Beastwars: s/t (9/11/12)
Hailing from New Zealand, stoner-sludge outfit Beastwars has been making music that’s as much an assault on the senses as an assault on nature, borne and bred out of isolation at the bottom of the earth. Without regard for classification, these dudes are playing heavy tunes for heavy times, contributing to a musical landscape built around social and political commentary.
Directed by Hamish Waterhouse, the band’s first-ever music video for “Empire” sees the guys getting a medieval kind of down-and-dirty — a primal feast for our senses. Stay tuned from the band’s self-titled album, finally getting its US release this September.
That ended well!