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Sacri Monti – Waiting Room for the Magic Hour

By El Cuervo on July 2, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Reviews, Tee Pee Records, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, 23 comments

“July of 2015 was a good time in my life. I had recently discovered Wilderun, I was getting my first real taste of the work which would become my profession and I was spreading my wings in the capital of my great nation. It concluded with a decent self-titled record by Sacri Monti, a Californian psychedelic rock band paying tribute to the 60s and 70s. The passage of 4 years has seen little new material until now, with the release of the rather excellently-entitled new album, Waiting Room for the Magic Hour. Will it bode the beginning of a strong July of 2019?” Boys of Summer.

Worshipper – Light in the Wire Review

By Huck N Roll on May 26, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Reviews, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, Tee Pee Records, Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, 22 comments

“Most of the time, stoner metal is the epitome of average. It’s below the great but above the bad, bathwater that’s neither too hot nor too cold, a big-screen TV that’s not 4K. I have yet to review a total dud of a stoner metal release, but when you somehow catch something that winds up being your Album of the Year, you’re encouraged to keep hunting for more greatness. Worshipper mine the depths of stoner metal on Light in the Wire, the Boston quartet’s sophomore release.” Motherload or diaperload?

Hot Lunch – Seconds Review

By GardensTale on March 16, 2019 in 2019, American Metal, Hard Rock, Proto-Metal, Reviews, Tee Pee Records, Stoner Metal, 67 comments

“Proto-metal is a bit of a strange moniker to apply to modern-day bands. The “proto” prefix literally means “first” or “common ancestor,” so linguistically it makes little sense to apply it to any band past 1975. Yet with the popularity of everything retro, plenty of bands try to recreate that pre-metal hard rock sound that laid the foundations of our favorite genre. Hot Lunch are as proto as proto gets, despite first appearing with their self-titled debut in 2013. With the sophomore slab, appropriately titled Seconds, can they function as the time machine they aim to be?” Back to the past and future.

The Skull – The Endless Road Turns Dark Review

By Steel Druhm on September 4, 2018 in 2018, American Metal, Doom Metal, Reviews, Tee Pee Records, Doom Metal, 41 comments

“I miss Trouble. A lot. They were and still are my favorite American doom outfit, and they had a special sound and vibe all their own. A big part of their charm was the one of a kind vocals of Eric Wagner. When he left the band, I knew it would be downhill for them, and boy was I ever right. The Skull was originally formed by Wagner and other former Trouble members as a tribute band of sorts, but they eventually decided to record original material, resulting in 2014s For Those Which Are Asleep. The album wasn’t perfect, but it felt like a long-awaited Trouble revival and it made my heart feel only good things. Now four years later we get the followup, The Endless Road Turns Dark.” Trouble every day.

The Atomic Bitchwax – Force Field Review

By GardensTale on December 6, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Hard Rock, Reviews, Stoner Metal, Tee Pee Records, Hard Rock, Stoner Metal, 51 comments

“Winter is coming, and not just in Westeros. As the days grow shorter and the coats grow thicker, a somber feeling draws across us all, blanketing anticipatory holiday cheer. Seasonal Affective Disorder (with its hilarious acronym SAD) strikes its yearly blow, and the call of morose doom metal like Hallatar and Loss is stronger than ever. But frankly, in this melancholic time of the year, it’s nice to have a band around who don’t give a flying iota about the dark short days ahead. The Atomic Bitchwax is that band in body, mind and spirit.” Screw your winter!

Biblical – The City That Always Sleeps Review

By Huck N Roll on September 29, 2017 in 2017, Canadian Metal, Non-Metal Metal Things, Not Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Reviews, Tee Pee Records, Non-metal Metal Things, Not Metal, 24 comments

“I spent the summer searching and searching for the next great retro album. I never found it. In fact, all year I’ve only found a half-dozen albums I’ve really liked (as in a 3.5 or higher), and none of those since June. That’s piss-poor and depressing. It’s like owning a black and white television. Well, I’m hoping to upgrade to a color TV eventually this year, so what better time to start looking than right now?” Baby bible steps.

Lecherous Gaze – One Fifteen Review

By Huck N Roll on February 23, 2017 in 2017, American Metal, Heavy Metal, Proto-Metal, Reviews, Tee Pee Records, 55 comments

“‘I hope this is one you’re reviewing and you didn’t actually buy it,’ said my fiancée less than thirty seconds into this album. Why? I won’t spoil it so early on, but if ever a band’s sound suited their name, the sleazy, leering proto-punk of Bay-area throwbacks Lecherous Gaze would fit the bill.” So sleazy it’ll leave a stain on your speakers.

Eerie – Eerie Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on July 26, 2016 in 2016, American Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Reviews, Sludge, Tee Pee Records, Black Metal, Doom Metal, 27 comments

“After spending hours on the web searching for the band Eerie, I’ve finally found them and their self-titled debut. With a band name like that, I passed by everything from comic books to Polish black metal to unsettling porn. And, as it turns out, it was well worth the frustrating Google search. Debuting on Tee Pee Records (a much easier name to search), the label describes the band as being black metal/rock—a combo that could go many ways.” When Google goes wrong….

Sacri Monti – Sacri Monti Review

By El Cuervo on July 23, 2015 in 2015, American Metal, Non-Metal Metal Things, Progressive Metal, Reviews, Tee Pee Records, Non-metal Metal Things, Progressive Metal, 2 comments

“Vibrant green fields, replete with young men and women frolicking with each other in their natural environment, adorned with flowers and flowing locks. Loose-fitting headbands and azure jeans which gently swell at the bottom. A world of love where acceptance is life, difference is disregarded and war is abhorrent. And drugs. A fucking shitload of drugs.” Get off my lawn, you hippies!

Death Alley – Black Magick Boogieland Review

By Dr. A.N. Grier on June 1, 2015 in 2015, Dutch Metal, Heavy Metal, Reviews, Tee Pee Records, Heavy Metal, 13 comments

“Being of the ‘80s thrash generation, I was born a few years too late to experience the actual birth of metal first hand. As a result, I have had to seek out that old-school sound and those pioneers of what we now know as “metal.”” And seek out he did.