Comments for Kyuss, Blues for the Red Sun

this is one of the best albums ever. personally i wouldn't call it hard core, but more like DESERT-BLUESMETAL or something like that. hard-core makes me think of loud guitars and yelling and screaming people who don't have shit to say. KYUSS lets the music talk. sometimes quiet,sometimes like a desert storm... but always perfect. they had the deepest bass-sound around. straight to our sick minds...

Every song gives you a sense that the lyrics are essential and important. No dregded-up half-ass songs about war or some stupid bitch. The song Writhe puts it all in perspective.

If you like Kyuss and Fu Manchu you'll love New Jersey's Core and Pittsburgh's Bitchslap. Both band's play heavy fuzzrock in the vein of Kyuss as well as late 60's and early 70's bands such as Blue Cheer, Sabbath, Budgie, and Mountain. The Bitchslap especially have some fuzzed-out psycho guitar jams by guitarist Ray Ward that'll blow your socks off and your speakers out. Check it out.

Talk about bottom end.....these boys know how to make HEAVY metal. Although, I wouldn''t necessarily use the terms "hardcore", as above, nor heavy metal. This band has always sounded like the coming of the four horseman of the apocalypse to me. Power building and surging; It flows and ebbs like an ocean of amplified electric jello. If you are interested in music that will rattle your floorboards, without the speedmetal boredom or the snarling screaming wailing vocalists found on nearly every metal album, check this disc out. Writhe is definitely a standout track. Nods also to the Masters of Reality''s Chris Goss for fine knob twiddling.