Gadsby & Skol

The Woronzow guys met Rick Skol when they played in Toronto. Apparently, they used to support all the visiting acts to Toronto back in the late 60s, but never got an album out. They decided to go into the studios to record their set from 30 years ago. Picture a three piece band obsessed with Blue Cheer, Blue Cheer and Blue Cheer.

Taking the 60s blues jam, melding it with the early 70s power of Grand Funk, this is awe inspiring stuff from the days when bands weren't afraid to rawk. If I'd got off my arse and listened to this last month it would have been a shoo in for one of the top dogs of 2001. Looks like I'll be fiddling the books at the end of twenty oh too, because it doesn't get much better than this.

Now where did I put that pair of flares?

http://www.gadsbyandskol.com/ gadsbyandskol@gadsbyandskol.com
http://www.woronzow.co.uk/ info@woronzow.co.uk

Spiritus Mortis - Forward To The Battle

I remember their 3 track demo from 2000, and poo poohed it as run of the mill doom metal. And I was right. As I always am. So when a copy a 6 track demo arrived, I thought, "Aha, twice as bad", but, lo the earth shook, and the gods did speak. "Give it a chance Z", they spake. "Things might have got better". And they were right.

Odd, how a band formed in 1988 could take 12 years to produce a piece of pish, and 12 months to produce a cracking slab of doom inspired groove metal. For they have moved on from the basic Black Sabbath, Venom, Celtic Frost generic doom, and now purvey a splendid mutation. I'll make it easy. The 2000 demo was "Paranoid", "Forward To The Battle" is "Supernaut". Amazing leap forward.

Spankingly good fun from Finland, "Forward To The Battle" comes heartily recommended.

vesa.lampi@pp.inet.fi
http://www.metalprovider.com/spiritusmortis/