Destroyer

"Produced with heft - and a whole lot of flange - by John Congleton, Destroyer is at its best when it leaves the noodling behind, which it does more often than not. Still, there is plenty here to savor for fans of lurid, bong hit-worthy sonic vistas -- the hypnotic closer "FD72" would've sounded superb ringing out from the roadhouse stage on Showtime's Twin Peaks revival -- but this time around, Black Mountain are out of the basement and out on the town looking for trouble".

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"Det canadiske stonerrockband Black Mountain lægger hårdt fra land på deres femte udspil Destroyer. Med et fræsende guitarattack og nogle tonstunge trommehvirvler flænser 'Future Shade' lydbilledet med et pågående rifforama, der lover godt for resten af albummet ... Den koncentrerede indsats på den store klinge har syrehovederne dog svært ved at holde. I forhold til det højtsvævende lydbillede, som forgængeren IV med hypnotisk kraft forførte lytteren med, har bandet denne gang sadlet om, De har kogt deres nye lyd ned til et stramt destillat af metal og ansigtsløs highway rock'n'roll ... Mountain spiller med musklerne på Destroyer, men det føles meget af tiden som et bad trip, der i den grad savner forgængerens psykedeliske injektion af spacerock".

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"Imagine a ridiculous Ed "Big Daddy" Roth creation with jutting fins, go-faster stripes, massive back tires scorching smoke, a triple-intake blower erupting through the hood, and an oversized eight-ball shifter sticking through the roof where some maniacal speed mutant tweaks with his tongue flapping in the breeze, blistering down the highway towards a knife fight between hair metal, punk and stoner rock. That is the feeling this album evokes".

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"Reinvigorated with a whole host of new members, the metal outfit prove there's plenty of life left in their road-trip rock".

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