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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Jeez, thanks. I'm turning red now. Lol. Lotta fun, got to play with the fabulous Bog Wizard. It was 80 degrees in the bar and probably 90 on stage hence me dumping water on my head. Several times. Haha.
Got band shirts now. Of course they arrived after the gig:
Dude sweet! Did BW play any of their new stuff?
My band is about to have our first gig here in June so that's exciting. Not doom affiliated unfortunately
but I'm still having fun playing with these guys. I am jamming with my doom buddies today though so the itch doesn't go unscratched! Doing covers for now so we can get booked then working on originals once we have 4 hours worth of covers done. Definitely a rock group but this band definitely likes it a little on the softer side lol.
We are gonna put this video up on our social medias tomorrow but I know y'all will appreciate this!
Dude sweet! Did BW play any of their new stuff?
My band is about to have our first gig here in June so that's exciting. Not doom affiliated unfortunately
Doing covers for now so we can get booked then working on originals once we have 4 hours worth of covers done. Definitely a rock group but this band definitely likes it a little on the softer side lol.
We are gonna put this video up on our social medias tomorrow but I know y'all will appreciate this!
Bog Wizard played Reptilian Death Squad from their split. They are the nicest dudes in the universe. I was proud to have been the first to get them booked in Detroit. They're from Luddington 4 hours to the northwest of Detroit. Of course, another band we're buds with then swooped in and got them on another Detroit gig 2 weeks earlier. Lol.
Dude sweet! Did BW play any of their new stuff?
My band is about to have our first gig here in June so that's exciting. Not doom affiliated unfortunately
Doing covers for now so we can get booked then working on originals once we have 4 hours worth of covers done. Definitely a rock group but this band definitely likes it a little on the softer side lol.
We are gonna put this video up on our social medias tomorrow but I know y'all will appreciate this!
Proper Geezer/Al right hand technique. Well done. Great singer too.
Looks like I need to go back through this thread and make a playlist to absorb everything mentioned in the last...2 days or so.
Nice.
Nice.
Inspired by this thread, I've been going back to some classic sludgy bands. Cavity have some killer albums I completely forgot about:
Any love for funeral doom around these parts? I've been exploring the genre recently and I'm really digging this release.
I don't know much about it but I like some of what I've heard, particularly:
Bell Witch "Mirror Reaper"
Ahab "The Call of the Wretched Sea"
Funeral "Praesentialis In Aeternum"
I really like that Bell Witch and Ahab, will have to check out Funeral \m/
I don't dig too much funeral doom, but I do like Bell Witch and Mournful Congregation.
@JAFERD, I see you are in Austin- Did you go to Access Oblivion? The pics I've seen look epic!
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I only made it to the Blood Incantation/Autopsy show but that one was a banger! Sad about missing Mortiferum, Spectral Voice, Primitive Man… well they had a lot of awesome bands. Hoping that my band can get on there next year.
New Cave In is out today. Another great Cave In record and I adore the artwork a bunch.
And last night I found this Demeter 300watt tube power amp that I have hooked up to my zdora/traynor pre. It’s interesting comparing it to the lower wattage mesa, but will do me much better when I’m only using one cab.
And opening for Black Tusk was badass, dope dudes, a bunch of fun to watch and sounded absofahkinlutley badass.
Lastly, final mixes are done on the two songs. We’re gonna send them off to Tony Reed for mastering. They sound dope and we’re excited.
I think that’s all so far? It’s been massively rewarding lately. Ah! And I’m also going to try my fate at screaming backups.
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Hmm, I don't think I've posted this here. I kind of thought I did, but my searches bring up nothing, and I kind of played it close to my chest when I got it "finished". It really is just all me. I was fooling around with a drum machine from my desktop (Hydrogen, I'm a terrible drummer), a guitar and a bass, a Yamaha reface CP (really convincing fake electric piano), and the Werkstatt-01 being fed with just four pulses from a sequencer (I'm also lazy). I thought of it as metal when I was coming up with it, but from the reaction I've got from the few people I've shared it with, it's really probably psychedelic/jazz/ambient preformed by a hesher. I may come up with a compelling reason to give it vocals someday, but it's kind of felt "finished" for the last couple of months. If you like it or hate it, something in between or more extreme, let me know.
