Supa

As the hippie movement hurdled towards its emanate demise, bad vibes infiltrated the rock world. Tainted LSD, loud motorcycles, and a series of brutal deaths spawned inspiration for guitar-wielding teenagers across the globe. Implementing deafening fuzz and satanic screams to create their proto-metal monstrosities, short-lived stoner bands pressed their lysergic experiments in microscopic quantities before blacking out entirely. Lifted from the ashes of the acid rock hell fire are 18 distorted tales of dope fiends, pill poppers, and the baddest of trips.

After creating a classic with their second album, Blues for the Red Sun, desert metal gods Kyuss faced the unenviable task of delivering the goods once again for a new label, Elektra Records. And they almost pulled it off with 1994's stellar Welcome to Sky Valley. The album's 13 songs are divided into three "suites" which fully display the band's impressive creative range, from furious metal to psychedelic grooves, and anything in between. The first and most consistent of these suites starts with the huge guitar riff of "Gardenia" (which resembles molten lava flowing down the side of a volcano), continues into the moody space jam instrumental "Asteroid," and culminates in the strangely titled yet superbly diverse "Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop"…

In 2016, the Swedish riff legends rise again to show their teeth… and swords! "Sword Songs", the title of their eighth album, summarizes the band's intention: head of the band, JB, says the album would be faster and more aggressive than "Triumph And Power", and he adds that the album contains some ferocious songs. Grand Magus put all their passion, all their blood, sweat and tears into »Sword Songs«, and the result is nothing less than the best and heaviest Grand Magus album of all time. Produced by Nico Elgstrand in Studio Supa, Stockholm, "Sword Songs" offers a load of future classics that will move fans to tears with their powerful grooving rhythm machine, mighty riff walls and JB's distinctive voice…