Acid King
Busse Woods

LA RECENSIONE

After their debut "Zoroaster" from 1995, Acid King hit the big target with this second work from '99 following the release of 2 split CDs together with Altamont and Mystic Crew Of Clearlight. The fusion between Stoner and Doom, "Busse Woods," achieves it completely. Fusing these two branches into a perfect amalgam. Close yet distant.
Sleep and Electric Wizard, benchmarks for all upcoming bands, managed to do it by drawing the best from the two currents. The heaviness and monolithic structures of doom. The dirty and psychedelic riffs of stoner.

If I had to recommend an album that marvelously unites all of this, I would definitely talk about this album. Just listen to "39 Lashes" where ultra-heavy riffs grappling with a high cholesterol level float in the surrounding air, accompanied by a sinister spoken word that gradually transforms into a chilling psycho-doom sonic frenzy. Or "Carve the 5" accompanied by hallucinated digressions on the verge of imploding, worthy of Sky Valley with that hard and psychedelic sound that made the genre famous. What to say then about the title track with its doom-breathing progressions and accelerations that should be inhaled instantly in a single breath, as the sleep tradition requires and is deeply indebted to, sealed with a fearsome psychedelic stoner streak. Hallucinatory. The CD version also includes two bonus tracks “Motorhead” which already appeared in the tribute to the seminal Hawkwind and “Not Fragile” that appeared in another '99 stoner compilation alongside Nebula, Sixty Watt Shaman, and others...

it's pointless to tell you piece by piece, if you love the floating yet full of raw seventies psychedelia sounds, you will love this album. While waiting to listen to the latest III released this year, hoping they managed to repeat this immense masterpiece. To be worshiped. "Drive Fast, Take Chances… "