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The prolific Planet Gemini has released a new album of old school doom. H(ellion), who”™s been flying solo for a couple of years now, actually recorded Wicked in 2006, but chose to let it ferment on the shelf for a couple of years. The resulting self-recorded, self-produced self-release is fan-fucking-tastic. There are more hooks in Wicked than in a pond behind a nursing home in the Northwest.

“Incantation” kicks things off with a slow progression capped by feedback and a meandering guitar solo that sojourns into “Grim (My God of Red),” a song which shares the many of the same des c r i p tors. Driving songs like “Silver Strings” and “Preachin”™ to the Choir” will make you wish gas prices were low enough that you could blast these songs while doing 80 down the high way. On the low and evil side are “Minus” and “Author of Pain.” Wicked has plenty of brain-scrambling guitar solos that, when doubled-up, create haunting dissonance. The Planet Gemini formula goes something like this: wailing vocals + chewy guitars + driving drums + dual guitar solos = instant classics.

Fans of the defunct Halloween Cauldron of Fuzz series may be a bit peeved by the abundance of studio tweaks; but anyone who has a knee jerk reaction to heavy production without giving a record a chance is probably an elitist douche bag. Wicked is a great album that can be appreciated by anyone who likes electric guitars. As far as one-man bands go, Planet Gemini is one of the best, and sure as shit beats the hell outta Bert.

(24.10.2008, 13:35)myhomeismycastle schrieb: würde ich jetzt gerne "als ungelesen markieren" aber ich finde den knopf nicht :tugly:

(24.10.2008, 16:27)malde schrieb: teilweise klingt das dolle nach hardcore superstar vom gesang her, dann höre ich wieder guns'n'roses raus.