Sunday, October 6, 2013

Beehoover/The Devil And His Footmen/Exile On Mainstream/2013 CD Review


  Beehoover  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  plays  stoner/doom  metal  with  only  vocals, bass  and  drums  and  this  is  a  review  of  their 2013  album  "The  Devil  And  His  Footmen"  which  was  released  by  Exile  On Mainstream.

  "Monolith" begins  with  some heavy  bass  guitars  that  utilize  some melody  and drums  and  then  the  melodic  clean  singing  doom  metal  vocals  start  kicking  in  and  a  couple  of  minutes  into  the  song  there  are  some  sludge  style  screams  being  utilized  briefly.

  "Egoknights  and  Firearks"  begins  with  some  70's  style  hard  rock/metal  bass  guitar  riffs  and  drums  and  after  a  few  seconds  the  melodic  vocals  start  kicking  in  and  the  song  stays  in  a  slow  direction  till  the  end.

  "Rooftop"  begins  with  some  heavy  bass  guitar  riffs  and  drums  and  a  few  seconds  alter  the  melodic  vocals  start  kicking  in  and  after  a  couple  of  minutes  the  music  goes  into  a  cleaner  direction  along  with  some  psychedelic  sounds  for  a  few  seconds  before  getting  heavy  again.

  "Interlude  #  1"  begins  with  some  drone  and  distorted  sounds  along  with  some  drum  beats and  the  song  is  a  short  instrumental.

  "Boy  Vs  Tree"  begins with  some  tribal  style  drumming  and  heavy  and  melodic  bass  guitar  riffs  and  after  a  few  seconds  the  vocals  start  making  their  presence  known  in  the  song and  the  song  only   uses  slow  riffing.

  'Interlude  #  2"  begins  with  some  bass  guitar  riffing  and  background  sound  effects  which  alos  lead  up  to  a  brief  use  of  vocals.

  "Morning  Sun"  begins  with  a  shout  before  the  bass  guitars,  drums  and vocals  start  kicking  in  along  with  some  melodic  elements  being  utilized  and  after  awhile  the  bass  riffing  starts  utilizing  some  classic  rock  elements.

  "Interlude  #  3"  begins  with  some  distorted  sounds.

  'Dear  Mammoth"  begins  with  some  stoner  rock  style  bass  guitars  and  then  the  drums and  vocals  start  kicking  in  and  as  time  goes  on  by  the  music  gets  more  diverse  along  with  a  brief  use  of  screams  being  utilized.

  "My  Mixtapes  Suck  Big  Time"  begins  with  some  heavy  bass  guitar  riffs  and  drums  and  after  a  few  seconds  the  vocals  make  their  presence  known  in  the  song with  a  combination  of  clean  singing  and  screams.

  "Honeyhole"  begins  with  some  silence  and  then  adds  in some  synths  and  psychedelic  drone sounds  and  after  a  couple  of  minutes  the  drums  and  bass  guitars  make  their  way  into  the  song  along  with  some  melodic  vocals  a  few  seconds  after  and  towards  the  end  aggressive  sounding  screams  are  utilized.

  Song  lyrics  cover  dark  themes,  while  the  production  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  old  school  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Beehoover  are  a  very  great  sounding  stoner/doom metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Monolith"  "Morning  Sun"  and  "Honeyhole".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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