Astroqueen - Into Submission (2001)

Stoner rock is a genre that doesn't have much room for songwriting mistakes and poorly thought out albums. When a disc doesn't have it, you know right away because the music is lacking in vibrancy and character. All you get is a bowl of oatmeal. It's shit, and you'll never listen to it regardless of whether it is well played and produced. On the other hand, when a stoner rock band is good, all you want to do is hang out with the lights dimmed, smoke a joint and just listen to the disc all goddamn day. With Astroqueen's disc Into Submission, all I want to do is find some weed and crank this fucker. It rules. It is a perfect example of how a stoner band should sound and how hard they should rock. This Swedish four-piece's music really demonstrates their instrumental savvy and songwriting cunning. Track three "Superhuman God" is so explosive it is almost impossible to label it stoner rock. It's just too fast and aggressive. But then with its amazing rock groove, super-fuzzed guitar tone and the powerfully delivered vocals it is impossible to deny the band such a label. And then the following track "Brain Phase Voyage" is so spacey and smooth that listening to it feels like sliding on butter. The other songs on this album range in heaviness and speed quite a bit, but all possess a mercurial flow that makes you want to play it over again until you really totally understand. It's kind of hard to explain why Astroqueen rocks so hard and why they are so much better than a lot of bands in their genre. A good way to find out is to hear it for your self. Unless you dislike stoner rock all together, you will be very happy to have found this space majesty. Tracklisting: 1. Landslide 2. Out Of This World 3. Superhuman God 4. Brain Phase Voyage 5. Rufus Jr. 6. Planet Dust 7. The Sonic Ride 8. Soulburner 9. I Go To Sleep (I'm Gone) 10. Serve The Sun 11. Lua Vermelha

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dandy666 (2015-02-13)

This one works just fine!