Jarboe worked with the NYC artrock/noise legends, Swans. Justin was the mastermind behind Godflesh, a pioneering metal/industrial band in late ’80s/early ’90s.
Crom was Conan’s god. Conan had a big sword, and Crom, the band, has big grooves, lots of distortion, and screams and demon bellows from here ’til doomsday.
Dali’s Llama swipe any guitar riff they’ve loved forever and put the band on “grit hum” cruise and drove that dumb fuck Kiss, Danzig, Sabbath, Bang riff hard.
Cornell wants to remain your Rock God, but he play it safe. Carry On is precise, polished, full of radio-friendly anthems as well as a few quirky gems.
Greenleaf fuse the roiling generator party bottom-end/vibe that burbled up from Kyuss and the MeteorCity label with tasteful ’70s Euro-hard attack rock.
Late-’60s San Francisco heavy metal/psychedelic band first studio album in over a decade. 2/3rd of the original line-up, including vocalist Dickie Peterson.
Druggy sway fest rolling down the highway blazed by T-Rex, Earth 18, and Bowie. Members of QOTSA, Masters of Reality, Desert Sessions, and Marilyn Manson.