VARIOUS ARTISTS – ‘WEEDIAN VOLUME 1’
Blues Funeral Recordings’ WEEDIAN series is a loveletter to comp formats, able to introduce virgin ears to numerous artists in a well selected order – “Compilations like Burn One Up, Rise 13, Stone(d) Revolution and Welcome to MeteorCity were about finding new bands, making sonic connections, and rocking the fuck out, and that’s what the WEEDIAN compilation series is all about.” Volume 1 is fucken’ full of assorted groovy stony jamming, Trad Doom solemnities, vitiated Stoner Rock and Hard Psych perversions of the Rhythm & Blues. Some tracks that stand out to me – Mephistofeles’ ‘Werewolf Boogie’ is more than worth the price of admission, a fucking merciless boogie stomp with irresistible power trio sound, wailing dead Beatle vocal and soulless lycanthropia vibes. Devil’s Witches summons an occultist ode to all things female and forbidden written in retrograded Dionysian Pre-Rock Doors and Dead language, sumptuously groovy guitar tones and unhealthy ’60’s obsessions. Potion’s ‘Women of the Wand’ incants a battlecry of warring Doom amidst ancient Heavy Metal heroics, rousing and stygian Sludge heavy. Dead Witches spring forth in a ciderous stupor to smash some heretics with decrepit poisonous tonal aura, witch killing riffs, and the spectral ghost of true ‘Wizard chained to their whims. Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean cough a seismic tumble of miserable ‘Confederacy…’ era EHG groove with syrupy Guitar and Bass and harsh vocal battering. Twist, burn and enjoy.
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