Album Type:Album
Date Released:
March 11th 2014
Label:
Ripple Music
Long In The Tooth - Track listing:
1.Looking Low For A
High 04:39
2.Utero/Long In The
Tooth 03:31
3.Wager 02:51
4.Blackwater 06:09
5.Save Your Servant
04:55
6.Kong 03:01
7.Cabal 01:23
8.Awake The Dreamer
03:16
9.Save Your Prayers
01:43
10.Locust Have No
King 03:55
Band Bio
Volume IV, featuring
Joe Carpenter of Atlanta thrash-veterans Nihilist. Ripple Music is
proud to reveal the band's label debut, Long In The Tooth, which will
be coming out in the US on March 11th.
With equal parts
elegant beauty and steamrolling aggression, Volume IV serve up a
piece of ear candy for the ages with Long In The Tooth. This first
release with Ripple Music is a concise, 36-minute thrill ride of
swampy metal heroics, featuring heavy grooves, classic bluesy stoner
riffs, and an overall impending sense of doom. These boys bring back
the old school attitude of musical sensibility, working hard to
master your instrument, and taking pride in creating a wide pallet of
musical styles: Thunderous drumming locked tight within the pocket,
bass guitar providing a dense foundation for the thick guitar and
gritty yet melodic vocals that lay on top. In a world where
everything is mechanized, click-tracked and auto-tuned, Volume IV
does it the only way, the honest way, straight from the gut, which is
what we need to make music human again and separate the men from the
boys.
Individually the
members of Volume IV have shared the stage with legendary acts such
as Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Danzig, Mastodon, Corrosion Of Conformity
and Down just to name a few. Led by singer/guitarist Joe Carpenter
and filled out by bassist Blake Parris and drummer Troy King, Volume
IV is set to stun the music world with one of the most anticipated
releases of the year!
For Fans of Black
Sabbath, Corrosion of Conformity, Orange Goblin, Monster Magnet, Down
and Pentagram!
The
Band Members
Joe
Carpenter – Guitars/Vocals
Troy
King – Drums
Blake
Parris – Bass
Review:
Long In The Tooth is
the much anticipated debut album from hotly tipped Sludge Rockers –
Volume IV – who have been teasing the Sludge/Stoner/Hard Rock world
with snippets of music for the past 6 months or so. Now I am happy to
report that Volume IV are primed and ready for music domination as
they have delivered a pulsating debut album packed full of hard
hitting riffs.
What is the first sign
of greatness for Volume IV? Well they are signed to the best Hard
Rock Label on the planet – Ripple Music. Any band signed to Ripple
Music you know you are in for a great time. As Ripple Music, only
sign but the best bands and they have another winner on their hands
here. However, this is a review for Volume IV debut album. And what
an album it is.
Volume IV blends
Sludge, Doom, Stoner, and a healthy appreciation of NOLA style
riffage. First track – Looking Low for a High – is the perfect
introduction to the band as it’s a perfect mixed of fast-paced
riffs and highly addictive vocals which all adds up for a truly
dangerous rock and roll band. This is not surprising since they are
led by Joe Carpenter from legendary Thrash Metallers – Nihilist.
This hard-rocking power
trio do not fall into any genre. They are musical renegades and
outlaws preaching their own deadly brand of Hard Rock. It is just
that Volume IV pack an almighty Doom/Sludge/Stoner Metal punch that
will knock you sideways repeatedly.
Listen to the excellent
2nd track – Utero/Long In The Tooth – that features at the band
laying down some epic riffs that can give Mastodon a run for their
money. As Volume IV pull out all the stops in giving you one
hard-rocking ride that will have you rocking out singing along to in
no time at all. This is hard rock of the highest order.
Do you ever wonder what
Thin Lizzy would sound like if they ever went down the Southern Rock
route? Well the answer is here folks on the superb 3rd track –
Wager – with Joe on fine form his fine gravelled vocals giving this
track extra groove. But it is the riffs where the guys impress the
most as it features some awesome Thin Lizzy style riffs.
By now I was loving the FUCK out of this album as they guys don’t
waste a single second of the albums 37 minute run time. Volume IV
pour their hearts and souls into the album as you can feel the
intensity of every note, lick and riff coming straight at you.
Up next is –
Blackwater – a 6-minute Groove/Blues/Hard Rock track that has an
earthly Southern based vibe to it. Volume IV add extra thick layers
of 70s based Stoner Metal riffs to give this track an almighty epic
feel to it. Joe once again shows what a fine vocalist he is as he
sings his heart out here. The other band members Troy and Blake play
their part by laying down some outstanding instrumental work on drums
and bass respectively.
I don’t want to do a
track-by-track review as I will be here all day but Volume IV have
delivered a stunning debut album packed full of monumental riffs for
you to devour. If you need more proof then I advise you to check out
the gigantic sounds of KONG. A murky swamp based blues stoner rock
blast that will have your heart beat thumping 100 times faster as
Volume IV are fearless in their approach to music.
Long In The Tooth is a
brilliant debut album and its the perfect introduction to Volume IV’s
crushing riffs that will have you coming back for more punishment.
Ripple Music have
signed another outstanding talent to their label. Buy this album when
it comes out. You won’t be disappointed.
Thanks to Mona at
Platinum PR, Cat at Southern Cross PR and Ripple Music for sending us
a promo to review. Long in the Tooth will be available to buy from March 11th 2014 on
CD/DD/Vinyl from Ripple Music
Check the band from
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