Destroyer

Sound DNA

• Rock
• Stoner Rock

• dense
• swaggering
• psychedelic

About

Since emerging from a cloud of weed smoke in the mid-2000s, Vancouver riffmongers Black Mountain have been gradually setting the controls for the heart of the ’80s—namely an ’80s where heavy metal and classic synth-pop peacefully coexist. <i>Destroyer</i>—named for bandleader Stephen McBean’s preferred model of Dodge, not the classic 1976 Kiss LP—continues the process of cross-wiring Black Mountain’s monstrous boogie grooves and neon keyboard textures. The electro-shocked rocker “Future Shade,” the asphalt-ripping “Licensed to Drive,” and the hypnotic, hammering epic “High Rise” conjure video-arcade visions of an old <i>TRON</i> game being manhandled by a hesher with a Judas Priest patch on his faded jean jacket. But <i>Destroyer</i> also reaffirms that this band can be just as deadly at quieter volumes, as they descend into the string-swirled goth-psych phantasmagoria of “Pretty Little Lazies” and the dystopian sci-fi-soundtrack chill of “Closer to the Edge.”

via Apple Music

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