The Blue Record

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Baroness
The Blue Record

[ Relapse Records / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 19 October 2009

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Georgia-based psychedelic rock band, Baroness, has made a subtle but unmistakable evolutionary leap on this, their second full-length recording, and a clear companion piece to the 'Red Album' (2007).

Georgia-based psychedelic rock band (calling them a metal act seems very reductive, though there's some seriously headbangable material on this disc), Baroness, has made a subtle but unmistakable evolutionary leap on this, their second full-length recording, and a clear companion piece to the 'Red Album' (2007).

It's hard to say exactly what new guitarist Pete Adams has brought to the band after replacing drummer Allen Blickle's brother Brian, but the group's established blend of Southern sludge riffs; druggy instrumental journeys; and melodic interstitial interludes, all propelled by a particularly thudding drum sound and held together by John Baizley's hoarse but clean vocals & gorgeous cover art, are even stronger now than before.

This is a ferocious album that's not afraid to be genuinely beautiful.

"Baroness still summon mountain-heavy moments: "A Horse Called Golgotha" showcases their finely honed skull-crushing proclivities..."
-ALTERNATIVE PRESS

Personnel: John Dyer Baizley (vocals, guitar, piano); Pete Adams (vocals, guitar); Summer Welch (bass); Allen Blickle (drums).

Audio Mixer: John Congleton.

Recording information: Roadburn Festival (2009); Track Studios, Plano, TX (05/2009-06/2009); Elmwood Studio, Dallas, TX (05/2009-06/2009).

Tracks:

1. Bullhead's Psalm
2. The Sweetest Curse
3. Jake Leg
4. Steel That Sleeps the Eye
5. Swollen and Halo
6. Ogeechee Hymnal
7. A Horse Called Golgotha
8. O'er Hell and Hide
9. War, Wisdom and Rhyme
10. Blackpowder Orchard
11. The Gnashing
12. Bullhead's Lament