Psychedelic Metal Recommendations?

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:23 pm

Was just wondering if any of you could recommend some proper psychedelic Heavy Metal bands whom i may not have encountered.
Some of those early 70's "proto" Metal bands like Captain Beyond and Sir Lord Baltimore managed to pull off the blend really well, but most of these "Doom" & "Stoner" bands nowadays just recycle Sabbath without any individuality.
There were still traces of the style in a lot of the early NWOBHM bands, but the psychedelic "thread" seems to be lost in modern Metal.
I reckon Voivod probably pull it off better than any band i've heard since, but i'd be happy to be proved wrong.
Suggestions?

tomas · Post by **tomas** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:27 pm

First one that comes to mind:
Dwarr - Animals LP

By the way: are you looking for real heavy metal bands with psych influences? Or old psych that just was realy heavy?

Another one:
Cirith Ungol - the old demo's are really cool. They were reissued on double CD with a few live tracks and unreleased songs. Proggy hardrock metal with lots of synth.

ION BRITTON · Post by **ION BRITTON** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:28 pm

THE MEZMERIST of course. Haunting, twisted and absolutely unique.

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:37 pm

I just got the MEZMERIST EP recently, good call!
It's really unique sounding and it has that "vibe" maaan.
Am already a big Cirith Ungol fan & have the Dwaar album you recommended, although i haven't really got to grips with "Animals" yet, i think it's gonna take a few plays to get used to, really unsettling stuff.
I was meaning Metal bands who incorporate psychedelia really, but heavy old psych bands would suit me just as well.

Noisenik · Post by **Noisenik** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:57 pm

Have you had in mind strictly Heavy bands or Thrash and Death Metal bands would count, too? Isn't Coven - Worship New Gods psychedelic in a way?

Piotr Sargnagel · Post by **Piotr Sargnagel** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:49 pm

Jex Thoth! I haven't hear Totem yet but Jex T. sounds really spacy and drenched in psylocybin with a deadly heavy sound.

tomas · Post by **tomas** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:03 am

Totem is the same band, they just did a namechange.

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:22 pm

Haven't heard Jex Toth or Totem, sounds interesting.
Thanks for the tips.

Piotr Sargnagel · Post by **Piotr Sargnagel** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:14 am

tomas wrote:Totem is the same band, they just did a namechange.

Oh, cheers for clearing that up!

Rock Beast · Post by **Rock Beast** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:44 pm

Legend !!

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:50 pm

Rock Beast wrote:Legend !!

Good call Rock Beast, i already have their "Anthology" album, which compiles the first 2 albums & the ep, nice stuff, i'm not sure if their reformation was any good though, is "Still Screaming" worth getting?

lunaboy · Post by **lunaboy** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:54 pm

There were more obscure Heavy sounding Psychedelic bands.Check out for example Neurotic (US)

Heavy Shit here.

bigfootkit · Post by **bigfootkit** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:36 pm

lunaboy wrote:There were more obscure Heavy sounding Psychedelic bands.Check out for example Neurotic (US)

Heavy Shit here.

Wow! This is a new one to me, the tracks on the myspace site sound great, do you know if the rest of the "Mazy Craniacs" album is of this same standard?
Thanks very much for the tip off lunaboy.

Black Axe · Post by **Black Axe** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:51 pm

bigfootkit wrote:
lunaboy wrote:There were more obscure Heavy sounding Psychedelic bands.Check out for example Neurotic (US)

Heavy Shit here.
Wow! This is a new one to me, the tracks on the myspace site sound great, do you know if the rest of the "Mazy Craniacs" album is of this same standard?
Thanks very much for the tip off lunaboy.

It is of the same standard, but not all as psych as Bomb Day. It has a really raw sound and the guitar is buried(12 feet under) in the mix.

Khnud · Post by **Khnud** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:44 pm

Wicked Lady, if you haven't already heard of them. More hard rock than metal perhaps, but psychedelic as hell.