Zac's "Double Dose": Broken Betty / Solens Barn

Broken Betty: Original Features 

Betty a'int broken... She's a well oiled, Polish three-piece throwing dirty blues and punk through a wood chipper, and some how the outcome amounts to so much more. The opening track, Bastard Rocket, (a single recently added to Heavy Planet Radio) is the remaining chips made up of a massive bass-line and an aggro shouts. This is all well and good, but Betty really grabs me by the balls with the EP closer Terminus / Freedom Out Of Fire. This expansive piece moves away from the 'punk blues' we heard moments before and into an alternant reality that only Crack The Skye has proved in recent music history. The twelve and a half minute monster certainly seems like some bastard spawn from Red Fang and Mastodon. Check it out below or stop by bandcamp for more Broken Betty.

 

Members: 

Jan "Dziablas" Galbas - Vocal // Bass 

Piotr "Pacior" Paciorkowski - Guitars 

Sebastian Sawicz - Drums

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Solens Barn 

Children of the Sun, also known as Solens Barn (in Norwegian), are a dark rock and experimental metal quartet from Norway's oil capitol Stavanger. Plodding along with an intenstly distorted bass-line and thunderous percussion, Mr. Dvergastein and company will drowned listeners with their drone heavy tunes and haunting lyrics. Check out their latest track Solslottet Session below. There are also some killer live clips from Cementen at their blogspot page.

 

Members: 

Anders Hjorth Mosnes - Drums 

Anders Refsnes - Guitar // Vocals 

Kjetil Brandsdal - Bass 

Markus Dvergastein - Guitar // Vocals

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New Band To Burn One To: BARON GREENBACK

HEAVY PLANET presents... BARON GREENBACK!

BAND BIO:

Formed at some point over the last few years, Baron Greenback is an outfit which doesn't like to marginalise itself with labels. Sometimes heavy, sometimes bluesy, sometimes sludgy, sometimes funky, the Barons play music which is just second nature to them. Recent gigs have yielded positive feedback.



THOUGHTS:

"What I love most about UK band Baron Greenback is the fact that they are not afraid to take a chance. Based on the above, their sound runs the gammut of styles from funky heavy groove to biting sludge. The band even gets a little trippy and jazzy at times albeit with a plethora of doomy riffs and a wall of crushing fuzz. The band has a show this coming Friday night August 17 at Scruffy's in Birmingham with fellow stoner doom merchants the almighty Alunah, Groan and Trippy Wicked. If you live anywhere near this venue, I strongly urge you to attend. This will be a monumentous occasion. Cheers to the Barons!"

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