Goddamn the Midnite Snake! Like a bat out of hell, these heavy psych-metal stalwarts are back with a sophomore release that might just erupt Mount Olympus. This fresh slab of digital drudgery presents songs that are longer and deeper than anything the Snake has done before. It possesses the richness of a dark and deathly metal, but now adds layers of wandering prowess, like a lost soul in Young Goodman Brown’s devil-riding forest, looking for his Faith upon which to rest his head. But none is to be found. Midnite Snake’s instrumental intensity would make a late-era Coltrane and current-era Acid Mother’s Temple want to get back on the road again, just so they could check out the band night after night and steal all their secrets. Shaving the Angel is bigger and more powerful than their debut—complex, sexually bombastic metallic rock and roll—with a hint of forest acoustic darkness breaking through the wall of whiteness. Evil like the naked, mask-covered ritual sacrifice on the cover. Modey Lemon drum king Paul Quattrone unleashes a beat that frees guitar god Alexei Plotnicov from the brimstone of Pittsburgh, riffing hard in heaven with Hendrix. This record plays loud at a soft volume, and is sure to cement their place in the hearts and souls of all the stoned rockers foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
CD $13.00
05/29/2007
Bearded, dirty, and riding the brink of the stoner rock revolution, the new heroes of thee electric guitar mayhem, Midnite Snake are a Pittsburgh power trio who play instrumental acid rock until death does part. Alexei Plotnicov on electric guitar, Jim Lingo on electric bass, on drums Paul Quattrone (of Modey Lemon greatness), and Fog Hog on electric fog deliver supreme feedback over-drive psycho rock. These monsters will be touring the United States (especially the East Side) upon album release. Already buzzing in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York, so look out. “Midnite Snake are no slouches in the business of overwhelming unassuming audiences with their fuzzed-out ritualistic jams. Chalk it up to their extended guitar freakouts, a relentlessly pummeling rhythm section and a hyperactive smoke machine that often all but obscures bassist Jim Lingo, guitarist Alexei Plotnicov and drummer Paul Quattrone in a pungent issue as thick and primal as the racket the trio summons up.… Plotnicov [unleashes] psychedelic, bluesy solos that sizzle like unstable isotopes atop Lingo and Quattrone’s bedrock-solid riff-mantras.” —Adam MacGregor, Pittsburgh Pulp • Features the drummer from Modey Lemon • Fits nicely between Thunder + Lightning and Psychedelic Speed Freaks • Nationwide press campaign around release and tour • Attacking core CMJ stations and stoner rock network • Not a 2-piece White Stripes rip-off
CD $12.00
05/04/2004