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BLOODHORSE  self-titled  CD   (Translation Loss)   10.98


The boogie is heavy on this debut disc from Bloodhorse, a power trio that boasts former members of 454 Big Block, Shelter, The Red Chord, Saves

The Day, American Nightmare, and Premonitions War - quite the hardcore resume. But Bloodhorse's sound is total rock, a fuzzed out, swaggering stoner rock

that filters the influence of classic 70's proto-metal like Deep Purple, Sabbath, Grand Funk, MC5 and the like through the crush of modern sludge metal and

come out sounding like a leaner, more exuberant and more rocking High On Fire. Heavy shit, for sure; I bet these guys are tight with

Doom Riders and Clouds,

two other Boston bands with hardcore guys flexing their love of muscular riff rock. The riffs on Bloodhorse's debut are fuzz-soaked and ripping, especially

on the pummeling "Il Treno a Tucumcari" and the crushing slow parts on "Son Of Man", and there's plenty of wah-wah abuse, which can never get enough of with

thism kind of stuff. Every once in a while, the band dips into some slow, doomy crunchiness that gets really heavy, but for the most part, the songs

are charged up, rambunctious riff-rock, complete with a ridiculously killer four minute drum solo in the middle of "The Goat". Stick around for the final,

untitled track, where Bloodhorse jam out on The Who's "Sparks" from Tommy. Great stuff. Comes in a four panel digipack with an insert booklet.