Broken Flowers Of The Void

A while ago I've posted the magnificent EP's Floriculture and Flower Of Void by Zero Nowhere. This one-man Post Rock project from Lublin, Poland is back with the new EP Broken Flowers Of The Void. The previous EP's were a combination of Post Rock with Sludge and Stoner. Now it is just more atmospheric Post Rock with acoustic parts without the Sludge and Stoner elements. Nevertheless is Broken Flowers Of The Void an impressive EP with outstanding compositions. The highlight of this EP is the eleven minute epic title track Broken Flowers Of The Void. Enjoy!

Zero Nowhere - Broken Flowers Of The Void EP (2012)

DOWNLOAD 

MySpace - Facebook - Soundcloud

 

Mad At The Soul

Thanks again to the guys of Cerber for sharing this EP!

I've posted the demo Z Prochu by the Polish band Cerber last september here. Now is this trio back with therir EP Mad At The Soul. This EP is pretty much a continuation of what they have done on their demo, but with a better sound!

Cerber present again a original sounding blend of Sludge Metal, Stoner and Hardcore. Musically it is again beautifully brutal and the vocals are afresh nicely raw and rude.

These six tracks are proof of the big step forward that Cerber has made. If you have appreciated the Z Pruchu demo, you will surely like the Mad At The Soul EP! Enjoy!

Band CERBER has been created at the end of 2010 on the remains of band Parias. After the final installation in Olsztyn the bassist- Tajny joins the Wisnia/Luki duo to create the final product- trio in which CERBER lasts till now and is going to last for the time being.

CERBER plays an uncompromised blend of hardcore, stoner/sludge metal and specific, strong groove, not avoiding either melodies or a complete lack of them.

In may 2011 first demo is released- "Z Prochu" ("From Dust") which collects positive reviews as well in Poland as abroad. It is promoted by several worse or better but always energry-driven shows at warmia-masuria with occasional trips to the other parts of the country.

The newest release- 6-track EP entitled "Mad At The Soul" contains both the heaviest and simplest and the most twisted melodic stuff CERBER has ever created. It is meant to open more doors and heads, so the band could spread their hatred.

(Their bio from Facebook)

Cerber - Mad At The Soul (2012)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace - Facebook - Soundcloud

City Of Fuzz

Thanks to Barbara for sending me this promo!

Lord Stereo from Warsaw, Poland is a band that plays great Stoner Rock with Psychedelic, Punk, Garage and Hard Rock influences, or as the band calls it: Heavy Vintage Rock.

This promo contains two of the seven tracks from their same titled EP. Lord Stereo is an awesome band that plays their music very well. What I like about this band, is the addition of organ in their sound.

These two tracks gives a clear image of what Lord Stereo is about. So support this band and buy the entire EP on their Bandcamp page. Enjoy!

Lord Stereo's music can be described in three words:

VINTAGE - like the postcards and photos from the late sixties and early seventies, full of melancholy and longing for the times of rebellion and carelessness. With a psychedelic sound of Hammond organ and a dirty, unruly guitar clatter in the background.

HEAVY - like a burden of sadness and anger that has accompanied us in music for generations, like the intensity of emotions.

ROCK - because as a band we belong in a great music drawer of this genre's numerous influences, where the Stooges are mixed with Black Sabbath and early Led Zeppelin with the 1960s garage punk rock.

Natural eclecticism, stemming from the diverse characters and inspirations of the band members, emotionality and simplicity are the key features of Lord Stereo. The band is formed by people known from a variety of alternative groups such as The Black Tapes, Oregano Chino, Vavamuffin, Pablopavo i Ludziki, the Monsters from Switzerland, Poker Face or Capital.

(Their bio)

Lord Stereo - Lord Stereo Promo (2011)

DOWNLOAD

Facebook & Bandcamp

Broken Flowers

Thanks to Zero Nowhere for sharing his two EP's!

Zero Nowhere is a one-man Post Rock project from Lublin, Poland. His music sounds in my opinion similar to bands like Pelican and Red Sparowes, but there is more than just that. There are also some Sludge and Stoner influences present in his music.

The atrabilious and dejected atmosphere is in a great way propagated on these EP's. The first EP Floriculture contains six tracks and the second EP Flower Of Void contains one twenty minutes lasting track.

I'm pretty impressed of what this guy has acomplished on his own. These EP's are really great! The highlight for me is the triptych of the Floriculture EP called Portraits (I - Soul Dealer II - Dancing Trees III - The Fog).

When you read the bio below, you will see that this guy is capable of a lot. Enjoy!

So i'm a 21 year old musician from Lublin, Poland. I started making music as Zero Nowhere in 2008. It's a instrumental solo project, all music on these EP's was written & recorded by myself. I have also older EP called "Witchcraft" and a compilation of some of my older songs with some unreleased material called "Whispers Of Shooting Stars" which was released by Dairyola Records. Also Floriculture was released on limited CD-r edition on Kitty On Fire records. My name was taken from an Eyehategod song. I'm playing mix of stoner, psychedelic and sludge music with some drone and experimental elements. My biggest influences are stoner / psychedelic and drone bands like Dead Meadow, Yawning Man, Earth or Electric Wizard as well as sludge bands like Eyehategod or Buzzoven. I play also in some other various projects like a sludge / stoner metal project named Eyes Like Halogen with vocalist of Cerber, psychedelic and experimental band named Flora and my own drone project called Golden Cloud. I'm also planning to make some sludge band in future, as well as release some more experimental psychedelic rock material with vocals under the name Black Sunflowers.

(His bio)

Zero Nowhere - Floriculture EP (2010)

DOWNLOAD

Zero Nowhere - Flower Of Void EP (2011)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace - Facebook - Soundcloud

From Dust

Thanks to the guys from the band Cerber for sharing their demo!

Cerber is a fresh new band from Poland. This trio plays Stoner/Sludge Metal with Hardcore influences. Their DIY demo called Z Prochu is a great start of this band. Their music is heavy, aggressive and grooving. The guitar riffs are stunning, just as the rhytm section is. The vocals are raw and brutal. The lyrics are part English and for a part Polish.

I think there's a great future for this band. I look at least forward to their next release. Enjoy!

Cerber - Z Prochu Demo (2011)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace - Facebook - Soundcloud

Great Psychedelic Jams From Poland

Same Road is an experimental Psychedelic band with some Stoner, Noise and Kraut influences. Sensem Przekaźnika Jest Przekaz is their fourth album. This album contains eight improvised jams. It sounds heavy and fuzzy. Their music has been recorded with minimal resources. The Wah-Wah has an prominent role in the music of Same Road. I really think you have to experience this album yourself, cause I'm done talking. Enjoy!

Formed in 2003 in Koszalin, Poland. Our goal was to create long, guitar driven tracks in the vein of krautrock, psychedelic, noise music. We try to experiment with the sound and the different ways of recording. It led us to the point of 100% live records and freely changing structures within each track.........
(From MySpace)

Same Road - Sensem Przekaźnika Jest Przekaz (2011)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace - LastFM - Blogspot

Falls Of The Wastelands

Thanks to the guys of Palm Desert for sharing their album!
Falls Of The Wastelands is the third album by the Polish band Palm Desert. I have earlier posted their first album called Dawn Of The Burning Sun. I just wonder why I have missed the second album The Highest Fuel Level. Anyway, let's get back to their new album.
Palm Desert offers you with the album Falls Of The Wastelands some awesome Stoner Rock. Compared to the first album, I hear a lot of progression. But the influences of Kyuss and Fu Manchu are still obvious present. Nevertheless are the eleven tracks of Falls Of The Wastelands all great! A great album from the desert of Poland. Enjoy!

Palm Desert - Falls Of The Wastelands (2010)

DOWNLOAD

BUY

MySpace - Facebook - LastFM

Split In Half!

This half of a split album was sent to me by Jasiek from the duo Drożdzyca!
Drożdzyca (aka Dobre Psy) is a Punk/Noise duo from Krakow, Poland. These four tracks are part of a split album with Halt, also from Krakow. The songs of Drożdzyca sound really raw and lo-fi, but that is something I don't mind. I've got no further information on this one. Go experience yourself! Enjoy!

Drożdzyca - MK I (2011)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace

Add A Little Bit Of Tobacco

A while ago I've posted the first EP by the Polish band Rachael. This is the second EP and I must say there's a lot of improvement in their music. The Add A Little Bit Of Tobacco EP sounds more Psychedelic and not so mellow as the first EP. The female singer has left the band and maybe is that the reason of the change of the musical direction. Add A Little Bit Of Tobacco reminds me a bit of some Lorenzo Woodrose stuff. Anyway, I like this EP far more than the first one. Enjoy!

Rachael band was formed in Warsaw at the begining of 2007. After a year and a lot of changes they played their first gig on a local club scene. On September 2008 they have released, recorded and produced on their own, debut EP “I bet you like drugs instead of sex”. Whole material was published on the web for free download. Music of the band is mixture of 50s & 60s mainstream, rough punk and rock psychedelic.

(From LastFM)

Rachael - Add A Little Bit Of Tobacco (2010)

DOWNLOAD

Website - MySpace - Facebook - LastFM

Black Metal/Experimental/Noise/Industrial/Drone from Poland

This band is apparently looking for various platforms to promote their music. So they sended also a link to me.
Thaw is a Black Metal/Experimental/Noise/Industrial/Drone band from Poland. I can be brief about this one, because Black Metal is not really my thing. And Thaw sounds mainly Blackish. So I can not really say anything useful about it. But in what I can hear, Thaw sounds not bad at all. Enjoy!

Thaw - Decay (2010)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace

Distant Earth

Thanks again to Barbara for this contribution!
Distant Earth is a Stoner influenced Heavy Rock band from Warsaw, Poland. This band features members of Oregano Chino, Natural High, The Thunderboys and Hundred Inch Shadow.
Their 2008 demo sounds quite alright. It contains 5 nice tracks. I have no further information about Distant Earth. Just listen and tell me what you think by leaving a comment. Enjoy!

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System, in both diameter and mass. Home to millions of species including humans, Earth is the only place in the universe known to harbor life.
(From MySpace)

Distant Earth - Demo (2008)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace

The Assistant Of The Locomotive Driver

A big thanks to Barbara for sharing this EP! And these are her words about it:

These are another Polish Stoner rockers from Warsaw, friends of Elvis Deluxe. They last performed live in 2007 and are on hiatus since then, but they still have lots of dedicated fans waiting for their reunion.

This is their only recording, containing 5 tracks. More songs can be found as live videos on their Facebook.

Well, I think I can be count to these dedicated fans! Oregano Chino plays some great Kyuss/QOTSA influenced Stoner Rock. Don't expect much originality here, but that doesn't mind. This EP contains five nice tracks with the absolute highlight Sons Of Freedom.

Enjoy The Assistant Of The Locomotive Driver EP and tell me what you think by leaving a comment!

Oregano Chino - The Assistant Of The Locomotive Driver EP (2006)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace - Facebook - LastFM

Tales From Beyond

Thanks to the band Sunday Driver On Tour for sharing their EP!
Sunday Driver On Tour is a five-piece Southern Rock band from Bielsko-Biała, Poland. Their music is influenced with Hard Rock and Stoner Rock. Tales From Beyond is their debut EP and I must say it sounds real good. These five songs are really nice to hear. I hear some Down influences in their music. The singer has a great voice and the riffs are very nice! I think the Southern Rock fans will appreciate the Tales From Beyond EP. Enjoy and support this band!

The idea to form a band reaches 2006. Zaczek & Malin who were playing together in NDC, decided to occasionally jam with their friend Molfer, ex-guitarist for the band Necrossis, who just got back from the army. The project work-name was “The Fridge”. The guys started to loosely jam and write some songs together. Unfortunately Zaczek’s & Malin’s obligations with NDC made it impossible to give their full attention to the project. The turning point appeared to be the breakup of NDC in 2008. Shortly afterwards the guys decided to focus on “The Fridge”. They found the drummer Talle’y from an advert. His unique drumming style seemed to fit perfectly for the project needs. It was then, when the band started to write their proper material, and it was also then when the bands final name Sunday Driver On Tour was decided. After few months of playing together, the quartet started to look for a lead singer, which eventually become Koper. Zaczek & Malin knew him from academic circles in Cieszyn, where they were collaborating in a project called Ilinks. Sunday Driver On Tour debut gig was on september 19th 2009 in Primus Pub in Czechowice–Dziedzice. In December the band went to Parabellum studio in Katowice to record their first EP called “Tales From Beyond”.
(Bio from MySpace)

Sunday Driver On Tour - Tales From Beyond EP (2010)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace & Facebook

Elvis Lives In Poland!

Thanks to the guys from Elvis Deluxe for sharing their album!
Elvis Deluxe is a very nice Stoner Rock band from poland. Lazy is their first album and it's fantastic! These are really great songs. It grooves and it rocks! The album starts with the song Superorfeo and then you know this thing can't go wrong! The guitar has a cool fuzz sound and the other instruments does also sound great. The vocals are very nice. In one sentence: Elvis Deluxe is awesome! These guys are working on their second album and I can't wait to hear that one. Enjoy and support these guys!

In 2002 four long-time friends (including even some blood relatives), who had been involved in different bands (mostly HC/post HC/rock stuff like Ahimsa, Coalition, Afraid of That Day), started to jam together playing what they had a great affection for their entire lives: ‘70s-influenced stoner rock.
In 2003 they recorded a demo which turned out to be pretty popular among the slowly growing breed of their fans. Soon they became one of the most active Warsaw bands, crossing all genres, and being present at different types of shows from punk rock to rock’n’roll to hardcore and rocking the nights out like crazy.
Every once in a while they hit the road to gig Poland, Lithuania, Germany, ending up in some Czech clubs, making a nice soundtrack to bar fights.
Easy going dudes took it easy. It took them a while to record their very first full length, but when they did (at Serakos Studio, Warsaw, spring 2006) it turned out to be really worth waiting for. The record is called „Lazy” and well... it really is.
The dudes have charisma and have the skills and even though they’re taking it easy, they take it seriously. Many years of friendship and jamming together made them only tighter and hungrier for good shows and road adventures. They will roll slow and if you stand on their way... well, you can be sure to roll with them.
(From MySpace)

Elvis Deluxe - Lazy (2007)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace

Great Stoner Rock From Poland

Palm Desert is an awesome Stoner Rock band from Poland. Dawn Of The Burning Sun is their first full-lenght album and it's great. I love the fuzz sound of the guitar. Beside the guitar everything sounds great on this album. According to their MySpace page Palm Desert is influenced by the following: Kyuss, Unida, Sloburn, Hermano, QOTSA, Led Zeppelin, The Cure, Soundgarden, Fu Manchu, Masters Of Reality, Orange Goblin, Tool, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Corrosion Of Conformity. But what I hear the most is Kyuss. So you have a small idea what you're dealing with. Enjoy and support these guys!

STRAIGHT FROM PALM DESERT IN POLAND...oh I didn't know, now I'm confused;), do they really have a place by that name in Poland, or not?...anyway this has to be the first desert/stoner rock band from this part of the world to walk this planet.

This is great sound from the des...oh sorry, I mean Poland and the guys in Palm Desert have been practicing the doctrine of Kyuss for sure and just like other bands in the same genre they have managed quite well. On the second effort 'Dawn of the burning sun' by the polish desert rats you get plenty of Kyuss / QOTSA vibes and lots of good riffings along with a front cover of the sun that NEVER been used before;)

The opening 'Fallen star awakening' is a taste of what is to come, and I believe it is meant as an intro... anyway, it makes me think of those dusty roads beyond the desert dunes and it is a quite pleasant introduction to this album. The second '10,000 miles away' are mindblowing, it has almost all of the ingredients for the perfect rattlesnake soup. The riffs are cool and the dry and 'dusty' guitar sound gives me chills, '10,000 miles away' are one of the outstanders for sure and have a glow which almost makes the sun burn out.

On the third track 'Imagine eyes' Palm desert continues their journey towards the sun but this time it feels a bit more Grunge and makes me think of bands like Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, but still there are lots of stoner rock vibes in it. Nuggets like 'Wakatan' and the title track 'Dawn of the burning sun' along with 'Fucking everything' are Hermano 'look-a-likes' for sure and have to be my fav's on the album, perhaps these are the missing tracks of the 'Only a suggestion' album? ;) Once again you get the pleasant hybrid between desert rock and grunge, with heaps of nicely arranged riffs along with good vocals. The guys in Palm Desert have finally put Poland on the map as one of the best acts in Eastern Europe and even if the disc is not completely perfect, it deserves Your attention!

Just the way Kyuss once did it, these fuzzbusters seem to love going downhill on the desert dunes, it's nothing new and it's been done a thousand times before but it's still good stuff and should be interesting for people who is in it for the fuzz. Unfortunately the production are rather poor and sounds like a demo recording which I think is a shame since most of the songs are good. Unfortunately this 'issue' makes 'Dawn of the burning sun' only to be put among the second best.
(By Tobias Beament at Planetfuzz.com)

Palm Desert - Dawn Of The Burning Sun (2009)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace

Some Mellow Stuff. (Take It Easy, Not So Heavy)

Another thing I found in my mailbox: Rachael from Poland is a band that makes some Indie/Garage in a mellow way with male and female vocals. The band says it's influenced by bands like Dandy Warhols, QOTSA, BRMC, Black Angels, PJ Harvey.

I prefer more heavy stuff, but this sounds good. Give it a try.

Band members:
Mike - guitar, vox
Bart - bass
Szymon - drums
Olg - voices

Rachael - I Bet You Like Drugs Instead Of Sex EP (2008)

DOWNLOAD

MySpace