Toke - High Friends In Low Places EP (2014)
Following up the pair of tracks from
their first demo, North Carolina's stoner metal band Toke present two
more tracks from their new EP. The first, “Into The Light”,
mixes reverb-heavy riffage with thumping drums, while the vocals
emerge in a rough howl. They continue to occupy a very satisfying
space in the stoner doom spectrum, moving slowly enough to savor each
crushing tone-wave, but not so slow as to make you forget how they
got their; they keep those riffs moving, and when they do launch into
the higher speeds, it's coated with enough tarry buzz to stay true.
“Great Awakening” is the other half
of the digital release (there's 8 more minutes of material on the CD
copies, though those seem to be available only at live shows), and it
keeps the tone low and doomed out, though there is more energy
pushing it forward, especially in the increased wildness of the
vocals. Both tracks should be make any fan of traditional stoner
doom metal more than happy, and luckily there's plans in the works
for vinyl/cassette copies of the EP, so keep your ears tuned this way
for more news on that as it develops.
~ Gabriel
For Fans Of; Acid King,
Salem's Pot, Olde Growth, Cough, Black Sabbath
~
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