LIVE AT ROCKPALAST

3.5 stars. There are certain styles of music that I just haven't taken-to and Stoner Rock is one of them. Now there are always exceptions to the rule for me but I am surprised I'm not more into the sludge that BLACK SABBATH dumped upon us back in the day. When you see lists of the bands and albums for this style of music you often see this German band mentioned and this live record pointed to. Released in 2013 we get 80 minutes of live music from Rockpalast with a surprising emphasis on the vocals and I'm just not a big fan of them.

A four piece with two guitarists, bass and drums with the singer adding one of those guitars, keyboards and sitar. I applaud them for bringing in some different flavours at least as often these Stoner Rock bands are trios of heavy, down-tuned music where that adventerous spirit is checked at the door. And of course there are many exceptions to this. I just remember buying a KYUSS album back before I got into prog and it just wasn't my thing.

This particular album is legendary so keep this in mind when seeing my rating.