Depending on what kind of weed you get, there can be different results, so not all stoner rock is created equal. Norwegian stoners Suncraft have held onto a noisy punk aggression when they kick the doors open, leading into their new album. Even to the point of having gang vocal chime in. It worked for the first song, though I am not sure that an entire album of that would hold my interest, so let's see where they go from here. Thuptempo, only relaxing the dynamic slightly for melody to be added, as the vocals employ more of a croon for the second song. There is a little more of a Queens of the Stone Age vibe that is created by this.
This finds a little more of a groove on "Greed Battalion" that feels like the Foo-fighter's more punk moments. The vocals stay fairly hooky here. It's not until it slows into a more deliberate groove midway into the song that they really give me what I want, though they are not content to stay there and go into a more black metal-like section, perhaps out of obligations they feel they are expected to comply with, being from Norway. It does not feel as fluid an expression of who they are as the more grooving boogies. The title track has them racing down the more rock n roll road of latter-day Kvelertak.
They continue down a more punk road with "Wizards of the Anger Magic". The vocals have more room as they are not racing forward with the same intensity, and allow things time to simmer slightly. "Charlatan Killer" finds the drummer hell bent on trying to give things more of a Motorhead feel as he plows into his kick despite the vocals sitting back into a more chill mode. There is a heavier weight in the bass tone to "High On Silence". The syncopated riff allows the vocals to work around it. "Forgotten Goddess" finds the band not relenting even til the end as they plow into your eardrums. I'll give this album an 8.5, as it frantic tempo does create a dynamic uniformity that they manage to still make work.
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