Stream “I’ll Cut You Down” from Blood Lust
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With an obsession for dark mysticism and grainy proto-metal, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats’ second album, Blood Lust, plays like a droning, stoned version of early Black Sabbath. It’s a totally bad ass trip to the edge of an ancient religion with a coven of faceless, hovering witches. Song structures across Blood Lust are direct, riffs are pulled from a mythic black war chest and drums are applied with strategic simplicity as psychedelic solos and ultraviolet vocals brood overhead.Although many songs on Blood Lustare extended jams revolving around bluesy, driving riffs (“Deaths Door”, “13 Candles”), Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats do a good job of breaking up the album with sharp rhythmic changes (“I’m Here to Kill You”, “Ritual Knife”) and occasional dynamics (“Curse in the Trees”). The acoustic cut that closes the album is pretty cool, though it would have been pretty rad if they moved it to the middle.Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats have done an extraordinary job of capturing that moment in rock history when the blues took a turn for the savage under the direction of Black Sabbath. No, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats aren’t breaking any new ground, but they’re approaching the past with such vital conviction that we can’t seem to get enough of Blood Lust.
Standout Tracks: “I’ll Cut You Down”, “13 Candles”, “Curse in the Trees”, “Ritual Knife” |
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