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WEED DEMON "The Doom Scroll"
WEED DEMON "The Doom Scroll"
By Dr. Abner Mality
Looking for some boilerplate stoner doom? Straight off the assembly line comes WEED DEMON from Columbus, Ohio and "The Doom Scroll". These guys try their hand at several variations of doom and while the result is not terrible, it is very generic.
A two minute plus dungeon synth intro "Acid Dungeon" sounds like it was played on an 80's Nintendo deck, leading into riff-stuffed doom instrumental "Tower Of Smoke" which sounds pretty much exactly the way you would think. The SLEEP/ELECTRIC WIZARD riffs are always potent, but oh my God, how many times have we heard them? The long-winded "Coma Dose" starts with much more of a laid back desert rock groove but eventually fattens up and gets heavy. On this one we get some raspy, smoked out vocals, which generally fit things well.
"Roasting the Sacred Bones" has an almost PANTERA style groove mixed in with its stonerism...not original, yet adequately catchy. "Dead Planet Blues" once again goes for the bluesy desert rock vibe....to me, it's a waste of time. If you get the vinyl, ironically, you get to hear the best track...a cool cover of FRANK ZAPPA's "Willie The Pimp". This has got a great funky grind to it. But when the best song is a cover that only appears on the vinyl, what does that say about your record in general?
All purpose generic stoner doom.
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