Monster Magnet

Monster Magnet – Test Patterns : Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:27 minutes | 567 MB | Genre: Space Rock, Stoner Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © God Unknown Records

The track Tab was originally released back in 1988 on the demo ‘Forget About Life, I’m High On Dope’. This is a 2021 mix of the original demo. with both tracks being over 24 minutes each. It’s viewed as an influential track with psychedelic / heavy psych / space rock and stoner rock fans and will sit nicely alongside Sleep’s ‘Dopesmoker’.

Julian Cope described the original release as distilling Hawkwind, Sabbath and The Stooges into a lysergic soup of brown acid and bathtub meth, and ultimately cultivating a “Altamont vibe”; that is, the negative end of the psychedelic spectrum.
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Monster Magnet – A Better Dystopia (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:01 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Napalm Records

Take a trip inside the mind of psychedelic rock legend Dave Wyndorf with Monster Magnet’s A Better Dystopia – a delightfully psychotic selection of proto-metal and late-era psych songs that fit the band like a glove! With wonderfully obscure song choices and excellent sequencing, the mighty Magnet pay homage to some of their favorite songs of all time, crafting another exciting and unique listening experience alike what they’ve become famous for. While the album marks a new frontier for Monster Magnet as their first covers record, this is not your typical set of standards released to pass time. Wyndorf is at the top of his game on A Better Dystopia – howling, crooning, speaking… whatever it takes to get the emotional message of these very special tunes across, delivering each lyric in his own inimitable style. Musicians Phil Caivano, Bob Pantela, Garrett Sweeney and Alec Morton own the sound on A Better Dystopia – vintage and old school, dense and heavy, with searing fuzz leads and pounding bass and drums all played in a deft style that’s almost been lost in modern music.

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