Bison Machine
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This massive four legged mammalian assault sounds somewhere between early Sabbath and early 90s stoner rock with face melting goliath guitar riffage dominating their prehistoric soundscapes. Just like the name sounds, muscular, American, and pure sex.
Proceed with caution, the sheer sonic power
has consumed weaker souls and sired new ones.
Conceived in a single family wigwam in Indian Village, and thrust from the birth canal in a dusty basement in Hamtramck, Bison Machine rises from the unlikely parents of many former Detroit rock outfits. Come witness the carnage and prepare your appetite for the feast of the Bison Machine soul harvest. There is much more to witness live (soothsayers, cocaine ravaged hookers, lumbering 20 ft. Russian Bears that have changed the migration patterns of mankind for centuries, native american ritual executions, dragons, mystery, Ted Nugent, et al.)
Come see them Friday night, June 11th at Paycheck's in Hamtramck, performing with Tell the People (from Stereo Addicts and Until Sunday), the Handgrenades, and One and One and One (from Much Too Much and others). - Motor City Blog
'Holy Shit!' Riff laden Guitar drivin HeavyAss Stoner Rock from Michigan USA. Killer 4 track release from Bison Machine titled Clad In Plowshares And The Blood Of Yetis, Grab it from Bandcamp and check em out on Myspace - PlanetFuzz
Bison Machine are from Michigan and they play some riff based stoner rock. The album is called Clad In Plowshares And The Blood Of Yetis EP.
Conceived in a dusty Hamtramck basement under an eerie glow of the waning gibbous, Bison Machine’s primordial album took form. Roaring with energy, the mind takes off with the virulent “Distributor Of Pain” and drifts into the morbid inner thoughts of the “Virgin Rapist”. A brief pause brings the traveler to the ancient Bering Straits where a lumbering monster holds the advancement of Man. Finally the journey comes to an end and we are left lying awake in bed, thoughts racing of the future of our clan… the “Seed Of The Night” is born. - The Soda Shop
Bison Machine : Clad In Plowshares And The Blood Of Yetis
Format: EP- Year: 2010
Country: USA - Genre: stoner/doom/sludge
Metal Archives / Website / Myspace - Rock AssDick
Bison Machine is a 4 Piece Psychedelic Sludge/Stoner Doom Rock Metal Band from Hamtramck, MI from the USA.
The members are:
John deVries- guitar
Breck Crandell- drums
Jim deVries- vox
Anthony Franchina- bass
They play some fantastic stoner/doom/sludge music that is vast in its desert set landscape.
Imagine if Sergio Leone was still alive and he delivered a modern day blood thirsty western. And he needed an out there soundtrack. Well these guys music would definitely be the soundtrack. As their debut EP - Clad In Plowshares And The Blood Of Yetis
As it feels like its a soundtrack for an unmade western. And its awesome stuff.
You get 4 tracks with a running time of 30 minutes. Each track is on for over 6.30 minutes.
Distributor Of Pain is an epic slice of Sludge Greatness. Loud Guitars, Heavy Pounding Drumming and a thumping bass line really adds to the eerie atmosphere. My fave thing about the EP is Jim's vocals. Very Powerful which draw you in from the start.
Virgin Rapist is another stormer of a track with a cracking guitar solo in the middle.
Russian Bear continues this excellent EP to new heights. Stripped back Sludge/Doom that will draw you in only for it to throw you back out in the very depths of Loud Doom Music. Some excellent Slide Guitar playing on this track.
The Last Track - Seed Of The Night is an 8.30 minute slow burning monster of a track. Slow, Melodic, Powerful and very hypnotic. Stripped Down, Americana Sludge that should be played really really loud.
This is a brilliant debut release from a highly original band whose future work I really look forward to.
The only other band these guys remind me of is Across Tundras. As they both play similar types of western landscape sludge/doom music.
I hope these guys find as much fame and success as Across Tundras. As they really deserved to be heard by a much of an audience as possible.
You can dowload this brilliant release for free from Bandcamp.
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Check out the guys here performing a track from their excellent debut release. - Sludgelord Blog
Discography
EP: "Clad in Plowshares and the Blood of Yetis"
Single: "Distributor of Pain"
Single: "Temple of Shame"
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This massive four legged mammalian assault sounds somewhere between early Sabbath and early 90s stoner rock with face melting goliath guitar riffage dominating their prehistoric soundscapes. Just like the name sounds, muscular, American, and pure sex. Proceed with caution, the sheer sonic power has consumed weaker souls and sired new ones. Conceived in a single family wigwam in Indian Village, and thrust from the birth canal in a dusty basement in Hamtramck, Bison Machine rises from the unlikely parents of many former Detroit rock outfits. Come witness the carnage and prepare your appetite for the feast of the Bison Machine soul harvest. There is much more to witness live (soothsayers, cocaine ravaged hookers, lumbering 20 ft. Russian Bears that have changed the migration patterns of mankind for centuries, Native American ritual executions, dragons, mystery, Ted Nugent, et al.) With Anthony Franchina's fuzzy sounds on a Made in America Precision bass, the thunder of Breck Crandell's "Bonham-ized" 26in. kick Ludwig drum set, the grit of a custom built pedal board, played by John deVries, through a plethora of axes, and the low end toned voice of Jim deVries, Bison Machine is here to take your virginity, again if necessary.
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