ABOMINABLE IRON SLOTH:
Formed as a side project back in 2004 by four members of the Sacramento hardcore punk outfit called Will Haven.Fans of Will Haven will immediately feel right at home with lead vocalist Justin Godffrey, who has a very similar vocal style to that of Haven's Grady Avenell. However, since Iron Sloth is a doom-metal band, the instrumentation itself is quite different, as there is now less emphasis put on the usual verse/chorus structure and much more emphasis on creating a certain mood.
VIA VENGEANCE:
It’s time for another one man showdown, in this case Shane Ocell a.k.a Via Vengeance the one man Progressive Sludge Metal project hailing from the sun baked Scottsdale, Arizona. Sometimes what you really need out of you’re music is heavy beats and a simplistic attitude and thats what you get here and the results are superb! In fact it’s music made for the live experience with many areas and much potential for crowd participation, but what always stand out is the sludge riffs, slow in pace but brutal in execution that will keep you gripped.
DRONE THRONE:
Holy Shit, where has this band been hiding? The band is Drone Throne and they are a weed worshiping, angry, flithy, Stoner Doom band from Phoenix, Arizona. Fuzz guitars, distorted angry vocals and songs about Satan and smoking weed, this band is obviously in the mold of bands like Sleep, Grief, Eyehategod etc etc but instead of just recycling the same old format, they sound quite fresh. I will quote Maximum Rock And Roll who wrote "This does not sound like a band producing their first demo but well seasoned veterans", couldn't have put it better myself.
