Terrific! and it came out the same month and year i was born :3

Isn't this album called Welcome to Sky Valley?

Written by [user id=35037] on 04.04.2011 at 00:57

Isn't this album called Welcome to Sky Valley?

nope. Although that is a popular misconception. People think it's called Welcome To Sky Valley due to the cover art. But when you look on the side of the cd and LP you'll see it's just called Kyuss.
Btw, the band even says it's called Kyuss in "Precious Metal: Decibel Presents The Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces"

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 04.04.2011 at 02:22

Written by [user id=35037] on 04.04.2011 at 00:57

Isn't this album called Welcome to Sky Valley?

nope. Although that is a popular misconception. People think it's called Welcome To Sky Valley due to the cover art. But when you look on the side of the cd and LP you'll see it's just called Kyuss.
Btw, the band even says it's called Kyuss in "Precious Metal: Decibel Presents The Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces"

Hell, even Wikipedia writes it wrong

Written by [user id=35037] on 04.04.2011 at 00:57

Isn't this album called Welcome to Sky Valley?

Yes it is...and i rather prefer that name...it remembers me of deserts...
And the cover reveals the "Sky Valley" theme!

Written by John Shock on 13.10.2012 at 21:24

Yes it is...

No it's not, as has already been established. The band itself has insisted it's self titled.

Written by [user id=4365] on 13.10.2012 at 21:34

Written by John Shock on 13.10.2012 at 21:24

Yes it is...

No it's not, as has already been established. The band itself has insisted it's self titled.

Still, i prefer the "Sky Valley" one...it's more original...well, for me it is

A masterpiece!

One of the greatest advocates for global-stonage ever.

http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/The+day+it+was+legalized_2a59fb_4109639.jpg

The album that introduced me to stoner metal, which i must say you won't find any better than this

Bought a bunch of used CD's from a garage sale. This plus a lot of other stoner bands were amongst them and It kind of served as my gateway to the whole stoner Rock genre. The timing couldnt be better since I was already heavily into Stoner/Doom. This is probably one of my fav bands in the genre and an undeniable masterpiece.

Demon Cleaner very nice song

^Yeah, not a huge fan of it as a collective, but Demon Cleaner and Whitewater are bangers

Written by svartberger on 13.08.2014 at 01:48

The album that introduced me to stoner metal, which i must say you won't find any better than this

Try Nola by Down released less than a year later. It gets much better than this

Best stoner metal album I've heard

Probably my favourite album of all time

Not a massive fan of the songwriting, but as a huge positive, the band had a killer fuzz sound going on this record, which a lot of the new stoner bands seem to have tried to copy. I don't think I prefer any of the songs, except Odyssey.

I don't quite find this as impressive as I first did, I think it's from listening to that many stoner bands since that have copied the same fuzzy guitar tone and style. The riffs aren't really that memorable now tbh, but the vocals I've always found very good.

I'm not saying it's a bad album by any means, but it could have been better imo, for me it just lacks consistency, some songs are impressive especially "Demon Cleaner", and "Odyssey", but the rest was just ok, nothing overly impressive to me tbh.

Why is the most frequently played song from this album on Spotify "Space Cadet"? Shouldnt it rather be "Demon Cleaner", "Odyssey", "Whitewater", or the first two songs? I had said, Demon Cleaner was clearly the most popular song from this album.
It's a good album btw, their sound still feels fresh to this day, I'd say. Yet, I have never been a fan of them, nothing too spectacular in the songwriting department.