The band seemed to veer off into a more pop-oriented sound with Bloom in 2015, before doubling down on their prog-rock origins with their next two albums, culminating in 2020's Rise Radiant. The band are not a one-trick pony (er.horse) however, having shown promise way back in 2013 with their second album (also a concept album) The Tide, the Thief & River's End, and getting better with every release. I've written in detail recently about C-Horse's mind-blowing 2017 concept album, In Contact. (rhythm guitar), Dave Couper -> Dale Prinsse (bass) and Geoff Irish -> Josh Griffin (drums)Īlbums: Rise Radiant (2020), In Contact (2017), Bloom (2015), The Tide, the Thief & River's End (2013) Personnel: Jim Grey (vocals), Sam Vallen (lead guitar), Zac Greensill -> Adrian Goleby -> n.a. The title track is my favourite, but the entire album is so sonically cohesive that one can treat it like a single 53-minute composition and listen to without a break end-to-end.Īdrienne Davis and Dylan Carson from Earth Band: Caligula's Horse from Brisbane, Australia Carlson's Black Sabbath influences are evident, particularly on their signature album from 2008, The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull. The band's sound is defined by founder Dylan Carlson's distorted guitars and Adrienne Davies' slow, deliberate drumbeats. Personnel: Dylan Carlson (guitars), Don McGreevy (bass), Steve Moore (piano, organ) and Adrienne Davies (drums)Īlbum: The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008)Įarth is sometimes referred to as the slowest heavy metal band in the world. Band: Earth from Olympia, Washington, USA Think of them as a spacier version of American instrumental band Russian Circles, with distorted guitars and synthesizers, built on a foundation of drone metal drumming. I like the 2002 album, Liquid, particularly the tracks Evaporate and the trippy 13-minute-long Voyage Automatique. The Dutch band is no longer active, but was known for its instrumental space rock/stoner rock albums in the early 2000's. The band's name " 35007" spells the word "LOOSE" in beghilos, i.e., "calculator spelling", in which numbers entered into a calculator with a seven-segment display, can be read as English letters when the display is turned upside down. Personnel: Bertus Fridael (guitar), Mark Sponselee (synthesizer), Michel Boekhoudt (bass) and Sander Evers (drums) There are fifteen bands in this post, covering the gamut of stoner rock, desert rock, psychedelic rock, prog rock, math rock/djent, drone metal, classic metal, pop-rock, synth-pop and big band jazz. But now I really need to do justice to all the new sub-genres, albums and artists I’ve fallen in love with during the same period. That certainly has been the case with music in the past few years during which I have published a series about new music from old favourites ( 2020 Parts 1 Parts 1 and Parts 1, 2 and 3). As much as I love my old favourites, and I look forward to their latest work, there is a special joy in discovering a new filmmaker, author or artist whose work is different but just as enjoyable. Being confined to working from home since 2020 gave me a lot of time to explore films, books and music from directors, authors and artists I had previously no exposure to.
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