Posts tagged ‘Left Hand Man’
Left Hand Man appears in the Sludge Swamp
Found this while surfing & googling. Many thanks to you guys.
The horrors of war seep through the sounds……
Originally posted by SpiritBeggar
So, happy birthday Swamp! I have been sitting on this album for a while now, waiting for this night. Its totally one hell of an album. It also upholds my belief in MP3′s. Yes, I checked it out before ordering it, but that is the thing. I did order a copy and i never would have if i hadnt heard them first. The same goes for a large percentage of the cd’s in my cabinets. While they may only leave the cabinet a few times while i own them, i have spent the money in supporting these bands and would spend much more if any bands toured my way. I have been a member of this site for a year now, and at last count, have purchased upwards of 200 cd’s and t-shirts thanks to this blog. So, if the only goal of this blog was to help support and spread the word of some damn fine bands that dont get nearly the recognition they deserve, then job well done Cheeto and X-Angel. Here is to another 2 years and 200 albums i look forward to buying!
Sleeping Village Lies reviews Left Hand Man
The original post is in hungarian, so here is Google’s translation:
“Many followers of the genre these days, which is a band based on the working class as the Balck [sic] Sabbath, Led Zeppelin or Thin Lizzy, Corrosion of Conformity and Down the improved perfection. Of course everybody tastes a little different playing style, such as James Venomin basically rock & roll print, of course, Southern and doom elements.
The Ripple Effect reviews “Left Hand Man”
War is hell.
Inherently, we all know this, yet for some reason we can’t help but glorify it, romanticize it. It’s been done since the days of Homer through Hemingway. You can even hear this in our music. There’s a whole genre of music, Battle Metal, devoted to little more than glorifying the brutality of war, romanticizing the march, the machismo of the onslaught, the beauty of the kill.
You won’t find any of that in Venomin James. Read more…
Slowburn webzine reviews “Left Hand Man”
Slowburn webzine is based out of Santiago, Chile. The review is in spanish, so this a rough translation. If anyone can offer a better translation, let us know.
From Ohio, USA, we received this excellent production by the self-styled gentlemen
Venomin James. Rock direct ecléctizado with infaltables, and necessary, touches Doom /
Stoner. In the vein of Goatsnake, Acid Bath (I agree with you Sebastian) and Alice in Chains,
these five lunatics unload all their energy in the 8 items that make up “Left Hand Man,”
[their] 2007 production. [The album] opens [with] “Abu Ghraib”, very hip Goatsnake, followed by “Bullet
Juice”, “Tears of the Scorpion” and “Feed the Flames,” a very powerful theme of the purest
vein Rock / Speed. Then, [in reference to a] vinyl [album side], continue to “Downer” (Alice alive!),
“Iron Horse” and “Undertow” (down[tuned] sharp riffs and low). Finally, “El Brujo” (“The Witch”), the old
Latin!. Powerful.
While some bands that meant he could orient to the sound of these guys, it should be understood only as a reference, since the band suffers from being only an imitation of the same but the evolution of a sound that could have been perpetuated over time. However, on multiple grounds, succumbed. Desintoxícate of pussy shit that circulates everywhere and contaminated, a little more, with new sound… Venomin James Rock, a sonic kick to your ears. Necessary. H.F.
Check out the original version here: http://www.slowburn.cl/www.slowburn.cl/ARTICULOS_3.html
Doomgrind reviews “Left Hand Man”
Review by Doomgrind
Posted to doomgrind.blogspot.com on June 22, 2008.
Left Hand Man is a great example of Black Sabbath-era metal pulled off roughly 30 years after said era. If the sound quality was taken down a few notches, this album would be mistaken for old-school heavy metal/hard rock from the late 70′s. Read more…
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