Saturday, August 30, 2008

Doomsday

Gravestone, a brilliant German hard rock outfit buried by time. Doomsday was the group's first outing, and though it was released in 1979, it sounds like it could have been made in 1972. The album is quite melancholic with oodles of delicate guitar playing and warm vocals that are reminiscent of another Cosmic Hearse dark psych fave, The Wicked Lady. Another lost treasure chest of moody proto-doom for you, my beloved readers. Enjoy.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Never Heard of these guys either. I've been listening to Welcome to my Nightmare a lot lately. A nice change.

Nickthrone said...

good wholesome 70's rock

Drugula said...

Way good classic sound, and i really like the quality of the recording, it gives it something special... It's nice.

Anonymous said...

Love it.

Anonymous said...

This is great, what ever happened to these fellas?

Aesop said...

I know that some member went on to start the German metal band Tyrant, and later went on to play in U.D.O.

Anonymous said...

i like this kinda shit, thanks!

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Aesop. I had the same feeling about this album that I did about the Pagan Alter stuff that you posted a few months back. I laid down some cash money for PA, and I will if I ever see this. \m/

Micki Foster said...

Ha, well guess i dont have to post this now.
Fucking spectacular release for god damn sures.

Why are people not sucking your dick left and right for bequeathing them with straight up fucking awesome, time after time?

Aesop said...

Yeah, why aren't people sucking my dick? Anyhoo, don't let me stop you from posting anything, I always appreciate a fresh perspective on my favorite albums.

MP Roget said...

Gravestone. Headphones. Vicodin. Ahhhhh.

Anonymous said...

I love this

Unknown said...

I think the link for this is dead? The only thing it lets you download is a .zip for a firefox page. Any ideas?...

Aesop said...

I fixed it, enjoy.

Unknown said...

Thanks, I am enjoying it! Nice and chilled.