Rickter scale of doom

Thrasher Magazine, April, 2005

THE MIGHTY NIMBUS S/t (Threeman)--Groove ridden, stoner doom extraordinaire led by ATP and Sixty Watt Shamen members. Whiskey soaked psychedelic leads, flashy rhythms and hard drumming. Just think St Vitus and Obsessed blasting the finest southern rockspitality.

INTERNAL VOID Matricide (Dogstreet)--Speaking of vintage doom sounds, here we have the Nest from these doomineers. Heavy '70s rock and blues catapults their thunderous stoner doom trademark. The leads are blistering and the doomscale cannot say enough about the mighty IV, Got doom?

CABLE Pigs Never Fly (Translation Loss)--I've been a long time fan and have witnessed the morph from noise-core to Southern fried sludgeness with twist, Rawken, monstrous and sweaty, this is their best work to date.

JUMBO'S KILLCRANE The Slow Decay(Crucial Blast)--This kills their previous work, much more progressive in a heavier rotting way, Lurking and plodding shamelessly through a depressive sludge-ridden symphony of kerosene soaked AmRep-fluenced noise rock. Seriously monstrous and punishing.

BLOOD OF THE SUN S/t (Brainticket)--Need some relief from the doom and gloom? Then try this, All-star line-up features ex-Las Cruces, Archie Bunker, Sourvein and Storm at Sunrise members. Fits in with my retro trend of heavy fucking rock outfits in my collection. Agreed, I hear it all from Trower to Deep Purple, ripping. Killer musicianship and cool keyboards.

DARKTHRONE Sardonic Wrath LP (Moonfog)--The old school masters of true Nordic black metal unfold yet another masterpiece, Relentless wrath is what I call this release, and I've been a listener since the beginning. There's a lot of killer grim cult black metal these days, but Darkthrone can still seize and destroy us. Vinyl has a killer gatefold sleeve. A big nine, evil on the Doomscale.