Sheavy

Stoner rock band from Newfoundland, Canada -- which is interesting enough in itself, since I can't think of ANY bands, rock or otherwise, from Newfoundland, Canada! The most striking thing about their sound is the lead singer, who sounds like the reincarnation of Ozzy Osbourne from the 70's...and we're not talking some generic clone here, but a full-on dead ringer. Indeed, the way I found about them was through a series of obscure Black Sabbath cover songs ("War Pigs", "Junior's Eyes" & "Dirty Women") which for some dumb reason never appeared on any of their commercially available albums, or at least I haven't been able to find out where the hell they came from.

"The Electric Sleep"

  1. "Virtual Machine" (5:50)
  2. "Velvet" (4:03)
  3. "Destiny's Rainbow" (3:21)
  4. "Electric Sleep" (5:32)
  5. "Born in a Daze" (4:05)
  6. "Automaton" (4:08)
  7. "Savannah" (6:35)
  8. "Saving Me" (3:44)
  9. "Oracle" (6:49)
  10. "Stardust" (9:33)

The music here is varied enough to prevent anyone from calling them a shameless rip-off clone band, although quite a few songs -- "Virtual Machine", "Destiny's Rainbow", and "Born in a Daze" especially -- sound exactly like outtakes from Vol. 4 era Sabbath. Thick and psychedelic, a great introduction to this band and the stoner rock genre in general.

"Celestial Hi-Fi"

  1. "Hyperfaster" (4:26)
  2. "What's Up Mr. Zero?" (3:40)
  3. "Stingray Part II" (5:20)
  4. "Solarsphere" (5:45)
  5. "Strange Gods, Strange Altars" (6:38)
  6. "Celestial Hi-Fi" (6:48)
  7. "At the Mountains of Madness" (5:01)
  8. "Persona" (6:42)
  9. "A Utopian Interlude"--instrumental (4:34)
  10. "Gemini (The Twins)" (3:56)
  11. "Tales from the Afterburner" (6:52)

A natural progression for the band, as the music now sounds like Sabbath Bloody Sabbath outtakes. :) Which means they've got another three albums or so before they really start to suck, and replace their drunken lead singer with a clone of Ronnie James Dio instead, I guess...

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