Fjordhammer Friday (16th October 2020)
With a plethora of more confusing rules, regulations and restrictions, alongside Manchester in open revolt against the Government, it has been a bother naff week in the UK. I'm not going to dwell on that though as 2020 is continuing to deliver on the music front, with some massive albums coming out that will make my album of the year choice very hard. This week I am feeling the low and slow, big riffs, über fuzz, and earth shattering bass. The foundations laid down in yesteryear by the immortal Black Sabbath, the genre has grown and evolved into many things but one thing has always remained the same, and that is you can never have too much fuzz. There is always magic involved when I put on doom/stoner metal, the slow, deep rumble puts me into a relaxing trance conjuring up images of mystic beings in an array of colours. I always thought that with the Hobbits in the Lord Of The Rings smoking all their pipe weed, Doom and all its variants would be the music for them. I mean, I can totally imagine old Bilbo off his nut, tripping to Electric Wizard. Man, that would have made his one hundred and eleventh birthday look a bit stranger. Hell, even Treebeard and the Ents are in on it because they talk and move so slowly! Anyway, fantastically bizarre imaginings aside, doom/stoner has had a massive influence on Witchwood Wizard & The Psychic Yeti, and is a genre that is super fun to play as a guitarist, as you can just lock in with the groove and be away with those fairies that wear boots. So, without any further ado, here's my top picks for doom/stoner.
Witchhelm (🇺🇸)
Record Label(s): Wyrmwood Records
Some of the most eargasmic doom I've listened too over the past few months. Eerie and mystical, but with huge weighty riffs packed into a spacious atmosphere. Looking through the band's back catalogue there is something for everyone in there.
Spotlight On - Invocations
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