Release date: 1/28/2025
Origin: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Personnel: Jeff Martin-vox, Chris Thompson-guitar, Skot Thompson-bass, Jesse Bartz-drums
Damn solid stoner metal album from the American heartland. The guitar sound on this one is downright infectious. Vocals from Jeff Martin sounds like he’s channeling a bit of Maynard from Tool, albeit in a much louder manner. This one is definitely for fans of Fu Manchu, Mutoid Man, Red Fang, etc.
4.5 flip flops out of 5
The list so far:
11. Lo-Pan-Get Well Soon
12. Hooded Menace-Lachrymose Monuments of Obscuration
13. Byzantine-Harbingers
14. Wretched-Decay
15. Green Carnation-A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia
16. Scorpion Child-I Saw the End As It Passed Right Through Me
17. Benediction-Ravage of Empires
18. Testament-Para Bellum
19. In Mourning-The Immortal
20. Allegaeon-The Ossuary Lens
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