The sticker on the front of Horizoner touts this album as being custom made for fans of both Hawkwind and Hellhammer, a claim that's quick to get my attention, even though I really don't remember hearing much of either of those bands in the hard-charging stoner metal that made up Bloodhorse's debut from a couple of years ago. Those references end up being not all that off the mark though, as Bloodhorse's first full length does display a new love of spacey, psychedelic rock that they only hinted at on the self-titled EP, which to me sounded like a more anthemic, hardcore-tinged take on High On Fire. But check out the opening song on Horizoner to see what these guys are doing now: for more than six minutes, "A Good Son" unfurls a pounding and hypnotic tribal drum groove and spacey repetitious riffing that slowly simmers it's lysgeric vibe in flanged guitar and triumphant guitar licks before it finally explodes in a blast of crushing, loping metal in the final few minutes, and all of a sudden these guys sound way more like a galloping 80's heavy metal band, albeit with massive downtuned heaviness. There's still a bit of that High On Fire/The Sword vibe going on, but it's tempered by somewhat melodic vocals and some thrashier guitar work. The rest of them album gets deeper in this furious mix of 80's thrash metal, Sabbathian crunch, and trance-inducing psychedelia, with tracks like "A Passing Thought to the Contrary" bringing together portentous deathsludge and raw sinister guitar atmospherics before launching into a neck-snapping thrash riff, then tumbles into an epic doomy passage rife with soulful leads before re-engaging that ripping thrash riff, only now they've turned into a hypnotic driving outro that closes out the song. The rest of the songs deliver the same sort of dynamic, moving from crushing slo-mo riffage and ominous instrumentals to raging crusty thrash and hooky stoner metal with the two singers belting out their triumphant harmonies. Anyone that dug the powerful, fist-pumping metal of their debut will love this. Comes in a full color four panel digisleeve.