25-05-2012, 12:36
online listen
some kind of metal
Zep/Sabbath
I don't wanna play the sub-genre game this morning
female fronted and I thought it was one of them high pitched males
mostly too long tracks
which I like except for metal
1.2 from me and a converted 2.1 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Whispering World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0r2d5xPFOo
released May 22nd, 2012
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Bio - from allmusic
Rising out of Atlanta, Georgia, Royal Thunder have been conjuring stoner rock grooves out of the Southern heat since
they were formed in 2006 by guitarist Josh Weaver. Featuring singer and bassist Mlny Parsonz, drummer Lee Smith, and
guitarist Josh Coleman, the band's hazy, psychedelic sound evokes the early days of stoner and space rock, with
Parsonz's soulful vocals bringing an element of dark drama to the band's swaggering sound. Royal Thunder made their
recorded debut in 2009 with a self-titled EP, which the band self-released before signing to Relapse shortly
afterwards, where the label re-released the album the following year. Their first full-length, CVI, arrived two
years later in 2012.
Album Review - from allmusic
For a while there (well, most of the '90s and part of the 2000s), alternative rock and heavy metal were like oil and
water: genres diametrically opposed both musically and philosophically, even though the four major Seattle bands
that helped usher in the "modern rock" era to begin with were all somehow indebted to heavy bands in overt (Alice in
Chains, Soundgarden) or subliminal fashion (Nirvana, Pearl Jam). Ironic, huh? Thankfully, Atlanta's Royal Thunder
represents a new generation of bands -- and the fertile Georgia music scene, in particular -- capable of looking
beyond those prejudices, and finding new ways to mix and match both styles, along with numerous musical antecedents
and later developments, into curious new aural shapes. As a result, the quartet's debut full-length, CVI (literally
the Roman numerals for 106, which apparently has cryptic importance to the group), frequently sounds like some
ungodly jam session between Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Hüsker Dü! Especially when powerful statements such as
"Parsonz Curse," "Whispering World," and "Blue" see singer/bassist Mlny Parsonz wailing like an SST-period Chris
Cornell, while her complicit bandmates, Josh Weaver (lead guitar), Josh Coleman (rhythm guitar), and Lee Smith
(drums) bash away on an endless sequence of hard/soft contrasts. What's more, because the rest of CVIâs
unpredictable track listing never commits to any single aesthetic (with the possible exception of "No Good" -- a no
-fuss, bluesy hard rocker in the Zeppelin mold), but rather moves from post-rock atmospherics ("Shake and Shift") to
occult-laced doom ("Sleeping Witch") to bad-trip psychedelics ("Drown"), Royal Thunder ultimately sound like no one
but themselves. Obviously, that's no mean feat nowadays, but apparently that's what can happen when musical foes are
forced to reconcile. Who knew?
Track Listing
1. Parsonz Curse
2. Whispering World
3. Shake and Shift
4. No Good
5. Blue
6. Sleeping Witch
7. South of Somewhere
8. Drown
9. Minus
10. Black Water Vision
some kind of metal
Zep/Sabbath
I don't wanna play the sub-genre game this morning
female fronted and I thought it was one of them high pitched males
mostly too long tracks
which I like except for metal
1.2 from me and a converted 2.1 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Whispering World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0r2d5xPFOo
released May 22nd, 2012
Bio - from allmusic
Rising out of Atlanta, Georgia, Royal Thunder have been conjuring stoner rock grooves out of the Southern heat since
they were formed in 2006 by guitarist Josh Weaver. Featuring singer and bassist Mlny Parsonz, drummer Lee Smith, and
guitarist Josh Coleman, the band's hazy, psychedelic sound evokes the early days of stoner and space rock, with
Parsonz's soulful vocals bringing an element of dark drama to the band's swaggering sound. Royal Thunder made their
recorded debut in 2009 with a self-titled EP, which the band self-released before signing to Relapse shortly
afterwards, where the label re-released the album the following year. Their first full-length, CVI, arrived two
years later in 2012.
Album Review - from allmusic
For a while there (well, most of the '90s and part of the 2000s), alternative rock and heavy metal were like oil and
water: genres diametrically opposed both musically and philosophically, even though the four major Seattle bands
that helped usher in the "modern rock" era to begin with were all somehow indebted to heavy bands in overt (Alice in
Chains, Soundgarden) or subliminal fashion (Nirvana, Pearl Jam). Ironic, huh? Thankfully, Atlanta's Royal Thunder
represents a new generation of bands -- and the fertile Georgia music scene, in particular -- capable of looking
beyond those prejudices, and finding new ways to mix and match both styles, along with numerous musical antecedents
and later developments, into curious new aural shapes. As a result, the quartet's debut full-length, CVI (literally
the Roman numerals for 106, which apparently has cryptic importance to the group), frequently sounds like some
ungodly jam session between Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Hüsker Dü! Especially when powerful statements such as
"Parsonz Curse," "Whispering World," and "Blue" see singer/bassist Mlny Parsonz wailing like an SST-period Chris
Cornell, while her complicit bandmates, Josh Weaver (lead guitar), Josh Coleman (rhythm guitar), and Lee Smith
(drums) bash away on an endless sequence of hard/soft contrasts. What's more, because the rest of CVIâs
unpredictable track listing never commits to any single aesthetic (with the possible exception of "No Good" -- a no
-fuss, bluesy hard rocker in the Zeppelin mold), but rather moves from post-rock atmospherics ("Shake and Shift") to
occult-laced doom ("Sleeping Witch") to bad-trip psychedelics ("Drown"), Royal Thunder ultimately sound like no one
but themselves. Obviously, that's no mean feat nowadays, but apparently that's what can happen when musical foes are
forced to reconcile. Who knew?
Track Listing
1. Parsonz Curse
2. Whispering World
3. Shake and Shift
4. No Good
5. Blue
6. Sleeping Witch
7. South of Somewhere
8. Drown
9. Minus
10. Black Water Vision
