World Cup Bracket / Wallchart - FIFA World Cup 2010 - ESPN Soccernet http://ping.fm/gJyMB

Totally Cool Calendar for the World Cup 2010 http://ping.fm/ehQ8n

Deathtrack – Deathtrack (2009) http://ping.fm/kXkwC

Kowloon Walled City – Gambling on the Richter Scale (2009) http://ping.fm/hhRtv

Sarah Palin - this is the first intelligent thing she has ever said http://ping.fm/iTK1A

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicles http://ping.fm/1kdhO

Hauler – The Haymaker EP (2003) « FatRiffs http://ping.fm/1xYaJ

Damnweevil – Its Always Darkest Before It Goes Pitch Black (2009) « FatRiffs http://ping.fm/hQzug

Dwell Within – Monkshood Demo (2007) « FatRiffs http://ping.fm/M4vm0

Wildfires – Qualms (2009) - Sludge Metal http://ping.fm/q20Ns

Blood Island Raiders – Stoner/Doom Metal http://ping.fm/jkaNb

Awesome Stoner Metal - Bandito – EP (2009) http://ping.fm/FzRD7

Live Streaming Soccer Online - ESPN3 http://ping.fm/Vtek4

Where to Watch World Cup Soccer Streaming Live http://ping.fm/9yQwe

7Zuma7 – 7Zuma7 EP (1997) http://ping.fm/Eoqah

Maine Bat Information Sheet http://ping.fm/iewxP

Helldrivers - Helldrivers (2009) http://bit.ly/bqZjyR

Bandito - EP (2009) http://bit.ly/dgWCCt

BP + Tetris * Penny Arcade = Funny http://ping.fm/8XeNP

What Your Drink Says About You http://ping.fm/GLqrz

9 Informative Pie Charts http://ping.fm/qVnyd

Revolution Mother - Rollin With Tha Mutha (2009) http://bit.ly/cms2T8

ASG and KTB - Volcom Ent Vinyl Club 11 (2010) http://bit.ly/96iJGx

International Day of Slayer http://ping.fm/MIp0H

Megasus - Megasus (2009) http://bit.ly/9x3Efq

Forged in Flame - Forged in Flame EP (2008) http://bit.ly/9Jpjjf

Kowloon Walled City - Turk Street EP (2008) http://bit.ly/bKPb9g

If He Dies He Dies - The Rise....The Fall http://bit.ly/cZmcyl

Kowloon Walled City - Gambling on the Richter Scale (2009) http://bit.ly/aorLFb

Fight Amp - Manners and Praise (2009) http://bit.ly/avdJ4R

The Resurrection Sorrow - Hour of the Wolf (2009) http://bit.ly/dvKKxj

A Day of Pigs - Lecherous (2007) http://bit.ly/aG8k3Y

The Red Coil - Slough Off EP (2009) http://bit.ly/9RTh4P

Agenda Of Swine - Waves Of Human Suffering (2008) http://bit.ly/cnDENc

BP http://ping.fm/7vkeq

The Fucking Wrath - Season of Evil (2007) http://bit.ly/dpbUT4

The Misanthrope Project - Your World is Sickening (2009) http://bit.ly/bthXA3

Temporary Post Used For Theme Detection (7e15b3c6-66ac-46b1-b5a7-45a45f929191 - 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7) http://bit.ly/bMAGgr

Download Links Are Now Working http://bit.ly/cVmEey

The Holy Mountain - Enemies (2006) http://bit.ly/9nX8lA

Black Tusk and The Holy Mountain - Split EP (2009) http://bit.ly/9Aq4Yc

ISIS - 06/22/2010 @ Port City Music Hall - 2nd to last show of farewell tour http://bit.ly/9U2xJj

Black Tusk and ASG - Low Country (2009) http://bit.ly/dnwHx2

Fight Amp - Hungry for Nothing (2008) http://bit.ly/dcwhjd

Motherboar and Bloodcow - Swine and Bovine Split (2008) http://bit.ly/ah8t34

Black Tusk and Fight Amp - Split EP (2009) http://bit.ly/bbxBdY

Black Tusk – The Fallen Kingdom Demo (2007) http://ping.fm/aIYSp

What the ffffaaa http://ping.fm/uWB93

Deadeyejack - Bastard Sons of the West (2005) http://bit.ly/9yhhBO

Farewell to Facebook, at least for now http://ping.fm/CxlKE

Sonic Ritual - Mother Hearse (2009) http://bit.ly/cMQdqg

Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options - http://ping.fm/iUQdE

What Beer Should I Drink? - http://ping.fm/gVLQh

Pike - Beneath Death Valley (2009) http://bit.ly/9fmSbS

The Killing Cure - The Killing Cure EP http://bit.ly/ddBLLV

Motherboar - The Beast Becomes The Servant (2010) http://bit.ly/d2qWk8

Devil Riding Shotgun - Demo (2010) http://bit.ly/avvl0l

The Last Van Zant - LASTVANZANT Demo/EP (2010) http://bit.ly/d4dOO6

Small Stone Records Signs Lo-Pan http://bit.ly/csfEKA

Shroud Eater - Demo (2009) http://bit.ly/cFUY2s

Black Thai - Demo (2010) http://bit.ly/9VF7Mi

Loan - Hontziria (2009) http://bit.ly/bUgPwQ

Gallactus 77 - Nine Mile Woods (2008)

Solace - A.D. (2010)

Motherboar - Raise The Death Toll (2006)

Google Shutdown My Blog and Suspended My Account

On 2010-04-04 I got an email from Google informing me that Google my account (Gmail, GReader, GCalender etc;) has been suspended and that my blog fatriffs.blogspot.com has been deleted due to content violations. My blog had been flagged as SPAM by the Google Bot. Sure I had a maybe 100+ links to other sites, mainly eMusic.com and Amazon.com but my blog was in no way possible a Spam Blog.   The more annoying part is that I had to reactivate my Gmail account and then submit an appeal to get my Blog reinstated.

New Blog Location: http://fatriffs.gotfoo.org

Nihilist - Blood Portraits (2009)

Artist: Nihilist
Album: Blood Portraits
Year: 2009
Genre: Thrash Metal
Preview: http://bit.ly/cADRpk

I read about this band on one of the Skateboarding Web Mags and I spent months looking for their music. I guess I assumed that they were so obscure that they wouldn't be on eMusic but sho' 'nuff they were there right under my nose.
Nihilist cranks out no-holds-barred thrash metal that is in line with the campy styles of Municipal Waste and Austrian Death Machine. Their songs are about leather, beer, bitches and dead shit. What more is there?

The Sword - Age of Winters (2006)

Artist: The Sword
Album: Age of Winters
Year: 2006
Genre: Stoner Metal
Preview: http://bit.ly/9r3xcd

I saw The Sword open for Metallica in Jan 2009 at The Fleet Center in Boston and sadly at the time I didn't get it.  They were playing loud slow and heavy jams when I was in the mood loud fast and heavy.  A year later I finally got it and now wish I could go back to the Fleet Center to take it all in again.  "Age of Winters" sounds like the bastard child of "Master of Reality" and "Ride the Lightning" wearing an Orange Goblin t-shirt.

Doomriders - Black Thunder (2005)

Artist: Doomriders
Album: Black Thunder
Year: 2005
Genre: Stoner Metal
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Solarized - Driven (2001)

Artist: Solarized
Album: Driven
Year: 2001
Genre: Stoner Rock
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High on Fire - Snakes For The Divine (2010)

Artist: High on Fire
Album: Snakes For The Divine
Year: 2010
Genre: Stoner Metal, Doom
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Speedblow - Fields of Doom (2010)

Artist: Speedblow
Album: Fields of Doom
Year: 2010
Genre: Stoner Metal
If you like: The Sword, Iron Age, Solace
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Cathedral - The Guessing Game (2010)

Artist: Cathedral
Album: The Guessing Game
Year: 2010
Genre: Stoner Metal, Doom, Metal
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Burning Colossus - A New Horizon (2010)

Artist: Burning Colossus
Album: A New Horizon
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Genre: Stoner, Doom
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Blacktusk - The Fallen Kingdom Demo (2007)

Artist: Blacktusk
Album: The Fallen Kingdom Demo
Year: 2007
Country: USA
Genre: Sludge, Doom, Thrash
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Black Tusk - Passage Through Purgatory (2008)

Artist: Black Tusk
Album: Passage Through Purgatory
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Genre: Sludge, Doom, Thrash
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Blacktusk & Fight Amp - Split EP (2009)

Artist: Blacktusk & Fight Amp
Album: Split EP
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Genre: Sludge, Doom, Thrash
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ASG & Blacktusk - Low Country Split EP (2009)

Artist: ASG & Blacktusk
Album: Low Country (Split EP)
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Genre: Sludge, Doom, Thrash
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Lair Of The Minotaur - Carnage (2004)

Artist: Lair Of The Minotaur
Album: Carnage
Year: 2004
Country: USA
Genre: Sludge, Doom, Thrash

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Lair Of The Minotaur - Evil Power (2010)

Artist: Lair Of The Minotaur
Album: Evil Power
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Genre: Sludge, Doom, Thrash
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7Zuma7 - Deep Inside (1999) *UPDATED 2010-03-10*

When Deep Inside came out in 1999 it probably got over looked for sounding took much like Fu Manchu, Monster Magnet and the other usual
suspects. But when I listen to them today I can hear the similarities with other stoner bands but I can also hear their uniqueness.
This is some good shit man.
7Zuma7 on last.fm

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*UPDATE*
I did some price checking for this album and since it's an import and out of print a physical copy is going to be very very expensive. So if you do like it the MP3 version from eMusic could be bought for $11.99 for a 1 month subscription.

Assjack - AssJack (2009)

I finally got my hands on the first studio album from Hank Williams III's Hellbilly band, Assjack.  This shit is out of fucking control.  Don't be fooled this is a hardcore, thrash metal, punk album and IS NOT country in any way.  The rhythm section maintain a fast rockabilly beat while the guitars lay down some fast thrash riffs with shouting vocals layered on top of it all that creates a frenzy of beautiful chaos.  I love it!

Here's a clip of "Tennessee Driver":


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Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican/The Law (2003 - Reissue)

Here's a blast from the past; Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) and The Law (1992) on one CD.  These guys were commercially unsuccessful in the 90's most likely due to their less MTV friendly lyrics and musical style than their peers, Pantera.




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Orange Goblin - Healing Through Fire (2007)

It took me a while to get into Orange Goblin but now that I have give "Healing Through Fire" a proper listen I am hooked.  The OG are very Black Sabbathy but a lot faster and the singer has an awesome raspy voice that injects a southern vibe to their music.  Each track chugs along a pace that sounds like it got go off the rails and out of control at any moment.

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Reveille - Bleed the Sky (2001)

Here's an album and band I missed out on almost 10 years ago!  (I was living/working in London at the time.)  These guys make Limp Bizkit (who suck) sound like the Jonas Brothers (who should suck an exhaust pipe).  The opening track "Unborn" is my favorite song on the album.  It's got some crazy ass screaming, the signature driving rap metal beat and some lyrics that would make Kerry King proud.  What's odd is that in the version of the song that I have it sounds like part of the 3rd verse that sound like they have been intentionally blanked out.
Listen to the clip:

And then song explodes into a hail screaming, moshing madness.
The lyrics in question are: "fucked jesus".

The rest of the album is just pretty good but "Unborn" is the stand out track.

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Gama Bomb - Tales From The Grave In Space (2009)

I fucking love Thrash Metal!!  I present to you Gama Bomb, a new(ish) thrash metal band throwing down some old school thrash metal.  Spaceships, aliens, ninjas, witches, skeletons, ghosts, mummies and among other things Mussolini.  "Tales from the Grave in Space" is a combination of Anthrax moshing, Iron Maiden screaming and Slayer's speed.

Here's a sample of the song "New Eliminators Of Atlantis BC":


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16 - Bridges to Burn (2009)

When ever I'm looking for something loud and heavy but not too fast I queue up 16's latest release "Bridges to Burn".  Each track seems to flow perfectly into one another without any sharp transitions in tempo.  Each track is just plain fucking heavy.  Imagine Slayer playing at 1/2 their speed but maintaining a level of heaviness like Godzilla stepping on you tiny skull.


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4Mag Nitrous - Southern Wisdom and Know-how (2009)

4Mag Nitrous hail from way down south in Louisiana and they play southern-fried Chopper Rock.  Their music has been on the T.V. show Monster Garage with Jesse James which is exactly where their style of stoner/southern/rock/metal fits perfectly.  My guy at the local record shop said that he couldn't get any of their music but I could buy it off of CDBaby.  And that’s just what I did but what’s crazy is that “Southern Wisdom and Know-how” only cost me $1.00.  That’s right,  one U.S. Dollar for the whole album (9 tracks) or $0.99 per track for $8.91.  I don’t know why or what or how but I bought it for a buck before they changed their minds. 

I did find the album on eMusic but CDbaby has a much better deal hands down. 

Oh, BTW  -  It’s totally worth the buck.

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Genuflect - The End of the World (2007)

It's been 10 yeas since Rage Against The Machine released their last studio album "Renegades" (2000). Over the years the rumor-mill has hinted at reunions and what not but the former band members are busy with their own projects. This lack of any new material from RATM has left a hole in my life that has only been partially filed with RATM's 2003 release, "Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium". But last night while scouring the web I found a possible alternative for the hole in my life in the form of Genuflect.   Genuflect  has some members of the Boston band Reveille and have all the makings of the either the next RATM or at least a tasty alternative. They're pissed off at the world, they scream and they sound like RATM but with way more Metal than Funk. Some of the singing strays into some melodic crap (ala Linkin Park, who by the way suck donkey balls) which makes my asshole twitch and my blood boil with disgust. But their redeeming qualities of anti-fucking-everything, rage and heavy ass metal riffs allow me to over look this one fault.


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Iron Age - The Sleeping Eye (2009)

A guy at my local record shop told me about these guys and I am forever in debt to him.  Iron Age crank out some "Kill 'Em All"
style thrash metal with elements of stoner and doom.  “The Sleeping Eye” is a solid thrash album with loads head banging riffs.

Here's a clip of the song "A Younger Earth":


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God Damn - Goddamn (2009)

The god damn French!!  This is the second release form the French Power Metal outfit God Damn.  In Feb 2009 they released "Old Days" and then in Dec 2009 they release "Goddamn" which is 7 tracks / 30 minutes of pure fucking power thrash.  This is pretty much a bonus disc to "Old Days" just released 10 months later.

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Municipal Waste - Massive Aggressive (2009)

Municipal Waste is another one of my favorite "young" bands kicking out some old school style Thrash Metal.  By "young" I mean that they were probably being conceived in the back-seat of a car when Anthrax released "Among the Living".  Municipal Waste's two previous albums have a campy, poke fun at metal themes but on "Massive Aggressive" they seem to have taken a more serious approach.  I wouldn't surprised if these guys started out as a D.R.I. cover band, shit you could probably fool someone into thinking this is a "new" D.R.I. album it so dead on.
Here's a clip of the song "The Wrath of the Severed Head":


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Church Of Misery - Houses of the Unholy (2009)

There are quite a few Stoner Metal and Doom bands from Japan but Church of Misery is the only one I have found that sticks to the program of laying down serious Stoner Metal.  "Houses of the Unholy" is 44 minutes long and made up of 7 tracks each of which is about a different Serial Killer/Psychopath.  The opening track "El Padrino (Adolpho Constanzo)" starts off with a news reporter describing a horrific scene in Mexico where drug lord Adolpho Constanzo conducts ritualistic human sacrifices.  One of the victims is an American college student whos severed head was found with  the brain missing which is later found brewing in a cauldron at Constanzo's lair.  Rob Zombie can't even make this kind of twisted shit up.

Musically "Houses of the Unholy" leans more towards the hardcore/punk than classic stoner metal with a lot of DOOOOOOMMMMMM!

It's a good heavy ass listen that I keep forgetting I have in my collection.

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Hatebreed - For the Lions (2009)

On "For the Lions" Hatebreed pays homage to their musical influences by laying down some very well done covers.  The thing I really like is that Hatebreed covered the lesser know tracks that let's you know that actually put some thought into the album and didn't just throw together songs that everybody would knows.

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Tracks:
01 - Ghosts Of War - Slayer
02 - Suicidal Maniac - Suicidal Tendencies
03 - Escape - Metallica
04 - Hatebreeders - The Misfits
05 - Set It Off - Madball
06 - Thirsty & Miserable - Black Flag
07 - All I Had I Gave - Crowbar
08 - Your Mistake - Agnostic Fron
09 - I'm In Pain - Obituary
10 - It's The Limit - Cro-Mags
11 - Refuse / Resist - Sepultura
12 - Supertouch - Bad Brains
13 - Evil Minds - D.R.I.
14 - Shut Me Out - Sick of It All
15 - Sick Of Talk - Negative Approach
16 - Life Is Pain - Merauder
17 - Hear Me - Judge
18 - Boxed In - Subzero

Linea 77 - Too Much Happiness Makes Kids Paranoid (2000)

Linea 77 from Turin, Italy who got their name from the bus line they all rode on, pump out some kick ass Slipknot style rap/metal/grind-core.  "Too Much Happiness Makes Kids Paranoid" is track after track of head-bobbin angst, even the couple of songs sung in Italian sound cool.  I can't wait to listen to this in my car at full blast!!




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Nightstalker - Superfreak (2009)

If Black Sabbath every want a new singer they should give Nightstalker a call.  "Superfreak" is Nightstalker's 1st release on Meteor Records but it's their 5th studio recording since 1994 but!  This is 45+ minutes of some serious spaced out stoner rock with all the noticeable influences of Black Sabbath, Monster Magnet and Blue Oyster Cult on speed.


Offical Site

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The Swamp Donkey – The Trouble With Crusades (2008)

Despite the strange name these guys are pretty good.  They would fit in perfectly on Small Stone Records due to their heavy Kyuss/Dozer fuzz rock sound.  But the one thing that helps them stand out more than some other bands is the ferocity of each of the six songs.  They start heavy and mean and end that way and that’s what I like to hear.

*2010-02-26 Update*
This album has grown on me a lot. It's got some heavy-ass riffs that puts it more on the side of Stoner Metal.  The singer's got a great voice that's accompanied by good rockin' sounds. I hate to say it but these guys have a sound that could be radio friendly on the right station.

Tracks:
1. The Trouble With Crusades
2. Ask A Dead Man
3. The Prophet
4. 18 Wheels
5. After All
6. Another Perfect Day

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Crank County Daredevils - Kings of Sleaze (2005)

Just in case you didn't get the message from the trashy album cover and the album name, "Kings of Sleaze", the Crank County Daredevils are trashy mother fuckers.  With tracks like "Ride That Dog" and "Bitch Be Cool" these guys are every feminist worst nightmare.  I can picture Nikki Sixx saying,"these guys are my kind of scum".




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Dirty Power - Dirty Power (2003)

It's thrash metal!
It's stoner rock!
It's punk!
No it's Dirty Power!!
With 40+ minutes rock, metal, punk and every other genre of music that rocks packed into 11 tracks.


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Slipknot - 9.0 Live

Regardless of how much Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, Speed Rock and other music I find on the web; I have yet to find anything that is more awesome and energetic that Slipknot's Live 9.0 album.  It's like pouring RedBull right in your eyes!!




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Lazarus A.D. - The Onslaught (2007)

Here's some kick ass old school thrash metal for ya.  Lazarus A.D.'s 2007 release "The Onslaught" could have easily been released 20 years ago.  And if it were it would have been passed over due to the massive amount of thrash and speed metal bands being pumped out.  As an old school metal head I find it reassuring that there are some kids out there that have embraced metal without ruining it.

Official Web Site

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