ASTROQUEEN - INTO SUBMISSION

Another great Swedish Stoner Rock Recording.

Sick of the cosmic, stoner, retro, psychedelic, kick-ass rock 'n' roll thing yet? No? Good, because that is just what Astroqueen are here to ram down your throat. This is a pretty fucking good album all in all, with hints of Trouble, COC, Sleep and the other usual suspects incorporated into a solid sound that Astroqueen makes its own.

The most prominent feature of Astroqueen's sound is the demonic bass, which roars somewhere between the earth-shaking rumble of Kyuss and the dirty rattle of Nebula. The painfully fuzzy guitar is right behind it, with the powerhouse drumming moving everything along. This is no doom band, make no mistake. The songs tend to rocket right along, though there are of course exceptions. "Brain Phase Voyage," for example, takes a more plodding, acid-rock direction and "Go to Sleep (I'm Gone)" truly lives up to the name 'stoner rock.'

The High Crusade-esque album art makes for the perfect companion to the grooves contained within. Astroqueen play infectious, fun music that makes you long for the 70s in no uncertain terms.
[Daniel Hinds from the-plague.net]

Into Submission (2001)

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