. But as long as you are here, you might as well familiarize yourself with the instrumental stoner rock sounds of the band known as Uma Thurman from Rijeka, Croatia. The music is an interesting mix of offbeat drum rythyms, a little bit of funk and a ton of heavy stoner groove. The meandering bass line provides the intro to the rifftagious heavy romp of "Stoner Ride" which happens to be my favorite track from these five songs. Also, dig the cool funktified riff of "Smokin' Lizzard" and the crushing heaviness and suavity of "Cactusscream". Definitely a cool band to check out!"
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New Band To Burn One To: FiNSKA

Heavy Planet presents...FiNSKA 

Today's "New Band To Burn One To" is from Bjelovar, Croatia.

Band Bio: 


"FiNSKA is an instrumental trio from Bjelovar, Croatia. The creative process started in June 2011. when the band began with instrumental sessions to see what kind of music would satisfy all band members. The basic philosophy behind FiNSKA's music is that songs should be relatively short, unusually structured and with enough groove."



Thoughts: 


In a matter of fifteen minutes Croatia's FiNSKA manage to travel through multiple states of being, leaving the listener with one option.. to spin the tracks again and decode what has just been experienced. The artists music is unstructured, proving their creative cortex. If you are looking for moments of haunting terror, industrial chaos, and anything to let your imagination run wild check out their EP Perverted Lollipops at bandcamp.

Members: 

Bojan Gatalica - Guitar 

Davor Stojan - Drums 

Miran Kapelac - Bass 

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